The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1915-11-06
LINCOLN HILL IS
MINING RICH ORE
ROCHESTER, PROPERTIES DEvEL-
OPING OREBODIES AT MANY
n DIFFERENT POINTS

ROCHESTER,, Oct. 26. = interest
in Rochester is divided between the
progress of the Friedman tunnel of
the Rochester Mines company, devel-
opment in the gold mine of the Lin
coin Hill Milling and Mining COM
pany, and the installation of ma
chinery of the Nevada Packard Mines
company, in the south end of the
district.
The Lincoln Hill Milling and Min
ing company, the management OF
which was taken over by G. 5. John
son of Reno and Sam Francisco a
month ago, is opening up some very
rich ore in the four veins that have
been developed on three levels. The
company has a small mill in opera
ttion and makes weekly shipments
of bullion. Lincoln Hill ores al
principally gold and are high-grade,
the average run of ore sent to the
mill being $3.50 to 5000 per ton.
Some exceptionally rich ore has re
Gently beer opened up on the foot
wall side of the Dixie veins, which
runs from $40 to $40 per sack OF
100 pounds.
The Peerless tunnel, where the
first ore was mined and the shallow
est workings in the mine, is also pro-
ducing high-grade in a drift which is
beng driven to the east. A cross-cut
from the lower tunnel level Is being
driven to cut the Peerless vein at a
depth of $50 feet and a raise is be-
ing extended to cut the Spur vein
where it should connect with n
Peerless vein On its dip.
On the same slope of Lincoln Hill
lessees on the Abe Lincoln No. 2
claim, which adpOins the Lincoln Hill
Milling and Mining company ground
on the north, have shipped 80 tons
of ore ~assaying $40 per ton to the
custom mill of the Rochester Mines
company. Potter and Higgin, leas'
ing on the Nonpareil, adjoining the
Lincoln Hill M. & M. on the south,
have a shipment about ready, and
lessees on the Raven claim on the
north slope of the hill are sacking
Ore
The Big Four winze, on the prop
erty of the Rochester Mines company,
is developing a wonderful body OF
ore. This winze has been sunk 100
feet below the 30O-foot level in a
solid body of ore varying from five
feet to 9k feet in width. At 10
Leet the ore-shoot is az feet wide
I'D assays $45 per ton, of which SIS
gold. A drift has been started to
connect with the Codd winze, $50 feet
north of the Big Four winze. which
was sunk on the same ore-shoot.
Both wines will be carried down for
some distance as a guide to develop
ment work on the Friedman tunnel
level. All this work is being done
on the East vein, which is practically
untouched from here to the surface,
a distance of 600 feet on the dip OF
the vein. The Friedman tunnel is
in almost 1900 feet and should
strike the main vein very soon. The
mill is running steadily, treatlng
1875 tons a day, and the output for
October will be about $4,000, &C
cording to officials of the company.
The Packard mill is nearing corr
pletion and should be ready for a
trial run early in November. 1t will
employ the counter-current decan-
tation process, similar to the plant
of the Rochester Mines company,
but using rolls instead of stamps
because of the softness of the ore,
and zinc dust instead of zinc shaw
ings. 1t will have a capacity OF
100 tons in a 24-hour day. In
preparation for active operation the
mine is being thoroughly sampled
so that the average value of the
ore treated may easily be maintain
ed at the standard established.
A strike of Importance has been
made in the Crown Point No. 4
claim of the Nenzel Crown Point
Mining company, which adioins
the Rochester Mines on the north
and east, and is on the east or
American canyon side of Rochester
hill. While doing the assessment
work on me No. 4 claim the miners
uncovered a VEN winch has since
been stripped for 100 feet, showing
three feet Of good shipping or...
The company is preparing to sink On
the vein and will ..evelop it's grounI
on an extensive xcclc.