The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-06-18
RAPID GROWTH Of
broken HILLS CAMP

The Broken Hills silver camp. In the
newly organized district of Broken
Hills. Nevada. Churchill county. APP
pears destined to become more popu-
larry known than any Nevada mining 1
camp since Goldheid- Thomas W. Law
son OF Boston. famed across the CONT \
nent for his remarkable series of arti- !
eies which appeared In Every body's |
Magazine more than a decade ago. at |
lacking the Standard OIL interests. and
since renowned for his wonderful pub
licity methods. may soon become spon-
sor for one of the leading Broken Hills
properties.
I'D =. Chafey. favorably known
thrauThout the state of Nevada as hav-
J ing developed thirty three shipping
mines in the last fifteen years and who
has a high reputation among smelling
companies for making mines out OF
prospects and can probably borrow
more money from the big smelling in
terests than any other Nevada mime
Under. has left Reno for Broken Hills
MIR. chafey said before he left that he
was going into the camp in the inter-
est of John T.. Allen a. Co of Boston.
Mass. who are known to be Thomas
w. Lawson's brokers.
Mr.. chafey secured an option for
s5oo.ooo. half cash and half stock. on
the Thompson group OF claims adjoin-
ing the property of the Broken Hills
Silver Corporation on the southwest
from George Graham Rice and c. H.
Mcintosh. The Thompson property Is
unincorporated and Is already being
operated by Rice and Mcintosh for pri-
vate account According to the report
of noted consulting geologist. the
mineralized ore zone of the Thompson
group is fully 1000 feet wide and It
looks as IL the Thompson property Is at
least second best in the camp. Mr..
Chafey also said that he had been in
structed by his Boston principals to
examine another property In the new
camp. owned by Wesley Frazee. for
merly superintendent of the Nevada
Wonder mine and now superintendent
of the Broken Hills silver Corporation.
The Frazee ground is located about a
mile distant from the discovery" mine
of the Broken Hills Silver Corporation.
The fact that Thomas w. Lawson IL
going into the camp and George Ora
ham Rice is already in lending the dis
trict the benefit of his twenty years
national experience in putting mining
. camps on the map, Is heralded as tan
tamount to a guaranty that within the
next ninety days Broken Hills will be
better known east. west. north and
south than any other mining CAM
! which the state of Nevada has giveT
n birth to since Goldheld.
b A high official of the Broken Hills
A Silver Corporation said that three fee
of ore had been opened in the "discov
cry" mine which assays better thar
200 ounces of silver per ton. The com
pany. however. is assiduously restrict
r ing it's claim to no better than an aver
u age of SIS per ton for run-of-the- min
4 ore as it is broken in the mine with
r out sorting. and seems content to max
!, conservative statements of this char
= acter. On the other hand. claims ar
also made that a great mass OF brecci
ated ore. paralleling the main vein o
e the property. has been traced for
d distance of 2,100 feet and contains al
enormous tonnage of probably bette
q than So ore. Reference is made to tn
!, official statement of Bulkeley Wells
: president of the American Mining Con
! gress. that 22i0.000 tons of ore hav
X just been blocked out in the imperia
e property, on the Comstock, which wi
le ASSAY $6.32 a ton and which can b
.. mined and milled at cost of $275 pc
"a ton, leaving an indicated profit of 81
100000.
1t is pointed out that this tonnage o
the Comstock is only harbinger of fl
ture developments which are expecte
to reveal the appearance of fully 90
600. 900 ton of ore within the boundarit
of few mining claims. The belief
expressed by conservative engineer
that the prodigious brecciated ore zor
paralleling the main vein of the Brol
en- Hills may eventually produce in II
neighborhood OF 10000. 900 tons of or
The Broken Hills Silver Corporation o
ficials refer to this probable addition
low grade tonnage in the brecciatt
zone as just 50 much gravy" TT
main vein itself apparently guarantee
long life and productive record tn
may eclipse some Of the best properti
in Tonopah.
Eugene Grutt, secretary of the Bro
en- Hills Silver Corporation. of whi
Nevada's state treasurer, Ed Malley,
president. said that from twenty
forty automobiles day We're speedil
into the Broken Hills camp and tn
the population is growing at the ia
of 100 day The populace two mont
ago consisted of three men, name
Stratford and Arthur the discovere
OF the Broken Hills mine, and an I'll
Grant cook. The ground is beiny
Gated for a distance of nine miles
every direction.