Show DREDGER FOR AMALGAMATED NEVADA record ely nev W V hyde of boston vice president of the amalgamated nevada company operating dg at Blach blackhorse horse in the eastern porton portion of white pine county who was accompanied by john W cawley a prominent broker of boston and who is largely interested in the amalgamated company spent several days at the companas comp anys mines and in the ely district during the past week leaving for home on tuesday morning they were each well pleased with the affairs and management of the property and express great confidence in its future the attention of mr hyde was called to the vast estate of placer ground on dry gulch which is owned by his company when he visited the property he saw two miners who are operating under a lease pan out several ounces of coarse gold when lie he was further informed that the property had produced about a million dollars worth of gold during the past forty or fifty years by this crude process of mining he became more deeply interested and before leaving for horne home he decided to make an all effort to secure the necessary funds for the erection of a steam dredger to be operated in the gulch the washing of gold from dry gulch has been a profitable business for many years but the flood waters remain for so short a time that but ittle is accomplished in that manner A dredger handling the gravel by the wholesale would undoubtedly prove a very profitable investment for the company it is the intention of mr hyde to have the dredger running before the expiration of the present year if possible |