Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1919-05-31
The Simon Mine
A Splendid and Conservative De-
scription By az Eminent
Engineer

Engineers who have recently
been invited to inspect the Simon
Lead Mines conpany's property,
situated near Nina, Nevada, have
returned to Tonopah eBthused be-
yond description over the develop
ments that have been made at the
property.
Former reports made on the
property have been of the most
glowing character. but such re-
ports dealt only with the develop
ments on the 3OO-foot level and
above. Recently the shaft was
completed to the 400 foot depth
and the vein encountered a short
distance away from it. In the in
tervening, period the vein has been
penetrated by a cross cut fot dis
tance of nearly 90 feet, according
to statements made by P. A. Simon,
president of the company, who ar
rived in Tonopah several days ago
on BUSINESS trip. The vein
through which the work is being
done is absolutely solid ore, and
maintains uniform value, some
what higher than on the upper
levels, where average values of over
$40 were maintained across a width
of II feet and for a distance of 100
feet in each direction. ON the hang
ing wall side of the ledge.
Among others who have recently
examined the mine and returned to
Tonopah to declare it is one of the
greatest silver lead mines in the
world, was J. P. Hart, ore of the
engineers of the Tonopah Exten-
sion mining company. In speak
ing about his trip to the Simon
mine, Mr.. Hart said:
The Simon mine, embracing
10 claims, located 22 miles from
Nina, was originally discovered
about so years ago, and at various
periods since that time has been
worked in small way, and judg-
ing from the size of the old slopes,
all of which are but shallow depth
urder the surface groupings, con-
siderable quantity of ore was taken
out and shipped to the smelters,
The footwall is in lime, with rhyo-
lite formation in the hanging wall.
The ledge has been cross cut al
the 23O-foot and 30O-foot levels,
and the new crosscut on the 405
foot level is in the ledge 25 feet,
showing a full face of solid sui
phide ore. The 230 crosscut shows
the veip to be 70 feet wide on that
level, 80 feet of which is carbonate
and 40 feet in sulphide. The en-.
tire 70 feet averages $50 per ton.
Drifts have been run 100 feet in
each direction on the hanging wall
side of the ledge, with the same
grade of ore persisting throughout.
The crosscut shows the ledge to
have entered the permanent sui
phide zone. The width on the 800
level is IT feet, and this presents a
spectacle, the like of which is rare
ly witnessed in the mining world.
The entire II feet is solid mass of
glistening sulphides of lead and
zinc, carrying in addition 7 ounces
of silver to the ton. At no point
across this II feet is there a single
indication of the familiar horse
or piece of waste. So complete has
been the replacement of the lime
that we were unable to upset Mr.
Boak in his def to us to find a piece
of unnineralized material as large
as his thumb.
l have had this ore body de
scribed to me on various occasions
by parties connected with the prop
erty, as we'll as by disinterested
visitors, but considered it a physi-
cial impossibility that such an inn
mense and uniform body of picture
rock could exist. Drifts have been
run along the hanging wall in both