The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-09-17
MINING NOTES OF
P|OCHE DISTRICT

The Phoebe Metals Mining Company
recently leased their Point property to
Arthur Reall and associates of Phoebe.
Operations on the property were start
ed last week and Joe Sandon and
Frank Berger are taking out a ton OF
siiyer-iead ore daily. which assays as
follows: Gold. .0S ounce: silver. 2S.5
ounces: lead. I5.s per cent: copper. IL
per cent. This ore WIS recently
struck about seventy feet from the
main shaft on the surface.
The Victoria Nevada Mining Com
pany started sinking their main work.
ing shaft September 10. The shaft,
which at the present time Is 165 feet
deep. will be put down to the 200-foot
point before any further drifting is
commenced. This property is controll-
ed by Ed p. Donohue OF Phoebe and ad-
Joins the famous Poorman mine. which
is credited with a large production In
the early days.
Everett Wade has taken a lease
from the Bristol Silver Mines Company
on the May Day mine. He has secured
al OF the territory west of the shaft
from the surface to the 100-foot level
The lease on the May Day dumps,
which has been operated by Lee Bat
ties, will also be taken over, Mr.. Bat
ties associating himself with Mr.. Wade
in the lease. Five cars have been
shipped from the dumps and the
screening and sorting will be contin-
ued. The principal work. however. will
be the immediate opening up of the
orebody recently exposed near the
main shaft, which assays as follows:
Silver. 12,5 ounces: copper. As per cent.
$. T. Campbell has secured the eastern
sector of the May Day mine and has
developed large body of shipping ore.
The Campbell lease extends to the 200
foot level
Currency Mine Producing Good Ore.
The Currency mine of the Amalga-
mated Phoebe Mines and Shelters Cor
poration, which has been leased to
Carter Hames for the last year, has
produced large tonnage of ore, which
has been mined under the most ad-
verse conditions OF operation.
Hames Is one Of the most successful
sers in Phoebe, taking his ore out
clean and with minimum expense. Fol-
lowing the oreshoots with pertenacity
and Judgment he has shipped Ave cars
to the Salt Lake shelters The last
lot brought a settlement check for
N.914.4S, the ore assaying as follows:
Gold, ~ ounce; silver. 72.s ounces;
lead. 3s.4 per cent, with sulphus con-
tent only a, a most desirable shipping
product
The total production of this lease
1vv16 Ia In 10 q a
additional equipment a much greater
production could be NEE In the flu
ture.
Big Production From Dumps.
The Lee-Mathews lease on the big
mine dumps around and below the
Meadow Valley No. shaft OF the
Amalgamated Phoebe Mines and Smelt-
ers Corporation shipped their twenty
fourth carlot Of siliceous silver ore
yesterday. Working only small force
Of men sorting and screening these
immense dumps, this lease has made a
production of over $1,000 In gold and
silver during the last six months. The
average assays OF these lots was: Gold
~ ounce; silver, 1872 ounces. The ore
Is shipped to the American Smelling
and Refining Company through the
agency of the Phoebe Assay Office.
A large tonnage of milling ore Is
still contained in these dumps and an
even greater tonnage exists under
ground as stope filings In the old
workings. 1t Is the intention of the
owners Of this lease to operate as lona
as the good weather lasts, and should
milling facilities be provided in Phoebe
in the near future to mill their second.
grade product, only saving the high
grade for shipment.
Freiburg Property to BE Developed
Charles Briscoe. who owns valua.
BILE group OF mining claims in the Fret.
burg district, In Lincoln county. has
arranged with q Tonopah Divide com: