Show salt lake tungstonia Tung stonia mines coo co contributed the north end of the snake range in white pine county nevada more recently becoming known as tungstonia Tung stonia has attracted salt lake cau pital to its wealth of tun tungsten deposits and the robison group of claims adjoining the famous shepard property has been taken over under the corporate name of the salt lake tungstonia mines company from the test best information obtainable this section of the snake range has proven to ibe be a big moneymaker money maker to the operators who have actually worked their holdings it being reported from the most authoritative sources that the ophir or shepard group has netted ds owners nearly in net profits since february of the present year A remarkable result when the difficulties surrounding the usual mining operations are taken into coli consideration A report that can not be disputed has come to the ears of salt lake people that a a quarter of a million has been offered mr shepard and associates socia tes for their group of four claims the group of toe the salt lake tungstonia mines company was originally purchased from its locators upon the strength of th t report of R W dewitt and consists 0 L seven full claims which adjoin the property on the west the company wai wa a financed through an alliance made by de witt with L AV robbins and asso associates clates thi th 01 0 t latter named gentleman being president the company A somewhat unusual feature in the pr pro lies 1 motion of this companas comp anys interests the fact that the purchase of the pro perl finan finance 11 and operations to date have been th this 19 see seeni themselves by the promoters sta temen to corroborate conclusively their that they consider their group to he be ill amo the richest of tungsten properties les yet u P it is covered in the united states S sM bovo I 1 veil veins ed that the aggregate length of than sl k by the surface droppings crop pings is more brov r width miles and these veins range in carr and all one foot to twenty one feet th bette tungsten values ranging from 2 per cent to 20 per cent T these 11 ese figures figure 41 made froll iro taken from actual assays essays ore bearing rock that commonly COW mOlly 0 throughout all the veins ample water in in two springs capable of running a fifty ton mill was acquired at the time the property was taken over it if is 13 the intention of the company to pipe from one or both of these springs for mill and camp purposes at an early date A k 20 ton ball mill with wilfley table will be installed at an early date arrangements for its delivery being about completed at this writing the marcy type of mill has been selected by the salt lake tung stonia company as most nearly meeting the requirements of the ores to be treated delivery is expected on this plant within the next week or ten days and preparations tor for its erection have been made by the company the salt lake tungstonia crowd is evidently determined to profit by the experience of other tungsten producers many of whom have found to their sorrow that the shipping of their richest ores is not a profitable method of marketing as there exists a wide difference between tile the price of crude ores and standard concentrates deep veins expected while all the property at tungstonia Tung stonia gives up its wealth to the operator from the grass roots it is the opinion of mine manager dewitt that great depth may be attained at tungstonia Tung stonia by the large veins discovered on the surface this opinion would seem to be a reasonable one when it is taken into consideration that porphyry frequently occurs as one of the opposing walls in many of the veins in the system the geology of the tungstonia Tung stonia camp bids fair to put it on the mining map as a longwinded long winded producer even though the of the most pessimistic with regard to the probably price of dunsten come true this is not an unreasonable assumption when one studies the ton value of a mill product running not more than one half of one per cent acid still it must be borne in mind that much of the ore that comes out of tungstonia Tung stonia veins runs as high as 40 and 50 per cent it has been claimed that up to may of this year the average value of ores run through the shepard mill showed four per cent much of this ran as low as one per cent while some of the shepard ores touched the fifty per cent mark tungstonia Tung stonia not a feverish camp none of the feverish excitement that often accompanies strikes of a lesser value is apparent at tungstonia Tung stonia the owners and present day operators view their holdings in a most conservative fashion and are operating in a manner consistent with these views the distance of the map from the beaten paths of transportation and until recently the lack of camp accommodations have kept out the overly optimistic that tha usually flockton flock to strikes of lesser richness than is that of tungstonia Tung stonia the system of unit construction adopted by mr shepard on his ophir group is in a measure being followed out by the salt lake tungstonia it being the intention to defer the construction of a plant of maximum capacity until sufficient development work has been done to guarantee a steady decked that tungsten values will have and this at a time when it is ex ceded to a normal standard market location and geology the salt lake tungstonia group of claims is situated in white pine county nevada about thirty five miles northeast of 0 mcgill and due east of steptoe both stations on the nevada northern railroad reached by automobile from salt lake city the distance to the property is about miles the group of claims consists of seven in number within the limits of which there are a large number of veins varying in in width from one to twenty one feet all of these veins show tungsten values on the surface and these values continue with surprising constancy at such depth as has been attained there are also interspersed throughout the group several transverse leads which made a veritable network of veins the formation of the district consists of a granite core flanked on either side by lime the series of veins running in different directions ions cut this granite core is the characteristic form of ore occurrence occur ence though some wulfram ite has been discovered there is an immense quantity of timber ofaf pinion pine and juniper cedar varieties that is being utilized for mining timber and fuel A veritable forest of this covers the salt lake tungstonia group and is sufficient in quantity to supply the wants of the operators for an indefinite period the property lies at an altitude of approximately feet and an abundance of water for all purposes is owned by the company only needing piping to properly link it to the system of operation the climatic conditions are ideal throughout three of the seasons and the winters are not so severe but that the property maybe may be worked throughout the entire year the owners of the salt lake tungstonia feel that they have a bonanza and that it will continue to be such long after the present high price of tungsten is forgotten mr robbins is a former idaho banker and the officers of the company are L W robbins president and general manager mr robbins is a former idaho banker and merchant J A a business associate of mr robbins is a director R W dewitt upon whose recommendation the property was purchased is also a director anil and will have full charge of all tile the com banys field operations mr dewitt is fl a man of more than thirty years experience in mining and is the principal owner of large potash sulphur and antimony in southern utah gustav wissler general agent for an eastern life insurance company is vice president the secretary of the company is A F stumpf formerly identified with mining interests in arizona and who is part owner in coal and other mining interests in southern utah allen alien T sanford is attorney for the company general offices have been established in salt lake city at kearns building the companas comp anys plans indicate that it is to become a permanent factor in the tungsten mining game |