Show CINNABAR IN THE HUMBOLDT RANGE special correspondence lovelock nev oct 10 A report of cinnabar that has attracted much attention of late and which bids fair to add much arto to the mineral production of the humboldt range is being developed by walker bros in american canyon a few in miles iles south of fitting nev this deposit was discovered a little over a year ago and has been worked by the owners alone until very recently the vein is nearly flat and lays on a granite por phyra and diorite contact the ore is a soft talc matrix with large quantities of rich cinnabar in lumps scattered through it and imay be readily sorted into concentrating and high grade ore the high grade is so sc pure that most of it is thrown into a retort and reduced to the metallic state while tha low grade is crushed in a huntington in I 1 toil mill and concentrated on a filfly table the owners have refused several substantial offers for the property and are apparently content to continue their development at the present rate they are arc now sinking on ore and will install a hoist in a few days the production of this property to late date is not definitely known but several weekly runs have netted to each an extension of this property owned by W G adamson and called this the nevada almaden also has a quantity of good ore in sight H G W |