Show pioche operations during 1916 by BAIT BW 0 the year 1915 ushered in the resumption of dividends after a forty year lapse in the pioche mining alining district situated in southeastern nevada tile the year 1916 just ended with its unprecedented prices for copper silver lead and spelter has witnessed a steady appreciation in ill the maintenance of these dividends bringing to the public notice several new and promising properties and adding intrinsically to the values of the older mines prince consolidated recognized as one of the big low grade producers of the west the prince has maintained steady shipments of about tons toils daily for the year 1916 from its veritable treasure chest of iron manganese ore reserves tile the approximate tonnage for tile the year just ended is tons making a grand total production to late date of some tons dividends inaugurated in july 1915 increased in 1916 aggregating to date experimental work early in 1916 resulted in the completion and recent operation ot of a ton mill at bullionville Bulli onville oil floia flotation tion is to solve the problem of recovering the gold silver lead values existent exi stant in thousands of tons of oxidized tailings at bullion ville ile and dry valley owned iby by the prince company the dry valley tailings are hauled by rail some nine miles to the bul li onville plant a foot spur recently completed connecting tile the dry valley pit with a point on the caliente pioche branch of the L A S L R R A detailed description of the new mill appeared in the mining review under late date of august 3 1916 initial results in operation of the plant have been very gratifying a slight modification of the experimental laboratory eclie alining Minin ff and consulting Consul tins engineer Pio clie nevada vada dulo dule having increased the recoveries appreciably it is a source of much satisfaction to the many stockholders to realize the importance of profitable treatment or of these some tons of tailings profits from which will practically double tile the prince earnings the ensuing year M C godbe is manager of the company james quirk superintendent sup brinten dent with henry franklin in charge of the bullionville Bulli onville plant consolidated nevada utah mines co the consolidated nevada utah mines company is a reorganization of tile the nevada utah al S corporation whose holdings embrace practically all of the old bonanza producers on pioche mountain extensive mine development during 1916 has resul resulted tea in opening up new ore of a highly encouraging nature the work being confined to the ari R X N SO k al 05 1 n 4 qt the famous old mines of pioche nevada 1200 1300 and 1400 levels prospecting on the 1400 lately has proven an all ore zone south of the porphyry dyke an area hitherto considered barren ground and accepted as such early in the year 1916 the company completed and placed in commission a 60 50 ton toll mill employing flotation and concentration the successful operation of which has placed the property on a substantial earning basis the company operating is known as the am amalgamated alga mated aal M S corporation of which tile the consolidated nevada utah mines company is the holding company the average amount mined and milled monthly total 1500 tons toils some extremely high grade material being sorted and shipped as crude ore known ore reserves have been considerably augmented by the new ore disclosures south of the dyke fidyke on the 1400 level just what these new showings denote is purely a matter for conjecture all work heretofore coil conducted ducted recently and in the early days was confined to the north quartzite and the porphyry dyke the gross production in this zone amounted to millions should the country south of the dyke and proven on the 1400 to be extremely rich and strongly fissured duplicate tile the northern zone a new mine is in the making much credit is due manager II 11 R van for the able manner with which he has conducted operations at the property the ore is a heavy sulphide carrying silver zinc lead gold and copper the developments on the 1200 and 1400 levels will be an interesting feature of 1917 the hamburg mines company the hamburg minea company incorporated in 1916 consists of four claims embracing forty acres formerly part of the mend alend lia ha mining company situated in the highland mining district nine miles west of Pio pioche clie development Devel work to date consists of ofa a foot tunnel driven on an east west ore bearing fissure a vertical shaft feet in ill depth sunk on oil this fissure to tile the tunnel level and about feet of raises and sub levels with a small amount of sloping the work so far lias has disclosed a series of ore beds dipping slightly away from tile the fissure to tile the south two of these beds so far have been discovered and partially developed shipments are be being ing made regularly the ore being hauled by wagons four miles to the mendham mendha loading station on the prince consolidated soli dated railroad tia the tonnage to date amounts to some tons the ore is typical of tile the meadlia mendha country carrying good lead and silver values with uniform gold content of 4 per ton the numerous ore disclosures disco together with the persistency ot of the values give great promise for this property erty the hamburg should undoubtedly enter the dividend class in a small way during 1917 al C godbe manager of the prince consolidated is president and manager of the hamburg W H pitts is vice president and murray shepherd secretary and treasurer the demijohn consolidated the last twelve months have witnessed a vigorous prosecution of prospecting in the demijohn consolidated Consolidate I property two miles northwest from the prince on the western slope of the ely range the traversing of tile the demijohn claims by the famous yuba dyke has been the stimulus behind the money spent what this