The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-05-09
Yuba Lease VIII
Install Compressor Plant

ubar I<cao- fuiu CAi 10 WV
this week pending the installation OF
an air eomprs ssor and drilling mach
ines Experience has taught the
management that 1t is impossible TO
break the required tonnage by hand
Ting aud after numerous wires
j. the Officials of the company in
Nav York, it has been agreed TO
make the installation as soon as pos
sibie 1t is cont 2mplated to install
a comp. essor and driving engine OF
safficcient capacity to handle sew
eral machine drills at the various
d nts in the Meadow Valley fis-
s,re and the Yuba Dyke where good
ore is already exposed and to car
ry ca line of pr1sp citing and deve
opment in the large amount of yir-
gin ground covered by the lease to
this company
The company is already equipped
on The Meadow Valley No. ; SHAFT
with 40 h. p. Fairbanks engine and
suitable facilities for handling ton
mage CT large proportions and the
shipments already made show the val
US Of the cres extracted. But the
extreme hardness of the rCck makes
hand drilling almost prohibitiye.
This action cn the part OF the man
agemant is considered very wise
Move for it is a well known fact,
that while the P,oche district has
in the Fast produced many millions
a. d liars and is in fair way to
repeat the same performance, 1t is
also true that il = contains some
extremely hard rock, adaptable to
sirc ssful mining only with machine
LEls.
immediately that this equipment is
in pllca, which will probably require
a matter of 60 days, the contemplated
development and pr spactlng is the
continuance OF the so-caled Larsen
cr sjcut-now south from the sixth
level of the No. 5 shaft 5l4 ct,
II matt ca 80 feet or 50 to the
Ylba Dyke; therco Grifts east ana
west Through virg n ground for de
velopmment. Through the east drft
It is expected to tap within loo fee
the cid Yuba workings which Is
uaJu stticnably the big asset OF
the company.
Work is also contemp ated OF
tho 700 level from Nc. shalt III :
crosscut south now within about l0'
feet CT the Yuba dyke; tapping l
again 200 feet hish UP and In TN
same ere shoot exposed on the 9o'
below. Another piece OF work out
lined is drifting along the dyke bo'i
east and west frCm cross Gu
II, m the water level in No. shaft
which will open virgin &. ound bot
ways and the drift west should ia
tie cd Newark ore shoot, beloN
VIII re this same ere shoot pro ln'
ed its quota of wealth in the earl
days
Had Phoebe a, mill now, this con
pany could ship a heavy tonnage 10
tr atment immedi lately as has bee
proved in the development an
prospecting already done, that tn
p,cperty contains a large tonnage
milling material in the old stope an
elsewhere already b.oken and on
necessary to hoist Unfortunate
no mill is available at this tin
but rtainly it is eniy question
time when Phoebe will have SUE
pant and the various mines Il
miles around will have market I
their lew grade production. The I
sult will be that with the shippli
ores available and the hundreds
tons of mill dirt also avail9ble Z
Phoebe district will again take
u ace amongst the FIR most proof
ers Of the valuable metals OF I
state
The Record desires tc congra
late the parties interested IN the
ba Leasing & Development 2oihpa
on what has already been done a
from the best information Obtain
BILE. we have every reason to
lieve and we predict that with
installation of air and the ca rVl
out of the line cf development as p
ned. they will certainly resp "a
reward in dividends and a return
their investment many times over