Show MINERAL COUNTY NEWS special correspondence mina nev jan I 1 mineral county post of the american legion made its initial bow tot to the public here last night in the form of a grand new year ball given in mina hall the attendance far surpassed in numbers all previous similar affairs people coming in from the simon district candelaria So daville luning liming and other nearby camps dancing commenced at 9 and continued until after 3 a m to the music of an enlarged orchestra at 12 refreshments fresh ments were served in the rooms of af the mina commercial club by a committee of ladies the affair was in the hands of a committee consisting of F D baker chairman A R nelson J C phelps and J 0 greenan and a very considerable sum was realized for the use of the post the roster now con contains bains thirty one names and a vigorous campaign is under way to increase the membership to at least one hundred A project is being actively canvassed to erect a memorial to the memory of the mineral county boys who sacrificed their lives in the world war the memorial will pro probably bably take the form of a bronze tablet inscribed with the names of the fifteen men of mineral county who gave their all at the call of their country sale of the drew bugg the long pending deal for the sale of the drew bugg cinnabar property twelve miles east of mina has at last been closed with the first payment of to drew and bugg in reno on an tuesday of this week the total price is the balance to be paid in six monthly instalments installments the purchaser H G torrance of oakland california was here with his engineer this week and made a final inspection of the property which is one of the best in this part of the country it is reported that samples taken from the dump assayed 67 in gold and silver no attempt ever having been made to extract from the ore any values except in quicksilver the new owner proposes to erect a fifty ton mill at the mine which will use a flotation process in the treatment of the dump ore later the most improved type of furnace will be installed for extraction of the quicksilver |