The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-11-14
EASTERN CAPITAL MAY
REOPEN ATLANTA MINE

rome Ioio inning company property.
which lies about forty-five miles north
erly from Phoebe.
Since the advent of the world war
the Atlanta mine has been idle. but In
spired by the high price OF silver the
owners have been endeavoring to raise
capital to place their property on tho
active list.
The ore carries . substantial average
In silver value besides Its gold value.
Two crosscuts on the 4O0-foot level OF
the main shaft average hve ounces In
silver over . width Of thirty feet In
the main ore dixie. which. with the av-
srage gold value of IS per ton. makes
. payable milling ore. even at the pres-
ent high value basis Of labor and sup
piles.
The mine. which IL owned by the
Atlanta Home Gold Mining Company.
has had an interesting history. Az far
back a. 1870 mining was quite active
In this district. in silver Park and on
the Bradshaw mountain to the south.
Ore was mined 30 rich that It was ship
ped to Swansea. Wales. even then net
ting . handsome return. No one ever
thought Of gold In those days and when
the price OF silver dropped all mining
ceased In the district. and Il was early
In 1908 before any real interest was
again taken In this section. It being In
that year that an old prospector named
George Latimer struck the camp. Be-
coming interested In the specimen gold
ore picked up below the main CROP
pings. he bought the principal location
for $4,000. and with another prospector
sank the hrst shaft below the main
Icroppings.
This shaft was sunk to . depth Of
about forty feet and At twenty feet In
depth . crosscut was run into the
main croppings. . distance Of nineteen
feet. These workings were carefully
sampled and panned by George Lati.
mer and the total rock removed from
the shaft and crosscut averaged better
than $3.50 in gold, with is ounces sii-
YER to the ton. assays from the shaft
bottom going better than t1S In gold.
What little capital they then had Civ.
ing out. they optioned their property
, to the Pioche assay ONCE, which frm
later interested Los Ansel1a mining
, men. which resulted In the property
being sold for $4,000.
II Active and continuous development
work has since been done on the prop
erty. two shafts being sunk ana much
drifting ana crosscutting proving an
immense body Of low-srads ore t.
!. exist.
: iC1osott1 UHnnn CnorrrHes
( BxPosns MIoA GOLD VALUES
The main or No. shaft was sunk at
q q distance Of ESQ feet from the old Lat
a inner shaft. Starting In the porphyry.
haf lsntn ~
! at q vertical depth Of eighty -sevsn feet
4 and at the 10o-foot level crosscut
was run under the groupings. striking
the ore thirty feet from the shaft
i This ore ran over $40 per ton in gold
'r with three ounces in silver. but the
;" main orebody. struck twenty feet far.
l. ther, averaged 50 in gold with IL
= ounces in silver for over thirty feet II
l. width. Drifts run north and south IL
T. this body for total distance Of ovei
" eighty feet averaged $3.50 In gold will
% LIS ounces in silver to the ton. Late
q. ON . winze was sunk on this orebod.
III to q total vertical depth OF thirty feet
. demonstrating that the best ore pitches
te toward the shaft. assays across the bot
40 tom showing . gold value Of $3.50 an
x Ia ounces In silver.
ie The main working shaft Is now 10
rn feet in depth ana extensive crosscut
oy ting has developed an immense low
~ grade deposit. which has maintaine
its value at depth. with increasing av
ha erages in silver content. All the OF
ha so far developed Is Of free-millin
.ae character and ore carrying 81 in gol
In will Invariably show about two ounce
X In silver content. Amalgamation, c,
he aniding and tube milling tests ha,
he been made and demonstrate the adap
,he ability Of the ore to simple millin
,en practice.
,ar Geologically, the property Is inte
les esting. There seems to be no wei
ar defined vein. the ore occurring In
Inn big dixie Of jasper quartz. and the 90
IN and silver are found by examination
,he occur In the cleavage planes Of Il
his quartz.
rhe An extensive sampling Of the Gro
,,aa pings In twsnty-foot sections show
,en averages taken over 200 feet in wild
M. to carry 81 in gold and 8 ounce In s
as YER. and an area. forty feet wide
eighty feet on the strike, directly ov
the crosscut in the No. l main wor
vas ing shaft, averaged $3.50 in gold q
IN one ounce in silver to the ton. Adj
veil cent to this big outcrop there is q pc
SIT. phyry dixie which can be traced for
ana considerable distance.
py Further development Of this i
Hiss mense orebody will undoubtedly
Dice commenced in the near future. a
ned thus add still another producer to I
nid- Phoebe district.
we'd -----
ars Local Trapper HAVING Successful Seaa
ths Mart Madsen. experienced trapper
ve,, Atlanta. was In Phoebe for . brief vi
,ere last Tuesday. Mr.. Madsen operates
,vn string Of traps over $50 miles
ltta length. the line stretching from
Nh. Springs, north Of Atlanta, In q circu
". direction past Swallows ranch. Geya
the Dry Farm and returning by the Fo
"a Mile ranch, White Rocks, Burnt c,
yon to Atlanta. On . recent tour ale
the complete line In his big car
sasa Madsen bagged thirty six coyotes. &
ival cats and two foxes, q truly hne recc
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