Show NEVADA ely record thomas collins a prospector recently discovered some very rich copper ore about seven miles west of duck water postoffice post office in nye county of which he brought specimens that showed native and bor onite in goodly quantity mr collins is an old time prospector and from reports from that section he has at last struck it rich the new camp will be about seven miles from the proposed ely goldfield railroad manhattan mail ore of very good milling quality has been struck at the heywood martinson lease on union no 9 A crosscut from their shaft resulted in uncovering pay ore but subsequent drifting along the vein has revealed ore of much better grade in fact this leasehold is looking up very perceptibly it is almost needless to add that the operators are greatly pleased with results to date they are going at it with renewed energy since the strike and it is reasonable to expect that some reports of a very favorable nature will be forthcoming any day now rawhide press times on the foot level of the phoenix lease located on the coalition queen estate they have drifted about fifty feet on ore that will average we are told better than 40 per ton the ore body is said to be two feet in width and the vein is clearly and well defined they have started to raise on the ore which shows the same good values as that found in the drift the ore now being taken out is of better value and much freer than that found on the upper levels the percentage of gold being greater the mill is making a saving of about 80 per cent ely record jim burnes one of the best known and most energetic of the old time prospectors of this section has recently made a strike on his claims in the shell creek range which promises to develop into a valuable mine mayor mcdonald came in from his camp this week and reports that the old timer has a two foot lead of rich lead silver ore of a good shipping grade jim is going to it and is piling the ore up on the dump mr mcdonald states that while no large amount of work has been done on the property the indications seem favorable for a permanent body of ore and he believes it is the making of a mine jim burns certainly deserves success ely mining expositor three pounds of amalyan worth about is the daily production from the new stamp mill of the amalgamated nevada company at san pedro the ore being handled comes from the san pedro mine north of blackhorse that is owned by the company though it is planned to take custom ores as well at the mill which will prove a boon to many prospectors owning claims in the blackhorse lack horse district the mill is reported to be work bieg successfully and the result of its starting up has been an increased amount of prospecting for ore shoots along the many known ledges ledger of the district general manager burritt is quoted as saying the miners in the san pedro are breaking ore from a four foot ledge and that tons of an average value of 30 in gold are broken ready for the mill and there will be no lack of quantity to keep the ten stamps pounding regularly about fifty men are employed at the mill and in the mine |