Show ACQUIRES FAMOUS OLD MINE nevada properties with big records under control of F H vahrenkamp the american mining exploration company of salt lake city of which F P H I 1 I 1 vahrenkamp is i s president pres dent and manager has quite recently taken over the famous old rye patch mine in humboldt county nevada as well as the imlay mine in the same section of that state and active work is being pushed in the equipment and operation of both of these noted properties at the rye patch which has a recorded production of a princely fortune in itself and whose history antedates that of the great comstock lode at virginia city manager vahrenkamp is pushing work in the driving of the lower tunnel this avenue utting cutting c t the downward extension of the ledge on the ath dinst at the point of intersection ter section the vein was eighteen inches in width A few days ago however as development work progressed the vein had w widened to eighteen feet in width anaver an average sampling of which disclosed values by fire ft re tests of 24 ounces silver silve r and in gold to the ton this ore is a fine cyaniding cyan iding product and is to be treated by a ton cyaniding cyan iding mill the machinery for which has been ordered the expectation being that it w will ill be ready to go into comm commission assion within the next five or six months on the dumps at the old rye patch there is in the neighborhood of tons of ore going 16 ounces silver sil and ail d in gold which can be most profitably handled by trie milling practice being installed and this will be treated by the new exploratory work should block out a still further ton tonnage nageL in t this h is 0 old bonanza wh whose se deepest workings at the time the mine was afis closed down by litigation many years ago did not exceed feet i at the imlay according to tests and measurements some tons of ore have been broken and piled on the dump which averages from 12 to 14 ounces suver and in gold to the ton while there is a gratifying showing of mill ore in we the mine workings to treat this ore mill machinery has been ordered and a ing a capacity of tons daily will ie be in operation within the next few months at the imlay property a large body of ore oie has been blocked out on the level this ore assays essays 51 i per cent steb nite and mr vahrenkamp informs the mining review that he has orders order to ship tons of this ore in october and in november in order to fill a government contract this ore goes east to a big treatment plant and it is expected that the company will be shipping at the rate of fifty tons per day in order to fill a contract calling for the delivery of tons mr vahrenkamp sowell known in int mining and engineering circles is congratulate ing himself upon his ability to jound out such a splendid aggregation of beally big mining propositions anddie and he sees no reason why the company should not reach abarge a large profit making basis at an ail early day |