Show MARRIOTT SELLS TUNGSTEN news ely nevada 0 A turner president of the ely central copper company has purchased the tungsten properties on the west slope of mount wheeler from james H marriott merchant and mining man of osceola the deal was consummated through E L fletcher and although the exact details of the sale are not public the necessary papers have been sigena and the first payment has been turned over to mr marriott mr fletcher has been appointed manager of the properties which consist of twenty tw enty five contiguous claims A corps of surveyors under the direction of 0 G mccraney is now making a survey of th the 3 group for patenting the mines will be extensively developed by mr fletcher and arrangements are now being made to erect necessary buildings on the ground the tu tungsten nesten claims are about twelve miles south of osceola they were located twelve years ago by charles gaby of ely and W D buntin now a resident of salt lake they were unable to determine the identity of the strange mineral wh which ch they opened Sa samples miles of the ore were sent gentl to different mining schools and the mineral pronounced to be huber nite by professor charles lakes of denver colo gaby and buntin later organized the tungsten district and worked the claims in a desultory manner for several years when they sold out to mr marriott development work has been carried on by mr marriott for the last seven years but early attempts to market the ore proved futile owing to he fact that the nearest railway rail vay point was then at frisco utah miles distant A small concentrator was placed on the properties some slome years ago and several tons were shipped to eastern points which netted the owners better than 70 per cent in acid it is estimated by persons who have visited the properties that here are thousands of dollars worth of ore on the dumps large boulders of pure huber nite have been taken from the workings the largest lump weighing over pounds wood and water aro ara abundant and can be conveniently obtained for milling ond other purposes |