Show NEW VEIN IN THE OHANA GHANA I 1 A large number of salt lake people who are interested in the ohana mine in the vicinity of blackhorse nevada and not far from the great gold camp of osceola will be pleased to learn that conditions at this property have been most satisfactory since A G burritt was again placed in charge as general manager mr burritt was in salt lake a few weeks ago and while here purchased an up to date and complete hoisting outfit from the F C richmond machinery company which is now being installed at the mine in excavating for the foundations for the hoist an entirely new vein has been uncovered near the grassroots grass roots the existence of this ore body was unknown before and its discovery greatly enhances the value of this promising property in speaking of improvements being made at the ohana and the discovery of the new source of wealth the record of ely says A G burritt manager of the ohana mining company of sacramento pass spent a few days in ely during the past week and is well pleased with the progress n now ow being made by the company in opening up and equipping its mines for production last week the first carload of machinery arrived for the company and is now being put in place at the mines two other cars of machinery are expected to arrive this week and will at once be hauled to the property the double compartment shaft has reached the depth of feet and will be continued on down for another hundred feet from which point a drift will be run in under the vein which will give feet of backs for the ore while excavating for the shaft equipment last week a six foot vein of splendid ore was cut in addition to other ore bodies previously developed manager burritt has also set an example in road building bythe by the construction of a splendid public highway from spring valley through sac pass which not only shortens the distance from ely to the mines but also avoids the hard pull by the old road this road can be used by the public and will prove a great convenience to the residents of blackhorse and snake valley we are going to make a big mine said manager burritt and it will not be so very long now until the property is on a substantial producing basis all of our work is first class in every respect our working shaft is one of the best in the state and has a manway with rest stations every twenty six feet and is well timbered from top to bottom we will have a se engine for our exhaust fans and all shots will be fired by electricity all of ofir our surface equipment i is s thoroughly modern and of the best we will soon be equipped for the winter and will continue development work without interruption ter no matter how cold the weather may be by next summer we will have sufficient amount of ore developed to guarantee the erection of a model plant |