The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-12-12

Inc 0IAshOA 1sAnoos i0S8k00 ON tn6
southern side Of the Jackrabbit range.
will be steadily operated this winter,
according to Sam T. Godbe. who recent
" visited the various properties.
At the present time . force of eight
miners IL employed underground under
the active supervision Of Superinten1-
ent John r. Cook. well-known Fio.rs
mining operator. and although no ef-
fort will be made to force production
until spring. shipments will go forward
steadily to the Salt Lake smelters from
this development work. despite the
present unfavorable weather conditions.
About ten tons Of medium grade sill
vsr-copper ore Is being produced daily.
streak of high-grade malachits ore
recently encountered adjacent to the
old Lloyd bonanza winze assayed Sc
per cent copper and log ounces in sill
yer. This high-grade ore Is being
mixed with the run of mine and IL rais-
ing the grade Of the recent shipments.
The last car. on which returns were
received last week. assayed 1914 ounces
in silver. per cent copper. the analy-
sis showing only 20.4 per cent insolu-
BILE. the combined iron. manganese and
lime being Se.4 per cent. thus making
. favorable smelling content.
Mr.. Godbe says that additional orc Is
being added to the reserves exposed
and that the general mine conditions
are most favorable. Though the pr.n-
cipal production comes from the ds-
sures running through the property
development work has lately demon
stratsd large beds making of from
these assures. These beds are associ :.
ated with the permeable lime and are
impregnations from the main bodies
adjacent to the assures. 1t seems quite
probable that q large tonnage of ship
ping silver-copper ore will be extract
cd from these beds, which at latest ad-
vices seem likely to prove extensive.
Tho principal work is now being done
on the first. second and third levels Of
the May Day sector. in what Is known
a. the May Day assure system. adis-
cent to the old cave. which was a real
show place for visitors In the early
days. The beautiful white incrusts f.
tions. stained with green and blue car
Donates Of copper, impressed all those
who were fortunate enough to view
this interesting natural phenomenon
This cave was later mined. as the walls
were composed of high-grade ore. the
white chrystallized lime incrustation
Just forming a coating in the open fis-
sure territory.
At the present time all this work IL
being done through the Gypsy shat,
and the management plans to run an
adit from the May Day territory to the
surface to connect with the receiving
bfhs 1t the tramway terminal and thus
moro economically extract the ores
from the May Day assure system
which are apparently improving ir
grade and quantity.
Tho early history of the Bristol dis
trict 10 one Of the interesting chapter!
OF the west. The Cave mine was 10
Gated by Charles Row during 1870. VIII,
also located the May Day and Tempes
during the following year. In 1871 h
sold out to A. 8. Ardway Of Oregon 70
$4,000. at the same time entering Ard
ways employ and remaining with hir
until 1874. Ardway also bought tn
National from A. B. Rickard for $1,S0t
Afterward the Gypsy claim. part Of
on Cave ground. already held by Ard
way. was located by Henry Breeze
whom Ardway bought out. thus con
solidating tho conflicting interests.
Tho hrst important strike In tn
Bristol district was made in the sprin
Of lS73 In . big natural cave in tn
mining claim prophetically named tn
Cave. whore an immense body Of sol
ore was uncovered. measuring twelv
feet high above the floor of the dril
and twenty feet wide. assayins 81
ounces In silver per ton, % per cer
lead ana Is per cent copper. From III
and other bonanxas found on his prof.
critics Ardway ID said to have cleane
up about 100000 in three or to,
years.
Tho total production Of the Brist
properties in the early days was abo'
$2.ooo.000. During the palmy days
tho Ardway regime 600 miners AZ
teamsters were said to have been re,
ularly employed at the Bristol.
townsite was laid out and rapidly SO
tied up and tho camp was served
two daily stages. After Ardway le
the camp suffered various vicjssitud
under successive ownerships and ma