| Show WESTERN NEV COPPER CO COM M M Submits a Compre Comprehensive Comprehensive Comprehensive and Favorable Report The report of Maurice M 31 l Johnson on the properties of the Western Vestern Nevada Copper company which was recently formed by b prominent Utah operators to handle bandle the Dyer group and other prop property property erty ert in the Mason Valley Valle or Yerington copper district has been filed with the officials official of the company It makes a splendid exhibit It Is accompanied by maps of ot the ground and workings to together together together gether with tabulated statements show showIng showIng showing Ing the results of sampling In all the workings and a full tun description of ot the same The rhe report goes into considerable rable detail on the formation of the country co the ore occurrences and the results of f development in a number of neighboring g mines In sampling Mr Johnson took all the ledge material In sight these varying at different points from eight to more than th n forty feet teet in the Dyer and Dewey tunnel workings Assays show values ranging all the way wa from one to over twenty per percent percent percent cent copper and the tonnage average for forthe forthe forthe the Dewey Dewcy tunnel worKings Is given ghen at 23 per cent In his report Mr Johnson Johns n says The work so far done on the property has bas been more in the tIle nature of pros prospecting pectin than In the th blocking out of the theore theore theore ore wing Owing owing to tills this it is impossible for forme forme forme me to go Into figures of available ton tonnage tonnage nage with any degree of accuracy however How However However ever with due regard to the surface openings immediately above and to the tle north nort of the mine mane workings it is reason reasonable reasonable reasonable able to assume a large tonnage could be blocked out with a small amount of de development development Mr Johnson also makes recommendations as to the character of ot work that should be bc done at the properties and closes by saying that he can recommend the proposition as one of unusual merit and promise ono one which under tinder proper management and along the lines laid out can hardly fail fall to give gie satisfactory re results results suits The new company compan will soon be cutting the ground open with greater vigor Igor than ever |
