Show NEVADA rhyolite miner the returns from the fifteen tons of ore sent to goldfield last week by the tramps consolidated leasers leaders showed up at about expectations the hobo ore was settled for at per ton the phillips rock was not so good it went about 84 to the ton the shipments was about half and half between the two leases searchlight bulletin following close on the heels of the larson hall strike at nob hill comes the news that J W jollet and J E brown nelson business men on the extension to the above have opened up the same high grade ore two men have been set to work sinking a fifty foot shaft A piece of the ore sent into the bulletin showed free gold pioche record at a recent meeting of stockholders of the oregon pioche mining company held at portland ore the following officers were chosen to serve during the ensuing year J L wells president E A hodges vice president frank griffith secretary and treasurer who with william lloyd and J A wesco are directors H W rand of portland ore was named as general manager another contract for feet of development work will be let right away the main shaft on the property has been sunk feet winnemucca silver state judge J J whittaker of salt lake CI city ty director in the washakie mining company arrived in town this morning and during the forenoon left for washakie to inspect the companas comp anys mines located at that point the judge was accompanied by william gray of salt lake the new superintendent and several miners and it is the intention to begin the development of the property in earnest the new manager is no s tranger stranger to the country having for some time been superintendent in of the superior mine near humboldt pioche record the pioche xray X ray mine in the highland district has furnished some interesting news this week at a distance of feet in from the portal of the tunnel an eight foot body of ore has been encountered and judging from the values obtained the prediction made sometime ago by manager joe taylor to the effect that the mine would in a little time rank in importance alongside of its illustrious neighbor the mendha mandha is about to be realized out of forty samples assayed during the past week or ten days so mr taylor declares the returns showed the presence of from 16 to 21 per cent lead with the silver contents running from two to six ounces rhyolite miner arrangements are being made to enlarge the capacity of the harrisburg mill the little plant of three diminutive stamps has been in operation for about six months it has proved a success from the first and developments in the mine have during the same period moved along with such assuring strides that that the company is in shape and feels justified in putting up a more pretentious treatment plant five more stamps are promised in thirty days the new stamps will be of the 1000 pound variety and will probably mean an addition efficiency of at least three times the present tonnage capacity the three stamps have been crushing about six tons per day future tonnage should be around twenty tons per day ely record A G burton of denver colorado managing director of the nevada united company of ward is spending the present week at the mines last year the company shipped seventy anve car loads of high grade lead silver ore but shipments were discontinued for the reason that the company hopes to have a railroad constructed to its mines within a year whereby it will be able to save per ton on its ores this this saving alone on tons per day which the company is willing to guarantee to a railroad would amount to per day as against wagon transportation of 4 per ton to the railroad the company wisely decided that it would bs ba better to hold the ore rather than to ship it at such an expense lovelock tribune A D leroy superintendent in of the stewart leasing company leasing on the stewart properties at jessup was in town last wednesday mr leroy says encouraging results are being 0 obtained from the development under way on the various properties at the camp the well being sunk by the stewart leasing company at jessup is now down feet A new cable was received by the company yesterday with which the sinking of the well will be continued on the ledge crosscut of the 00 property owned by joseph mackedon a new strike has been made and ore taken out that will run as high as 65 a pound W R veris of the camp was also in town monday he states that jessup looks all right from a mining standpoint eureka sentinel W H sweeney who returned sunday from a trip to mill canyon cortez mining district furnishes the sentinel with the following observations he made on his recent visit at present there are four saloons one lodging house one hotel one store aal there are about forty men now working in the mines there other buildings are being erected and purchasers from the outside are buying lots every day the town is very lively and I 1 believe in a short time it will develop into a great mining camp the nevada treasure mining company is at present handicapped in its building operations on account of not being able to get supplies from Beo beowawe wave to its mines in mill canyon tents for a distance ds tance of two miles line mill canyon and every day the population is added to by people coming in from goldfield tonopah and other outside camps |