Show DEV developments AT THE PACKARD by charles F spillman rochester nov nev may 4 much interest attaches to the aggressive development of the packard mine in the south end of the district which was inaugurated rated april 1st ast by the nevada packard mines company un der the direction of A D cox who is employed as superintendent the company is opening up the mine to develop a large tonnage of mill ore and has arranged with the G S johnson company of san francisco to finance the treasury by the sale of stock the packard mine was the sensation of the camp last summer when R L ray who had secured an option on the property dil covered that the west slope of the big hill was literally covered with rich float ore hay shipped thirty tons of this float and the returns were 70 a ton he then began a search for the vein and uncovered a wide mineralized belt by the simple expedient of scraping the surface several shoots of high grade silver ore were exposed by the nevada packard company and lessees lessels les sees and steady shipments were maintained until the winters storms rendered the roads difficult for transportation shipments were resumed the first of april and three carloads have been sent to the there is one lease in operation which is mining il a carload a month of 70 ore from shoots opened on the surface superintendent cox has opened up thirteen feet of good mill ore which contains shoots of shipping material at a depth of f orty forty f feet and is driff drifting ing into the hill on the ore this strike was made on a spur from the main vein and about seventy five feet from the collar of a shaft which was sunk to a depth of fifty feet in shipping ore on the main vein a surface cut has exposed ore which runs from 18 to a ton and which will be sorted to a grade of 60 for shipment the main vein is of great width and at one place cont contains airis mill values across thirty feet this face of ore contained several shoots of high grade which was extracted and shipped and it is reasonable to assume that these shoots will continue to make and will sweeten the mill ore to an excellent grade shipments of high 9 grade rade up to april first totaled since that date fifty five tons of an average value of 60 have been sent out the vein material is altered rhyolite and a schistose formation the rich ore occurs in quartz in the form of argentite and chlorides but horn silver is frequently found deposited in the rhyolite the the mine is about two and one half miles south of nenzel hill and the formation mation is the same the general strike and direction indicate that both properties are on n the same dike there is still talk oi of a custom mill and the names of sullivan berger seattle min ing millionaires who own the four Js lease W L pitt the lovelock banker and san salt francisco men are named as being back ot oi one project which has gone ahead to the extent that prices have been secured on the equipment for a ton plant L M U louis who designed the sunnyside Sunny side mill at round mountain has been employed employ ed by this group and recently returned from a two weeks machinery chinery houses in conference with mine mae san francisco pitt is heavily interested in two groups of claims adjoining the nen zel mines on the west and which cover the west slope of the hill about fifty tons of 0 float recently has been sacked by lessees lessels on this ground and last week they found pounds which is 19 a a boulder weighing rich in gold and silver it was broken up and ass assayed ayed and gave returns of 34 ounces gold and ounces silver |