Show in nevada according virgina city enter a plumbago deposit has regent ij 11 been located in lyon iron country by james hardwick and others ot hersi the location is ie at tho hend of can you jon in district and is about eevea miles south of dayton tho the tein is ia four feet in width and th the crop lings show at two different point cointa 3 bebout fifty feet feat apart this is ia by no means a now new find as tho graphite gra phito vein nus w known to exist jn fa 1863 but its locality was kept a secret by tho the dEs discoverer coverer who at that time sold in dayton and silver city lead pencils whittled out of plumbago which lie ho is ia supposed to havo obtained from tile th depo deposit isit recently recently y located tho plumbago alumba Fl is pronounced absolutely puree pure no grit in its composition A a fow few feet in depth luis has been sunk on tho the droppings crop pings and tho avem vem is fully as strong at the bottom as ouk tap A sod block of weighing twenty pounds will bo be excavated from the vein tein and included inthe lyon county exhibit at aitho midwinter fair salt lake herald |