The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-05-14
BURKE AWAkBE
After LONG SLEEP

The Burke nine = belag 1ovooaoeo
rnpilly under The 61eoctton - ". =
Droais. Charles oeln6t an1 JossDA Ia
eel ana . ten-inch vsin Of h1gh-gFa1o
ore has already been feunA anA D0nag
\ ore of good grade u now betng hoegte4
The blacksmith shoD - appeoaao1ng
completion and the main working oon3t
has reached . depth of thirty test. IL
n the present intention 70 sink ~ -
ditional twenty feet with the wtn1lAss
ana at that time the lssssss WIN IN
stall . small gasoline holst owned ~
Mr.. stindt and now 1t ths NsvaAa Vet
cano mine.
The shaft 10 located directly % the
Burke vein and sast % the elA shaft.
which was found - badly eaveA tAa& .
new shaft was consi1sre1 ehsaDee thAa
to attempt to repair Tie cid eneL A.
the new shaft was being sunk - the
hasure the ore was opened ana = be-
Ing followed. This devslopmsnt h n
virgin ground. when the shaft = sunk
to its objective drifting Vim - aoae
toward the old workings of tie Burke
mine and the mine opened ~ ssr sx-
animation.
Mr.. Brodis 10 n posoeosioa Of g.
scription Of the OLD workingD ma1o ~
I0OOI0O A8yU8k0 IN 4OOve VIZ w.
Iprobably the last engineer - -
tion OF the ores then In sight \ ooa-
ssrvativs. although some of the sAn-
pies taken run up into the hundreds ee
ounces. The old Burke SHAFT has .
; depth Of 500 feet ON the incline. but the
last sixty fest Of the sAaft has beoa
run In the hanging wall and the veln
% not exposed. Pillars Of ore are g.
scribsd BY Maynard and general -
scription Of the workings given. ~
that time the mine was being operated
by lessses. who were obtaining . s0e-
ounce silver product by carefully min
|. ing and screening the broken ore. No
work II known to have been done IN
. the property since that time and the
present lsassss have the rsasonahls
hope that the ore - described In the
report Of the examination VIA - founl
in place.
nj The early history Of the Dsrks mia<
II described at length In aAotAor orti
Gle In this issue Of the Record. \
reads like fiction. but Il u the bes
| recollection Of one Of the men who ~,
present 1T the time and who hao re'
corded his observations for the bened'
of the Nevada Historical Society.
The Burke mine II thus shown 70 b
one Of the FIRST mines In Phoebe to havs
been prontably opened and the record
OF production was good. althou0i
ID quickly overwhelmed by the great pro
| duction Of the adjoining mines on tn
same nssaYc.
Il II was on the Burke property tha
the gun nghting started In the earl
days and description Of the old for
which was taken by Morgan Courtne
and his followers will be given In IN
other article. It IN enough to mentio
that the ore WAS rich enough to caus
the killing Of men ana that the sam
rich ore may be expected to b 0evel
oped again in this historic property.
al II IN unfortunate that NO map 81
lists to the knowledge Of the lesses
which shows the extent Of the WORK
a. lings in the Burke mine or the conne<
- ltions II Is known, however. that q
- old wipze in the Burke tunnel while
=. was driven to the Yuba dyke. connsc
:. with the lower workings Of the Burh
and this will be investigated whit
:. conditions warrant the expense nece
y. sary. On an old map In the possessit
-. Of J. r. Cook there II notation that
!. crosscut exists between the old Mea
~ ew Valley No. : shaft and the Yul
- mine. connecting on the 1.000-fo
=. level Of the latter. This crosscut pro
- ably cuts the Burke assure at dep
- and may be . convenient means
r.. opening the ground 1t some later da'
~ For the present the lessses are co
~ hning themselves to the sensible pl
n. of following the known ore and I
-, lprogress Of the work 10 pleasing. T
a. rock Is quartxite but good progress
maintained in the sinking Of the n,
shaft and It IL being sent down 1t
A.. rate Of two feet each day. The opt
- ators are all thoroughly experiens
a. mining men and the future Of