Show 0 HORN SLIVER DISTRICT miner tonopah To nev another important strike is reported to have been made in the horn silver district on the helen claim which was located in the first year after the discovery of the district high grade ore was wa exposed about twenty days ago showing near the surface and assays essays from which yielded per ton with of this in gold and 15 per cent lead the owners of the ground are mitchell shannon and carrion the first named formerly conducted a small store in the district while shannon is postmaster A shaft has been sunk by these men to a depth of twenty six feet and a drift daiv driven en twenty one feet from the bottom is all 1 I in n good or ore e from the top of the dump a carload of ore was taken for shipment by way of cuprite and a thorough sampling indi cates that this ore will run close to per ton the orlean mine at the camp of horn silver and covering ledges parallel to those of the great western mine has a shaft down feet and has cut through a vein which assays essays 1465 per ton for a width of fourteen feet and the run of the better part of the vein is around 25 per ton H D lemon of goldfield who is associated with fred long and james N felix has lately inspected properties in the district and was very favorably impressed with the prospects for making productive mines he and his associates have secured a lease covering feet adjoining the helen property which according to the report of mr lemon has eight feet of 30 ore exposed including fourteen inches of high grade manager trumbo of the bonnie clare mill visited and inspected the properties of the Horn silver district recently and is quoted as saying that the district contains a greater tonnage of excellent milling ore than any other within his knowledge one difficulty in securing the local treatment ot of the product is the lack of water which must be brought from a considerable distance but it is probable that with further development and the consummation of tentative negotiations for the merging of interests water will be piped from magruder mountain near lida or from springs in the district and that the nevada california power company will extend its line to the district |