Show the mandha mendha nevada mining company BY WILL C HIGGINS r the mendha mandha nevada mining company awas h was incorporated in 1907 under the laws of utah for the development and operation of the old mendham mendha mine and adjoining property in highland mining district lincoln county nevada seven miles from the far famed camp of Pio clie the holdings of the company embracing ten claims designated on the map of this richly mineralized district as the Alen mendham mendha dha melissa mendha mandha east hamburg navy navy west army battery north side south side together with the navy and mendha mandha east Mill sites each with splendid water rights the lode claims cover ing g the he wonderful mendha mandha fissure and several parallel veins for more than a mile and a quarter on their strike and from all 0 of f which ore can be taken from the surface adjoining the domain of the meadlia mendha nevada company there are a number of ther other meritorious and valuable properties les some of which have already entered the producing list while throughout the district a large amount of systematic and intelli gent development work and exploitation is under way geology and formation the formation of highland district is composed of silurian limestone and like all other limestone camps through the mining districts of the west chemical action has carved huge chambers in the country rock in which mammoth bodies of payable ore occur and these in many cases are of immense dimension resembling in their characteristics the great ore shoots of tin v J 1 aa 4 jmj AF 47 A A N 1 7 n A 4 north flashlight showing ore body in chambers alendia nevada tic district in utah the mendha mandha vein is a true fissure in limestone with a strike east and west and to the north there are a dip of 70 degrees also north and south fissures which dip to the west with the bedded planes of the formation at in an angle of about 30 degrees the main ore production of the mine coming principally from the vertical fissure and following down one of the bedded fissures while the largest bodies have been found at their I 1 intersection in the mendha mandha mine all work has been done on ore along the strike and dip of the vertical fissure and following the ore deposits in the bedded planes and at no time has the mine been without ore A mine with a history the mendha mandha mine has a history and a most interesting one at that and its discovery is intimately associated with the ris riss of highland district this famous old time producer was located in the early seventies and although it has ever responded generously to intelligent development elopement dev elop ment and operation ever changing conditions have resulted in numerous changes in ownership but whenever the title was vested in new hands large bodies of excellent ore have rewarded the efforts of each successor As far back as the year 1876 the splendid fluxing flexing character of the ore ores s of the mendha mandha mine attracted the attention of smelting smelling sm elting operators throughout this western country and for several years a large tonnage from tl this ils property was utilized in smelting smelling sm elting and as a flux atthe at the smelter at Shaun Sh auntie tle in beaver county utah and by the silver lead furnace at bristol twenty five miles north of pioche in the reduction of the ores from the old hillside mine in bristol district later on in 1881 in connection with other mines in highland and bristol districts the nevada was acquired by the day mining company of jackrabbit Jack rabbit district eighteen miles north of pioche and its ores were used for fluxing flexing purposes in connection with the iron ores of df the day mine at the bristol furnace in the year 1890 all of the holdings of the day mining company passed into the possession of the pioche consolidated mining reduction company and in smelting smelling sm elting operations at the companas comp anys plant at pioche the old and reliable mendha mandha mine was again called upon for its lead fluxing flexing material during these successive changes the production of the mendha mandha aggregated a total of fully in value and a fortune in ore is still in sight in the mine workings speaking of the mendha mandha of its past history ever made in the mine being bein 0 in its deepest workings where the ore in the main fissure on the bedded plane was mined for a width of thirty feet horizontally sunk upon for a depth of seventy five feet and raised upon for ten or twelve feet the vastness of this wonderful ore shoot can only be fully realized by an inspection of the great cavity made in ore extraction and such a visit would convince the most spek of the wonderful value of this magnificent property recent developments by the new company have been made chade to determine if possible the extent of the ore bodies in the bedded fissures and up to the present time a drift has been run twenty feet to the southwest from the bottom of the shaft this work has developed an ore body with an average width of six feet for a distance of fifty feet with the ore still continuing in both faces in the performance of this work tons of first class ore has been taken out and stored in the bins at the surface ready for shipment and with an improvement in means of a foot tunnel which was m in on the vein and which connects with thi th bottom of a foot shaft which was sunk on ore practically no was done fa doing this work and yet the mine in ill thi limited amount of