The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-06-06
ROADSIDE
MINE WORK

Work on the Roadside mine contin-
ues with excellent results and the man
agement Is highly pleased with the
assays of the ore already found and
which is now being developed. A hoist
has been sent to the property and War
rem Cutler is engaged In hauling
framed timbers to the mine with his
The Roadside mine is located three
ated on Little Cherry creek, and
eighty-four miles west of Phoebe, and
was recently purchased by the Stetson-
district BY {. +. sa Van Ness and Il Peters ensr
Buol.
Owing to the bend in the Salt Lake
may be found to be Caliente, which In
supposed to be closer to the mine than
Phoebe. The road to the mine from
ert road and travellers can make TWEEN
ty miles an hour in an automobile.
There are no hills or soft spots which
or the two water stations enroute the
first is Bristol Wells, twenty-five miles
from Phoebe. and the other is forty
The property consists of ave claims.
on only one of which development
work has been undertaken up to this
time. Within three minutes walk OF
the shaft there Is a fine spring of clear,
cold water which Is flowing at the rate
of about three-quarters of an inch and
planted by the miners. There is plenty
of cedars for firewood. but mine tim
bers must be hauled from the railroad.
lime hills. undoubtedly the remains of
the ancient sea floor which occupied
the lands between the Rocky and
A basaitic flow at one time covered
the country and is noticeable as the
Gaping OF the higher buttes. The lime
N HG sod hNr Ax nrA <xH
ite, with the general strike of north
80 degrees west. The lime Is slightly
siliceous, having hardness Of ~.
the lime and seems to be dipping so
degrees to the west toward a quartzite
dyke, both dyke and orebody having
imately $50 feet from the orebody.
The incline shaft has reached the
depth of forty-five feet and 1t IL the
The values in gold and silver show a
1t Is possible to sink 1t. The analysis
Of the ore exposed In this work. a.
Piles taken from the surface to the bot :
tom of the shaft, shows:
insoluble, per cent %. 1851
Iron .......... ..................36 90
Alumlna ..:... ....s........... 1.0I
Calcium oxide .................. 4s0
Magmesia ..'..' '.............'''' Mons Mons
Manganese .................. 30.9S
The values in gold and am .ilve show W .
steady gain with depth, and four OF
the nine samples taken in the lower
, half of the shaft show a value in silver
/ above fifty ounces TT Is q peach OF
, an ore," said one mining operator OF
, Phoebe who is thoroughly conversant
with their marketing. lust a perfect
smelling ore, because the iron ant
: manganese content Is so high--so mucl
: higher than in the ores usually found
1t Is expected that the lime In whicl
the ore Is found will chamber and tha
r lenses of ore varying In size will b
!. encountered and that there will be bar
:, rem places but no difficulty Is expecte
n in the following Of the Indications o
: ore from lense to lense. The manage
ment is following the ore-always
: conservative practice when possible.
8 A capable engineer with broad min
ing experience has said that 1t SCENE
4 lquite reasonable to expect the workin
q shaft to encounter rich ore at the dept
: of $50 feet or thereabouts, and tn
: sampling shows the ore to have bee
v leached and now gaining steady value
q with depth. This same mining engi
neer expects that at or near the waite
level the manganese will be almos
i entirely replaced by galena and tn
k iron oxide by the sulphide. Galena
It already noticeable in the bottom Of tn
le shaft and picked sample assayed 3
l. per cent lead. In the opinion Of on
m qualified to Judge accurately, the RoaC
l. side group has the making Of payin
+ mine.