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Show i WHITE CLOUD TUNNEL HEARING BIG 11001 i Local People Own Property in White Pine County Thai j Looks Fine. j Manager Louis Simon ami Vice-President W. If. Clark have returned from the While Gould Mining company's property in the White Cloud district' of White Pino conntv. Xevadn. Mr. Simon states that the White Cloud company is pushing ahoml the tunnel, and witli-in witli-in 1 ho coming week this working should tan the large oro body which was developed on the upper level. This ore body above carried from 70 to SO per cent lead, f) to .'IS ounces silver and as high as ?J4 gold to the ton. ami as the tunnel will develop the same at a depth of 2"0 feet, there is every reason to expect the shoot to show "up splendid extent anil values. In the Osceola distriet Mr. Simon is interested in a large gold placer proposition propo-sition which will be taken over soon by a company to bo composed of Frem-li and American investors. This company will own .'20 acres of very valuable gold diggings, extremely valuable water rights ami everything that goes to make a successful placer camp. Below this placer ground s'oiuo Throe-quarters of a mile is the Lucky Boy property, which Mr. Simon recently secured nr. a cost of close to .foO.OOO. "This property he is going to open up at onco and deems it the making of a big mine. A short time ago Mr. Simon purchased pur-chased tho Dii7.ett group of claims in the Ely camp from Mc. Steele for the sum ot $7", 000. This group has sent out much fine copper ore to tho market, and COO Ions aro now on the dumps, which will be shipped as soon as possible. Mr. Simon will start to work on this prop-oily prop-oily without delay, and expects to open a typical Jily copper mine. Tho ores of this group run as high as 27 per cent copper; they carry from $8 to .-7 14 in gold and so'me silver values also. Mr. Simon is well known in Salt Lako City, from which point ho left for Nc-v.'ida Nc-v.'ida several years ago. lie has met with uniform success in his various mining ventures and has numerous Salt Lakers interested Aviih him in "While Pino county properties. |