The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-04-04

The sensational discovery OF sill
yer-lead ore on the Donohue and
Stindt lease In the Harney mine. a
mile east of Phoebe. was visited dur
ing the week by representative OF
the Record. The discovery makes
one of the most interesting chapters
in the mining history of Phoebe and
the orebody already opened up In
one stope. with face OF galena ear
rying the usual high silver values
and the handsome average of 500 in
gold. and opened for stopping dis
lance of about thirty feet and for a
height ranging from four feet in one
end to eight feet. with the ledge
widening to nine feet. marks a real
discovery of ore worth noting in the |
history of mining in Nevada.
The ore maintains an average |
value of between $50 and $l00. as
broken in the stope. There Is a |
small quantity OF second-class ore
being sorted out, due to the lack OF
freighters and the desire to ship as
much grade as possible, and
this ore is said to have value of
$40 per ton. Bands and bodies in
the face of the stope carry sensation
al values. The extent of the ore
body Is not yet determined as, in
deed, it dips into ground unpros-
pected and the lesSees have had no
time to do more than open the one
working face.
All hosting is done by windlass
and an idea of the value of the out
put was gathered by timing the
hoisting for an hour, the buckets
reaching the top of the SHAFT every
two minutes Loaded as they were
nf II
easy computation to estimate the
output at $3.50 per minute, as the
ore is worth cents per pound.
To the miner the ore, both in the
face of the stope and in the ore bin,
presents beautiful sight. Added to
the natural beauty Of the steel ga
lena are the brilliant colorings due
to copper, of which the ore carries
a small percentage. It's coloring and
weight carries conviction OF richness
to even the inexperienced, while to
the most altruistic of miners there
must come a momentary flash OF
envy
The scene is one of bustling activ-
ity. The freshly wounded cedars
serving for tying posts OF improvlseu
stalls and the straw-littered ground
marks the resting place OF the horses
used in the freight outfits engaged
in hauling ore to the railroad, dls
tance Of about two miles. Two out
fits were here being Sharnessed ul
prenaratory to loading. On the load
ing platform Mr.. Donoiiae W ss -
recting the work or hoistins' sort
ing and the leading of the galena
but was kind enough to guide Tn
PARTY through the discovery ~
modestly spoke of the good luck,
hut the workings speak OF dlher
emf story. There was the evldenc
of the preliminary hard work; FOL
by the terms of the lease, 1t wa
necessary to clean out an old shai
for a depth of 90 feet and then I
clean out an 87-foot drift Two me
accomplished this in forty-iive shift
in addition to getting and placing
shaft-sets in most Workmanllk
manner
In this work small seam of or
was found, under which in the sha
platform was placed and the seal
followed The older operators Ma
prospected the ground easterly an
again more westerly, and betWee
the old workings the lessees confne
their development. AS the wor
progressed the orebody widened' o'
it was not until new smart WI
raised to the surface and sunk IN
the orebody that the real size OF u
strike attracted attention
The work up to this time mas pee
performed more with the view
making the operation proh,ap
from the start than with an e,
singly upon the most prohtap
method of handling the orebody as
elbows the MI
ing experience OF both operator
Without waste effort the ore is
ing rapidly developed, shipmer
maintained with regularity, and
whole enterprise placed upon su
stantial business basis. Tempt
offers have been made to the lesse
hut these have been refused.
Adjoining the strike and only
few feet to the east the new smart
the Pitts and others lease Is bel
pushed with vigor to the horizon
which ore Is expected to be encot
tered and upon which double sh
of the most experienced miners
the district are engaged IN work
The claims owned in that neil
borhood are daily being visited a
sampled by resident miners and
gotiations are progressing for otl
leases. The Wide Awake. owned
Herman Freudepthal the Te
phone, owned by the Amelgama
Phoebe; and the Alps mine, owl
by Pioche and Salt Lake operate
now take on an added value 81
this proven orebody has dip op
site to those of the other bodies
that neighborhood and seems II
present indications TO be rathe
bed of ore than the usually sou
fissure.
It Is this courageous work OF
miner, aided by local capital, WI
commands the admiration Of the
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