The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-02-20
THE ROCHESTER
COMBINED MINES
(By Frank i. Reber.l

angles and not yet to the other wall"
was the startling statement of Super
intendent Wilkie as I, in company with
J. Carlton Bray, well-known geolo-
gist, reached the hanging wall of what
is now the strongest showing ore body
for the amount of work done in the
Rochester district This remarkable
evidence of great wealth is on the
Rochester Combined property, ada
cent to the deeper Packard workings,
and is only slight evidence of the
potentiality of L. A. Friedman's recent
direction to make the greater Roch-
ester
A visit to the Rochester Combined
is most impressive and convincing. 1t
is a keynote mining presentation for
Rochester in particular, and Nevada
in general.
1t will be the aim of this review of
I'VE saw and are convinced" to give
information as to the real conditions
and facts appertaining to the Roches-
ter Combined and other properties so
that reasonable and sound views may
be the guiding aim of all those who
are or may become interested in legiti-
mate and profitable mining and mine
making.
The largeness of the Combined min
eral area is practically embraced in
10000 feet one way and 5000 feet the
approximately two miles long
and one mile wide-having on the one
end "of the proof of the pudding is in
the eating thereof" the Rochester
Mines great production, and on the
other the Packard mine with its divi-
dend score.
Greater Than Kings Ransom.
The topography is such that one can,
from its elevations, note the great min
era1 courses and ore indexes over sum-
mits and draws and gulches for the
two miles, between the mining of ore
on the Rochester Mines and the Pack
ard. These ups and downs are caused
| by Nenzel, Bonanza, Friedman and
/ Packard hills At places these eleva-
/ tions of altitude from the bottom to
/ the summit, showing these great
veins and where prospected ore from
200 to 1000 feet. offering superb ad-
vantages for cheap mining and an evil
6ienee os NO end to the great ore pro-
duction by the forces directing and
controlling this enterprise, an estate
of more Importance than kings ran
som, situate and spreading ideally the
great ore-bearing veins of the proven
/ Rochester. And be it remembered,
/ tLot +I;r xyo;, cx-efor, xvbo,-ovov- 0nonad
along its strike, has been the yielder
of much profitable ore and at points
mining is done to 1000 feet depth.
/ Positive Showing of Great Wealth.
The great vein from which the
Packard mine extracted last year its
hundreds of thousands worth of bull
lion is uncovered across the Shepard
claims of the Rochester Combined for
over 500 feet No. ] tunnel shows
sixty-eight feet of ore and not to the
footwall. as per opening statement.
twenty-five feet of ore samples, $3.50
gold, % ounces silver. The other
forty-five feet samples SLIGO gold, IL
ounces silver per ton, and as the cross
cut proceeds toward the footwall the
values improve No. 2 tunnel will cut
this ore body 200 feet deeper. Also
down 200 feet in the gulch this same
ore body is opened by an open cut
It is an immense representation of the
i great ore possibilities that this show
ing presents.
There are three other distinct ore
bearing veins west, paralleling the
great Packard vein and proven by
exploration, traversing the Rochester
Combined area. The three veins are
cut in the Kroner tunnel. They are
veins l, 2, 3 of the Rochester Com
bined and vary in width as cut from
four to ten feet. with values ranging
from Sc to $40 per ton.
Another vein, opened for 1900 feet
on its trend on this estate and pre-
fsenting the initial Rochester promise
for mine quality is on the Feldt and
Halle claims. A shaft sunk to forty
feet depth on the vein shows four feet
of $40 ore and in places it carries
higher values. The vein also carries
significant values in lead and with
surface cuts along the 1000 feet gives
commercial values.
Half way between the Rochester
and Packard mine is the Prince Ru.
pert claim. On this eight feet of ore
is opened on the surface running 81
per ton. Its strength and the ore
shown make it most attractive addi
tion to the company's great treasure
resource and it will have pressing
development attention.
Other veins on the Rochester
Combined area. east and west from
the great Packard vein are known bui
not prospected. but possess primary
conditions and qualities such a:
prompted work on the other vein:
showing such strength and which are
veritable guaranty as to the grea
future that Rochester Combined ha:
in store for the mining world.