The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-11-21
SILVER KING GROUP HAS
IMMENSE POSSIBILITIES

Earl T.. Godbe. local mining sngi-
neer. recently made an examination OF
the Silver King property for local In
terests. which may lead to early re-
sumption OF development work.
The mine In situated about thirty
eight miles northwest Of Phoebe. In the
Silver King mining district. and In
reached by a good automobile road
which passes over the Bristol summit.
The terminal bins OF the narrow gauge
railroad at Jackrabbit are only about
twenty-four miles from the property.
Four mining claims comprise tho
group. which are known rs the silver
King. the silver Queen. the Old Timer
and the Emerald.
Considerable work has been done In
the past on this old property and q
good tonnage OF ore II contained In the
dumps from the various workings.
which at the present high price Of sill
yer should be profitable.
On the silver King claim, which In
1879 was owned and operated BY . Mr..
Hughes. = large amount Of Develop
ment has been done and several car.
loads OF lead-carbonate-silvsr ore. as
saying %o.S per cent lead and 1873
ounces In silver. were shipped to Eu-
reka and Salt Lake. The present dumps
now contain considerable ore Of posst-
BILE shipping grade.
To the north OF the Silver King
claim and parall1ling Il IL the silver
Queen mine. which 10 developed by .
vertical shaft 1S0 feet In Depth This
shaft was sunk outside the vein and
although the early management sx-
tractsd . nice tonnage Of silver load
ore In sinking. no crosscuts were run
to properly prospect the adjacent ana
parallel assures. The prosecution Of
this work might easily demcnstrats
the great value OF this clsim, ~ tha
records show $4,000 worth Of chloride
ore to have been extracted and mar
keted from the surface workings ad-
tacent to the shaft.
The Old Timer claim has vertical
shaft down $50 feet. besides . tunnel
following the vein and connscting
with the shaft. which gives ane vsn-
tilation in the extensive workings. A
good haulage road has been built up
to the tunnel portal and connacting ore
chutes make economical hanaling Of
low-grads ore . possibility.
The workings show . considerable
/
greater ratio Of silver value to the
lead content than does the carbonate
ore on the lower contacts. more than
lonsstting the higher treatnsnt sharga
thus nscsssitatsd should the ores be
shfppaA to tka HnxT Lalks snsIfaes.
There r. 1t least 400 t6as Of low-grads
showing Of ore In opsned up UNDER
l 40 l., 49, :
Iings carries q high spiess content and
In heavily impregnated with mineral.
indicating wonderful possibilitiss ar
depth. A well-dennsd porphyry ltms
contact IL the conspicuous feature Of
this portion Of the territory and thess
partially developed upper orsbodiea
may be better described ~ the mother
lode. the adjacent orebodies being In
all probability offshoots in the pern'e-
able lime which IL heavily fractured
In this vicinity.
The Emerald claim. lying to the
south Of the Old Timer. has shaft
down over forty feet on y massive
low-grade vein. which shows galsns
/ and copper oxides widely distributed
} through the vein matter. This vein Il
> over twenty feet wide in the center o
the claim. Development at depti
should be encouraged by the particu
!. larly heavy naturalization Of the orr
: deposits 30 far exposed.
In 1878. when the property was Is
miles from railroad. small nifty -tol
4 capacity smelter was purchased BY tn
. owners and stands there today mon
d ument to the faith that the early min
( ers had in the possibilities Of thi
mine. Today, with the railroad ter
minal bins at Jackrabbit but twenty
Z four miles away, with hve-ton truck
" capable Of speedy transportation o
the road. and last but not least. tn
high price Of silver assured for tn
product. this mine should soon be add
" ing to the mineral wealth Of this Pre-
h ductive district.