The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-03-19
HAMBURG Mines
TO BEGIN WORK

Modern methods Of mintng anA e.
ploratioa proaiss - make peo1uceiss
the property Of the Hamburg lginas
Company. situated about nioo Walea
from Phoebe ana four nilss ~ wagoA|
from the Prtnes Consolidated Ntnfas
Company railroaA spur. acesralng q,
the salt Lake Tribune
In the early sos this property. nev
(ownsd by SALT Lake men. theugh ealy
supsrnciaily developed. produced . con-
siderable tonnage OF rich ore. The arst
prospectors found promising mineral-
ixation ON the surface OF the Hamburg
assure. which travsrsss the formation|
7, for . considerable distance. "A vertical
shaft sunk upon what appeared to b
the most promising place for aove1op-
Ing ore encountered large bsdAed de-
posit ut little above the l3e-feot
level An adit run into the hillside to
intersect with the bottom Of this shaft
Interested another body OF ore east .
lof larger porphyry dyke and between
. fault which cuts the formation just
west Of the shaft.
II Work done showed that the miner
alization occurs at the intersection or
the Hamburg assure with . certain bed
OF limestone that seems to - soluble
ana favorable for ore deposition
through the agencies Of the solutions
passing through the assure. Altar the
second bed Of ore had been mined out
the FIRST operators Of the mine sncoun-
tered atep fault and evidently were
unable to locate any more beds Of ore.
When the present company acquired
the property. under the direction Of n.
gun. BY an upraise put up on the
fault which caused the discontinuance
4 OF operations BY the original owners.
another rich orsbed was located with
out any difficulty. Another bed. the
fourth to be found on the property. was
opened up by thorough mining. Inas
Il much ~ the ore was silver. lead. gold
variety. with = considerable iron con-
tent. forming . combination Desirable
for smelling. operations Of the Ham,
burg Mines Company were quite prof
table and dividends aggregating S2l,-
zee were paid In . short time. How
ever. another fault was encountsre.
and the naturalization changed from
IN excsllsnt shipping ore to disints.
grated. low-grads ore. Another raise
was put up ~ In previous instances,
but mo ore was encountered. Inasmuch
- the company had no cash reserve
and ~ the stock was practically non.
assessabls. operations were suspended
Upon careful inspection Of the mine
v. BY Mr.. 0odbe ana other stoclEholders
. the conclusion was reached that there
n are two parallel faults ana that IL dc.
4. Ivelopment work was carried ON through
\. the some Of low grade, disintegrakss
IN ore found on the east side OF the firs
fault into the undisturbed block Of
ground east OF the second, this worl
H. should. without doubt. open up another
lp bed OF ore which could be profitabl,
n mined.
10 Accordingly. sale Of soo,eeo share
M Of treasury stock,to finance operation
Ne 1t the property was authorised by tn
company and work has begun. AL
ready considerable progress has bee
~ made In this new campaign Of develop
re ment. Raising will be continued unit
the strata Of limestone 30 productive Il
lower levels Of the mine have been en-
~ countered AZ the outcrop OF the rs
>" sure on the surface shows strong min
sralization almost from the mouth o
ZEN the tunnel In an easterly direction owe
the mountain and down on the othe
side. and since the assure has been .
productive along its strike for con
0AsAOt 0UAc OlcI8UC0 Wo8g Oh t00 HAM
'op burg Mines Company property in tn
OF Hsndha territory. onicials Of the com
log pany felt that the virgin. territory ~
NV ing to the east has considerable poten
khs TALLY.
- Not only has the promising territor
to the east along the strike Of the III
sure great promise. according to Of
aV hcials OF the company. but It II fe
SnS that the formation at depth should b
60 productive. Belief In this theory
inR gained from the fact that 1t the Mer
nd. dha mine, about mile west Of I'll
~ Hamburg mine along the strike Of I'll
"a vein, . second body Of ore more 81
tensive in size and rich In mineral COZ
tent was developed At some depth b.
low the FIRST orebed. From this sscon
bed. It In said. approximately $500, o(
Is lof ore was mined in the sos. An .,
haustive study Of the formation Ut Il
Mendha shows that the assure and Il
~ fault system and the lime bells In whis
the ore Is found are 20 similar tn
from . theoretical standpoint there
every reason to believe that depth
,ork velopment in the Hamburg min
!, . should open up . second bed Of o
: similar to that which In the Mcndl
n.y. was more productive even than &
Jury first system Of beds. Should develo
pas ynents justify. exploration Of the 70
The nation 1T depth along the strike Of q
fore vein can be economically done BY ii
into mond drilling.
@ Naughty Arthur.
~. David and Arthur shared bed {
! i. gether, but did not get along well
-. doing so, for nearly every night thel
M. was some disturbance between ther
.Well. what II the matter now
nc mother called from the foot Of Il
- stairs one evening on hearing lot
talking In their chamber.
mes A little voice noated down to heI
II can't get into bed, cause Arthur
kicked around In It till he's all u
made It,"
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