Show REVIVING TUSCARORA I 1 important work is now under way at the old camp of tuscarora situated about fifty miles northwesterly from elko nevada this is one of the famous camps of the early days of mining in the state and produced its millions from very shallow depths deep mining was not attempted at that time owing to the water level being near the surface the new tuscarora mining company made up of salt lake interests with W J craig president J R austin vice president and W J wolstenholme secretary and treasurer is now engaged in driving a deep transportation and drainage tunnel under one of the well known groups there the hore bore is in a distance of feet and according to surveys should cut the first fissure at feet from the portal and the second at feet these are the veins which were so productive in the early days A sample from one of 0 the old jumps dumps on the property recently gave returns of ounces silver and ounces gold to the ton J and it is stated that five feet of 0 ore has 1 been found at a depth of twenty five feet in J one of the old shafts which averaged 46 ounces silver and 45 ounces gold a ton mr craig who is one of the best known mining men in this section returned from thee the prop erty recently and spates that great things are expected from the work now under way there |