The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-04-18

The Mendha-Nevada Mining com
pany Was incorporated Marcn 4, 1917,
70 take over a group OF ten Gains,
including the famous Melissa" whose
production In the early days brought
ne highland district to the front
among ore-proouclng regions in the
vicinity OF Phoebe. The company is
pracucally close corporation be-
ing ofhcered at present by T. j. Us.
borne, president and treasurer: John
X. COOK, vlce-president and manager:
and T. j. Osborne, John X. Cook, Alex
Lloyd, j. b. Toronto and j. l.. Perks
(Salt Lake., directors.
Inc property of the company is To-
Gated eight miles by wagon road from
Ploche, and comprises, as stated, ten
claims, three of which are patented.
The mine is served by the Prince
Con. K. R., short wagon haul bring
ing the ore to loading station near
the Point mine of the Phoebe Metals
company, situated about four miles
from Phoebe. The Mendha is one OF
those properties which have been
worked continuously, from discovery
up TO the time the Salt Lake railroad
built into Phoebe, whenever local
shelters were in operation. Since the
advent OF the railroad, work has gone
ON without interruption. The ore is
essentially of a smelling type, not
adapted to milling, and was never of
sufficiently high grade to bear the ex.
pense of long-distance wagon ship
ment. For a long period the Bristol
smelter handled the output of the
mine, and afterwards the Phoebe smell
ter. Shipments are now consigned
TO the U. S. Smelling company's plant
at Midvale, Utah, the returns aver.
aging 20 ounces silver, Is to 20 per
cent lead, and 81 to 81 gold per ton
the values being about equally
divided between the three metals, and
totaling $25 to $50 per ton. The ore
carries S5 per cent silica and Is pei
cent iron, and the charges for treat
ment are comparatively small. The
output under the present management
averages about 20 tons per day OF
ore of the character and grade above
described. Twenty men are employed
at the property. The total production
under former arrangements was some
100000
The principal development of the
property is on the Melissa, Navy anC
Hamburg claims. A tunnel $50 fee
in length has been driven along tn,
main assure on the Hamburg. and {
large tonnage of ore extracted. The
main working shaft sunk on an in
cline of about 80 degrees has reache,
depth of 900 feet on the incline
the lower 200 feet having been SUM
by the present management. The col
lar of this shaft opens on the Melis
sa, but the lower workings hav,
crossed the end-line of the claim anC
penetrated into Navy ground. ais,
owned by the company. A VIM,
sunk on a vertical fisure disclosed il
drift in the lower workings ha,
penetrated 100 feet deeper than tn,
bottom of the shaft This winze ha,
been sunk in ore all the way, anC
shows about three feet of good ore il
the bottom. The operations under tn,
present management have been prac
tically all in ore from the start.
The vein system displays two dis
tinct zones of naturalization. one il
vertical assures cutting the formation
and striking east and west and tn,
other in bedded veins dipping abou
thirty degrees with the formation ant
striking north and south. The mali
shaft on the Melissa marks the inter
section of these two sets of veins
The ore occurs in large irregular bed
and chambers replacing the countr,
rock, a blue dolomite limestone. 4
porphyry dyke some 800 feet soutl
of the present workings is the prob
able source of the Undertaking. solu
tons, and there is no doubt that fun
Their development will show the val