Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-10-23
CAMP IS
IN GOOD SHAPE
MUCH ORE is BEING SHIPPED
FROM FAMOUS OLD CAMP
OF EIKO

Saturday morning Fred Davis, Man.
aSer of the Bunker Hill Mining COM.
pany, X. T. Pierce, superintendent of
the Key lease and the writer left
Elko in Adolph Knudson'g car for
Bullion. The "trip was mad. in about
two hours, the roads being in very
good shape for auto travel.
Mr.. Davis, the writer and Mr.. Don
maid went through the Bunker ill
tunnel. This is now 22OO feet long
and is a splendid piece of work. The
face is @ in n hard lime formation
which shows Indications OF a change
in formation. The last shots uncoy.
cred a streak of mineral barring dirt
in the face. This is considered a good
indication of an ore body being not
far ahead.
After the trip through the tunnel,
Mr.. Davis and the writer started up
the steep grade to the Elk tunnel for
an inspection of the Frank and Kline
lease and the Key lease under he
management of Superintendent Pierce
After dinner, a trip was made to the
Franks and Kline lease. Here we
found Mr.. Franks hard al work in
picture orc % feet below the tunnel
level, while Mr.. Kline was hauling
up the precious stuff and loading 1t
into cars. They have uncovered a
body of ore l6 feet long AID % feet
deep that carries splendid values in
copper. lead and silver. TIL ore body
has been p~roSpcCtcd for Only l6 feet
in length and shows good o:e in both
ends of tho drift. Its width and depth
are not known. II has every indica-
ton of making the biggest and best
body Of ore found in the emp many
years. Some of the ore can be seen
at the Palm saloon. Where Mr..
Franks was working Saturday after
noon. the rock E%listencd and sparkIed
in the light of his candle AMI forciblv
reminded one of the famous ore shoots
in Goldield. II is needless 10 say that
Mossrs. Franks and Kline ere highly
clatCd over the find which their
friends hope will eventually place
them on easy street.
From the Elk, VIC went T. the Kcy
lease. The grade from tho level of
the Elk tunnel to the workings of
the Key lease is very steep and re.
quirCs lots of pluck and endurance
to make il. After Il good dcal of pun.
ing and blowing and resting every
few steps, No. 3 tunnel of the lease
was reached. Here we found miners
at work taking ore from a new find.
This ore carries lead, silver. copper
and iron and the values run very high.
This ore body is 8 feet in width i'm the
face OF the drift and It's length and
depth are not known. EyC.y indica.
ton, however. point to its being the
biggest and best body of ore yet dis.
covered in the Key lease.
a short distance from where this
orc was being mined, Supe ]intcndrnt
Pierce "a found In an upraisc. pros
pcCtinE for o ore. lie then took
us TO every part of the mine and show
cd III how II was timbered and made |
safe for the miners. The last climb
was down 100 feet OF ladders from
the top workings TO the low est.
When MIR Pierce took charge of the
Key lease. the first of May. he found
the tunnels cuvcd In nj the mouths
and water from the melting snow
secping through from the surface to |
the workings. which wcro almost
ready To cave In and were wholly uri.
safe for mon TO work In. HIS FIRST
work was TO clear the dirt and snow
from the tunnels. Ills next work was |
to make the mlnc safe for men TO
work In. This required timbcrlng
from the top TO the bottom. This
tImboring took over q month of prcc-
Ious time and cost the lcsgcs over
$4,000.
The mine Is now In splendid shape
and Il is doubtful II there is n better
piece OF mining work Ia this or any
other state. Mr.. Picrcc's first thought
has been the safety OF his miners and
should any Of them be injured while