Show PURCHASE OF THE OHIO gazette reno nev donald ferguson has returned from northern nevada with reports of the most glowing character he is an optimist of the most brilliant hue and he insists there is no necessity for any man going outside this state for the purpose of finding something that will lead to fortune mr ferguson has been absent from goldfield for two weeks and during that time he succeeded in closing a contract for taking over eight claims known as the ohio property on rebel creek 40 miles north of winnemucca in humboldt county and 18 miles south of national the claims were located in 1879 when the acreage only embraced three claims and the original owners shipped worth of ore to salt lake this was two thirds silver and one third gold the formation is a shale and slate the locators were F P P snap bros who realized at the rate of per ton they sold to a man named who shipped out and then hiked off to europe to dispose of his holdings this represented most of the high grade contained in the ground and a sale would have gone through had it not been for the fact that contracted a fatal illness in london of which he died in denver the claims were patented in 1880 and remained intact until recently when their value was called to the attention of mr ferguson and associates who began investigation with the result that they found the heirs and obtained title to the ground it is estimated that the dump has a value of and that in the mine is which may be extracted with a saving of 8 a ton by the construction of a suitable mill the average value of the ore is 10 16 charles W norris of milwaukee is interested in the ferguson company in three months it is expected that the new company will have a beginning made on a 20 stamp mill which will be in operation by the middle of february when the daily operations will call for a production of tons the engineer of the mill is J B fleming who is now completing the nevada hills plant at fairview the cost of the work will be |