Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1920-10-06
WEEKS PROGRESS
IN BROKEN HILLS

Development work in the main anc
| in the Belmont Incline workings OF
the property Oh the Broken Hills Sill
yer Corporation continues to be fea.
tured by the sacking Of high grade
silver-sulphide ore, and in mineralogl-
cal conditions which clearly demon
strate the presidency of orebodies and
values at greater depth. The foregoing
statement sums up, in brief, the status
of the property at the close of the very
successful operations which marked
the month OF September. The devel-
opnents in question have added large
" to the value OF the property, and
are pronounced Improvement on the
accomplishments recorded during the
preceding month. In TACT, the property
has increased steadily in value ever
since the BrokenHills Silver Corpora
ton started development work last
June.
Six slopes are now being driven in
the high grade deposits, and the ore
being mined therein has silver con-
tent ranging from 10 ounces to 355 a
ton. The general average grade of the
ore is very much higher that that >of
paying mines at Tonopah or at the
noted Tonopah Divide mine at Divide.
The first shipment will be made soon
and will be followed by other ship
ments at regular intervals. Arthur
Perry Thompson, the present con
sulting engineer for the company
states that ore production is on ba-
sis sufficiently large to meet operating
expenses. This fact forcelully speaks
for the future OF the property that
dates its real development from last
June only, and which already carries
% miners on its payroll.
The ore mined. sacked and awaiting
shipment from the east drift on the
90-fool level in the Belmont Incline
workings has all average metal con-
tent of us ounces silver and p per
cent lead ton or money value o..
S3l ) ton. \ new ore shoot, varying
in width from 10 inches to two feet.
has been proven for length OF 40
feet at this point. The ore continues
beyond the present face Of the drift
and apparently is equally as high in
grade as the ore thus far mined. This
development would indicate the pres
ence ahead of generous tonnage o.
rich silver sulphide ores Ten inches
Of the shoot assays $4,000 ton Two
feet of the shoot assays $40l.7S ton.
Five inches of the ore. lying along
both the footwall and the hanging wall
has value of $80l.96 a ton. The
values cited tell the story of the
riches oil this sensational shoot Of ore
III iio uh$Si tohi way. anu Will SIudi
certitute indicate the future dividend
potentialities of the property.
In the west drifh on the 9G-foot lcve,
in the Incline workings the miners are
also STOPPING and sacking high grade
silver sulphide ore. A sample taken
across practically three feet of the ore
shoot at this point gave an assay OF
S96.82 ton, the metal content being
5000 ounces silver and 80 per cent
lead Four slopes are being driven
in high grade ore in the Incline work
ings, and the sacked product is being
hoisted to the surface to the capacity
of the armstrong" hoist. Work in
tn Incline will be abandoned as soon
as the new Belmont shaft taps the
same orebody on its dip at an approxi-
mate depth or $50 feet
Development work in the main, or
Broken Hills shaft of the Broken Hills
Silver Corporation, is progressing un7
der equally satisfactory conditions.