The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-12-05
LYNDON CULCH Mine
PRODUCING SILVER ORE

Considerable activity n 70 - ssesa
In the Comet Mining aastsiet. Nsrs
prospecting and dsvsleDnsat y bs1ns
carried ON now thaa at any tine IN ths
districts history.
Last week assays were rscsivs1 on
the last car shipped from the OLE Lyn-
DON mine. showing value Of about $40
per ton. The previous car. shipped
four moaths ago. averaged 90 cents In
gold and s3.% ounces In silver. the ore
having . favorable analysis for smslt-
ing purposes. the combined iron. man
gAnese and lime being In excess OF the
insoluble content.
Joe Sandon OF Dslamar has . lease
on the dumps and ON . sector Of the
mine and expects shortly to ship an
other car Of this desirable ore. Engi-
nsers who have recently examined this
famous old producer report considsra-
BILE low-grade ore still In sight.
Most Of the work has been done ON
the Lyndon claim and large amount
| Of ore has been extracted and sold. The
| main working tunnel has been run In
about 100 feet In . northerly direction
and there are . number Of drifts rur-
ming both eastsrly and westerly. two
large chambers or slopes OF ore having
been excavated near the mouth Of the
tunnel The tunnel follows one OF the
assures and at about thirty feet from
the entrance . winss has been sunk to
. depth Of 100 feet, and drifts run east
erly and westerly nifty feet below the
floor Of the tunnel The sastsrly drift
at twenty-five feet from the shaft
crosscut the No. Lyndon nssurs.
which was stopsd to and above the
easterly drift from the main tunnel.
The nlling Of both Of those ASSURES II
peculiar, being iron boulders loose In
the vein. but many Of them carrying
lead and silver. They resemble In their
placement the back nlling Of worked
out stope. There II no ore Of any value
exposed in these lower drifts, but the
face Of the west drift will assay about
two ounces in silver and = little lsad.
making It quite probable that body
J Of ore is not far distant. Most Of the
high-grade ore has been renewed from
the upper workings east Of the tunnel,
but there still remains considerable
bodies of low grade. which 1t the pres
. ent price OF silver are possible ship
ping product.
GOOD GRADE or SHIPPING onD
ExPOSED IN SHALLOW OP1N CUT
The ore worked on the surface Of the
. ground above where the drift from the
winze has been run lies ~ follows: TIA
west body to tho west Of the winzs and
. the east body to the east OF the winse
. Above the tunnel 10 IN open cut. ID
4 which the ore 10 dipping IN . southeRly
y direction taward the main tunuAl worls.
a ings. and there II now over six feet oi
: ore of possible shipping grade exposed
:. in the bottom. This ore. with the ton.
. mage still exposed in the slopes lying
{ to the east of the tunnel from the ns'
sure. assures considerable tonnage o.
= possible shipping grade.
9 To demonstrate the wonderfully higl
j. value Of the ores previously shippet
from the Lyndon mine the following
% official records Of the Taylor = Brun
. ton ore sampling works Of Salt LAX
l. are given: January s, 1895. ten tons o
g ore were sold. netting the compan.
Is $1.222.62. The assay value of this 10
le was .23 ounce gold. 1922 ounces silve
and 1912 per cent lead.
Of May II, 1895. thirteen and one-hai
d tons netted $1.557.ss. The assay valu
A. Of this lot was IL ounce In gold. 313.S
n ounces in silver and Ills per cent LOAF
O~ OeC0muoE TO- AoSUs tulEtoon ~
r three-tenths tons netted $2.2s5.44, tn
re- assay value being 20 ounce gold. 27S
OF ounces silver and IA per cent lead.
at July 7, 1897. four tons netted e70s.S
the assay value being 81 ounce sol
1886 ounces silver and 31.1 per cel
n lead.
II July Z. 1897, twenty seven and threa
tenths tons netted $1,705.23, the asss
da value being IA ounce gold. 1856 ounc'
lin silver and Sc per cent lead.
rk The above shipments were from .
de lected ore and naturally large bodi
70. of low-grade ore were left In the Q
workings and In the dumps adjacs
Die to the main working tunnel. The
,ry low-grads bodies can now be profitab
LIS shipped at the increased price Of silv
and will add materially to the alreat
Pa large production made by the Lynd'
mine.
Draughtsmen's and carpentert pc
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