Show I UTAH MEN OPERATE IN GROOM DISTRICT Jo Joe Julian Julan returned a few days das ago go 0 from Lincoln county count where with Dan Nugent 11 lie le has been working two promising silver siver properties seven eren miles north of oC Groom sa says s 's tho Tribune On ono one of ot tH these se properties Nugent has spent In development work In recent years ear that has resulted In a a number of oC good ore ore- bodies bodice being opened but no oro ore has over beon been shipped shipped ship ship- ped pee owing to tho the great distance from tho the nearest point on tho the LOB Las Vegas Tonopah railroad which 1 Is Indian Springs sixty seven miles mies distant distant- Nugent Nugent Nu Nu- u. u gent sent has a a small Imal mill mil on tho ground which he plans to enlarge and use uso SO in treating the product of ot the mine Ho lie operated this mill mi for fol a short hort time but found it too small smal to be practical made although a good saving was wa I On ground owned b by Nugent and aul Julian duhan Ju du- du han lian lan ore assaying from 62 to lo 1 GO ounces I In In silver and also small 1 siver containing A smal L. L 1 UL oi copper anu nas been found near the surface and at ono one I point a foot tunnel has been driven I to cut one ono of or these oro shoots at nt depth In this tunnel ore of ot good milling grado I was found and the vein Is being crosscut crosscut cross cross- cros- cros cut to explore the tho Two miles from where Nugent Is I worl working ln Julian Julan has opened a good bod body of ot ore assa assaying from 62 to 10 ounces In silver siver In the bottom of ot a n shaft eunk sunk a short distance and plans to drive a a tunnel to cut this oro at depth Julian Julan says the tho vein In which ho he and his partner partner partner part part- ner are arc working can bo be traced on tho the surface or lor or five mil ml s and ho is confident cont- cont conti- conti dent lent that with milling facilities s provided pro pro- vided a number of ot producing mines can be bo ma made e In the district In which practically no mining has been dono except b by these two men There here Is plenty of oC timber water ater In th district but tho great creat distance from the tho railroad Is la a n severe sovere handicap particularly as 38 tho the roads are In poor condition from frequent washouts Two cattle catto companies range OOOO head hoad of oC cattle catte In tho region rolon Few men aro are working at the Groom mine according to Julian JuHan but he ho says tho the force torce will vill be bo Increased as al soon oon as tho the water which i Is h now at tho the foot level le In tho the shaft shaf has been low low- I ered The Groom mine Is laid to contain contain con con- tam tain great groat Croat of ot oro ore running from 15 to 30 per cent In load lead and I preparations are being made to erect a n ton OO-ton treatment plant and sink a anew anew anew new shaft shat as the old oh one la Is reported to be bo In poor condition A short distance from Crom the tho Groom mine miRa the tho South End company a Utah corporation IB is sinking a shaft haf which has reached a a. depth of ot fifty feet teet and Is being continued In ore I |