The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-12-12
BLACK METAL MAKES
STRIKE OF SILVER ORE

A wonlsrful body Of high-grals
csrusstts ore. carrying In places fAbu-
lous values In silver. WAS opened up
last Wednesday In the Day mine oY the
Black Metal Nines. Inc. at Jackrabbit.
II 10 impossible At this date to de-
termins the extent OF this new nnd.
which was made In the bedded terri
tory to the northwest Of the main Nay
Day nssure. on the 32s-foot level. above
which In the early operation Of the
mine the underground hoisting plant OF
the mine was located
Manager George Snyder says that al
though insufficient work has been done
to fully determine the importance Of
this new hnd enough ore II In sight to
Justify the most sanguins expsctAtioas.
The preliminary assays run from 100
to 1000 ounces In silver to the ton. but
II 10 yet too early to give reliable ASSAY
data. ~ the exposure seems to lie Nat
In the fssure and II will be some days
before the management can properly
determine the value by CONSERVATIVE
| sampling.
The Day mine. In which the strike
was made. was discovered and located
In the early part Of 1877 BY I. N. Gar
rison. who 10 now residing on his ranch
near Wilson Creek. In Lincoln county.
and who had Josh Emery ~ his part.
ner. Work on the property was start.
cd June Is of that year with . crew OF
six miners. and within . few days the
partners had $4,000 worth OF ore
sacked on the dump awaiting shipment.
The ore widened ana increased In
value and from one rich spot the part
ners took out three tons Of ore assay
Ing $500 ounces Of silver to the ton.
When this rich ore was taken out there
followed = lean period. during which
time prospecting was carried forward.
They were rewarded by finding another
shoot Of soft. sandy carbonate ore a..
saying 1900 ounces silver to the ton
and from which they extracted tss.009
worth Of high-grade ore and placed e
on the surface for shipment. Ten tons
Of this ore was shipped to Salt Lake.
ten tons to the mill In Condor Canyon
and ten tons to Butlionvills. all for test
treatment.
While the mills Of that early aay
were not successful at making the
high recovery Of the silver values In
tho ore. yet these shipments netted
nearly e15.O0O. the payments for the
silver saved by the mills showing the
ore to average over 500 ounces to the
ton.
At this time the prospect was sold to
Captain II. H. Day Of Phoebe and Jas.
per Mcdonald Of San Francisco for .
cash consideration Of 40. 900 and 10000
shares Of stock In the new Day com-
pany. underwrftten and guaranteed b.
u Wells-FargQ &Eo.JAt Is . shara. Mr..
Garrison Was placid IN charge a. "a .
perintendent of the mine and within
two months he had shipped 1276,000 In
bullion to Mcdonald In San FraEcisoo,
but no dividends were Forthcoming and
minority stockholders brought suit ia
force distribution Of the profits. The
case. commonly referred to a. the
Jackrabbit suit, attracted . great deal
OF attention In San Francisco.
The total cost Of mining and miilinG
the ore, together with the purchase
price Of the mine itself. was less than
} one-sixth Of the gross returns on thu
: ore taken out by the company up to the
time their option fell due and the sait
: was completed. The mine since thai
I time has . record Of production esti
: mated to be we'll over 100000.
4 The Black Metal Mines. Inc. acquired
: this famous cid mine In March Of thi
: year and have been making stead,
: shipments Of silver huxing ore to tn
. Salt Lake smelters since that time. Th
{ interesting discovery Of BONANZA or
similar to tho bodies discovered by
. N. Garrison will greatly increase tn
:. local interest in this property.
Pfoche Ore SAiDnents for the Weel
n Ore shipments from Phoebe for tn
a | week ending December II a1Rraxate