| Show GROOM MINE HAS MUCH ORE superintendent pat sheehan states that development work is bein being b continued on the groom mine in the southern end of lincoln county nevada with most encouraging b results high grade ore assaying 60 per cent lead is still being mined and approximately 1200 tons of this material is in the bins awaiting shipment coincident to the mining of this high b grade lead ore tons of concentrating ore assaying 15 per cent in lead has beim been blocked out and awaits trea treatment tinen 1 at the proposed future milling plant A large tonnage of low grade ore is contained in the dumps from prior operation of the property superintendent sheehan states that he has taken up the matter of shipping the high grade lead ore with the union pacific railroad but so little profit remains after paying transportation por tation char charges chares es with the long desert haul that it is probable that the ore will be held pending the possible utilization by the union pacific of the old moore survey which route passes within 50 miles of the groom mine on the western side of the arrow canyon range which at the present time cuts off communication with the groom district during the years 1915 and 1916 the groom mine was a heavy producer of high grade lead ore the ore being hauled by trucks and tractors to indian springs b on the las vegas 6 tonopah railroad which was later scrapped and the rails taken up possibly mistaken economy of the management in view of the tonnage that might have been routed over the system with the boulder canyon project to be considered |
