Show goodsprings GOOD SPRINGS NOTES special Correspond correspondence ance good springs nevada oct 7 considerable local interest has been aroused recently by the discovery of vanadium bear ing ore on the hickory dick group belonging to harvey hardy andson and son ane mineral carrying the vanadium has been identified as cupro capro and occurs as a black or greenish colored interstitial filling in a calcite gangue the ore also containing copper lead and zinc with about four ounces silver the ledge as developed shows a width of about six feet and has been uncovered for a distance of over feet along the strike samples taken indicate that the ore as a whole will average about 3 per cent vanadium and hand samples taken at different parts of the vein indicate a much higher percentage concentration tests on the vanadium mineral have shown that its gravity is such that it is readily amenable to ordinary methods of concentration and the owners are now developing their property rapidly with a view toward blocking out sufficient ore to justify a concentrating cent rating plant the hickory dick group on which the discovery was made is situated about twelve miles west of jean and is easily accessible for hauling by wagon the plant of the yellow pine mining company has been in full operation during the past month and more ore was shipped to smelters shelters sm elters in september than in any other month in the history of the mine due principally to the improvements made in the mill during the past summer the company is now engaged in installing a horsepower gas engine to replace the steam plant now in use and will have the new engine in operation within the next ten days at the mine the new ore body on the sixth level nas been opened for a distance of feet south of the shaft and has developed a large tonnage the company is contemplating the sinking of a new working shaft from the surface to develop this ore body the regular dividend of two cents per month was paid september the new mill at the singer isinger property operated by the howard mines company is fully completed but is not in operation owing to the non arrival of roll shells it is expected that the shells will arrive in a few days and the mill will commence op orations erat ions immediately the mill at the hoosier mine is now in steady operation andrews beckman of jean have taken a lease and bond on the porter palace group belonging to the yellow pine mining company and already have a car of mixed ore ready for market the monte christo adjoining is shipping about two cars per week to the zinc smelters shelters sm elters and the bullion property continue its regular shipments to salt lake smelters shelters sm elters |