Show ACTIVITY IN PIOCHE CAMPS record pioche nev the highland district just west of town seems to enjoy a quiet boom at present and what is most gratifying developments on each claim represented shows an improved condition in the quality and quantity of ore encountered there have been two exceedingly important strikes es on both properties made there recently that if occurring in any active district would have induced intense excitement among those who had bad learned the facts one of them is that of robt flinn on a claim a few hundred feet south of stampede summit for nearly a year mr flinn has b been een working alone sinking a shaft on a small streak of ore in a lime formation when at a depth of 40 feet broke into an open fissure carrying four feet of ore eighteen inches of this ore on the hanging wall shows an average value in silver and gold per ton with assays essays running as high as oz silver and 20 in go gold id in addition to this value there is a percentage of lead probably 20 per cent and 4 to 8 per cent copper the remaining 2 feet carries workable values the next important strike is that of E P gordon on his little mendha mandha claim just west of the mendha mandha mine at a vertical depth of 30 feet three feet of good grade ore was recently encountered an average assay across two feet shows 60 oz silver 4 gold and 30 per cent lead assays essays running as high as oz silver and 1360 gold per ton both brown and green chloride of silver is plainly visible in a good deal of the rock on this claim there is an 80 foot incline shaft connected with the surface by a vertical raise performed in such manner as to give a depth on the ore cropping of feet visible values showing the entire distance both of these strikes are on new property or virgin ground and were made by primitive methods in digging an arni armstrong strong windlass with only one man at both ends in some sections this would start the mining sharks to but it will not in make inake ake a turn in his seat an important strike was made in the 0 west point mines which are being worked by the pioche nevada consolidated mining co under tinder the management of C E reves last friday when they broke into four feet of exceptionally high grade silver lead ore and a weeks work on the same has shown it up bigger and bigger judge burton of king burton king a law firm in provo mr R W brady chief dispatcher of the san pedro los angeles salt lake railroad and mr R T rives a brother of the manager of the company an and d who represent the company came in by private I 1 conveyance sunday night and went out to the mines on monday and were highly elated over the showing in the mines so much so in fact that negotiations za were entered into for the purchase of some adjoining properties they have enough ore in sight and with what they have taken out to pay for the mine and a carload shipment will be made next week brady and rives returned to salt lake on tuesday while judge burton will remain here until tomorrow when he will take his departure the mine could not be purchased today for three times the sum that it was sold for to the above company |