The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-04-18
- Big Mines Of Prince Side Of Phoebe Mining District -

He opSrdtioHS Ol the company
on the main bed have therefore de-
veloped block of ore 100 feet thick.
100 feet wide, and opened I'D for ISL
feet along the strike. The average as
say value shown by a careful sampling
OF this orebody In the drift and cross
cuts Is 3 per cent lead, 3 ounces sill.
yer, and 30 per cent excess soluble
iron, manganese and lime, for which
the shelters pay 10 cents per unit
practically $7.00-ore.
From the 32lfoot level the shaft
was continued through sixty feet of
shale, underlaid, at 3S1 feet vertical
depth, by another ore bed eighteen
feet in thickness This lower bed car
ries good values in lead and silver.
the average of all samples taken be-
ing per cent lead, ounces silver,
and 30 per cent soluble matter. From
the bottom of this bed the shaft was
sunk forty-five feet further, at which
point 1t encountered a fissure vein
with about eighteen inches of ore car
rying high values In lead and silver
total average values being $50 per
ton The shaft was then sunk to its
PiSoChe uCptl, q totdl Vi fOU lttt. AT
the bottom of the shaft 16-foot sta
ton was cut, and drift opened for
about eighty feet south and east. The
end of the drift has broken into the
lS-foot COR lower orebody, which was
due at about this point on the regular
course of it's dip. The values con-
tanned in 1t on the lower level are
Identical with or little better than
those disclosed in the shaft
The ore in both sides is of the same
character as that now being shipped
by the Prince Consolidated, and net
ting that company neat profit. The
beds are, In fact, identical, the only
dividing line being the imaginary one
which marks the boundary of the
claims. The Prince workings had
shown, however, that the ore improved
in values, to the south and with
greater depth on the dip of the BEDS
The daily output of the Prince Is now
about 200 tons per day. Careful esti-
mates made for the Virginia-Louise
company will Justify them in contract
ing with the shelters for an average
output of 100 tons per day.
The Prince workings have, within
the past few weeks been connected
up with the Virginia Louise shaft &C
a depth of about $50 feet, where the
Prince Consolidated company Gu. O.
station. The working conditions of
both mines are thus greatly improved
Perfect ventilation is assured, and d
far greater measure of safety will at
tend the operations underground,
with this additional means of exist
provided for use in case OF accidents
or other emergencies. 1t Is also Of
interest to note, in confirmation Of
the claim made by the Virginia-Louise
that the bedded veins on the Louise
claim are identical with those of the
Prince, that the Prince company it.
self has completely substantiated this
claim by breaking into the very GEN.
ter of the Virginia-Louise workings
in following the course Of its own ORE
bodies.
The plans of the Virginia Louise
company call for an extensive and
thoroughly practical system of de-
velopment, and the financial condition
Of the corporation Is such that this
work will be carried forward to COM
pletion without delay. These plans,
as outlined at the present writing, in
clude new power plant, to be in
stalled Immediately, with a power ca
pacity sufficient for a maximum out
put of 800 tons per day. In connec-
ton with this plant a new and pow.
erful air-compressor will be set up.
and head-frame of standard size
and specifications erected In place OF
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apted to prospecting purposes only.
The DRIFT on the 321 foot level will
be extended further to the south to
determine the extent of the orebody.
along the strike, workable from that
level. The drift running from the
present bottom of the shaft, at 460
feet, will be extended to the south
and east to develop further the lower
/, bed, and will then be continued to
/, catch the big orebody on its dip
While this work is going on the sink
ing OF the shaft to greater depth will
: be prosecuted with all possible vigor
The water level will be reached al
, about 500 feet and here the shaft will
t enter an immense zone of sulphide
ores which were disclosed by diamond
| drills on the adjoining property of thu
Prince Consolidated These sulphidt
r ores have been shown to carry mucl
! higher values than the oxidized por
! tons of the beds which have furnished
3 all the ore shipped by the Prince t.
date
From the collar of the Virginia
! Louise shaft to the ore-bins and load
| ing station of the Prince is only
] stones throw Standard gauge or
and freight cars are hauled by tn
: Prince Consolidated railroad, froI
the Salt Lake route terminus 4
p Phoebe, up to the very mouth of tn
Y mine. The ore is loaded by gravit
directly into the cars and goe
{, through to the shelters without tram
u fer or reshipment. 1t is difficult
o see how greater economy in the hand
v ing of ore could be effected Til
G Prince Consolidated railroad Is liste
s as common carrier and companie
operating in the vicinity of the Prime
y Consolidated can therefore enjoy th
m ADVANTAGE of this chnan trauSnOrt