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Show ROCHESTER HAS BIG MINING DEAL Herald-Republican. Joseph F. Nonzel, the direct-action mining dynamo of northern Nevada, the father of Rochester, was In Salt Lake vesterday. a guest at Hotol Utah. The fact that he and John F Cowan, Cow-an, a prominent local operator, were closeted all vesterday afternoon Is proof that there Is a "hen on the nest," as one close in touch with the situation put It jesterday. The result re-sult of the next three weeks of Incubation In-cubation will no doubt bring forth at the cracking of tho shell a powerful consolidation. It will embrace the principal properties of Nevada's startling new silver camp, Rochester; the modern equipment of the main properties and the Binking to great depth and the erection at once of a big custom plant to treat the several hundred thousands of tons of first-class first-class mill ore already proven Mr. Nenzel is a big strapping fellow fel-low of about 36, with a muscular development de-velopment which any athlete would envy, a strong face, but thought he Is "only a minor and prospector" he has as affable and gracious ways as n city brod lad of refinement. He Is a self-made man, having worked In eastern mines for only $1 60 a day. but today he has tho bull of Roches ter by the tall, and back of it the power to sling it over his shoulder Into tho melting pot of his pet 6cheme of a huge million dollar consolidation. con-solidation. Mr. Nenzol said yesterday that today to-day there are probably 000 people In the camp of Rochester. Depth is proving tho values are increasing There are a dozen or moro active properties and leases in the heart of the district. There are five shippers, ship-pers, and tb? daily tonnage from camp is 126 tons of ore This will average from $30 to $65 a ton That means a production of over $100,000 every 30 das, or mono than $1,000,-000 $1,000,-000 a year. During the past nine months, or since shipping began, there have been 6ent out 266 carloads of ore from camp. Thlv Is estimated at $260,000. Of this amount 24S carloads car-loads came from the Rochester Mines Nos 1 and 2 leases. Relative to ramp particulars! Mr. Nenzel 6aid that the little Nevada Shore Line, which connects the camp witn tne u. r railway at Ureana, Is a success It is handling about 100 tons of ore dally The Big Four lease on tho Roch-ested Roch-ested Mines has now drifted 75 feet on the ore from the 200-leveI. It has today blocked out on three sides a tonnage estimated at $260,000. That Is from the 200 up The Codd lease is getting into the ore shoot in the south drift 250 feet deep. It already has six feet of $30 ore, Its best showing show-ing to date. It has proven a large tonnage of $16 to $10 ore, good mill stuff The Rochester Weaver, another adjacent propertv in which Mr. Nenzel Nen-zel Jiold controlling Interest, has run In 430 feet and the tunnel has been 75 feet drifting In ore It is vertlcall 300 feet from the surface. The Belmont (or Mcintosh) has three sets of leasers at work; there Is one set on the Limerick and four on the Packard The Packard has opened up some rich surface deposits depos-its which Mr. Nenzel is sanguino will be found to go to depth. The Lincoln Lin-coln Hill has five sets of leasers at work Some high grade specimens are being taken out. A big consolidation consoli-dation of the main Lincoln Hill properties prop-erties Is said to be well under way The Stoker leasers on the Weaver have struck seven feet of $50 ore In a 400-foot tunnel. This is about 150 feet from the surface This adit was Bent in on a vein and has been In ore continuously for 300 feet. The leasers are shipping its third carload of ore. Over at Rock Creek, near Rye Patch, a strike of $150 ore was reported re-ported a few days ago Rochester camp in general Is in a very prosperous condition, and there is no doubt in the mind of those most competent to Judge that Nevada has welcomed in a new silver camp which promises to be one of the principal prin-cipal mining pillars of the great metal -ribbed state |