The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-24
COMET MINING DISTRICT
SHOWS GREAT ACTIVITY

trict are proving the wide distribu-
tIon Of high-grade ore deposits in this
section and demonstrating the possi-
bilities of adding tonnage to the al
ready large shipments of ore now be- /
ing made from the various camps trib- |
utary to Phoebe.
Men, material and supplies are being |
hauled regularly from Phoebe to the |
various mines and prospects through
out the Comet district and considerable |
activity is in evidence. The ores, oc-
curing. as they do. in the high-grade
assure veins. rich at the grassroots, |
afford a wonderful opportunity to the |
prospector. leaser and miner
A remarkable showing has been
made on the Culverwell- -Ronnow prop
erty, now known as. the Stella Mines
Company. a partnership which has pro-
duced $1S.434.44 since February 1, 1919,
at low expense for labor and sup
plies, and has paid in dividends to it's
fortunate owners the munificent sum
of s10.234.16 from company and lessee
operations.
The average value of the four cars
s121.20 per ton net smelter valuation,
i
fourth lot, which realized $5,37O.7s net
smelter valuation. assayed as follows:
Gold, OTIS ounce; silver, 1916 ounces;
lead. 1875 per cent; copper, 3 per cent;
insolubls 40.4 per cent; zinc. "A per
cent; iron, 1925 per cent: manganese.
81 per cent, total valuation of
s145.27 per ton. from which the reason
able smelling charge of $5.24 was de-
Quoted, the ore being treated at the
Murray plant of the American Smelling
and Refining Company, through the
agency of the Phoebe assay Office.
The deepest workings from which
these profits were derived Is only
about thirty-five feet from the sur
face, and under the intelligent SUPER
vision of John Grove the ore was
taken out clean and inexpensively.
On this property the Hybla Mining
Company of Nevada. recently organized
by Arthur Reall and backed by strong
Philadelphia capitalists, has secured
favorable lease on the lower section.
They are actively pursuing the deyel-
opment of the mine through the old
Mark Church tunnel, driven several
years ago on the Ronnow claim, which
1t was generally supposed followed the
strike of the assure at depth. The
Hybla company, however. after a sys-
tematic examination of the geological
conditions made by Superintendent
Tom McCormac started a crosscut and
later a drift from the main tunnel,
which after an advance of about if-
teen feet from the starting point. last
Sunday broke into nice showing of
high-grade ore, samples from the face
assaying .06 ounces gold. 605 per cent
lead and 35.4 ounces silver per ton
thus demonstrating two important
facts-first, that the main tunnel is
about fifteen feet off the main fssure,
and, even of more Importance, the ex-
istence of high-grade ore at depth, the
face of the drift in which the strike
was made being ninety feet vertical
measurement below the surface and zoo
feet west Of the known ore extracted
by the Stella Mines Company from the
superficial workings above.
Rich ore is still being mined from
these upper slopes. the ore occurring ir
lenses of varying size throughout the
vein matter. large boulder of ore
weighing over 500 pounds and assayine
1900, ounces In silver was stolen one
night while the miners were asleep.
The Hybla Mining Company is alst
producing ore from the Hazel Greer
claim, now operated under lease t
Sandy Campbell, who has opened veil
which carried pay ore from the grass
roots An eight Inch streak on tn
footwa1l averages $15418 per ton, Will
the vein across two feet, including tn
richer footwall streak, will assay $52.8
per ton at depth of six feet beloy
the collar of the prospect shaft. Camp
bell now has out on the dump over te
tons of high-grade ore. with ore dis
played in a number of shallow trench
es along the strike of the assure. Far
ther south and in the heavy timber a
the base of Lyndon mountain, on tn
Nonpareil claim. the company has
good showing Of ore. number of wei
defined parallel assures carrying vein
of solid crystalline galena. Thes
high-grade veins average from thre
to eight inches in width and stan
nearly vertical. Within distance {
nifty feet no less than Ave of thes
veins are exposed. The managemel
plans to crosscut from a shaft no
down fifty feet, and thus intersect the'
well-dehned ore channels at depth.
OH tHo AyHuOu pTOPcIly, o"A0o
Charles Schodde. Joe Sandon an oil
time western prospector and miner,
taking out ore, sorting and screenir
the rich old dumps located adjacent
the main workings, from which ov
100000 In high-grade ore has be-
marketed. Farther north on the No.
fissure system Of the Lyndon mine G
Ballas and John Petroff are taking o
rich silver-lead ore from a promisii
vein. which Is widening under deve
opmsnt. They have already nice pi
OF ore on the platform. though oper
tions only started a week ago.
On the extensive property OF t
Tungsten Comet Mining Compa
Frank Murphy has opened up ore whi
assays over $3.50 per ton. operating
lease from the company, which
says has great promise Of developi
Nnticn fn Minors