Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-10-09
Progress ID Broken Hills

Development wo-ll in the main and
in the Belmont Incline workings on
the property o. the Broken Hills Sill
yer Corporation continues to be fea-
tured by the sacking of high grade
ii.ver-sulphidc orc, and in/mineralogi-
al conditions which clearly demon
itrate the persistoncy Of orebodies and
.alues at greater depth. The foregoing
tatement sums up, i'll brief, the status
i the property at the close of the very
ucccssful operations which marked
he month OF September. The deyei-
1pments in question have added large
| to the value of the property, and
re pronounced Improvement on the
| accomplishments recorded during the
( preceding month. III .act, the property
las increased steadily i'll value ever
| ince the BrokenfIills Silver Corpora
ion started development work last
June.
Six Slopes are now being driven in
he high grade deposits, and the ore
icing mined therein has silver con-
.ent ranging from 10 ounces to 355 a
on. The general average grade of the
IRE is very much higher that that OF
he ores being mined at the dividend
aging mines at Tonopah or at the
loted Tonopah Divide mine at Divide.
| he first shipment will be made soon
nd will be followed by other ship
nents at regular intervals. Arthur
'erry Thompson, the present con-
/ ulting engineer for the company
tates that ore production is on ba-
is sufficiently large to meet operating
expenses. This fact force,ully speaks
or the future OF the property thai
iatcs its real development from las,
une only, and which already carrie:
I , miners, on its payroll.
The ore mined, sacked and awaiting
hipment from the east drift on the
0-fool level in the Belmont Incline
! workings has an average metal con.
cnt of 275 onnces Silver and % pei
ent lead 4 ton or a money value O
Bis ton. \ new orc shoot, varying
width from 10 inches to two feet
las been proven Tor length of *
Get at this point. The ore continue.
cyond the present face OF the drift
nd apparently is equally as high If
rrade as the ore thus far mined. Thi
development would indicate the pres
nee ahead OF a generous tonnage q
ich silver-sulph:de ores. Ten niche,
the shoot assays $32006 a ton. Two
| Get OF the shoot assays $4017S ton
i've inches OF the ore, lying along
9th the footwall and thc hanging wal
as a value OF SS0le6 a ton. Tn
a'ues cited tell the story. of tn
iches o. this sensational shoot Of or,
a no uncertain way, and with equa
ertitude indicate the future dividen,
otentialites Of the property.
In the west drifh OH the 90-foot leve
q the Incline workings the miners ar
$50 STOPPING and sacking high grad
ilver-slilphidc ore. a sample takei
cross practically three feet OF the or
hoot at this point gave an assay O
}6.S2 ton, the metal content bein,
$50 ounces silver and SO per cen
'ad -Four slopes are being driver
/ high grade ore in the Incline work
igs, and the sacked product is beint
oisted TO the surface to the capacit,
t the armstrong hoist Work il
4 Incline will be abandoned as soor
S the new Belmont shaft taps tn,
anne orebody on its dip at an approx
late depth OF $50 feet.
Development work in the main. O,
'roken Hills shaft Of the Broken Hills
liver Corporation. is progressing un
er equally satisfactory conditions
The Broken Hills shat, is located 46(
Get west o. the Belmont Incline work.
ngs and is being utilized for opening
he main west-southeast bearing
elm system, as against the opening
lt the east-west bearing cross system
" means OF the Incline workings
: high grade sulphide ore has
been followed by the Broken Hills
E MT on the dip OF the main Broken
ILLS vein, to depth OF 250-fcet.
There the orc has value OF $25.25 a
on, as against a value of $2404 a ton
at the l50-foot level
DEVELOPMENT OF the Broken Hills
'eln to the north on the l50-ioot level.
however, resulted in the opening OF an
Or shoot CARRYING a foot and a hall OF
~ ton orc. Similar work now un-
ter way on the 250-foot levei ,,;i,