dyke means to the demijohn is a matter mattei of speculation the work done so far has demonstrated a crushed zone shearing and intense fracturing being everywhere in evidence small bunches of lead silver ore occur now and then as selvedge deposits IL ii is the intention of fred ff price the controlling factor in demijohn to sink below this crushed zone and do prospecting at depth tile the persistence si and dogged determination mr price has shown ought certainly to be rewarded handsomely the whole camp is pulling for him chas H gitsch is superintendent at the property the uvada copper company this company a reorganization of the consolidated california nevada mining company owns all of the day bristol properties in the bristol district sixteen miles northwest from pioche under the recent management of 11 johnson the well known mining man of salt lake the uvada copper company has finally been launched upon a substantial earning basis development at depth in the gypsy workings has shown a continuation of high grade silver copper ore below the sixth level the deepest workings to date some thirty eight railroad cars were shipped ich ii november last with prospects for a substantial increase in december the average copper content of the ore is about 4 per cent with high silver values about fifty men are employed at the property J H sampson is superintendent with the extremely bright copper forecast for 1917 uvada copper should be in the running atlanta home gold mining company operations during 1916 at this promising gold property situated some forty five miles north of pioche have been confined to the development and blocking out of the large low grade ore body at present in size with probable tonnage in the millions the ore continuation recently encountered on the level proves a minimum of tons with an average gross value above the of 5 per ton the increase of values as depth is attained is demonstrated by the assay essays on the the ore running about 12 meanwhile the company is continuing the shaft to the level at the same time drifting on and crosscutting cross cutting the ore body the construction of a milling plant in 1917 is an absolute certainty about forty men are now employed at the property which is under the management of J J bord the groome lead mines while not embraced in the pioche district tile the parties heavily interested are likewise interested in pioche and make it their residence the groome mines are situated in western lincoln county and have recently received considerable notice on account of the high price of metals especially lead during 1916 regular shipments of high grade lead ore carrying low silver have been maintained the hauling of same being effected by wagons and auto trucks but more recently by caterpillar tractors and trailers hauling thirty tons to tile the load the ores are hauled a distance of fifty five miles to the indian springs station on the las vegas and tonopah railroad the ore occurs in massive limestone being a thorough replacement large bodies of steel galena being encountered on oil the level the deepest workings to date the ore contin continues to the grass roots being oxidized to a carbonate at tile the surface and passing to a massive sulphide fifteen feet below As depth is attained the ore bodies apparently patently ly widen in every direction assuming bonanza proportions tile the ore shipments average 60 per cent lead with 20 ounces silver and low copper present monthly shipments aggregate tons A campaign of vigorous development of the character that makes mines is now being strictly adhered to the property is not incorporated being privately owned by G poncin of seattle I atrick of salt lake T J osborne and william wheatley of pioche nevada tom mccormac is in charge of operations at the property groome extension mining company this company recently incorporated is the outgrowth ot 0 the groome excitement resulting from phenomenal peno menal ore disclosures in the groome lead property adjoining tile the property consists of four claims embracing eighty acres in the heart of the groome district and is tile the north extension of the groome lead mines the grome shaft being but feet south gouth of the extension endline work has recently been started on oil the extension property a shaft being suns in the big lime bed with a view towards encountering the large ore body disclosed in the groome proper and trending toward the extension the unbroken character of the groome ore body its size together with the admitted proximity and general trend into extension ground all tend to practically assure to the groome extension company the northern extension of the groome ore W C browne is president H L parker vice president B L smith secretary and treasurer who with A Y smith and G C W hosmer complete the directorate ralph H shaw is in charge of operations grooms groome south end mining company As tile the groome extension is the north extension of the groome lead mines so this recently incorporated company i the southern extension the ore bearing limestone traverses all three properties it is significant that wherever work has been done in this limestone on the groome proper ore has been found the groome south end consists of one oiw full claim of twenty acres work is to commence shortly interest being centered on the cleaning out of an old shaft sunk years ago by former owners and rumored to contain shipping ore tile the officers of the company are as follows president wm armstrong vice president chas osborne with T J osborne as secretary and treasurer numerous small prospects and some leasers leaders combine to swell the tonnage from pioche an old time spirit of optimism seems to pervade the district with silver copper lead and spelter each striving for a new high there is ample reason to anticipate substantial sab prosperous times for the pioche mining district during 1917 |