Show THE BRISTOL COPPER COMPANY the bristol copper mining company which began active operations last spring in bristol district 4 is making a splendid showing for the work done the company owns twenty four claims at bristol an old mining camp twenty five miles northwest of pioche lincoln county nevada since be ginning beginning work the company has put in two gasoline hoisting plants of twenty two horsepower each and a stationary gasoline electric plant with which to generate power for several gardner electric drills and also to light the mines and surface buildings the plant now being in successful operation the company has also just completed ore bins of tons capacity large bodies of ore are exposed in the workings of the mines a 41 foot breast of ore showing on the foot level of the may day mine which on a conservative estimate will average 7 percent per cent copper 17 ounces silver 80 cents to 1 gold and 2 per cent lead while in another part of the mine there is a four foot vein which will go 25 per cent copper 10 ounces silver and upwards of 1 gold car load shipments on an average of fifty tons a month for six months at a time made by prior owners being settled for on an average value of 30 per cent copper while special carloads went as high al as 48 per cent in in the red metal according r to smelter returns it is the intention of the company in in the near future to treat bristol ores on the ground with its own smelter uon hon wm gelder of denver is president and general manager of the bristol copper company J E gelder is treasurer while E M buffington also of denver Deaver is secretary |