Show THE OLD BAY STATE MINE MI N E EDITORIAL correspondence bif if anyone imagines that nevada is merely ka a desert state and given wholly to the pro of sage brush and coyotes aside from biorn its great mining industry he is greatly mistaken mi staken for hidden away in the mountains of the battle born state there are many places of picturesque beauty where there are groves of beautiful trees streams of pui purling ling rippling water waving meadows so ao pleasing to the eye and where the singing of birds can be heard from morning until night the background setting being majestic ti c and beautiful snow capped mountains property of the newark mining milling company where he was most hospitably entertained by manager C M perry the mines of the company are located about half a mile up chihuahua canyon while on the gentle slope between this magnificent ent gorge and Minne hah canyon are located the companas comp anys reduction plant boarding and bunk houses superintendents office and other buildings and here also we found an oasis on the desert for here are green fields lawns splendid trees and the ever constant music of purling water lead and copper contents of the ore extracted and handled and which at the ruling quotations of these metals today would have had a value of from to in the early day in the operation of the bay state under the management of thomas robinson one of nevadas pioneers and who at one time was state senator from white pine county a 20 stamp mill was installed this plant it is stated treated at least tons of ore from which a large amount of bullion was realized while thousands of tons of high grade v Y C V 71 af ago eipl P I 1 wow the newark mill at bay state mine residence of C A perry manager of bay state aline the sight of which are always awe inspire i ing such a place is now one of the possessions of the newark mining milling com pany the owners of the famous old bay state mine located in the diamond moun stain range in western white pine county nevada about eighteen miles east of eureka 0 a the nearest railroad point in the perambulations of the writer brough the mining camps of eastern nevada it was his good fortune to visit the the old bay state mines in chihuahua canyon have been worked since the early seventies and they are famed as wealth producers from san francisco to the old bay state we often hear of mines that have their millions of which no records are obtainable but up to the time that the bay state property passed into the A hands of its present owners it had a re corded production of about in silver alone and at an expense of only no account having been taken of the ore were shipped to outside markets at the mill the old time process of pan settling was employed the extraction being in the neighborhood of 70 to 80 per cent of the silver values below the mill there is a tailings dump of about or tons that contains average values of 16 ounces silver and one per cent copper to the ton which can be successfully and profitably handled in the remodeled mill now in operation much of the bay state ore milled in former days averaged about 8 per cent lead 5 per cent copper and 80 ounces in silver to the ton this from the chihuahua vein while from the blanket vein on the property the milling ore would run from 15 to 20 per cent lead and 40 ounces in silver in I 1 the he t year ye ar 1 1902 the bay state mine passed into the hands of C M perry of boston and who later on organized the newark mining milling company which is now engaged in the operation and development of this splendid property the chihuahua vein is a true fissure in lime the for formation maIon shows signs of profound volcanic action which tilted the bedding planes sharply to the north the fissuring is at right angles to the shearing planes and the ge general strike of the vein is northerly and southerly the deep can tons of ore blocked out t that hat will average at af least 40 to the ton this does not include the ore showing in the silver lead vein or blanket deposit estimated at about 2500 tons and which will average 8 per cent lead and 35 ounces in silver to the ton on the dumps at the mine there are at least tons of ore which at a conservative estimate will go t to 0 30 to the ton in its metallic contents in the development of the bay state sta superintendent perin wm H Wain who has virtually been in charge of the proper property fy for the past twenty years is pushing ahead in the main or lower tunnel on the north side aide of the canyon in addition he is raising on the ore from this level so as to give new connections with the upper workings in ohp th performance of this work ore is being from a spring in the diamond anta range and a fall oi of feet before it has reaches the th r net far above the mouth of all Minne minnehaha halia ca cala yon very appropriately called water yon by the old timers a dara dam has been ca n strutted ted and from this a pipeline 11 has becia be run to the mill boarding house and other oth company buildings this water supply is sufficient for all milling purposes 3 and also als for the irrigation of the lawns and field which make the spot so attractive to to the ali dusty and tired traveler in addition to the uses as above sta stated ted it is the ultimate I 1 in of the company to put in hl a power plant which will generate electricity for power and lighting purposes the writer was most favorably lm im pressed with what he saw at the bay state mine first and most important of all the ore was there in abundance and of excel ak 01 5 I 1 az JOE CI MARI av 11 A lb alm alik S ore house and tunnel bay state mine bay state workings in chihuahua canyon yon whose course is east and west cuts the fissure and the vein exposures can call be plainly seen on both sides which are very the ore is a fine quartz which is generally copper stained the richest ore being of a dark purple color and it is often necked flecked with native silver the values occur in zones or chutes from fifty to feet in length and from two to twenty feet in width and fortunes have been taken in the past from chambers of but small dimension A peculiarity of the ore deposition is the existence of lead carbonates and chlorides in the bedded planes of the limestone these deposits lie almost horizontal and have been productive of much good ore in the past while a large tonnage is now in sight ready for extraction and the mill the mine workings at the present time consist of a foot double compartment shaft and about feet of tunnels and drifts most of the ore extracted was taken from above the foot level while in the mine workings according to an estimate made by manager perry there are about blocked out in several portions of the mine and no extraction is being done excepting when connected with development work of ore so broken down during the past two years the company has marketed a product that has brought it leaving the low grade ore on the dump the shipping ore averaging 8 per cent lead 45 per cent copper and ounces in silver to the ton at the mine hoist of late a leyner air compressor has been installed and machine drills are now being used during the past few months the old mill has ha s been modeled remodeled re 1 e and reconstructed constructed re and is now treating about thirty tons of ore daily although this tonnage will be materially teri ally increased before the end of the year the mill equipment consists of two 80 horse power boilers horsepower engine improved dodge crusher twenty stamps automatic feeders two filfly tables of latest patent four frue banners van ners assay office and other modern machinery and appliances the companas comp anys water supply is derived lent value the management is aggressive able conservative and enthusiastic and thi is seemingly an enterprise where nature ha gr graciously combined all her forces in orde ord to bring about successful results the company is a strong one its person perso nel embracing the names of some of nel En and prominent cl citi glands most able zens and every reason seems to exist to tt tiby the belief that in the bay state it h the making ofa of a wonderfully rich and P apfl mine |