Show TUNGSTEN NEAR star winnemucca nev one of the most important mineral discoveries co veries ever made in humboldt county or the state of nevada was recently made by robert major in the adelaide portion of the old run mining district in this county the discovery consists of manganese an analysis made by professor young of the mackay school of mines nevada state university gives a large percentage of acid professor young says your mineral specimen consists of quartz and huber nite valuable for the tungsten on the basis of 60 per cent acid the prices ranged during 1910 from 65 to 85 per unit or from to per ton since the receipt of professor young s letters much quiet prospecting has been going on and some important discoveries have been made it is more than likely that gold run district will soon be shipping this valuable ore much ore that was thought to be only zinc is now proved to be tungsten |