The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-05-09
RICH SILVER-LEAD ORE IN
VIRCINIA-LOUISE MINE

H energetic uiFettioh VI Il |
walker. superintendent. and Bernard
pocca foreman, is continuing daily
a,,iuments of fifty tons of oxidized iron
ranganese ore. containing lead and
Ter Development work is being
-riad forward in the big orebodies
"a 900 feet of new workings were
Laced on the map during the month of ?
,,riI only an acre and half of the t
Girginia Louise ground has been ex- 4
plored. and that only anove eninys one aovs |
are all included in an area 2oo 1eet IN
SHidth and $50 feet in length near the
nor.hdgiista distapce of i,25O feet unexplored
nv any mine opening.
Tle surface construction Is peing
a,iShed The raising of the SalloWs
frame and the TRIPPING OF the pm ca !
nacity will permit a larger tonnage 10
tbe month of April thirty-sx cars were
tnrwarded to the smelter, where II is
used as fiux in smelling ores from
Ithar mines; but because of the slump
~ PRODUCTION from other mines, due -
bigh freight rates, unsettled conditions
and lowered metal prices. with tie con-
Seints of ore, the Virginia Louise is
limited right now to the hfty & tons
aaiss this ore is coming from development
work, which is being vigorously pushea
forward in the big SreneSSis results hls Is
ancomplished. The production is main
fafned to the limit permitted, develop
ment is carried f9rwara, by ahu choosins o the
working places, which will furnish any |
desired metal content IN the resuiting
is gained in the matter of freight
charges on the ore from Pioche TO SAT-
Lake City, because II the higner ,;ad Iraad
Separately the freight tariff, which Is
q Sliding scale schedule based upon the
value s,Sber of the This Phfs saving @ in m freight is
made and added directly to the pronts;;
And in passing It may be wen 10 ant ca,t
attentior, to the increase or 70 ner cent
in freight rates general throughout
the county. During the single month mo
Of April this raise Of IN f5eght ON tme shp
Sants of the Virginia Louise ores
aone alone; and this $3.50 could well be used
by the local osad stoekhGldfthbs p tbe present mine
openings aggregates tonnage exceed eeS
ing 100000 tons. The estimate oa ,,en nvos
is not questioned. It seems, h for the the
nurpose of this article. which Is are re-
view of weekly happenings IN M .hs soisi ds
trict. that 200, 900 tons cannot pc no noiS1 aoo
srici, sa in many, many weeks, and 100000
tons is plenty Of ore. 9s nod which meas
,,ras bv the way. nearer forty feet IN
thicsness contains the richest ore noM
exposed in the mine, ana thf igb WA Val
pes which has caused the recent STORES II,
to circulate among the miners 9t M,hue III.
oche. 1t is not s,ooo-ouncdd donhte or ed,v be
ohtained it would require more pa
tience than is possessed by the NJ, IT.
ord reporter, who who wenf v,snfeq below to Sc, SCI
the ore in place. There is $ieo t ore orr,
There are tons of sloo ore, sut' raai aai
measurable ras g1f and magnificent exposufT slS, +,
Of ore in the upper bed six teet ,a u
height, twenty ,sd feet woae; fnr a distance % % 0
iahtU feet and which continues WIZ
increasing richness, showing a worf sn,S
ing face Of soft soft mahganess rrhenntes measurabl
In feet. The entire bed as above r,is III"
tied will average $50 per ton: tpse shiS shnnl
h he reported by the management Ken hsd rasnr soe
than by the miners rms 5to ett IN
tnues to the southwark, anu nra boun
found himself chained by the beant ,,t
Of the freshly broken ore, me ne sni, CIV
tening. glsaming g9ar ga.ena, Intensified mi by ii
hacngreund ,h.,lan,,me Of the coal-black ore an
rejecting the lights of the mihei hsi
lamps, made a hashang pyiithhot pwithout ligl
there would be no need ,,a for sssay,Itt,l tsy, :,
weight Of any piece would .eIt stroI ~
femptation-to ship such ore as as TINS u,
fast as it could be mined. The Ssnaib n'it
= =agement is 81 takinhiEi Mniie a aeHeleping mere tn
strike as rapidly as possible. they
mining this ore not with the am
making Spectacuiai anu nuIa.,aabIn q
fort toward making all the pro't Wma ..a
skin and patient labor can ~ ~ 9 9
from the fortunate discovery. me Q
is being mixed with other ore; - T.,
ding: savings which spell profit.
The MANAGEMENT of the mine Is
most skillful hands, directed oy Me'
ern hearts, and the technical ski.i y
both Mr.. Walker and Mr. o,5ing do,
the combination jobs involving u !
witch SO helps along the produce
mines in their younger DAY :. e.,
Rocca was found hoistlnS anu ~ Hs
" captain Of his soul beeause ,hs Srank re ar
several struggles and without 81, !
dam-aloud at least. Mr.. Wake:
found in a workmanlike office ana :
crisp and accurate statemen. ssnsp ua :
bespeak the man Of common sehsg 10
training who does hard work ~, pa
are not obtained in dreamy i1ien'
The mine has turned the 'orhtr
youthful enterprise ana Is no" ,,ns Nc
ing into the produclng aS.,ried mS an
SHIPMENTS Of 209 tons cafrteu ai
cess of iron, manganese ana lline @ ,
,he silica content. and this excess
n,er 40 per cent, while the preceu
lot, carried an excess OF - pei y.
sSso sSts 4, lead and silver values IN max ,t
= most desirable ore. With ta9 p p
ant shc,uins' Of ore, the eHcteut ~
agement of tho mine ana tne ~ =,
tion OF surface constructor annnodifi
able change in the genet snd the mir
Industry as whole, must De '7"'
in substantial earnings.
Restrictions Removed. silver ~
A Washington dispatch CONVEYS
Information that restrictions On