The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-09-10
BRISTOL MINES
SHOWING UP WELL

The Bristol Silver Mines Company.
operating the Tempest. Hillside. Gypsy.
May Day. Great Eastern and National
territory. II producing q large tonnage
Of silver-lead-copper ore. this ore be-
Ing carried over the Bristol mountain
by aerial tramway to the terminal bins
At the. Jackrabbit. whence il passes
over the Phoebe Pacific railway. a dis
tance of fourteen miles. to connect with
the Salt Lake Route at Phoebe.
Last month over 1,ooo tons of orc
was shipped to the Salt Lake smelt-
srs- The average analysis of this ton
mage was: Gold, .02 ounce: silver. 1872
ounce: lead. l2.5 per cent: copper. 3.3
per cent: zinc. 6.7 per cent: iron. 1915
per. cent; insoluble. 23.s per cent: man
ganese. IT per cent; sulphur, 1 per
cent, making a most desirable smelling
product and bringing a handsome profit
to the company.
This ore is being mined principally
from the Lloyd-Bent winze. which Is
situated about 200 feet In a southerly
direction from the Gypsy shaft and
about 500 feet from the surface The
Lloyd-Bent winze was originally sunk
to develop the Gypsy oreshoot. the ia
nous orebody from which w. M. Chris
tian. John r, Cook and the late William
Lloyd took out small fortune during
their short lease in 1905.
At a later period the Uvada Copper
Company followed the ore down. and
taking into consideration the low metal
prices made q satisfactory production
from this area Of the mine. At the
time when the Bristol Silver Mines
Company started operations examina-
tion disclosed the presence Of good ore
in the bottom of this winze. and since
that time the winze has been sunk to a
point 500 feet from the surface. At this
depth q station has been cut and later
ais will be run to prove up the extent
Of this wonderful orebody. The char
acter Of the ore Is soft and easily
mined, carrying, however. over 10 per
cent moisture. which adds considerably
to the expense OF transportation.
The early history Of the Bristol dis
trict Is one of the interesting chapters
Of the west. The Cave mine was located
during 1870 by Charles Row, who later
located the May Day and Tempest
claims during the following year. In
1871 Row sold out to A. s. Ardway for
$4,000, at the same time entering Ard
ways employ and remaining with him
until 1874. Ardway also bought the
National mining claim from A. B. Rick.
ard for $1,000. Afterward the Gypsy
claim. part Of 1t on Cave Ground, al.
ready held by Ardway. was located b,
Henry Breeze. whom Ardway bough,
out. thus consolidating the conflicting
j interests.
The FIRST important strike in tn.
Bristol district was made In the sprinl
OF 1873 In a big natural cave in tn,
mining claim prophetically named tn,
Cave. an immense body Of soft, iron,
ore being uncovered. measuring ~ fee
high above the floor Of the drift an,
20 feet in width. assaying 375 ounce
per ton in silver. % per cent lead an,
IL per cent copper. From this and 9th
or bonanza oreshoots found on thi
property Ardway Is said to have clean
ed up over $1.o0o.ooo in three or fou
years Of operation.
The total production Of the Bristo
property in the early days was abou
100000. During the palmy days Q
the, Ardway regime 900 miners an
transfers were regularly employed a
the Bristol mines. A townsite was lai
out and rapidly settled up and the cam
was served by two daily stages. Afte
Ardway left the camp suffered variou
vicissitudes under different ownership
ands managements. until In 1887 tn
Bristol Consolidated Mining Compan
was organized to take over the MOI
important claims on the Bristol side
the hill. This company was followe
q by merged company called the Da
Bristol Mining Company.
During the year 1918 considerab b
work was done In the upper levels ar
body Of high-grade silver-copper o.
was opened up in the territory adj,
cent to the Gypsy shaft. Later II
aerial tramway at present being ope
ated was placed In commission, but
the end Of that year the manageme
5 became involved in financial difficulti
!. and the property passed into the han
OF receivers. later being acquired
the Uvada Copper Company of Ss
Lake City, and 1t was from this latt
company that the Bristol Silver Min
Company acquired the property.
The management plans in the ne
future to improve the accommodate
a. the mine and the boarding hou
Will be enlarged and renovated. Tive
ty-nve men are at present employed
the mine and it now seems certain tn
the former wonderful production Of t
Bristol mines will be materially add