White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-12-10
DEVELOPMENT WORK At KIMBERLY
OVER WIDE SCOPE OF TERRITORY

howard ID. smith, president OF tne
Consolidated Coppermines Corpora
tion, arrived in the district last week
and spent two days at Kimberly.
where, with Colonel Robert G.
Marsh, who Is in direct charge OF the
mining operations, the president of
the company went over the work
which has been done during the last
three months and since the new Or
ganization took over the vast mining
estate.
Mr.. Smith left Thursday morning
for San Francisco, where he will de-
prises demanding his attention, after
which he will return to his headquar-
ters in New York
When seen by a representative OF
the News at the mine Colonel Marsh
said the visit of the president of the
company during the week was just
an ordinary one for the purpose of
personal inspection
! The work accomplished at the big
1mining property since the new or
ganization took charge of the prop
erty about three months ago not only
embraces a wide scope but Is most
encouraging and of a highly salts
factory nature.
Several churn drill holes have been
sunk on the Richard claim and a
body of high-gfade ore, which 1t is
estimated will run from eight to nine
per cent copper, has been found to
exist there.
new shaft being sunk on this
claim Is down to a depth OF about
$50 feet. Sinking in this shaft will
be continued to a depth of about 400
feet and then drift will be run un-
der the body of high-grade ore un-
covered by the churn drill opera
tions and by which IL can thereafter
be economically mined
The extent OF this rich orebody has
not been definitely determined and
naturally will not be until by drift
ing from the shaft the ore is reached
and actual mining I'm IL proceeded
with.
II has been determined, however.
that in this body alone there Is suf-
ficient direct smelling ore TO run at
least eighteen months with daily
production of 100 tons.
Prior 10 the reorganization Of the
company last September only two
drill holes had been sunk on the
Richard claim The result of this
~5rk was sufficiently encouraging to
warrant the new management in re-
suming operations at this particular
point on the estate. The additional
holes which have been put down, at
a cost of approximately 81 800 each.
disclosed the fact that the body OF
ore existed and from the point where
it was encountered It required fur
ther drilling for a distance of about
fifty feet before tho drill went
through tho orebody.
The shaft on the Richard claim
has three compartments. The zone be-
tween IL and the Alpha Is exception
ally good and attention Is now being
devoted to this area. Six ehurn
drills are at work sinking holes In
cross sections to further delineate
and determine the exact character
Of the large orebod.
On the Alpha claim. where the big
shaft has been sunk to a depth of
1910 feet and large amount of de-
yelopment work done. reports made
prior TO the time tho present manage
ment assumed control of the prop
erty showed that in these workings
100000 tons OF ore averaging Z 1-2
per cent copper had been opened up
and this vast mineral wealth was
there contained under water.
The churn drill work now under
way and being vigorously prosecuted
between the Richard and Alpha
, tims would seem practically GER