The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-25
AROUND THE Mines


Nevada mining property near the town
of the same name is attaining encour-
aging results.
\ second cave, with a showing OF
IoW-grade ore and quartz. has been en-
countered in the Eureka Bullion mine
on the llJ0 level. according 10 the
latest reports.
4. c. Dick. chief Of the subdivision
of natural resources of the internal
revenue income tax unit. has resigned.
effective March 81. and will return to
his professional work as consulting |
mining eginer at Salt Lake City.
4 mining note of interest comes |
from Denver where il is said tnat a |
metallurgist of that city is perfecting |
an electric smelter for which great |
claims are being made. Mines that
are not profitable, it is claimed, will
be made So by this new device.
The policy of the management of
the northend mines of the ComstOck
is TO place those properties on COM
mereial basis through costs reduction
and modern methods and equipment,
which will bring into the profitable
class almost limited tons of ore.
Slopes of the No. mine of the Ray
Consolidated Mining company at Ray.
Ariz., which extend under the creek
and the surface equipment of No. =
mine, are filled with waste and fur
Their packed with sand to prevent,
cracking and settling &C. the Gaping.
Gold miners of Nevada are earnestly
hoping that the next congress will see
the light and pass the McFadden bill,
which will provide for price of $50
per ounce for virgin gold mined in the
United States. With the McFadden
bill law, all of the low-grade mines
in the state could be operated
Work of considerable Importance has
been accomplished during the past
year at the Leonora mining property
in Beaver county, Utah. During the
past year 400 feet of work has been
done on the property, says the report,
155 feet of shaft and wines has been
done and 262 feet of drifting, cross
cutting and raises.
The Ray Consolidated under normal
conditions mines about $500 tons OF
copper ore per day from the three 500
foot shafts. The ore body, an enor-
nous low-grade deposit of the pOr
phyry type, consists of flat irregular
zone, 80 to 500 feet thick, of impreg-
mated schist enriched by downward
teaching from the upper part.
The discovery, near Caliente, New.
of a large deposit of pure white kaolin
or china clay is reported Kaolin Ii
used extensively in the manufacture
of chinaware and pottery. Samples OF
display are said to be of the highes
grade. 1t is understood that steps will
be taken Immediately to finance
project for the development of kaolil
industry.
A real test in commercial production
of oil from shale is under way at tn
plant of the Mount Logan Oil Shall
company at DebeQue, Colo The plan
of the Mount Logan company has bee
completed and it is now making a ru
of fifty barrels of shale oil to be sen
TO the Apex Refining company a
Boulder, Colo, to be tested as to 1t
possibilities as flotation oil.
On September 5, 1920 moder
steel dredge commenced operations 0
placer ground, in Gold canyon, tW
miles below Silver City, Nevada, an
has been working ever since. Undt
normal conditions the dredge has
capacity of 5000 yards per twenty fou
hour day. The proved placer area COZ
trolled by the company is estimated
contain S,OO0,000 yards of gravel.
Operations at the Unionville Minir
company's property at Unionville, Pc
shing county, Nevada, have been ur
formly successful This company, Q
ganized by Salt Lake men with the
sistance of Cuban and New York caI
talists, has developed large tonna
of excellent milling ore and erected
five-stamp mill equipped with amale
nation plates and concentrating table
Pessimism prevalent in mining c
cles during the past year is rapid
giving place to optimism, CONNER
the Denver Mining Record. Daily
of Colorado, but of Nevada, Uts
California and, in fact, practically
districts excepting the copper and ri
districts, indicate that investors 6
again turning to the mining indus'
for safe and sound investments.
Report of the bureau of mines, S
Lake station, FOE the last month sta
that good deal Of work has be
done with various volatilization p
cesses Experiments on the proc
have been continued with impro'
apparatus. The report states that
per cent of the silver and 80 per c
of the lead contained in the comp
ores from Gold Springs, New. are S
cessfully extracted by the volatile
ton process. 1t was also found I
sible TO reduce the arsenic content
othar Npyadn ores from ol Dpr cent