The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-04-18
What Some of the Active
Mines of Phoebe Are Doing

| level, above which is the body of zinc
ore, and along which this ore will be
trammed to the new crosscut, and
thence to the station.
Shaft sinking was commenced, and
for a while but little water had to
be handled, but as depth was gained
the flow increased, and the need for
good pumping equipment is evident.
For sinking 1t was decided to try
the "Jackhammer" type of machine
drill. Three different manufacturers
products were tested. The one select
ed is 40 pound machine, which ro-
tates its drill. The steel is hollow,
air being forced through it to clear
the bit. AS high as eighteen five and
a half foot holes were drilled in the
hard quartzite in four hours with two
machines. Small diameter dynamite
OF 90 per cent strength was used in
the bottoms of the notes.-the usual
one and one-eighth 40 per cent DOW.
der completing the charge.
falrly good progress was made and
by the middle of March the shaft had
been sunk to the fourteenth level
and deep stump provided.
Stringers of zinc lead silver ore
were encountered at and near the
fourteenth level which would seem L,
indicate the proximity of a mineral
bearing vein whose existance has
heretofore been unsupported.
The fourteenth level station was
cut to provide ample room for pumps
ana double tracks. The crosscut to
the R. & E, vein and the Yuba dyke
is well underway-it is only a short
distance to them The crosscuttinp
IS pelng done with the most modern
drifting machine on the market and
good progress is resulting.
A concrete bulkhead with heavy
rali-relnforced door will be placed in
the fourteenth level crosscut, lust
back OF the station, which will be
used to hold back the water which
VIII be encountered when the vein is
struck. A valve in this bulkhead will
permit the drawing off of the water
under controlled flow and thus it is
noped that the pumps will not be
drowned out when the volume of
water now held above the fourteenth
level is tapped. A long drill hole is
carried while prosecuting as an indi.
Gator when the water bearing coun.
try is encountered.
AS soon as the development work
on the fourteenth level has been com.
pleted mining will be commenced.
Inc officers and local staff of the
Amalgamated are as follows:
President, VIM. ]. Palmer, of the
ilrm OF Trippe & Co., % Broad ST.,
New York; secretary, Chas. S. Bulk.
ley, 62 Cedar street, New York: su.
perlntendent, II. R. Van Wagenen
Ploche, Nevada; foreman, H. A.
Gelsdorfer; master mechanic g +
Wnltney; accountants, s. B. Eubanks
n. b. Slough engineer, H. NJ. Turner
New York office, 40 Cedar street.
Regarding the leasers. AS pre.
vlously stated, the policy of the com.
pany has been to lease certain of its
noldlngs, The leases, together with
the Floral mill tailings, have added
materially to the ore shipments of
the district. In all, considerably over
one hundred cars of ore, Stag and
talllngs have been marketed
MI. A. t. Godbe, leasing on the Half
Moon, has shipped many cars of tail.
ngs, and has mined and marketed
several cars ofsvery good ore-some
or which have carried better than
half an ounce of gold, besides good
silver and lead values.
Messrs. Hosmer, Browne and Par.
ker, leasing the old Consolidated
Phoebe company's smelter Stag dunn
uncovered and shipped several cars of
t~L
cent OF copper, besides good gold, sill
yer, gold and lead values. They also
shipped a score or more cars of sort.
ed Stag, which asSayed well in the
four metals.
Snyder and Empey mined few
cars of iron-manganese ore from ma
Telephone claim, which had good
values in silver These leasers also
sorted the old Phoenix Reduction
works dump, and obtained a few cars
OF good Stag and speiss.
Culverwell * Orr leased the old
Bristol smelter Stag dump. and ship
ped some of the best grade Stag that
has gone out of the district.
J. b. Wheeler has recently leased !
part OF the Manhattan group. at
Stampede Gap. and has shipped lead.
silver ore.
From the Raymond & Ely DUNN
TWO cars of the BLACK ledge" ore
nave been sorted, by leasers. The
ore is of very satisfactory grade.
The Floral mill tailings were more
extensive than appeared probable be.
fore the loading pit was excavated |
and the values in gold. silver and laad
were such that the shipping of the
dump was we'll worth while.
A. Y. & B. l.. Smith, leasing on the
Greenwood, found some high grade
gold ore, and shipped it. More re.
Gently these gentlemen have formed
the Yuba Leasing & Development
company. which has commenced quite
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