| Show AUTO ROAD TO NELSON milling facilities needed for the mines of eldorado district special correspondence las vegas nevada july 10 the mining people of this section of nevada are now ready to announce to the general public the completion of the las vegas nelson auto road which has been under construction for the past thirty days commencing in august there will probably be a service that will do much to bring mining talent and capital to the eldorado district there has been upwards of 40 feet of underground work done in the various mines of the district shaft work drift ng and crosscutting cross cutting and many valuable bodies of ore opened several mines have from to tons of ore blocked out and gradually the question of getting facilities for treating these ores is being threshed out from the number of actual working tests made the opinion prevails i that a system of conce concentration nt ration and cyanide will give satisfactory results that there is room for a custom plant for treating ores there is no question with such a plant in operation there would be plenty of opportunity for leasers leaders to get desirable properties there is also opportunity for mining men with limited capital to secure des desirable r property that either shows big bodies of ore opened up or that ilas has good strong veins and pay ore showing one feature that is claimed for the camp is that wherever pay has been open opened ed on the surface the values have never failed to go as deep as the work has gone and there are several shafts now below the level the general character of the ores in the eldorado camp are sulphide carrying gold and silver generally in the proportion of 2 silver to one dollar gold with an up to date concentrator plant in operation the local smelting smelling sm elting plant would be in position to treat the concentrates from the mines at reasonably low cost this plant has a capacity of fifty tons per day the mines of the eldorado district can be reached from las vegas in a three hour auto trip without inconvenience A G HILLEN |
