The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-02-13
RICH SILVER-LEAD STRIKE
MADE BY STELLA ALEASERS

Last week Jonn SroWe. VINO Win j
County Treasurer Charles Culverwell |
has lease on the central sector OF the |
property Of the Stella Mines Company.
opened up another bonanza face Of sill |
ver-lead ore. An average of the broken
ore shot from the face of the drift as
sayed as follows: Gold. 32.40; silver,
1i2.s ounces. lead. 3s.2 per cent.
The ore was first struck in the bot
tom of the drift run in on the fissure
on the level of the collar of the incline
shaft. and from a mere seam quickly
opened out to the width of the work
ing drift and at the same time inn
proved In grade.
tunnel has been run in about 200
feet below the incline shaft, which
connects with this shaft at its lowest
point. A raise will be put through
from the tunnel to tap the ore on it's
dip into the main fissure. thus insur-
ing economical handling of the prod
uct.
While II is too early to forecast the
magnitude of this important strike.
the high-grade vein Is now. opened up
for vertical height in the fssure of
at least ten feet and a width of four
teen inches of bonanza silver lead ore
10 CApOScu III uOluS tnlS Sf11dll amount
Of development work fifteen tons of
high-grade ore have already been
taken out and sacked for shipment.
The ore was discovered about 100
feet north and higher up in the fissure
than the Mansir-Crowe bonanza ore
body opened up a little less than
year ago, which produced s16.43i.44
from small stopping area at low
cost for labor and supplies and from
which the fortunate owners of the
property received s10,234.16 in divi-
dends from company and lessee opera
tions.
Four cars of ore were shipped from
this bonanza stope and the average
value OF the ore composing the four
lots was $12130 per ton net smelter
valuation. the principal value being in
silver. The last car shipped, which
realized $5.37O.79 net smelter check
assayed as follows: Gold, $3.50; silver
l22.l6 ounces; lead, 1875 per cent; COP.
per- 3 per cent; insoluble. 4O.4 per
cent; zinc. A per cent; iron, 1926 per
cent; manganese, 81 per cent, a tota
valuation at that date of s145.27 pei
ton' from which the reasonable smelt.
ing charge of $524 per ton was de
Quoted, the ore being treated at thu
Murray plant of the American Smelt
Ing and Refining Company through tn.
agency of the Phoebe assay office
At the present time the ore expos
ure at the new strike is of heavie
character and Of better grade, but tn
extent of the oreshoot has yet to b.
determined. Indications, however, a,
point to an even richer shoot than tn
previously discovered bonanza shoo
winch netted such handsome protils L
the owners of the Stella property.
On this same property, which
composed of three full mining claim.
winch end-line each other and cove
the main fissure of it's strike fer
total distance of $500 feet, the Hvbl
Mining Company of Nevada s opera,
ing favorable lease on the lower sec
tor. At the present time tho corpa n
Is actively pursuing the dev. l.rr ..
OF the mine at depth through the oil
Mark Church tunnel, driven sever;
years ago on the Ronnow clair, whic
was generally supposed to have 70
lowed the strike of the main issure ;
depth. The Hybla company, howeve
after a systematic study of the ge,
logical conditions, drove a crosscut
the east. and finding the fissure at
point fifteen feet east of the ma
fssure. turned and drifted on the fl
sure. Small streaks of high-grade o
are encountered in the heavy ire
ledge matter as the work advance
indicating the presence of an oresho
In close proximity.
Later another crosscut was start
from the extreme end of the 5OO-fo
main adit and heavy naturalization
the face last week indicates that t
1ssure will soon be encountered at
point some $50 feet of depth below t
territory in which John Grove ma
his recent sensational strike
With the limited amount of wo
that has been done on the Stella pre-
erty the profitable extraction of su
large tonnage of high-grade ore
OF great interest and certainly w:
rants an increased amount of devele
ment work in the future.
The property is owned by local m
ers and business men and has ne,
been Incorporated, pleasing rep
sentation Of profitable mining with,
any expenditure of capital and a re