Show NEVADA E S chafey who is opening up the old lucky hill mine at candelaria has closed a c contract with the united states smelting smelling Sm elting refining mining company under which he w will ill ship sixty tons per day the old camp is said to be humming with activity air drilling equipment has been installed at the Kanro hat property near round aloun mountain which recently passed to S 11 brady of reno and associates rapid progress is being made with the main tunnel which will give 1000 feet of backs when it reaches the vein the old milling plant is being remodeled and equipped with flotation ma chinery of tons capacity work of reopening the iron mine at earth barth near palisade was commenced this month by the american smelting smelling Sm elting refining company it is thought that the shaft and pit will be before the end of the month when shipments will commence the iron is used as a flux at the companas comp anys utah smelters shelters sm elters the property has a production record of more than tons in the past the cutting of a four inch stringer of copper ore on the level of the property of the yellow pine mining company at good springs while probably of little immediate importance revives predictions formerly made that this important producer will develop into a big copper mine with depth the stringer is of high grade ore carrying 46 per cent copper the property is producing its usual heavy tonnage of lead and zinc ores fred A hale jr is general manager I 1 the regular report of the rochester mines company says in part we have started mining on the foreman vein where we are drifting north and also the ore from this vein is averaging between 40 and 50 a ton word has just been received that the workings on the level into block 4 have penetrated an ore shoot at this writing we are unable to ascertain the value or width of this ore the usual heavy tonnage is coming from the SOO and levels and the mill is running steadily the property is at rochester and is under the gene general ral management of L A friedman mayor of lovelock |