The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-08-19


Lake interests, is being mate into
one of the big silver lead mines of
the west. During the paast year the
company has opened the largest body
OF high grade silver lead ore found
in Nevada in recent years. The big /
ore body is the result of develop /
ment of only one of at least twenty |
FIVE faces in the mine that show |
good commercial quantity.
The present company acquired the /
property, consisting of II patented
and unpatented claims compris-
ing approximately $50 acres of
ground. under a bond and lease in
Decamber of 1919 but did not start
operations until March of 1920. At
the time the property was acquired
it was estimated that there was 20,-
900 tons of ore in the upper old
workings which ore is said to be
worth better than $25 a ton at pres
ent metal prices.
The present group is consolida-
ton of the Hillside, May Day, Gypsy,
Tempest, Vesuvius, National, Iron
and Detroit mines which have pro-
duction of $S,OOO,O00. OF this total
$1,000, ,0d0 is checked by old smelter
records and the balance estimated on
partial records. Only the first three
have been opened to any extent and
the deepest of these was 700 feet
when the property was acquired.
There are good ore showings in all of
them.
The property covers the entire
slope of the mountain on which it is
situated. Four series of limestones
proved in various Phoebe properties
to be ore bearing dip through the
ground and below these is the
quartzite from which the bulk of the
: Phoebe ore production has come.
The ground is traversed by net
work of strong ore bearing fissures
that strike in various directions. The
May Day is the main northeast and
southwest ore channel. 1t is crossed
by a series of north and south fis-
sures including the Hillside that has
with some copper; the Tempest and
Vesuvius which are high grade silver
copper veins; the National which car
ries high grade copper with some
silver, some of the shipments from
this vein have over 80 per cent cop
per in carload shipments; and the
Gypsy which carries ore high in sill
yer and lead with some copper. Be
sides these there are sight or ter
east and west assures making mum
erous fissure intersections in the
limestone at which places the or,
bodies are found.
Only the upper series of limestonei
in the verious mines that compris,
the group have so far been opened
Three times the property has beer
sold by people who believed they hat
reached the bottom when they en-
countered hard beds of limestone il
which there was little ore, and il
which the ore channels narrowed.
q Each time when the hard limeston
q has been passesd through the ore ha
widened out and made large stope
of the more soluble limestone below
When the present company starte
work it followed the ore down fror
the Johnson stope, which was mine
by the Uvada Copper company fror
which stope gave production ou
of which more than $4,000 in div
dends was paid. Due to inadequat
financing which prevented economics
mining of the 10000 tons of ore
sight In the upper levels the CON
pany centered all work on followin
the main ore chute down. This wor
was done through old slopes
which improvised hoists had to /
placed. The ore had to be handle
several times. The hoisting capacit
was limited and costs high. The b
tonnage has been left untouched an
only newly developed ore was shi
ped. Notwithstanding this the con
tdny to date, in little more than
year, has shipped 23,7S2,760 tol
OF ore OF net smelter valuation
Szo4,499.67 and the company's e
slneers say that two tons OF O
rave been put in sight for every OF
that has been shipped.
-. rne new ore body Is msde on q
intersection Of the May Day a,
gypsy assures. The old slopes tn
FOLLOW this intersection down a
IKE series Of ballons connected
small chutes. The ground stan
sohdiy' the big old slopes have n
caved and no timber is used. A ST,