Show developments AT ROCHESTER special correspondence rochester nevada march 31 the winter storms made the ore road impassible and for several weeks at least it was impossible to have any ore hauled away from the bins which being full caused a temporary and partial shutdown shut down of several leases with the warm weather of the past month and a half the snow has melted and the roads are now in fair shape with the result that over tons a day are now being 1 ng shipped to the smelt eries and sampling works the aj lease began shipping ore a month ago and is opening up good bodies of shipping and milling grade ore the vein cut at a depth of over feet here shows a width varying from four to eight feet the aj lease is on the rochester mines company property the codd lease is sinking from the foot level and is expected to make a connection shortly with the north drift of the aj U lease good grade ore has been opened up on the level from which shipments have been made A new hoist has been placed on this lease and arrangements are about completed for the installation of skip etc in the main shaft this lease on the rochester mines company ground has raised to the surface from the tunnel level and is high grade ore along the north end of the raise the big four lease on the property of the rochester mines company is making regular shipments of ore from the big on the foot level which in places sho shew a width of 0 better than twelve feet the colligan lease on the weaver ground has again struck rich or and is shipping the cole lease also 0 oi this ground has struck a small but rie ric shoot of ore the values in this lease bein mostly in gold the camille rock lease on the benze benz crown point mining company property h ha been sacking ore for shipment but ow owin to a heavy volume of water in the shaff shaf has temporarily had to suspend operation the hackley boughton lease on th property of the original rochester co boffl pany has been shipping a good grade 0 ore one carload having assayed 87 pe p ton the ferri sampson lease also on th thi ground has struck ore which is bein beant sacked lessees lessels are sacking float from th slopes of nenzel peak therole Th the eCole cole lease on the rochester weave beav mining companas Comp anys ground is sacking or that carries gold values up to five aundre dollars per ton i I 1 the shea stoker lease under the abl i management of james shea and judge kel aher is shipping regularly to the wester ore purchasing company at goldfield the are in four and one half feet of fine or which carries gold and silver values of 5 per ton on the crown point mining company ground camelle rock owner of the roe roc lease is in seven feet of excellent ore on mr rock is one of the best known mining minin men in the west and his opening of this thi big means much for the nenzi crown point mining company mr roe roc has associated with himself capital which will enable him to erect a hoist at once and an he will sink on the vein to the foo t level cutting stations every feet this thi vein on which the rock lease is located locate has been stripped on the surface and now shows for a distance of over feet the th rock lease promises to be one of the b bi i gest paying leases operated in rochester up to date the great amount of money absolutes absolu tel lost in hauling ores out of rochester camp cam has brought all mine owners lessees lessels and an operators together upon one common ground grouns which is their determination to have and an erect at once a reduction plant of sufficient cien capacity to treat the rich ores mined such sue a mill would have long since been erects d except for unfortunate legal complications but at this time regardless of all law suits fulti such a plant will be erected the benzel nenzel mines have plans and specifications out for to the erection of a mill with a capacity of nat no less than tons daily in which they the wilp to reduce and propose their own ores also do custom work lessees lessels on the sunflower are a shipping a good quality of ore this is especially true of ryan and company the boughton lease on the sunflower kis is getting out splendid ore from their lease IV B stewart a prominent mining man of the pacific coast with his headquarters in portland is in rochester looking over the field A A codd the backbone of the nevada shoreline Short line railroad company has established a camp at the mouth of rochester canyon and has a corps of engineers in the field i surveying for a railroad line from that point into rochester town everything indicates that this road will be in operation before f fall all J the rochester mining and stock ex change organized on march 1914 with the following officers president dr N mi wade 1st ast vice president charles gee 2nd and vice president ed beal secretary john huntington abst secretary J H I 1 mcgovern cGovern Al treasurer cammelle caille Cam Can jelle lle rock alock committees executive and finance wade r huntington and gee listing huntington eggers and membership kinghorn geo farris and Mo Me Sherry arrangements gee mcgovern and beal arbitration G cole H mcsherry Me Sherry and J R mcdonald |