Show THE OLD POLAR STAR the old polar star mine located six miles south of wells near warm creek says the herald of wells nevada Is becoming a heavy producer of lead zinc ores and gives every promise of developing into the most important industries in eastern nevada on the first day of november of last year B F woodward and sons of salt lake city took a lease and bond on the polar star property and claims adjoining the polar star group were secured these claims adjoin the polar star on the south and the whole has been incorporated under the name of the clover auning company the lease and bond was then turned over to the clover company and a force of men was kept busy during the winter months ripening opening up and developing the property during which time they extracted a shipment of the lead zinc ore this ore was shipped to ILL I 1 the amel on february of this year and since that time five carloads of the ore have been marketed the tons netting the company about B F woodward manager of the clover 11 mining ining company reports that he has this lead zinc ore opened up on the surface for feet in width and feet in length and that he has sunk about thirty holes from fifty to feet apart in this copping each bach and every foot of these holes discloses zinc zi ore that will assay from 10 to 47 per cent cena fifteen men are now employed by the th clover company and mr woodward states that he will ship several carloads eat each month in the future the loading station is tobar on the western pacific to which point the ore is transported by teams the distance being fifteen miles the tobar mining company property adjoins the polar star on the north and west from the new claims it is expected that zinc ores will be shipped in the near future |