| Show THE DAY MINE AT jackrabbit JACK RABBIT the nevada utah mines smelters shelters Sm elters corporation po ration of pioche is confining its operations at the present time to its day mine at jackrabbit Jack rabbit fourteen miles north of pioche the properties of the company are under the charge of J P gaskill chief engineer and western manager in the day manager gaskill states a big strike was recently made about thirty feet above the foot level the ore shoot in the new strike shows a face of about feet from which a carload of ore sacked as broken down assayed 10 per cent lead 25 per cent copper and ounces silver to the ton selected ore samples from this splendid new discovery will go as high as 2000 ounces in silver to the ton much of the ore is horn silver associated with chlorides and bromides from the general mine run the company has been shipping from eighty to ninety tons of ore daily but this tonnage is now confined to about fifty tons pending the installation of hoisting works and heavy machinery and the performance of necessary development work in connecting the bottom of the onan dago shaft with the deepest workings of the day mine when this work is completed the company can easily ship from to tons of ore daily |
