Show PIOCHE'S S GREATEST GREATEST- MINE DOING WELL Prince Consolidated Has Completed Completed Com Com- Railroad Into Cam Camp p pLINE LINE NINE MILES LONG Million and Half Tons TOils of Ore Blocked Out and Ready for Breaking Down Practically everybody returning from th the camp comp of Pioche in southern NeVada NeVada Ne- Ne Vada after Atter having inspected the thea various various va va- arlous rious properties come back filled tilled with enthusiasm for the Prince Consolidated Consolidated Consoli Consoli- dated As one ono man put It recently It seemed to me that l I I walked for tor miles and miles through great relt tunnels and crosscuts and drifts penetrating nothing nothing noth noth- ing but ono one great mass of ot ore oro as big bigas bigas as you OU find In coal mines Recently was published a statement from the county assessor of or Lincoln giving the total shipments for the quarter ending September 30 1912 1012 as RS Of this amount the Prince was ns credited with tons and 1935 pounds of ore of or a gross value ll of It 7 72 S 40 tailing from 1 1141 11 41 tons an and pounds a 0 gross value of The Prince has been shipping for some time from Its tamn tailings s dump but hut only on June Juno 27 7 1912 were shipments started from the Prince mine proper This consisted of a consignment consignment consign consign- ment of tons o of or ore and Since that time the tho mine has lias maintained this heavy dally Jail output The total 1912 output to clato is estimated to be worth with the tailings included In Included Included In- In and ami 1 from Cram this has come to the company compan a profit of or approximately It has been boon estimated by several several sev sev- everal eral en engineers lne rs that the mine at Pioche can toda today measure up tons of ot otoro oro ore ready for extraction while there Is over o of ot a high grade rade siliceous silver lead product aJ also o blocked out and find read ready for breaking down and forwarding forwardIng forward forward- Ing Ins to market l 1 From rom l This ore are comes come from tram parallel fissures fissure In n tho formation which range from 8 Inches Indies to toIS IS H feet in width and antI going down stron strongly h Into the tho quartzite At points of or intersection with cross 1 fl sur- sur ing fing these fissures of high grade are 16 feet teet in width The These e fissures arc are found in the tho shale and have hn been de de- de elOId down to the quartzite a depth of C feet ct vertically at which point water level Is Ig rca reached hed but the fissures seemingly aro are n nt as strong In the quartzite quart quart- zite as in tho the shale shalo above The rho high high- grade ore after paying shipping and smelter charges nets the company about 24 4 a ton Some diamond drill work was also done below the tho level during th the year ear which showed that Instead of finding the bottom of at the ore it continues continues continues con con- to much greater grenter depths depth Since Sinco the control of the tho property w was s placed In the hands of A A. A Y 1 Smith In September Septem Septem- ber there has been developed a large amount mount of ore The Thc Prince mine is situated In the foothills on the south side of this range ranee The Time ore d bt-d outcrops on the tho surface for tor a distance of feet teet and shows a width of feet tet The Tho main Incline shaft Is now down COO O feet teet on onan onan an nn an angle le of CO GO degrees e and the underlying underlying under under- lying quartzite formation ha has Just been r reached d but a is as yet no development has s been heen done In itro It ro Separate Mines Mine Briefly Brien stated tho the Prince consists of or two separate and distinct mines combined combined com com- Into one the first being an Immense Immen Immense Im Im- men mense e tonnage tonn of Iron ore carrying values to the extent of from 3 to toper 8 per cent lead 3 to 10 ounces silver er and 20 O to 40 In gold sold besides about 39 per percent percent percent cent excess Iron over o insoluble silica amen Owing to the taro largo percentage of at iron present along with with th the thel lead It Is especially espe espe- valuable as a flux to the lead smelters smelters this thle Iron commanding a a. bonus over o and above the cost of ot smelting with all nU the time gold silver sliver and lead values values val val- ue ues coming coining In n IKS as profit This ore occurs in large deposits Inthe in inthe inthe the bedded planes of at tho the lime and shale hl and was formed ormed b by solutions dissolving out certain strata and nd re replacing replacing replacing re- re placing them with ore Within a short time th the com company pan ox- ox to start work on a new three- three compartment shaft as It is declared that the sent resent shaft has not tho the capacity capacity ca Cl- to handle the amount of ot ore oro that the company compan expects to extract This work rk can be carried on while the shipments shipments shipments ship ship- ments aro being maintained Working on Veins Vein In Work ork has hns been started on the fissure figure ure veins and a shipment from those veins will be made within a short time The drifts and antI slopes are all being bored nail and placed in shape for work work- to continue This ore orp it Is If expected will run 2600 2500 a car net as ag It carries high values In gold and silver The company has ha erected ton ore are bins at the tho mine BO so that tho the railroad cars car can he lie automatically loaded Other construction work for tor the year ear was Voas th erection of a roundhouse and the buildIng building building build build- ing of three cottages for tor the tho men Tho Time company Is Ie now building an office building and antI an additional bunkhouse Nine Mlle ID nUe Probably the greatest accomplishment accomplish accomplish- mont ment of ot an any mining company In th the district was Vas the building of ot tho the ninemile nine nine- mlle milo railroad b by the Prince company compan This was waR none done at a cost coat of ot Tho The formal driving of the tho golden I spike took place on June 30 This road Is wholly owned by the From tho the tailings 8 dump a large amount of ore was shipped durIng during during dur dur- ing the year This has produced time the greater part of or the r venue revenue of the company this year r. It Is estimated that the company has left lett tona of or there thee tailings s which netting the tho company compan 5 5 a ton means In profits or 35 cents a share The EI Ely mining district PI ache covers cov- cov ers cra a small range cross running en easterly easterly east east- terly t- t erly and antI westerly at right angles anglos to nearly all alJ of ot the mountain ranges of tho state tate of ot Nevada The Tho lowest or underlying formation t IB is Cambrian quartzite which has a uniform strata and a dip of ot about 20 degrees Lying above e this Is I a belt of lime shale hale of varying thickness from to feet and on top of this is blue limestone limo lime stone stono about the same ame thickness as tho shalo shale The Tho principal l office of ot tho the company will be bo maintained at Pioche and will willbe willbe be In charge of ot B B. L L. Smith while the local of office rice will bo ho In charge of ot Murray C. C God Godbe be During tho year clr the control of ot tho the property changed hands hantIs going to Charles E E. Knox of Tono Tonopah ab and his aa associates Tho The new officials officials of at tho the company are C C. C E. E Knox president John A. A Kirby vice Ice president Murray C C. C secretary and treasurer B D. D L. L Smith assistant secretary and treasurer treasurer treas treas- A. A Y Smith general manager Tho The members of at tho the board hoard of ot directors aro are A. A Y Yc Smith C. C E E. Knox John A. A Kirby W W. H H. H Webber and James Jomes I L. L Hackett |