| Show PAN AMERICAN MINING operations IN THE COMET DISTRICT by will C higgins los angeles march 27 according to word received here from george E coxe of salt lake city mine manager and consulting engineer of the pan american mining company of los abeles board of trade building the company which is now operating old time bonanzas in comet district nevada twelve miles out of panaca the railroad shipping point recently added up to date and modern machinery to its mine equipment including a complete two drill air compressor and engine mine track and cars and ventilating ti system at the present time a force of men is employed in the extension of the comet tunnel to make connection with the ore shoot productive of much high grade ore a number of years ago from shallow workings it is claimed that former owners of the mine cleaned up a fortune from the leaving large tonnages ton nages of ore available in the mine workings estimated by engineers to contain a metal content in the neighborhood of this the tunnel which has but ore upon the completion of a few feet more to go to reach its objective can be handled to more advantage and more economically through the tun net nel than through the sixty foot shaft and it is expected ore shipments from this source will soon begin the stella tunnel further down the mountain according to president J W randolph has also been recently equipped with a similar machinery unit which was placed in commission last week the stella tunnel is headed for the downward extension of the rich stella ledge and its completion will provide another exit for heavy ore production an upraise to connect with the comet tunnel will permit of excellent ventilation for the two mines and give two outlets tor for mining operations the company has purchased a fordson tractor and a chevrolet truck for mine uses later on a contract for ore haulage from the mines to panaca is to be let H edwin ball of los angeles is secretary for the compy company ord mines add to huge domain captain J L carder of los angeles manager and consulting enc engineer b for the ord mines incorporated with ex holdings on ord mountain fourteen miles south of daggett san bernardino county california states his company has taken over the domain of the consolidated virginia ad the ophir mining company adjoining for the purpose of consolidating this noted property 4 with its own holdings the consolidated virginia and ophir companies performed considerable work in the development of its properties during the past winter opening up virgin ground and new ore bodies and placing in sight large tonnages ton nages of milling and shipping gold copper ore of good commercial grade and the ord mines incorporated has taken up development and exploratory work where the consolidated virginia and ophir left off the ord mine holdings of sixteen claims with the addition of the twenty eight claims of the consolidated virginia and ophir mining eight b of which are patented now cover about four and a half miles of the huge vein system of ord mountain and in the various mine workings working sy captain carder states it is estimated about tons of ore has been made available for extraction as a direct shipping product or for milling on oil the ground for the handling is stated it is the intention of the lower grades of which it of the company to soon coll construct a fifty ton pilot mill unit to be installed in the future of a much larger plant milling practice will employ oil flotation and straight concentration I 1 methods wi with th a high recovery of the assay value of the heads the ord company compan y is being financed by eastern capital and captain carder looks for a banner year in mine development equipment and operation |
