The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1921-02-10
(By James T. o'Brien)

With an ore-shoot opened up for
100 feet in length, that for a width
of from 20 inches to four feet aver.
ages over 5000 per ton. on the 750-ft.
level of the Elko Prince, mine that
has already produced over $4,000, 900
with ore that samples $115 per ton
across six feet being mined at a
depth of 220 feet on Berry Brothers
Big Chief group-with Rae and Sapp
sacking ore that goes over 800 per
ton from their lease on the Gold
Crown with Macy and Paisley de-
veloping fine showing on the Cli-
max group Of the Macy Mines Co..
with four good properties having been
turned" in the past few weeks by G..
s. Warren, ]. l. Peterson and others
with activity ON a big scale on twy
other properties definitely assured
by spring-with the extension of the
electric power line from Battle Noun
tain being planned by men who have
both the incentive and the "needful"
to put the project through with all
these important developments the sill
ver-gold camp of Gold Circle faces
the practical certainly that 1921 will
be its most prosperous year.
The bonanza ore-shoot in the north
drift on the $50 level of the Elko
Prince is showing up even better
than was predicted when 1t was first
opened up. 1t will be remembered
that this ore-shoot is the downward
extension of an ore-body that is $50
feet long on the 600-foot level, and
that when 1t was first entered a wa
ter-course that eventually flooded the
mine to just below the 600-foot level
was opened up. II took some time to
get heavier pumps, more power and
to drain the mine, but 1t was eventual
ly accomplished, and the new orebody
has been drifted on for over 100 feet.
The orebody was unbroken for 80 feet.
then 1t pinched for Is feet, but 1t Is
now In again-and the 20 inches of
high-grade in the face of the drift is
said to average over 5000 per ton,
which is also claimed as the grade
OF the ore for the first 80 feet, even
where 1t widened out to four feet.
1t is confidently believed that this
ore-shoot will prove as long az 1t
was on the 600 level-350 feet. The
mill at the Elko Prince is being run
but one shift, owing to shortage OF
power, but it is said that the amount
of bullion produced is about the same
as when 1t was run three shifts
which would be additional proof of
the bonanza values on the $50. The
company records show that an aver
age of 1888 per ton was saved in
the mill from the first 10000 tons put
Misunderstanding an assay value
of about $37 per ton.
After a conference with the Berry
Brothers, upntrolling owners of the
Big Chief group, Superintendent Jer-
ry Coughlan returned to camp three
weeks ago and resumed work on the
16O-foot level from the Grant shaft.
the face of the drift being 22O feet
below the surface. When work was
discontinued there last fall, the ore
averaged $73 per ton. Now, at point
SO feet from the beginning of the
shoot, the orebody is six feet between
the wallis and the last assay shows
that it averages Sis per ton clear
across.
Mr.. .Coughlan is quoted as saying
that they are going to do some real
mining this season. that new ma
cbinery will be put in as soon as pos
sible in the spring. and that they may
run the power line in from Battle
Mountain. He was not quoted regard
ing q new mill. but there is little
doubt of that being included in the