The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-04-16
STELLA NINE NOW IN
HANDSOF HYBLACO.

vada has taken over. under favora-
ble lcng-tiniA lease. the entire Konnow
claim OF the Stella Mines Company.
from which much high h-srade ore mas
been mined during the last year.
IL was in the middle of March. 1919.
that the first really rich ore was dis
covered on this property by John
Grove and Fred Mansir. Following
this rich str ike. which created great
stir in Pioche Mining circles. Mansir
and Grove sold their lease for an in
terest in tine property. which is now
jointly owned by Charles Culyarwell
Jennie Culverwell Dan Ronnow. Fred
Mansir. +. c. ID. Marriage and the Hy-
bla Mining Company. John Grove hav-
ing sold his interest to Charles Culver
well.
Operations hav,. been continued on
the property. which is now known as
the Stella mine, and a gross produc-
tion of s25,ei2.i4 has beer made from
the rich surface ores mined during the
last twelve months. whiie the owners
have received in dividends from leas-
ers' royalties and company work the
sum of $l0,234.16 to date.
The average value of the four cars
shipped was sl2t.2o per ton. the prin-
lot. which realized s5.37o7s. assayee
as follows: Gold. .O75 ounce: silver.
122.16 ounces lead. II per cent: cop
per. .03 per cent; insciuble. 4o.4 per
cent: zinc, "A per cent: iron. 1925 per
cent; manganese. 81 per cent. total
valuation Of sl45.27 per ton. from
which smelling charge of 1924 was
deducted. The ore was treated at the
Murray plant of the American Smelt-
ing and Refining Company. through the
agency of the Phoebe assay office.
Another car of even higher grade
ore was hauled last week by Wads-
worth Brothers of Panaoa to the Comet
siding. This ore was taken out by
John Chowe from the territory now
being operated by the Hybla Mining
Company. This carload of ore should
bring a net smelter check for $1,000
and the ore will be sent to market as
soon as the present embargo on freight
shipments TO Murray, Utah. is lifted.
The ore mined recently came from the
extension at depth of the Grove Man
sir bonanza shoot and from the bot
tom of the incline. which Is now tap
ped by the Durnin adit. IL e fissure hav
ing been stopped clean to the surface.
Rich ore however. still persists in
the face of the of the Durnin adit and
twenty-five feet above at a point
twenty-five feet farther north on the
q fissure a rich strike sis exposed in the
face of the Grove. tunnel Considera-
BILE stopping area is thus exposed in the
fissure between these two tunnels.
AT vertical depth of 200 feet below
these workings is the Mark Church
tunnel which viii have to be ad
vanced further 120 feet to come di-
rectly under the rich workings above
Recently the Hybla Mining Com
pany broke into ore in the crosscut al
the extreme end of the Mark Church
tunnel The discovery of ore in the
tissure at this depth was encourag gipg
proving up, as it does, 81 continuou!
development of ore over a length OF
the strike Of 800 feet and a vertica
depth from the surface of ESQ feet Th,
fissure ore as struck in the tunnel wa
not high grade aud assayed across tn,
entire width 60 cents in gold. IA
ounces in silver and IL per cent lead
containing a high mansanese ard iroi
content. A small higher grade streal
in the center of the fissure assaye,
$l.40 in gold. 52.5 ounces in silver am
2S.5 per cent lead.
prolific hssure present a pleasing tiel
for development. as shipping ore is ex
posed in at least FIVE working faces
Active work will be prosecuted on al
these faces by the Hybla company an
1t is expected that n shipment of or
will be taken out during the ensuin
month
The Comet district presents a mos
interesting field to the mining man an
geologist. aboundng, as it dies. in tyr
teal and well-defned geological phe
nomena. few miles south of tn
Highland range IS a flow of andesit
and royalite, intruded by yitrophyr
all of igneous origin. which probabl
formed the fissurcs through which tf
ore-bearing solutions assembled. form
ing the rich surface deposits. Thes
porphyrilic rocks underlie the quart!
ite. which in turn unredlie lime, whie
is later covered by the shale beds
which the bonanza ores of the Com
district have heretofore reen disco'
cred Intelligent prospecting alor
the contacts OF these igneous rocl
will undoubtedly be awarded by fint
of many other orebodies and insure
longevity to the district and lart
future production.
salt Lake belle for Fred Frame
Fred Francis and his bride return,
to Phoebe Tuesday morning OF tn
week and have taken up their res
dence in this city. Mr.. and Mrs. Fra
els were married in Salt Lake at
Patrick's cathedral Tuesday. April
Mrs. Francis was formerly Miss Ro
Goggin OF Salt Lake. Mr. Francis
employed at the Price lease and h