Show NEVADA battle mountain herald mr willis has returned from gold circle he brought with him a beautiful specimen of ore from the water witch claim the specimen was taken from about 45 feet from the surface it is a beauty and its estimated value is 2500 a ton in gold assays essays from the same ledge have run as high as per ton in gold mr willis has great faith in the future of gold circle and estimates that people will be in the district inside of the next two years seven troughs miner unless unavoidable delays arise the recently purchased forty horsepower gasoline engine five drill air compressor air drills and big pump for the lease of the gold mines company 01 on the estate of the seven troughs mines company will be in operation tion soon after the first of next month with the completion of the installation of this machinery the lease will be one of the best equipped properties for extensive and deep mining in the district reno gazette A recent visit to the pittsburg silver peak property at blair nevada shows this great property to be in splendid condition the stamp mill is running steadily and smoothly and producing gold bullion per month the mine is being developed in a most systematic manner with an eye to meeting the vast requirements of the mill in the most economical form and looks better than ever before in its history more ore and of higher grade is in sight in fact enough ore is at this time blocked out to keep the big mill at work for two or three years pioche record among the many recent developments of property in the pioche district that has made good with development work is the property of the golden prince company and while the developments have not been e extensive the showing is of such a nature that it has justified the purchase of a complete equipment in hoisting machinery this proposition is adjoining near the prince mine owned by the prince consolidated and it has been determined beyond a doubt that a continuation of the same ledge carrying high values in silver is in the golden prince ground sinking a shaft to a considerable depth will be the first active work done searchlight bulletin the nevada eldo rado mines company of eldorado canyon better known as the duncan mine was this week visited by its president C R welch its vice president I 1 W bennett and A B ogden the last a prominent stockholder all are from fort collins wyoming the gentlemen stated that there was nothing significant in their visit only the first of those named had before been on the ground it was further remarked that there had been many annoying delays and some accidents in getting additional machinery but that it would not now be long before everything was in ship shape awaiting in particular a new pump only lateral development is now going on this above the level but at the earliest date possible sinking is to be resumed to make double the present depth from sources outside the management ent there is abundant evidence that the results thus far attained give ample warrant for the belief that this property is well beyond the experimental stage and will soon become a producer of the first rank |