The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1917-02-16

From one of their claims located
north of Groom camp in the quartz
ite, Lane and Ishway got a gold as
say of 1880 last week. The sam
pie was white quartz and was from
near the surface.
An offer of $1,000 is reported to
have been made last week for one of
the claims located on the Groom
ledge to the south, by Lane and Ish-
way. They refused the offer as they
will shortly begin work on the
the surface, on a comparison of their
surface and groupings with others to
the north, who have already cut ore
on this lead.
The shaft of the Groom North Ex-
tension company, situated north Of
the Groom mine is down about 40
feet 1t is intended to cut the vari-
Gus strata of the main ledge on the
dip, and has already passed through
going some so feet the company ex-
poets to install a gasoline hoist and
press the work faster than at pres
ent.
The caterpillar train and trucks
are moving again and ore is going
steadily from the Groom mine to
rlya OF c,1n ,Ip
and no particular time was lost
through muddy roads. The distance
to Indian Springs station is 60 miles
and the Packard and Sauer trucks
have been able to make a round trip
120 miles) in "a hours, on several
consecutive trips during the past ten
days.
This camp is interested in the good
roads movement. Our traffic goes to
Indian Springs station on the Las
Vegas & Tonopah road as it is the
readiest and easiest means of COM
munication, but we are only 40
miles from Pahranagat Valley, with
camp, both places would profit from
the business that woud result We
want their good farm products, and
reader means Of getting to the
county seat than by going by Las
Vegas, which is some 255 miles trav-
ell. A good road will be built from
Ca1iopto Do ro ouat opJ ~ will
not require much additional outlay
to touch up the few places requiring
attention between there and here
Four-fifths of the road is in good
condition; the remainder is bad prin-
cipally as the result of storms wash
ing out sharp gullies and bringing
turns and twists necessary. Nothing
has been spent on it in the way of
repairs for many years, that we know
Of The Pahranagat ranchers will
use trucks between Caliente and pi-
oche, and we can do the same to this
camp. With the road repaired 1t is
oche to Groom by auto. The road
between here and Indian is the old
county road. Since county division
1t Is in both Clark and Lincoln. 1t
was In bad shape through storms and
dlsuse when ore shipments began
from here Is months ago. The
Groom owners have spent about ST.
700 on it, and 1t is a good road ex-
cept in midsummer, when the heavy
traffic cuts it up badly. Heavy drags
pulled behind the "cat" or the trucks
while the ground is moist soon put
IL IN shape aga n, however.
Families who went out last fall
on account or the weather are begin
ming to return. TIE working force
at the mines is to be increased and
other families are coming in X is
proposed to have a school district or
ganized this spring and be ready FOR
the midsummer school appo:tton-
ment and school work next fall
ASoAtCl CltuCI VI Juc lIuChS Up
Grating between Groom and Indiar
springs will haul passengers at 50. SO
tor the trip one way. AS these rur
lrregularly it is proposed to have ar
auto make one or two trips per weel
as traffic may justify. to be On Sc
Gays so passengers can count OF
service, and to make the fare eacl
way, $500 This is somethilg g tha
mas been much needed
Freight into camp from India,
springs station is charged for a
$l6 ton and comes on the truck
or cat"
The Groom Southend Mining com
pany has assay returns OF 60 pc
cent load