The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-09-11
IMPRESSIONS
Of HARMONY MINES
Continued from Page One)


ton. that intelligent work is being
done at the new mine. Nearly all of
them have acquired a financial inter-
est in the new workings. There are
w. t. Bawdin, c. c. King. John F1tz-
gerald, Frank Kenny, b. A. Colds
worthy, w. K. Lemley and wife, Mrs.
]. Z. Vogel and daughter Betty (who
minister most ably to the wants OF
the inner mar at the cook house), and
Manager G.. B. Williams and wife, the
latter a lady new to Nevada, but who
has taken to the game of wrenching
wealth from the hills in a whole
hearted manner.
The little camp where these people
live is ideally situated, 1900 feet
above Winnemucca, but only four
miles distant "as the crow flies and
five miles by an easily-negotiable
road. A spring of excellent water
bubbles just outside the rear door OF
the roomy cook house, and its cool
ness aids in producing the desireed
temperature in the "commissary" or
storage room, near by. A Jersey COW
with a pedigree supplies milk, and
likewise, it may be mentioned, has
contributed to the comedy and hilar-
ity of the camp a bull calf named
Jack Dempsey. But Jack will get
his" in the not distant future.
Shaft No. /, a hundred yards from
the managers shack and the bunk
house, is the only place where work
is being done at present. This shaft
is now down 200 feet on the vein,
with ore becoming richer with every
passing yard. Water has now been
encountered in such quantities that
installation of a pump has become
necessary. Manager Williams insist
ed that work be pushed so far as
possible, in order to determine surely
what pumping apparatus would be
necessary. This machinery, along
with an air-compressor, is now to be
installed.
The gasoline hoist at the mouth of
the shaft does remarkably efficient
work with a 60-gallon skip provided
with All automatic dump. A recent
tally-board record of the work of this
hoist showed 223 trips of the skip in
nineteen hours. Thirty skips of sixty
gallons of water each have been
brought to the surface in ifty-eight
minutes.
Survey maps and assay maps are
carefully kept, along with all other
records of the mine. in the front part
CT Mr.. Williams shack, which is fit
ted with necessary paraphernalia for
office work. Nothing is left to chance
at the Nevada Harmony, and no work
is being done in a slip-shod manner.
All is misunderstanding business On
Quoted in a modern way.
Along the vein of the Red Rose
claims openings on ore have been
made for a distance of 1850 feet. This
work consists of several shafts in adj
dition to frequent opeE cuts. There
is ore on every dump. Shallow drift
ing and prosecuting has been done
here for a distance of 450 feet. Much
low-grade ore is exposed all the way
and near the surface.
Between the Red Rose and the
shaft house runs vein No. 2, the big
gest thing. probably. on the property.
In one place the vein is shown in an
open cut to be seven feet wide and
numerous cuts disclose good ore at
the surface.
According to well-laid plans OF
Manager Williams, the next stage of
development for the Nevada Har-
mony, after the installation of pump
and compressor at No. / shaft, will
be a tunnel cut In from the Harmony
canyon a distance of approximately
2200 feet. This tunnel, when COM
pleted, in connection with other work
ings, will be the perfecting touch to
a wonder mine. 1t will provide gray
ity operation for everything. 1t will
penetrate a solid porphyry mass the
first 1850 feet. supplying its own
drainage as it progresses. Numerous
springs along the three assure veins
to be penetrated above the presence
of the water.
This tunnel will run $50 feet lower
than the No. / shaft and 400 feet be-
meath the collar of Red Rose shaft
(Which latter, by the way, is also
down fifty-one feet, and in ore all the
way).
From its splendid and accessible
location, and the immense size of the
uorkinpe mauned orf with INV nra