Show GETTING READY FOR WINTER star peak mining company preparing for long and successful run in speaking of the operations of the star peak mining company whose property is a few miles out from humboldt on the southern pacific railroad the star of winnemucca nevada says the management of the star peak mine is busily preparing for winter operations two big teams from lovelock are hauling in winter supplies which consist of two carloads of distillate two carloads of coal i one car of provisions and one car of feed and grain A contract will be given by manager gowin within the next two weeks for feet of tunnel work athis will com the tunnel directly under the black hole from which a greater part of the ore r which has been milled this summer was taken the raise from the foot level to the f surface will be completed by the of the present month and the raise from the 90 foot level will be through the surface by 1 december the company is at the present time building a shed over the track to the dump which will practically put under one cover the cookhouse cook house the bunkhouse bunk house and the blacksmith shop and in addition will allow ample room for fuel timber etc for the entire winter the milling capacity as well as the tram will be increased as soon as possible in the spring in order to facilitate the handling of all of the ore as it is broken down without any grading whatever the company now has 1600 tons of ore above the mill jor for the winter run and expects to have 2500 more before being forced to close the tram for the winter there is now about tons of tailings I 1 which will run which will be cyanided the coming summer there will be five men employed on the funnel tunnel contract during the winter and the mill ill force will consist of men while it will ill be impossible for the men at the mine to get out during the winter telephonic communication will not be interrupted be the mine and the mill by simply untying the wire from the poles and letting 1 lie on oil the ground the line will work all ight the present season has been a very profitable table one for the star peak mine but little atle has been known on the outside as the he property is owned by california people ho are miners and not speculators ahearn A team will be kept at the mill during he e winter so that mail can be brought in fhe he mine is in charge of martin costello r n old time miner of montana and call cali iff purnia enla while the mill is in charge of W ky young |