Show 0 judge W A sherman informs the mining review that in the development of the pactolus and man mammon 1 01 mines in nye county nevada he is giving bin employment to a force of about fifteen men and that the surface indications are most flattering everything going to show that if the surface deposits continue permanent with depth they have two first class bonanzas on which to hank bank on in the future from four places on these p properties les high grade ore is being sacked in doing development wo work rk only the judge is in receipt of some fine samples of copper ore from the marvis group in seneca district yuba county arizona these came from a large deposit of ore and show average values of 1620 gold 5 per cent copper and 20 per cent in iron to the ton it is possible that the judge will take hold of this property as his experts regard it as the making of one othe of the largest copper mines in the west since the last issue of the mining re view the century mining company received i telegraphic advice advises from kelton to the effect that the century mill had been destroyed by fire the news had a disastrous effect upon the stock of the company on the floor of the 1 stock exchange upon investigation it was disclosed that the mill had not been burned and that the telegram was a fake fabricated for the express purpose of breaking down j the companas comp anys stock great indignation ex ests over this dastardly action and should the perpetrator be caught it would go hard with him the company has offered a re ward of for his arrest and the govern ing board of the exchange has added a re ward of to this amount every effort has been made to apprehend the rascal and J if it is found that he was acting in collusion J with any member of the exchange it will be made very unpleasant for all concerned with this piece of rascality it is sincerely j hoped that the guilty parties will be cinched cincher 5 and given a term in the pen where they be long on thursday of last week the secretary y 1 I i of the treasury purchased ounces of t american silver at 10 cents enounce an an ounce lor for use in tha philippines Philipp inlo t |