Show 0 GOLD CIRCLE PRODUCING HIGH GRADE special correspondence midas nev dec 8 ore is being taken from the foot level on the hardscrabble lease that will go per sack at present there are but two men working there but they are saving all that comes to them the streak when first struck was about one inch wide but as they go in on it it is widening at present the leasers leaders are taking out two sacks a shift this is one of the best strikes over made in the district the lease is owned by cody orn the tunnel on the elko prince is being driven as fast as two shifts of two men on a shift can drive it ahead they are to run the tunnel feet which will give a depth of feet and at af that depth they expect to strike ore that will justify big works should they get what they expect there will be plenty of ore to justify a mill on the ground work has begun in enlarging the water witch shaft from 36 3 6 to 48 4 8 there has been some high grade taken out of this old shaft but by leasers leaders lea sers but now from the work that is going on it looks as though the owners intend to do something which is hoped by all because it is without doubt among the best claims in the district on the esmeraldas Esmer aldas there is some very good ore there is a ledge there that is two feet wide that will average 70 it has been opened up by the owners macauley mcmahon who have been doing their annual work the judge is a mine no prospect a bout about it it has twelve to eighteen inches of ore that will assay from to per ton they have a tunnel on the vein feet in length the elko prince adjoins this piece of bf property the rex mine and mill are now running in fine shape at present there are seventeen men employed in both mine and mill and there is some talk that the mill will be made larger in the spring by adding five more stamps and another tube mill which will then give the mill a capacity of about thirty five tons per day the kelly filter press since it has been regulated by an expert press man will handle at least sixty tons in twenty four hours so the press part of the mill will not bother the rex mines company again the press saves the values to 80 cents per ton at present the press does the work in eight hours that the balance of the mill gets get s through in twenty going at the rex work is still going on at the gold circle surprise group and some assays essays taken from there show that there is a very good chance to strike a ledge that will prove up good the rex vein has been opened up for 1500 feet on property which adjoins the rex this property is owned by camplin and treanor they have opened it by tunnels for that distance and they are very much elated over the way things are now going at the rex |