The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-10-04
FORMATION CHANGE
AT HONEY BEE MINE

| LOVELOCK, New, October "A
change of formation is apparently
coming in at the Bendetti tunnel at
the Nevada Honey Bee mine at Lor-
ing. The tunnel is now in 262 feet
and for number of days stringers
have been cut frequently. but even
the country rock shows values under
assay. In about forty feet more the
tunnel will be under twenty-five
! foot shaft from which some good ore
was shipped shortly after the dis
covery, and interesting results are
expected when this point is reached.
The Malley shaft is down 125 feet
and there is no change in the origi-
nal plan to do no lateral work until
it reaches a depth of 200 feet. Some
good looking quartz came from the
shaft during the week, which led to
report that the vein had been struck
Superintendent Bell says that the
quartz came from what apparently is
water course, and not from the
main vein which is to be developed
from the shaft; further, unless the
vein changes its dip with depth 1t will
not be opened up in the shaft at all
| but must be crosscut for, though a
/ blind vein or one of the numerous
cross veins may be struck at any
| time
William j. Loring, the noted en-
| gineer, who is general manager OF
the Nevada Honey Bee, spent several
| days during the week in checking up
developments since his last visit. He
expressed himself as being greatly
pleased with the showing on the Hon.
ey Bee and the outlook in general for
the camp which bears his name. He
| decided to make no change in the
plans for permanent development. but
in addition will have more systematic
and thorough surface prospecting
done. This will be inaugurated at
| once under the direction of Tom
Ward, who is one of the original
owners.
Through his long connection with
the firm of Bewick, Moreing & Co.,
it is thought by many that Mr. Loring
| is an Englishman, but his boyhood
was spent at Angels Camp, Cal. 1t
is said that his first great success
was as a millman but he is now bet
ter known as a mine manager and is
making great success of mines in
( the camp where he lived as a boy, as
well as elsewhere.
Excavating for the mill of the jose
Davis Mining and Milling Company
will be completed this week and the
concrete foundation will then be laid,
after which the machinery will be put
in place. Owing to the fact that water
| developed is quite warm, there will
be no difficulty in keeping the mill
running steadily in the coldest
weather, though the winters in this
section are not usually sever enough
to bother much on that score. In the
tunnel on the company's lease on the
and it is all of good grade. Congress
man Roberts. president of the jose
Davis, New Willard and Willard
Metals companies. is expected here
this week to note progress and to
confer with Manager Beauchamp.
The tunnel on the New Willard has
cut through the big dixie and is just
entering the first of the five veins
which it will intersect.
There are many interesting ex-
posures in the different workings on
the Loring Treasure Hill ground
which give much promise under fur
ther development. What is known as
the West vein strikes fifteen degrees
north of east averages seven feet in
width and the whole vein would pay
to mill without sorting. In addi-
tion to surface workings there is a
tunnel on it which is now in about
100 feet. AT thirty-five feet in rich
streak was struck. on which a raise
was put up to the surface. Some OF
the ore taken from this was full OF
free gold and among the richest
found in the camp. The vein was
cut off by dixie at about eighty feet
in the tunnel, but il is expected To
pick 1t up again within thirty feet, as
it has been found on the surface the
other side of this dixie Where picked
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