Show HILL TOP AND BU BULLION I 1 DISTRICTS ia rich h mineral sections in which commend i able activity prevails special correspondence kimball nev june 3 probably at no time within the last few years has there been as much mining activity throughout the hill top and bullion mining districts as there is at present not less than one dozen companies are working and the whole section is witnessing a season ot of unusual prosperity the latest company to be organized and now working property on bullion mountain is the bullion mountain mining company the officers of this company are james G knapp president joseph E cameron first vice president R G kirk second vice president murray C brite secretary and treasurer with H C mcfadden the above constitute the board of directors J A callahan of winnemucca is general counsel this company is working seven claims and one shaft is down forty feet which was sunk for the purpose of locating the east it was found in place and well defined work was begun last week on the two compartment shaft which will be sunk feet before any cross cuts are made this shaft was sunk on a stringer of white quartz which at the top assayed 59 in gold some very promising results are looked for when the shaft obtains depth the tunnel has been started with three shifts this tunnel will haye have a depth of nearly feet when it gets under the big dike the west wall is granite and it is believed that in less than feet the tunnel will be in a large body of ore the work so far has developed the fact that the property is a very promising one the company has ample capital to complete all development work as planned its main office i is at kimball the gray eagle property which was owned by james horton and associates of battle mountain has been sold to a syndicate of california people for a consideration of the new people made a very exhaustive hau stive examination of the property and it is understood that they are to take charge at once and continue development work on a large scale this property is located ori on bullion mountain A large amount of ore has been blocked out in fact it is said there is 13 more than enough to pay for the first cast of the property the ore is gold silver and lead with silver predominating by 65 per cent recent assays essays on the five foot vein which was struck in the tunnel at 1350 feet went over ounces in silver there is some talk of a smelter being erected on indian creek about two miles west of the bullion mountain mining company property and about one mile south of the gray eagle and if this is done it will mean that it will have the output from at least two dozen properties in the nearby districts the kimberly united mines company a south dakota corporation which is developing property east of hill top is working a small force of men but it is expected that the force will be increased materially after the first of the month as the president of the company mr R B respess of chicago illinois is to arrive soon and get matters straightened straightened out from a legal standpoint or on account of serious litigation the company has been badly hampered during the past few months but it is reported that the matter has been satisfactorily adjusted the company has some excellent showings on the gold bond group of claims and with adjoining property which was recently acquired will no doubt be able to open up some fine property this summer excavating for the 10 stamp mill was discontinued until the arrival of mr respess when it is thought that active work will again be resumed and the mill completed early in september the pittsburg red top which is owned by los angeles people is working on a 1400 foot tunnel which is to be the main working tunnel for this property this company has one shaft down feet and a tunnel for this shaft is feet they have a large amount of ore blocked out of an excellent free milling kind it is understood this ore will assay about 75 to the ton some excellent high grade specimens have been secured which assayed as high as to the ton of course it is pocket ore but the run was made to see how hi high h the ore would assay J R Gr grindle indIe of los angeles cal is general manager and J 0 glover of marysville marksville Marys ville is superintendent the kimberly consolidated mines company which sold early in february to a syndicate of philadelphia capitalists is making considerable headway in getting gettin out of the legal entanglements entangle ments which the company was in before purchasing and is now working a force of ten men the 25 horsepower engine for the two compartment shaft has arrived and quite a force of men is putting up the gallows frame and getting the necessary machinery together in order TO sink the shaft feet before any cross cuts are made this company has some very valuable property and it is said by the former owners that over was spent in developing ve and prospecting the twenty two mining claims the company owns considerable patented land on which it is doing work it is reported that a 20 stamp mill has been bought and will be installed and completed early in the falt fall frank lebar Is in president and E ross carver is secretary both gentlemen are residents of philadelphia john keeny of kimball nevada is resident agent the company Is a south dakota corporation with a capitalization of W D scott of moultrie georgia president of the georgia nevada mining company has arrived in the district and is giving his personal attention to the development of the property on bullion mountain mr scott is well pleased with development work so far accomplished and is sanguine of the future he has some very promising property and with the development work now in progress expects to open up a large ore body during the summer months the company is an arizona corporation with a capital of doctor F H wheeler of chicago ill who is the owner of the three eagles group of 01 claims has been in the district the past three weeks looking after detail matters in connection with his property they have ben been working their property for nearly one year and the ore which was shown as coming from their tunnel is indeed andee d valuable and one of these days will bl affe e a top AV 0 applegren a graduate of the swedish school of mines and frank armstrong are in charge of the works doctor wheeler left the fore part of the week for los angeles cal where he will remain several days in consultation with a number of mining men from the southern country the Katten horne group of claims which lie west of the pittsburg red top and owned by the Katten horne bros of battle mountain is being worked by two shifts and it is reported that they have struck an exceedingly rich vein of silver ore that assays essays over ounces it is a silver gold lead ore and the property will receive considerable development work this summer harve estes who is working property in corral canyon reports a rich strike of gold in this tunnel and the present indications point to the fact that this property will open the way to more prospering cing in that section of the bullion mining district the gre ere was struck at feet and the vein is reported to be about two feet in width and assays essays better than 50 in gold alone this section of the district has received but little prospecting there is plenty of vacant ground and good possibilities of opening of some good property with present activity continuing throughout the summer it is more than likely that the two districts will be a beehive bee hive of active mining development before the fall and winter arrives |