Show NEVADA winnemucca star ore th athas that has the appearance pe arance of being half gold is being shown today by john nelson and ed herper two mining men from hilltop the camp near battle mountain ore one of the pieces exhibited will weigh at least five pounds pound sand and and is so impregnated vr with th particles or the yellow metal that it looks as if the gold contents would the rock with it the rock is from a claim at hilltop owned by mr nelson round mountain nugget after pursuing a policy of masterly inactivity for over four years the nevada wonder company has at last begun to move in the direction of getting the mill which has been planned for so long into action the local manager of this property has at last received orders from the powers that be to proceed with the final survey of the pipe line from sage hen creek and before the week is over surveyors are expected to be in the field driving the stakes to mark vie course of the trench ely news in an interview last evex evening rang 0 A turner president of the ely central stated that the hole he has been drilling on the clipper claim has caved in for over feet and in all probability will have tv ti be abandoned it is the intention of mr turner to drill other holes in the same neighborhood bori bo as ore carrying good values was found during the last few days drilling A shaft will a also so be started on this claim within a short time within a few days the company will start a shaft on the eureka fraction and will put it down gitil all possible speed ely record robert neill manager of the bunker hill sullivan has arranged for a new steam hoisting plant which will be delivered on the ground in a few days and set up and in operation by the middle midd e of next month this plant has been greatly needed at the mine which long since reached the depth at which it was not profitable to hoist ore and waste by a whim A carload of ore is now ready for shipment ment and will go forward to the smelter in a few days all reports from the mine are of a most encouraging nature and with the new hoist in place the output from the property will be greatly increased wells herald A tuscarora dispatch or of a few days ago gives the following glowing account of operations at that place merit will always win and now comes a great producing camp of former years and bids fair to again make the mining world sit up and take notice john R pattison has completed hs his h s mill and begun the task of working wor k over the old navajo dump the navajo mine was never worked below the GUU foot level and yet has an accredited production of the new concentrating plant of mr pattison is a success and will be run to its full capacity mr pattison is backed by ogden capitalists and also has a lease on the rose group searchlight bulletin C hunsaker has sold his interest in the occidental min inning 08 company of eldorado toj to judge 0 G aus A tin and buffalo associates the deal is 8 said to involve the control s saares ares and the reported price paid was a share the property of the occidental tal eldorado group figured in the canyons earliest history but it remained for and austin to exploit its hidden wealth and to bring brin it up to its present high standard no less than three years supply of pay ore is said to bo be now in ill biant and the water supply alone has delayed the erection of a reduction plant and the 11 placing ac of the property among the ranks of tte the steady producers ely mining expositor three and one half feet of solid galena at the depth ol of feet is the latest report from the bunker hill sullivan mine in the granite district about twenty five miles north from ely this was the word brought in from there by the foreman yesterday to robert neill president and manager of the company the foreman also stated thattie that the ore appears to widen as it goes down and he anticipates it will be found to be at least six feet wide when they get a little deeper on the ledge he describes it as all solid shooting ground and states that the amount of ore on the dump is steadily in creaking cre aing mr neill expects to make ahia alp ments soon and says that the amount ol of ore being taken out will pay the running expenses of continuing development work |