development has pr arc deuced ore to the value of from U t as previously stated the geology and formation of the hamburg is practical identical with that of the mendha mandha in addas adal tion to which there is a north and sout south f por porphyry p hyry dyke crossing the property apparently breaks through the counte countr vl causing the bedded planes on the westal westside of the dyke to dip to the west and tho thoa dl on the east side to the east the hambur bambu rig ores are also si similar millar in character to the pr pro W duct of the mendha mandha and of about the sa mf metallic value I 1 equipment and improvements the mendha mandha company is well equipped equip for extensive and successful mining oper r eions in order to begin regular and heat hea ore extraction no dead work will be i quiren as all of the mine workings are jw Z x aa i 2 m rk 7 6 4 M mandha mendha nevada looking west mandha mendha nevada ore bins east and its future possibilities the universal opinion as expressed in mining circles is that it is a great mine and the belief is current in and around pioche that it will be the first company to resume dividend payments in the pioche highland districts the hamburg mine 2000 feet east of the mendha mandha and on the extension of the mend ha fissure also fills a niche in history as it has often been called upon to furnish flux ing ores for the reduction plants already named its total production being in the neighborhood of to development and operation the mendha mandha mine at the present time is being worked through an incline shaft having an angle of about 30 degrees and following the plane of one of the bedded fissures to a distance of feet with the exception of an occasional lean or barren spot the ore shoots have been continuous from the surface to the bottom of the shaft the ore bodies for the most part have averaged from alv five to six ix feet in width often swelling to ten or twelve the best showing metal quotations and the market will be consigned to the smelters shelters sm elters character and value of ores the ores of the mendha mandha mine in their general characteristics are a composition of iron lime and silica carrying values in silver lead and gold the average value of the ore in the vertical fissure as shown from a 1500 ton shipment to the pioche smelter ranged from 25 to 30 per cent lead 30 ounces silver and 5 to 6 in gold in the bedded fissures there is an increase in gold values which range from 15 to 40 to the ton the lead and silver values being about the same as in the vertical fissure where galena is present in the ore the silver values generally run quite high this character of ore being much richer than the usual run of lead carbonates As a matter of fact sensational values are of frequent occurrence in the mendha mandha and in goodly tonnages ton nages the hamburg mine the hamburg mine one of the holdings of the mendha mandha company has been developed by ore at the collar of the shaft a bial gallows frame is in place and power derived from a fine 40 horsepower T fi banks morse gasoline engine which h has s dl 6 placed the steam plant formerly used wh 1 a franklin air compressor has ju j been installed the ore and waste is rals rais from the mine by means of a skip an a dumped automatically directly into a and conveyed to large ore bins or the dun dum at different places in the mine there a chutes conveniently located so that thea the st is filled almost mechanically everything arranged with the view of economical opi OP aaion and it was for this reason that chine drills have displaced hand work mine operation A large and well C cc ducted boarding house is maintained at f mine and cozy and comfortable bunk houa hau have been constructed for the con convenient conven venlen ien of the men employed in addition addith on there abi b a company office building blacksmith and stables the mine is easily access ih by wagon road of gentle grade and the ha b age of ore to the railroad a fe few miles t is all down grade wood for fuel hii abou abounds rids on the mountain sides V the camp of the mendha mandha company is ad N bioc located abed viewed from the distance tit in the extreme and its it is picturesque elarge large dumps painted houses and generally leasing appearance make a most favorable impression upon the visitor and when one beholds the wonderful mandha mendha fissure as ex that goodly ore bodies would be seen in the mendha mandha mine and yet we were unprepared for what was seen as there was ore everywhere from the surface to the bottom of the shaft and where the ore made in such wonderful deposits at the juncture of the vertical fissure with the bedded planes the sight was indeed a revelation the mendha mandha nevada mining company is r Q 4 0 jc MS A evv ir general view of mandha mendha nevada looking wast photo by vill C higgins posed by tunnels and open cuts on the hillside side to the west of the hoisting works one I 1 can well believe that here is a mine a pro fie producer of imperishable wealth it was the good fortune of the writer to ivisic fisit the mendha mandha a few days ago and to examine its various workings under the guidance ance of the management it was expected capitalized at shares of a par value of 1 each the officers and directors are thos 1 osborne of salt lake president john R cook of pioche vice president J L of salt lake secretary and treasurer william lloyd and J B toronto john R cook is manager for the company and william lloyd is superintendent |