The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-09-23

ment. the mineralizinf solutions
coming up through many intersect-
ing assures In the ore deposits. ore
s-sss .=.o mang-n.:e-ors Gazette
and siGerite.
The company's property Is un-
auestionably underlaid BY the same
geological series aas that cut In the
Prince shaft, only $50 feet north Of
the Virginia Louise shaft That
deposit was found by two diamond
drill holes $50 feet apart. which
proves the horizontal persistence for
that distance
In additio nto the silver bed, the
drill holes ut eleven feet OF clean
zinc blende, lying above the quart
ute contact, PSI feet below the sill
yer ore. There is little doubt that
these deposits, like those now being
mined. will extend over both proper
ties and regard this this new Work
/ by the Prince Consolidated as OF the
highest Importance to the Virginia
Louise. II is practically equivalent
TO doubling the value of the property
since il is estimated that this zinc
ore will net the Prince Consolidated
company $40 per ton profit and the
silver ore Is ton net profit. AS
already stated, the geological series
is the same. but the Virginia Louise
ground having been dropped by
1 faulting-a distance of perhaps It's
feet-it will be necessary to sink the
main working shaft, now ATS feet
deep. about 479 feet further to reach
the silver bed and 287 feet deeper to
reach the zinc ore, or a total depth
of 1245 feet below the surface. This
work will take six months time and
cost. with needed levels, drifts, ETC.,
about $4,000.
i The orebodies all occur In zone
or mineralized channel that is from
200 feet to as much as 600 feet In
width, which apparently runs near
ly north and south. The highest. oil
Davidson orebody, lies partly In the
Virginia Louise ground and parti,
in the claim to the east, the boun
Diary between the claims bisecting thu
! orebody.
> In the company's ground, this BET
|, has developed width Of 80 feet 10
, length of 100 feet, as already stat
ed and is about so feet thick. /
lies beneath a we'll defined limeston
q hanging wall which dips AZ degree
: eastward and it rests on the relative
ly impervious Louise sale. Both or
and rocks are fractured by faults
but the continuity of the ore is un
: affected The ore ends northwar
at the End Line fault and 1t is nc
: found in the Prince mine working
. to the north, as it has been erode
: from the surface of that area. Thi
y Davidson ore is better than that {
the other ore beds, being lower
: SILICA and carrying proportional
ly greater excess iron -manganei
q content. 1t has been mined out
the Davidson holdings while in til
= Virginia Louise there still renal
!. approximately 100000 tons of OIL
:. that should be saved to mix with tt
Z less desirable ores of the lower bee
= in order to bring them up to smelt,
requirements
At the southern end of the stop
y the orebody is grading into a mi
ture of commercial and non-cor
- mercial ore that samples 0.S6 ounc
= silver, is pc recent lead, 6.24 p
~ cent insoluble, 1919 per cent iro
95 per cent manganese, ST per ce
Z lime and 81 per cent zinc. Credi
~ ing the lime as base gives this o
- an excess of 31.9 per cent over
- soluble. In a general way it is nj
able that in this orebody hard o
means high lime content as contra
., ed with the harder ore of the p
Bed" where it means silica.
Concluded Next Week.