| Show THE SURVEY IN ROCHESTER special correspondence east rochester nev june ath the U S geological survey has recognized rochester one of tile the bureaus able field in men en F C schrader spent two weeks here the interest taken by the government in the mineral industry of its domain is mani bested by these surveys and the folios compiled the work of these government field specialists may not be of especial interest to any one mine but is ot positive value to the whole district regional relations structural features rock sequences and geological generalities probably cover the field of their endeavor si should hould a district attain the importance ot of a tonopah or goldfield the thoroughness with which the department may investigate the mining geology of a district measures the value of its aid to the industry or the district then it is difficult to represent its service in dollars and cents it is difficult to confine the scientific mind within prescribed pi described bed limits in passing therefore mr schrader was deeply interested while hurriedly tracing a few of the more obvious relations between the ore of the nenzel vein and its mineral and rock a associations the whole district awaits with keen interest P st the publication of mr shraders report shipment of high grade ore from nenzel hill continues one hundred hundred tons are being shipped daily drifting and raising in in the north workings of the codd lease opened a new air passage through the upper tunnel of the causten workings previous to the improvement in the air conditions forty men on the pay roll in the near future it is intended to work three shifts daily which will represent a substantial increase in the present working force the codd lease is one of the live issues of rochester the power installation on the no 1 or big four lease is on the ground it is expected that by july 1st ast the plant will consist of a forty horsepower gasoline hoist and a sixty horsepower compressor will be inc operation the colligan lease is still the only shipper of high gold content ore in the camp the tunnel being driven by the rochester mines company will intersect the nenzel vein at a depth of feet development on the Alinn minnehaha elialia com danys property is progressing satisfactorily the center vein of the three is now at thirty feet depth the full width of the shaft with neither wall in sight after the proposed pio posed road to connect with the nenzel road shall have been completed shipping 0 will be started immediately the new camp of packard two and a half miles south of J east rochester is now a settlement of forty te tents ts and a daily f freight I 1 service has hag been established between rast east ra rochester and packard shipment of high grade ore continues |
