The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-04-18
OUTPUT OF
PIOCHE 1917

In the report OF v. c. Heikes, pub
lished February Is. 1919, by the
United States geological survey. en-
titled Gold. Silver. Copper. Lead
and Zine in Nevada In 1871" the
production OF the Phoebe district Is
given as $l.342.677 and the total
output OF Lincoln county $1.43S,616.
Eleven producers reported l44,-
s96 tons Of ore. containing $41,989
In gold, 450,517 ounces of silver. 40,-
1888 pounds OF copper. 9,0ss,55l
pounds OF lead and 1.332.521 pounds
or recoverable zinc. valued In all at
81 l,S42.67., or an average value per
ton Of $9.26. The greater part OF
the total output, or 12S,702 tons.
was of shipping grade, which with
1896 tons OF old Stag was shipped
directly to the smelters. There was
also 2.91l tons Of concentrates pro-
duced, containing gold, silver. cop
per, lead and zinc. The greatest
part of the district output was from
toe Prince Consolidated, which ship
ped low-grade iron manganese ore.
containing small quantities of gold.
silver. copper and lead. Old tailings
were retreated in the Bullionville
mill by oil rotation and, yielded con-
siderable lead concentrate, contain
ing silver and gold. Equal quanti-
ties of ore were shipped from the
Mendha and Hamburg mines and
! from lease on the Amalgamated
| Phoebe property, the owners Of which
| alsi shipper zinc-lead concentrate OH
| company account.
/ T.,L.,.uc.;,. H., A. NnrH
The work Of the operators can best
be analyzed by the Record by tabu-
lating the ore produced into the fol-
lowing classes:
Iron manganese ore. tons. .123.58S
Smelter stag .............,.... l0,S9S
Direct smelter shipments 80. 5,i14
Total production in tons. -. .144,996
The low-grade oxidized iron man
ganese fluxing ore, containing small
quantities of gold, silver, copper and
lead, was produced by the Prince
Consolidated Mining Company under
the direction of the Godbe brothers.
Only few years ago this property
was a despised prospect. Later 1t
was sold for a few thousand dollars.
Still later it passed into the control
Of the CODES, who nursed 1t through
the critical formative period, and the
industry shown by them in the pa
tient perfecting of all the small bust
ness details comprising mining work
, enabled the stockholders to reap ths
) full reward Of the recent favorable
market conditions. The dividend!
to date amount to $575,000, besides
: which many a Liberty bond has beel
ta.id aside by the more thrifty OF th'
, employees.
al The smelter Stag was shipped from
, the oil Phoebe smelter, near the Sal
!, Lake route depot, by e. H. Snyde
+ and must include some 1915 ship
: ments.
Output Of 2,911 Tons Concentrate
The ore milled, amounting to 5,
$ 9SS tons, produced 2,911 tons OF con
: centrates. 1t is difficult to under
z stand this ratio Of two tons OF or
3 into one ton of concentrates, partic
: ularly since tailings milled at Bul
o lionville are included in the amount
Some error may have been made b
: the operators in sending in their re
IS ports, although it is realized tha
e some ofsthe lead-zinc-iron sulphid
+ ore is more than one-half mineral
- The direct smelter shipments wer
lie forwarded principally by the Han
r burg, Mendha and Amalgamated F
5 oche, and this production was II
creased by the smaller shipments
the Combined Metals, which starte
production in 1917, and by the shil
ments of other lessees in the distric
The work Of the operators as r
!. flected in the amount OF metals pr
al duced is tabulated as follows:
cola In dollars s 41,9
9Oiu, ~ S'''.eN0 <