| Show SALE OF THE BLUESTONE times yerington nevada the bluestone copper property situated about three miles from the town of yering ton has been sold to M J heller and a number of eastern people the final payment of being made in san francisco on monday of this week to the original owners of the property H E heller allen alien miller and J W scott mr heller took an option on this property about a year ago for and from time to time payments have been made until a balance was due in the amount above stated on the of this month the times has always predicted that the bluestone mine would turn out to be a valuable copper property and is pleased to be able to state that the development work done on the property in the past year has opened up to sight in the mine about tons of ore that will go 4 per cent in copper if not a little better itis it is the intention of the new owners of the property to install modern concentrating plant on the flat near the river and tram the ore from the mine to the concen rating plant the new owners have also taken up a power site on the wal walker ker r river iver about fifteen miles south of yerington where an electric generating plant will be installed to furnish power for the concentrating plant and most likely an electric road to wabuska babuska Wa buska it is estimated that the expense of these improvements will tall fall little littie short of three quarters of a million dollars work on these lines will probably not begin for several months yet but in the meantime twenty or thirty miners will b be employed in the mine on further development work the sale of the bluestone will undoubtedly draw attention to a number of other valuable prospects in this section and create a moderate boom here |
