The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-04-02
VIRGINIA LOUISE HAS
BRIGHT FUTURE

ground deNelopmenis IN the virginia
louise mine have demonstrated the i'm
r..nsity OF tee oTeboGies "pned up. ana
hereafter the management does not an
ticipate any serious difficulty in mar
keting the increased tonnage of ship
ping ore arranged for with the Salt
Lake smelters.
These new contracts call for $50 tons
of ore daily. to be consigned to the
United States smelter. while the Amer
lean Smelling and Refining Company
has agreed to accept an additional loo
tons per day. thus insuring an ample
market for all the ore the mine ca..
reasonably produce In the near future.
These contracts carry favorable
terms and with the increased prices
being obtained for lead and silver
handsome profit is now being derived
from the shipments.
The principal tonnage OF ore is be-
ing mined from the Davidson orebody.
so called from the adjoining claim
owned by the Prince Consolidated
Mining Company. on which this prolific
bed was originally discovered The av-
erage thickness of this bedding is 60
feet and it is of fairly uniform size and
elinerai character A smaller tonnage
is derived from the big bed. which is
in places nearly 100 feet in thickness.
probably averaging about 80 feet. The
average value of the ore composing the
big bed. which lies below the Davidson
bed is similar in analysis 20 the latter
bed. However, 1t Is uniformly higher
in lead and silver
Below the two beds mentioned above
lies a 20-foot bed which is of distinct
ly higher grade. small areas assaying
over II ounces of silver and IL per
cent lead. carrying, however. greater
insoluble content in relation to the
iron, manganese and lime
To more fully appreciate the profits
to be made from the sale of this fiux-
ing ore, the record of the Prince Con-
solidated Mining Company, which Is at
the present time the largest lead pro-
ducer in the state of Nevada, Is of COM
parative interest. During the year
1918 the Prince Consolidated Mining
Company received s25s,75s.20 from the
sale of S4,137 tons of fiuxing ore of the
same analysis as the Davidson bed ore.
The cost Of producing this tonnage was
S156,s95.62, leaving profit of slOl.-
S72.5s, These figures deal with the
fuxing ore only and exclude money
derived from the sale of the higher
grade siliceous fissure ores.
Conditions at the Virginia Louise are
similar to those encountered at the
Prince mine. The mine bins are served
by railroad belonging to the Prince
company, the ores of the Virginia Lou
ise being handled at reasonable rate
on a longtime agreement entered int
between the two companies. This addi
tional cost is at the present time more
than Offset by the increased price o
silver and lead and although cost
have risen the large tonnage handle'
reduces the per ton cost to "a reason
able basis.
The outstanding feature of the mine
recent development work is the salts
factory showing encountered in tn
territory adjacent TO the NTH leve
The main drift south on This level con
tinues in good shipping ore. and pass
ing. as 1t does. approximately centra
through the orebody, assures larg
stopping area for the future. rails
run from the fifth level drift ran int
the ore twenty-five feet above tn
rails and continued in good ore to tn
fourth level above The face of tn
drift Is still in ore, which every day 8
the drift advances adds to the orebea1
ing territory.
While the fluxing ores may be prof.
erly described as the bread and butt
of the Virginia Louise mine, the high
grade fissure ores which are associate
with the fluxing orebeds are also
source of considerable revenue. r
cent developments on the 1Oo-foot lev
Of the Virginia Louise mine have ope
ed up an interesting orebody along t
great western fault assure. TWEEN
tons If ore which was broken from t
back of the drift which develops tn
assure assayed over per cent lea
With corresponding values in silv'
and further work should demonstra
the presence of richer ore.
The Virginia Louise mine is partic
larly fortunate in being able to bene
from the active development of
@ Prince Consolidated mine. Should
IN present work now being carried on
81 the Prince, which should reach It's n
# objective in ninety days or soon
$& duplicate the wonderful prospects d
MI closed by the diamond drilling done
N 1918 the future of the Virginia Lou
~ mine Is assured.