The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-03-26
LEASERS ARE ACTIVE
ON FAMOUS HILL

Great activity n manifest On the
Phoebe mountain. including the entire
properties which are owned BY the
Nevada-Utah Cooperation
and allied interests. II II Anticipated
that this activity will shortly b In
creased. as a number OF important
propositions are under consideration
by the management.
Ely district In situated In low. iso-
lated range of mountains about s.see
feet above sea level In the Cambrian
auartxite. dipping north At an angle OF
20 degrees. through which run . series
Of orebearing assures parallel to each
other. having an easterly and westerly
strike and dipping to the south at an
angle Of 70 degrees. These nssures
vary In width from one to fifteen feet
and maintain an average OF ave feet.
In addition to these hssures u the big
Yuba dyke. which In about nifty feet In
width. being originally hlled with
eruptive feldspar of porphyry ana sub
sequently replaced to . considerable
extent with ore. Its strike II mag
nstic east and west and the dip In
about eighty degrees to the south. In
depth this dip IL becoming nearly vsr-
tical
This wide mineraiized porphyry vein
district and all the other hssurss are
offshoots or branches that come into II
on their dip or strike. At = depth OF
l1,20O feet or water level. several OF
these branches or assures have united
with the porphyry ledge. and estimat-
, ing from their present dip ~ exposed
lin the underground workings. nearly
. all the assures will be found united
with this big dyke at vertical depth
1 of $500 feet from the surface.
| During the nrst six years following
, 1.-The discovery Of the Phoebe mines In
1859 the Raymond and Ely and the
: Meadow Valley properties. situated
1 along the quartsite dykes. produced In
! bank s1s.oss.7ss.ss the ores avsrag-
: ing over 100 ounces In silver and -
Q per ton in gold. besides an appreciabls
lead content while the Burke. on An
other quartsits assure. and the Yuba.
Silver and Newark veins yielded S.
l74s,s1s.22 more. making the total bull
lion yield within the short space OF
y six years over $20.0o0.0o0.
u During the time the Quartsits assure
was being worked the big porphyry
dyke was discovered. At the same
IN time q problem presented itself which
y the early day metallurgists were una
N BILE to solve, for the ores were called
base and contained 30 high q percent
n. age of lead that good extraction could
% not be obtained by the panamalgama
70 ton process. the only method Of re-
AT duction used In those days.
er Large sums were spent In the erec.
"a tion OF expsrrAleptar- worts. ssah n
OF roasting In Howell furnace followss
lby amalgamation. but to NO avail
81 while the long wagon haul to Palisade
about $50 miles north on the Southern
In Pacific, or to York. Utah. about thu
y same distance. together with the higf
10 cost Of wagon freight on all kinds Of
ol supplies. rendered even smelling tnet
Dr. a crude and imperfect method. like
ng wise unsuitable. At that time the av
ID erage cost per ton for milling wai
to S22.24, for mining $1s.15. for prospect
ing and improvements S2S.S5. mal<inl
'ur a total cost per ton of $67.24. It wa
IL therefore obvious that only the rich
ne. est ores could be prontably mined 4
TN. those days.
he, The quartzite assures were worke
arm down to water level. 1900 feet. which
BOO together with the disbursements me
VIII with in the treatment of the porphyr
vein ores caused general shutdow
ast Of all the Phoebe properties about 1877
,tte In the late sos the Phoebe Consol
inS dated Mining and Reduction Compan
acquired the principal mines Of Piocf
hor and prepared to operate them 3
means Of railroad and improve
Z" methods Of reduction. The porphyE
VI vein was reopened on Yuba groun
INC but not the Silver or Newark. smell
'ro- ing works were erected and the Unie
om- D.,..a Correrv .Star : IN
,inA ah a~.,r,r.t,on az the mines. bui
OF a grade from Milford. Utah. lao mil
elvs distant, when suddenly the unexpect
ton' happened. The railroad was new
reat n,..sa ow,r~ n the failure
ae Barring Brothers Of London. who we
financing the road. Following II
Ore came the great panic Of 1898. with
corresponding fall in the price OF
.r,r yer, all Of which caused shutdo'
aov OF the property.
10. In recent years new orebodies ha
Mt been opened up and the immediate
80. Iture Is bright with possibilities. 4
80 tered by favorable metal prices
!. ~ 1.-THE constructive development work
per numerous lcAser.. ser..
Weeks Program ut the Electric Aev
.tion Friday Of this week the Elect
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