Show NEVADA the tonopah mining company of tono pah earned in 1918 conditions continue to improve at the harney mine at pioche under lease to stindt and donahue and it is reported that the ledge of direct smelting smelling sm elting ore has widened to four feet A new shaft has been started in order to provide for more economical mining operations it is reported that a rich silver strike has been made in the viola district south of caliente and eight miles from leith siding on the railroad the discovery was made by E J newman a rancher A V lee and george W hicks are interested with mr newman in the property it is stated that the copper canyon mining company operating in copper basin near galena has purchased the macdonald group adjoining its property the company will begin work at once in the operation of its new acquisition F sommer schmidt is manager for the company it is reported that john buchanan and james edmunds of winnemucca have discovered a large asbestos deposit in the dun glen range south of shatter shafter prominent parties are interested in the new find and it is understood that it will be extensively developed this coming summer the abe lincoln mine near sulphur under lease to paul webster and associates is reported to be showing up well with development with a four foot vein uncovered that assays essays as high as in silver and 10 in gold to the ton judge J J anderson of sulphur is the owner of the abe lincoln mine it is stated that the new oil flotation plant of the sunset mining development company at Uni oville is running full blast and with satisfactory results the plant is treating about thirty tons of ore daily the company now owns the famous old arizona mine which in the early days of humboldt county was a big producer of silver bullion the pioche record says that the davidson ore body was encountered to the south in the virginia louise mine this week in a raise which gives a proved distance of feet with a grade of ore superior to any previously found this mine has been responding sp splendidly to development and is in position to furnish a large tonnage of fluxing flexing ore the pittsburg silver peak mill at the mary mine near blair it is reported has been leased by B A rives and associates five stamps have been added to the five stamp mill and it is stated that it is the intention t to 0 increase the capacity of the plant to fifty stamps it is believed that a hundred men will be employed at mine and mill by midsummer work is progressing in the development of the miners dream mine at tenabo owned by william altenburg of battle mountain and associates the vein in the miners dream is gold bearing and is a good milling product A crosscut cross cut tunnel of feet has been driven in the development of the property and it is expected the ledge will be en counters count erd at any shift th state legislature has created a new county out of humboldt county named pershing with lovelock as the county seat and a bill for the bonding of the county for the purpose of building a court house was also passed the county commissioners appointed by the governor are H J murrish W C pitt and james T goodin it is pe presumed that county officers have been named by this time the new discovery on the foot level in the tonopah divide mine in the camp of divide between tonopah and goldfield is causing a sensation in mining circles it is stated that the vein had been crosscut cross cut twenty four feet a few days ago without disclosing the of the ledge and that ie the ore assayed to per ton the stock of the company was recently quoted I 1 at 10 a share shipments of ore from the groom mine out of pioche have been suspended owing to the scrapping of the las vegas tono pah railroad last year the company shipped between 2000 and tons of ore averaging 70 per cent lead to the ton and now has on the dump about tons of ore running from 25 to 30 per cent in its lead content to the ton this tonnage resulting from sorting out the high grade during durin the year pat well known in mining circles in the west is mine manager and part owner of the property |