| Show 0 BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR LUNING special correspondence luning liming nevada sept 5 the district embracing luning and its big copper prospects is continuing to develop even though the present war has had a tendency to demoralize the copper market the development is due to the perfecting of the leaching system which will treat the ores of this region by such cheap process it has been proven here that ore can be treated profitably with copper at 7 cents this taken with the fact that we have solved the problem of saving the gold and silver values makes the outlook for the future of the camp a very bright one and insures us against having to mine and ship to the smelter ore that under the present system of haulage and smelter rate is impossible to handle under 16 cents at a profit the plant for leaching copper ore installed by the wagner azurite company has overcome the neutralization of the acid owing to the lime content of its ore and is more than a success from the point of saving the values this company is still sinking and is in high grade sulphide ore that will average 4 cents copper and is forty three feet wide the luning idaho mining company is continuing the working tunnel which has just cut some stringers which indicates they are about to intersect the ore on which the shaft is sunk last month they cut in this tunnel eighteen feet of high grade copper ore carrying some silver probably the best showing in the camp at this depth this property lies to the south of the giroux ground where a revival in development has taken place which means much for the camp as the company has been reorganized and a large sum of money raised to develop this property the alamanda mines controlled by spokane capitalists are getting ready to begin work on their immense holdings to the south of luning the situation of their ground and the large size of their ledges of low grade copper ores with the fact that they have ample water etc makes the erecting of a leaching plant on this property a possibility in the near future there is a rumor to the effect that they are perfecting plans for the erecting of a plant along the lines of the nevada douglas plant at yerington numerous other properties of this section are all beginning to look up because of the possibilities of leaching and all are very optimistic regarding the outlook the luning camp is particularly well located for the leaching process not only for oxide ores but for sulphides sulp hides and at the same time being in a position to save gold and silver values economically salt is procured at a moderate figure at sodaville So daville twelve miles distant and for fuel for roasting the coal at coalville Co alville can be utilized and obtained at a low price from the sulphide ores which would necessarily have to be roasted undoubtedly sufficient sulphide acid could be obtained to carry on the leaching g process thus the essentials for this process c can an be procured very economically at this point there is water in abundance at luning |
