The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-06-04
BROKEN HILLS OK.
SAYS GOVERNOR

IL Is excellent opinion in Reno thu,
GoNernor Emmett ID. Bowie has conS.r.
red a boon on the whole state by de.
parting from his usual custom and
going on record over his own signature
IN faNor OF the pretensions OF a new
Nevada mining district.
Ihe stamp of approval placed by the
governor on the property under deyel-
opment by the Broken Hills Silver Cor
poration. in the new Broken Hills min
ing district in Churchill county. sixty
three miles southeast of Fallon ana
rorty-eight miles north of Luninp
ltter personal examination. is Quick :
ly understood by a perusal Of tb, ax-
haustive report thereon, made by sr-
'hur rerry thompson. formerly geoI-
'sist Oh the Anaconda Copper Com
,ahy, the Davis-Daly Copper Company.
the otah Apex Mining Company. and
Tor Buckley Wells. president of the
american Mining Congress. Mr..
ihoinpson's report makes il clearly ey-
aeht that Governor Boyle was emf
lehtly conservative in declaring, after
his examination. that the showing i'm
the Broken Hills mine is the best
nave seen in any new territory i'm Ne
'ada for many years"
me report of Mr.. Thompson Is in
tself remarkable document of con-
'erVatism. For instance, he gives the
tVerage value of all ore blocked out
IN the mine as approximately SIS ner
on without any sorting whatsoever
Underground. He further says that
oy care In keeping the waste rock out
u the ore In mining this average value
'ould be increased" There are numer-
GUS places in the mine where good
widths OF ore are exposed which ASSAY
nore than ten times the average value
the ore as given by Mr.. Thompson.
n the fifty-foot level. north of the
laft ore better than 200 ounces per
has been mined for the last few
onths by Stratford and Arthur. the
uscoNerers and locators of the prop
srty and shipped to the smelters. Sucn
hlpinents as thsse, aggregating 45G
ohs' nave made up the production of
ne nine TO date of appro Nimately SEQ
100.
In their operations Stratford and Ar
hur did not extract vein matter which
tld not contain 100 ounces of silver
,er ton or over. leaving such ore in the
Workings for future mining. Samples
taken across this vein. where it is now
being stopped for a width of over three
rect above the rifty-foot level, nave
given return of $51s2l per ton. while
AZ another point on the same leye;
htee feet of the hanging wall vein
natter assayed $l5S.6e per ton. on the
iVo-foot level a width Of three feet
gave assay returns of s25 6? Ger ton
Simples taken every ten feet In the
north drift on the 150-foot level show
4 Well-mineralized vein for forty feet
4 which point the ore leaves the drift
Assays of the samples taken for IN aN-
erage of eight feet gave an average
value of $3.50 per ton. A compa Ct sen
OF the high grade values obtainab,e
throughout the mine, compared with
the average value of the ore exposed
and available as reserves, as estimat-
ed by Mr.. Thompson, bears out his rep
utation as cold mine geolo-
gist.
Herbert Humphrey. the Reno capital
ist, Governor Boyle. State Treasurer
I'd Malley, James T. Boyd. candidate
Tor the democratic nomination 70
United States senator, and host of
ther capitalists, public men and min
ing men of the state are already re-
ported to have invested their money in
stock of the Broken Hills Silver Cor
Doration