Show A Conde condensation mation of interesting nev wa ada news new G L galligher writes william H of salt lake that a nice body of ore has been encountered in the steptoe lead copper coni company pany operating 1 near ely control of the lexing lexington ton con concord cord property near blackhorse has been purchased by a syndicate of salt lakers and work re umed under the management of A J burritt word from yerington gives the information that gratifying developments are taking place in the yerington ironsides property the drift on the level is in copper bearing rock and indications are that tae he ledge which shows so promising on the surface is about to be tapped two more important strikes are reported from gold circle to S M levy of salt lake in the queen property a large body of ore has been opened fourteen inches of which is said to go 90 2800 to the ton the second strike was made in the Bell voir property but no details have yet been received frank B cook has returned from pioche where with his salt lake associates he has taken over the point property and which is now under active development ore has been opened in several minor workings and it is the intention of the new owners to thoroughly exploit this promising ground president john E haner of the american nickel company owning valuable nickel mines in cotto cottonwood awood canyon forty miles northeast of lovelock is inspecting the property in company with superintendent charles bell it is the intention of the company to resume operations on a larger scale than ever the shaft of the pioche mohawk at pioche is now down feet at which point a good body of man agnese ore has been opened up the shaft will be continued to the foot level at which time an electric hoist will be installed and crosscuts cross cuts be started to develop the vein the ore carries about 90 ounces in silver with a large proportion of lead the kindergarten mill in the seven troughs district has just completed a thirty days run and expects to make the biggest cleanup in its history the mill is proving abig success and the many properties in the district which are too small to afford their own plants are deriving great benefits from the kindergarten which is treating custom as well as company ores news from crescent would indicate that this section is soon to be very active again A strong philadelphia company has entered the field and contemplates the erection of a custom milling plant A large merchandise store hotel and other improvements are included in the new companas comp anys plans at mor gan town the site of which together with all water rights and has been purchased assays essays made on thebie the big sulphur deposit which is now being worked at cuprite show good gold values ranging from 10 to per i ton and a plant of machinery will be installed to extract the values and refine the sulphur on the ground the sulphur deposit while at present undeveloped seems practically unlimited and carries gold and quicksilver in paying quantities besides the sulphur A good strike is reported on the eu banks mignault lease on the diamond queen near beatty at a depth of seventy five feet the leasers leaders have thirty inches of ore that gives assays essays of 31 to the ton the shaft is sunk on the contact between the lime and porphyry about feet south of the tunnel on the original origin al lease and only feet south of the high hi 9 h t grade rade shoot uncovered in the original a month ago interesting developments are daily expected from the george english and bentley english leases on the fine gold property in the seven troughs district these leases are sinking a joint shaft and have just cut the station at the foot level drifting for the vein which is expected to lie not more than ten feet to the east is now in progress and great things are expected when this is encountered the meadlia mendha Mend lia mine at pioche is opening up in in a way that is most encouraging to its owners and that is attracting attention to the cap ca p in ill general re reent recent ent developments on the foot level have disclosed an immense ore body which added to the other resources 0 01 the mine puts it into the class with che leaders of the Oi district strict regular shipments are now being made from this mine and the production is rapidly getting ahead of transportation facilities three old mines in the silver king district forty miles northwest of pioche have been taken over by a party of capitalists and have been incorporated under the name of king nevada mining smelting smelling Sm elting company T G osborne is president frank M wilson vice president patrick treasurer the remaining directors being clyde west william wheatly charles D osborne and W J halloran all being well known in salt lake the mines are said to have produced a great deal in the early days one of the most important developments in the history of the property is the lato late strike in the nevada hills mine at fairview in the crosscut from the foot station a vein eight inches in width has been opened carrying twenty oun ounces cesIn in gold and ounces in silver to the ton alongside of f this high grade ipek is from ten to fifteen feet of milling ore that will average between 25 and 40 general manager webber says that this latest disclosure will add several hundred thousand dollars to the ore reserves of the mine W A johnson manager of the yerington national copper company operating near yerington is in salt lake and reports good progress in development work considerable excitement has been aroused at humboldt house over the dis covery co very of rich placer ground in that vicinity the gravel is said to be exceedingly rich and was discovered by asa robinson and george hanch bannings Pann ings which were made disclosed nuggets large enough for pins and competent judges declare that the dirt will average to the yard the klondike mining district twelve miles south of tonopah To is quietly but surely coming to the favorable notice of the public by the shipments that are now going forward in increasing quantities among the leasers leaders who are now regularly sending ore forward to the sampler at miller is the main rigdon lease situated on the belle property which is also known as the original klondike the ore averages in value from 40 to 70 per ton the last shipment made to miller after deducting all costs of 0 mining hauling and sampling on onta t went enty one tons netted better than 20 per ton a rush is pon on to make locations |