Show NEVADAS GREAT COPPER BELT Offer of an English Syndicate For the Delano Mine A few weeks ago H Fisher a mining expert of San Francisco visited the Salmon country and inspected several I of the most valuable properties says I the Herald of Wells Elko county Nev On his return to Wells he was interviewed inter-viewed by Herald reported and expressed ex-pressed himself as well pleased with every mine he inspected He said the Salmon country was the richest copper field he ever saw and that before another an-other year the camp will develop into one of the most productive and give I employment to more men than any other camp in the west Mr Fisher said that the reason the I camp had not been developed years 1 i ago VPS a mystery to him as copper assaying as high as 65 per cent was I I known to exist in large volumes as far back as 72 He encouraged the miners to sink shafts to a depth pf about 300 feet and assured them that they would strike vast bodies of sulphide ore hich is the ore property lacking in the surface ores and has undoubtedly retarded the development of the Salmon country Several shafts have already been sunk to a depth < fDO feet and traces of sUlphides have been discovered discov-ered And now comes the good news that as a result of Mr Fishers visit and his satisfactory report to his employers employ-ers an English syndicate has made a proposition to the Delano company consisting of Messrs Hickey Hicker thorne Ayers Davis and Delanoto bond the mines for 65000 The Syndicate syn-dicate offers to erect a steam hoist and be ready for operations by the first of February and further agrees to spend not less than 5100 a month on development devel-opment work All but one of the mine owners are in favor of ac epting the proposition and as soon as Mr Davis the member who has not yet been heard from learns of this excellent opportunity to develop the properties and amass a fortune it is predicted th he will unhestitatingly sign the agreement The Salmon Mining and Smelting company will probably resume operations opera-tions early next spring This company has recently reorganized and has increased in-creased the number of shares over one half Several tons of bullion will be shipped to Butte Mont during the early Dart of January and we have been informed by a reliable party that the company is now in better financial circumstances and has more encouraging encourag-ing prospects than ever before |