Show RAGGED TOP TUNGSTEN AND OTHER properties reno nev oct 26 forbes rickard mining engineer of international fame upon whose report the H M byllesby company of chicago bonded nine tungsten locations at ragged top in western humboldt county five months ago for was in reno recently and gave a glowing report on the status of the property the deal for the ragged tom claims was one of the sensational incidents of western mining the ground was located by the mackedon brothers of lovelock who were staked by E H beeson a lovelock jeweler tungsten at the time was in strong demand and selling around 75 per unit half a dozen leasers leaders had dug as many shallow holes on the ground when it was brought to the attention of 1 mr rickard although the ore showing was meager the formation a granite garnet contact was considered favorable vo rable and after a brief examination rickard recommended that the property be taken on a bond for the byllesby company got busy without delay and started e d a campaign of development mat has opened up a huge deposit of scheelite ships 2000 tons A big glory hole covering a quarter of an acre and which has exposed a 50 foot face of ore to a depth of 60 feet has been opened from this deposit the company lias has shipped 2000 tons of ore to the utah minerals separation company at eureka utah turning out a 62 per cent concentrate after carefully watching the milling of this ore the companas comp anys metallurgists devised a concentration process and a seventy five ton plant designed as the first unit is now being constructed at toulon a station at the edge of the humboldt sink on the main line of the southern pacific cefic railroad invests the mill which will be completed and in operation the first week in november a wagon road which cost ana property development and payments represent a cash outlay of more than the property has been transferred to the humboldt county nevada mining il milling company and the holdings have been increased to acres some of which is in process of patenting besides the glory liole hole high grade scheelite ore has been opened in several places on the ground the ore makes in the garnet or limestone near a grano diorite con tact and some of the deposits are large A three compartment shaft well timbered has been sunk near the glory hole to a depth of feet and a crosscut is being driven to cut the ore beneath the present workings holt tractors are employed to transport the ore from mine to mill drew farnham cinnabar mine the drew farnham cinnabar mine fourteen miles east of balina in mineral county has been bonded to frank CM manson manager of the western ore purchasing company of nevada for january jones of reno who made the deal for drew farnham states tha t the mine for several months has been producing two flasks flacks per day of quicksilver from 2500 pounds of ore jones also says MUL fi F C schrader Seh rader of the united states geological survey examined the deposit and pronounced it the richest he has seen in the west the property I 1 has aas attracted wide attention among quicksilver mining operators and several have endeavored to secure possessions of it but balked at the price before manson decided to accept the terms demanded by the owners he had the mine examined by morris P kirk of kirk leavell of salt lake city who specializes in cinnabar deposits and by charles D wilkinson formerly mine manager for the consolidated soli dated at goldfield who will have charge of the property according to jones the main shaft is down but fifty seven feet and the shaft and lateral workings have supplied the ore for tile the small furnace in operation the vein is said to be from five to sixteen feet wide the th ore in the bottom of the shaft averaging 11 per cent quicksilver herbert G humphrey vice president of the reno national 1 bank is said to be interested with manson in the deal the nevada new mines at rawhide there is every evidence that the rich shoot of silver gold ore on the foot level of the nevada new mines at rawhide is a bonanza of large proportions and moritz of reno treasurer of the company who with E W king mine manager has invested heavily in the mine is convinced that it will provide the revenue from which sf large cash surplus will grow tilie ithe ore shoot has been continuous from the foot level but was of medium grade to a depth of about twenty five feet below the where the new was started at that point horn and native silver began to show and at fifty feet from the the entire was in high grade grace sinking was discontinued at tile the fifty foot level until a donkey engine could be procured to facilitate hoisting while waiting for the donkey mine manager king started a drift on the vein and reported last week that the ore was better than in the the engine has been installed a station cut out and sinking resumed the charac ter of the ore and the depth to which it has been followed indicate persistence to greater depths and king and feel very hopeful of the future the ore makes where two veins come together and every condition is right for the making of a large body of high grade ne nevada vada new mines was organized three and a half years ago to take over me defunct rawhide queen and rawhide coalition mines which were promoted by george graham rice ever since the organization of the company mr king has given it his undivided attention seldom leaving camp and it is due to his persistency and mr elines support that the venture has progressed to a point where success seems assured the nevada new mines company also has a lease on the black eagle mine and 20 stamp mill which it is operating and an option on the stock control of that company |