Show THE NEW YERINGTON COPPER CO by WILL C HIGGINS the property of the new yerington copper company is located four miles due east of yerington nevada on the western slope of a spur of the mason mountains there are twelve claims in the group which is owned and controlled by salt lake people T the he mine is easily accessible and it Is 3 hoped that in the near future a spur of the nevada copper belt railroad will be built so that ore and freight can be handled more easily and economically at the present time the ore being shipped is hauled by wagon to the railroad at yerington the property is well equipped for systematic development and operation and the size and values of the ore bodies already developed and uncovered and the exceedingly strong surface would indicate that at an early day the company and from this point to the in the cor co try rock under the vein from the bott ol 01 the shaft a 12 foot crosscut cross cut took i workings into the ore bearing zone T ore has been drifted upon to the west a distance of feet the ore body h i 1 from three to five feet in width ands and a primary sulphide carrying in a gangue of decomposed granite t values ranging from 2 to 7 per cent in 1 c per to the ton the ore lies between wt w defined walls near the face of the w w drift a raise of eight feet shows an ail axi ex lent grade of sulphide ore going from ai 6 7 per cent in its copper content the e drift from the was run in on the v 11 for a distance of feet this was jj on OD the hang ingwall side of the vein on the west of the shaft a 1 la 5 AM X w w V Z aai pa A 7 7 7 panoramic view of new yerington photo by will C higgins should take rank as one of the heavy and regular shippers of the district formation and geology the of the new yerington occurs at the contact between diorite dikes cutting the granite the veins arp are true fissures with a strike northeasterly and southwesterly with a dip to the southeast on this property there are three distinct veins which outcrop strongly on the surface and which parallel Varal lel each other at a distance ranging from fifty to feet apart the ore on the surface is carbonate and oxides of co copper P per on the foot level or near it a change occurs and secondary ore composed of copper glance and oxides mixed comes in on the level unaltered sulphides sulp hides occur in the west drift development the main working avenue on the new yerington is through a double compartment t incline shaft sunk on the middle or yerington Ing tons vein vel for a depth of feet this shaft was sunk on 04 the kotwall toot f wall 0 of the vein has been worked on an orel ore boi l ranging from six inches to three feet width this deposit is a secondary en eni ment carrying oxide and copper gla 1 that will go from 20 to 40 pe per r cent in ini C per if mined clean it is the intention raise on this ore from the where a X tion will be cut at an early day on the level a station has been ra i and a drift will be run easterly to get un ua the main cropping in the tunnel on the middle or 1 ington vein the portal of which is bw short distance from the main working sk and the ore from which is delivered to ore bins and loading station at the or co of the shaft the drift has been driven 11 an easterly direction for a distance of N feet the drift was run in vein ma matter ater I 1 a distance of feet at which point i 90 1 here a ore shoot was encountered raise has been made on commercial this shoot of pay material is fr from am eight inches to three feet in width the or an oxide 6 carrying from 3 to 12 per cent per the ore runs high in iron as we lye in ill silica the droppings crop pings on the surface ire are strong and carry an excellent grade of ore in the pay shoots equipment the property of the new yerington copper company is completely equipped for deep mining and the machinery is modern and up to date this equipment comprises a 60 horsepower fairbanks morse gasoline engine a cubic foot per minute air compressor a 40 horsepower fairbanks morse gasoline engine and hoist five sullivan drills three piston and two sto pers pump station and pipeline the pump being operated by a 4 horsepower fairbanks morse gasoline engine receiving tanks head frame engine and power house and blacksmith shop boarding house bunk house office assay office and laboratory track paterson tea tr furj 11 V 13 I 1 7 outcalt calt secretary hearl HP 1 arl S V V fe fc errah TI 0 edwards 1 and duncan mine office yer iri tah nevada main alain officio office 1511 IV VaI lr bank bu bwll alding din salt laka city dijt orji il nt 44 au vl I 1 7 4 pv x anif 93 am 1 1 egl 4 Z to at power plant and hoist new yerington photo by will C II iggins and mine cars fuel oil is used in the compressor engine and in the hoist and gasoline at the pump everything about the property impresses the visitor with the efficiency and ability ability of the management and an examination of underground workings leads to the belief that the new yerington possesses all of the earmarks of a coming producer anft ana dividend payer As yet development work only is under way but in the performance of this an occasional carload of excellent ore is consigned to the thompson so that the property is practically on a self sustaining basis V A gilles a mining engineer of large t experience and of more than local repute is in charge of mine operation spending ills his ell entire tire time on the property of the company C E moulton a former salt lake boy ia engineer and has charge of the machinery and hoisting operations the officers and directors of the company are as follows 0 N strevell president J E caine vice president jash jas H |