Show o I Mines and Mining I Sprague F F. F Edited BY W. W Jj I f MUCH NEW N GROUND IN PIOCHE REmON L Engineer Finds Large Territory Territory Terri Tern tory Worthy of Miners' Miners Attention The Th feature of tho Pioche district which appeals lo to mo me most moet strongly sold said Engineer E. E 4 A. A Taylor who lIa has hasI j I Just returned ed lo to the tho city after ln ha having been CI occupied six fix Ix weeks examining ruining mining properties of ot that region Is k tho great extent o ol of wholly undeveloped territory groUnd ground which has all of tho the 4 characteristics of or which have o worked out i so o well In the Prince und other mine l There Is at this time r. r a a. great deal of It activity alon along what Is called the Prince zone but I 1 am un conr con- con r that Just jus as soon as general Jeneral conditions to create a hotter better demand for mining securities s much nework new ne work nih III he be started Tin Th rIl Prince mine itself Isel was a revelation reve rove lation laton to me I was about to say that It I Is Ii the nuking o of a a. big mine but bitt hit I Ican If can do bettor better r than that It I Is a bl big y y mine I feel eel Justified In sa saying ln that not on only I on account of the tho largo large tonnages tonnages ton ton- f nages of oC low how grade and high grado grade ores In sight but because of ot the fact I that values are art Improving so fO rapidly at Ut It depth In the thc high grado grade fissures on the an and OO levels Is lots of ot I ore which runs rung ounces In sliver silver sl or if and sixty per cent lead as 11 It is 18 broken down dOWil while at ut the tho bottom of oC a a. a IT mink from the tho 00 level lc el are two feet foot r r of oC r oro ore that carries ounces ounce in alf all sll- al- al fc f vor Plu hn In iii Good ool Tho The Pioche King ICing which is 18 developing devel davel- a group of claims Just north of oft off f t the Prince on tim the same fissure ys- ys stem s 's torn tern Is In er very ery Interesting ground Its Is crosscuts on the ZOO foot level hovel have ha not lot been extended far enough to reach the main fissures but hut the they are arc cutting sympathetic tissues which show tho tue remarkable of ot the tho territory ter ter- i The Pioche Demijohn is extracting nice high grade ore from beds which k t have ha e been r fed d train from the fissures And Indications are arc that Its Is main fissure is some sonic west of ot Its HI present workings for the tho hl big ore oro deposit Is dipping In lit that direction rather than toward tho the fissure which Is S closer on the cast Thi Pioche Metals let company compan is sink sink- fn log Ing on ore on a contact between lime f fI and shale an and Is raising In the same name shoot It I was reported that tho the Golden Gold Gold- en Prince hod run Into a a nice body of ore on its is level f l I l Grent Mine Mine- Jf i The Tho mine over 01 In the tho Highland Highland High High- land district is one of the best bt mines 0 of that region It I Is shipping to the time smelter smelt t 50 and tons of ot oro ore a aSnOn month th from development de t work alone This conies S from froni the opening of or a mammoth ore oro shoot hoot In a bed which makes front from a a porphyry like SOO feet from the time fissure The bed has been opened about feet In the direction o of the tho dike From a winge sunk on the lower side of tho the bed bet with wih ono one machine working working enough oro ore was taken out luring during one month mouth to meet the tho entire payroll of ot the mine for or two months The Phoenix X Ray Mining Alining company com coin IJan pany operating operating In the tho same samo district has installed a u compressor and Is sinkIng sink sink- Ing ipg on a vein similar to tho the i Miscarrying some Jome ore with wih the expectation I Of or o in tJ i m. m The he Oregon Pioche tc e IS 13 like Bite I wise viso wie Installing machinery and there thore Is activity on omi 01 a number of ot prospects I In the vicinity The he Dt Day mine In iii Jackrabbit Is I working a n good force of men and Is shipping to the smelter from tt fifty to tons tomis a day ilay of Its Is manganese ore Several Se sets of leasers working In iii Bristol camp are taking taking out good Soot ore orend and nd the time Highland Mary Inn Is sending out outa a n shipment occa occasionally lonaU |