Report of the State Mineralogist . nel 800 feet to vein, with drift south 900 feeton vein. Then winze sunk from this level (7th level) to the 1000-footlevel. The ore that averages 15 to 20% lead, and 6 to 10 ozs. silver,shipped to smelter of American Smelting and Refining Company, Gar-field. Utah. Ore running from 3 to 6 ozs. silver and 5% lead goes to INYO COUNTY. 287 concentration plant at Tecopa. All mining is done by hand. Fifteenmen employed. Adjoins the Noonday Mine, owned and operated bythe same company. Owners, Tecopa Consolidated Mining Company, L. D. Godschall, vicepresident and gene
Report of the State Mineralogist . nel 800 feet to vein, with drift south 900 feeton vein. Then winze sunk from this level (7th level) to the 1000-footlevel. The ore that averages 15 to 20% lead, and 6 to 10 ozs. silver,shipped to smelter of American Smelting and Refining Company, Gar-field. Utah. Ore running from 3 to 6 ozs. silver and 5% lead goes to INYO COUNTY. 287 concentration plant at Tecopa. All mining is done by hand. Fifteenmen employed. Adjoins the Noonday Mine, owned and operated bythe same company. Owners, Tecopa Consolidated Mining Company, L. D. Godschall, vicepresident and general manager. Bibl.: Report of the Director of the Mint, Precious Metals in U. S.,1883, p. 166. Kept. XV, pp. 95-96. Ibex Mine or Arcturas. (Lead, silver, zinc.) Situated in theBlack Mountains, 16 miles southwest of Zabriskie and 6 miles north ofSaratoga Springs. Elevation 1300 feet. Idle. Owner, Ibex SpringMining Company; president, J. F. Kent; secretary, C. W. Kent, 431Security Building, Los Angeles, California. Bibl.: Report Photo No. 30. Gunsite Mine, Tecopa Consolidated Mining Company, Tecopa, Inyo of workings, tramway and loading bins. Ignacio Mine. (Lead-silver.) Cerro Gordo district, 6 miles eastof Keeler. Elevation 7800 feet. Idle. Ignacio Mining Company;president, P. M. Price, San Diego, California. Bibl.: R. W. Raymond, Mineral Resources West of Rocky Moun-tains, 1870, p. 17. Rept. XV, pp. 97-98. Independence Mine. (Lead-silver.) Darwin district; adjoins theDefiance mine. The ore body is situated at the contact of lime-silicaterocks with quartz-diorite, which is the northward extension of the beltforming the footwall of the Defiance ore deposit. The most interestingfeature of the Independence ore body is the fact that the galena and itsalteration products are in a garnet gangue. Ore is a carbonate of lead,carried 12 to 15% lead, 6 to 8 ozs. silver. Trend of ore body is ° W., dip 25° SW. 6 to 12 feet thick. Developments consist of twotunnels, upp
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