White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-05-21
P|OCHE MINING MAN
SEES BRIGHT FUTURE

T. c. Hough arrived in this district
last Monday. coming over by automo-
bile from Phoebe, where he has spent
the last year. Mr.. Hough has had
quite a wide experience in mining
milling and smelling and has been
connected with some of the largest
operators in this section of the coun-
try. He has accepted a position in
the mill and has taken up his resi-
denee in McGill.
When interviewed by a representa-
tive of the News Mr.. Hough was quite
enthusiastic as to the possibilities OF
the mining industry again coming
into its own, and said that the neigh.
boring camp of Phoebe IS on the eve
of a substantial boom.
The Lyndon mine. in the Comet
district. which is tributary to Phoebe
said Mr.. Hough. was recently sold
by Charles Schodde to T. G.. Halliday
and associates of Salt Lake. the pnr.
chase price being placed by those in
position TO know at s25 900. The
same investors have procured from
Culverwell and Ronnow a sixty-day
| option on the Stella property. The
price on this group is placed IT near
100000.
The showing at the Lyndon prop
erty is regarded by mining men as
being excellent and ii is estimated
that il has new ready for shipment
at least $4,000 worth of high-grade
silver ore. Years ago this property
produced some of the richest silver
ore eyer shipped from the Phoebe dis
triot, while the Stella group is dis
tinguished by the fact that ore run
ming ne hiOh ~ Sam m tho ton haA
been taken right from the grassroots.
In the immediate Phoebe district
from the Combined Metals property
500 ions OF complex lead-silver-zine
| ore Is being shipped TO the Salt Lake
shelters. where a test run will be
made under a recently perfected
process by which Ii Is believed sui
ficient of the values can be saved TO
make the shipment of this particular
character of ore profitable. IL the
test run is successful II will mean the
shipment OF from 100 TO 200 ON per
day from this property. There Is SAID
to be several hundred thousand tons
of this orc actually developed at the
Combined Metals, which will average
close TO $40 per ton assay value. hut
owing TO its refractory nature under
the process Of treatment formerly
used sufficient of the values could not
be saved to make shipments from this
mine profitable.
The test u to be made on the
500-tcn shipment will be watched
with keen interest because of the fact
that many other properties have de-
yeloped large bodies of the same
character Of ore. frcm which further
shipments will he made il The treat
ment by the recently developed proc
ess comes up 10 expectations. Among
these arc the Susan Buster and the
California-Pioche properties. while
throughout the states of Arizona and
Idaho there are several mines in
which this grade of ore has been De.
veloped.
In the Black Metal property al
Jackrabbit a body of straight man.
ganese ore has been opened up which
IS said 10 average 90 per cen man
ganese dioxide, which Is a highly de-
sirable material for steel and chem
zeal plants.
From the Mascot mine. now under
lease to Chester Cook and Owen Wal
ker. three cars of lead-silver ore
were recently shipped and netted the
) 1easers the tidy sum of 5000.
The Price lease in the Pacific tun-
mel has aleo opened up a body OF
high grade silver ore and is said to
be about ready to make a shipment,
from which excellent returns are
hoped for.
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