Show NEVADA work on the four compartment shaft of the tonopah extension property at tonopah is progressing rapidly the shaft was commenced at the 1670 foot level and will afford the company one of the most comprehensive development projects in southern nevada the humboldt potash corporation with holdings comprising over acres of the best potash land in the dixie valley near fallon fallen is planning an extensive development campaign in the near future A large plant will be erected as soon as weather permits divide extension mining companas Comp anys stock stack took a decided jump recently from 50 cents to 2 per share when it was announced that a full face of ore had been developed averaging not less than to the ton in the shaft being sunk on the property at divide near To tonopah Tono A quantity of rail has been received at palisade for the extension of the eureka nevada railroad from the eureka croesus mine to eureka work will commence on the roadbed road bed as soon as weather will permit and it is thought that the new spur will be completed by may first the silver standard mining reduction company financed by W 0 borchers of los angeles has acquired the duncan mine from the colorado arizona mining company located in the eldorado canyon district at nelson the deal includes the townsite of nelson and some valuable water rights in accordance with a custom started some years ago the employees of the yellow pine mining company at goodsprings Good springs were paid bonuses at christmas each man receiving a bonus of 1 per cent of his wages for each year of service with the company those who had been with the company less than a year were paid 10 in cash the twenty claims owned by the old peerless mining company near hiko have been taken over by the newly organized irish mountain silver mines company of which E muir of salt lake city is president new machinery has been purchased and the mines will be put in first class shape under the direction of reginald P jones superintendent A second lot of scheelite concentrates have been shipped from the property of the minerva tungsten corporation at pioche this being the last that will be handled before spring indications at the property are excellent according to oscar A knox superintendent perin and experiments will be made throughout the winter for improving the extraction of acid at the mill on december 30 a dividend of 6 cents per share was paid to stockholders of the yellow pine mining company at good springs this disbursement makes a total of 15 cents per share for 1919 or the first two weeks run at the mill of the west end consolidated mining company at tonopah resulted in twenty four bars of bullion weighing ounces with an approximate value of the ohio kentucky mining company has practically ceased to exist as a corporation all of the larger stockholders of the company having exchanged their stock for that of the amalgamated pioche mines smelter corporation the properties of the old company cons consisted isted of a number of claims at pioche among which were the susan duster and greenwood mines noted for the silver lead content of their ores development work on the big chief consolidated soli dated property at midas gold circle district is progressing most favorably new ore bodies being opened with a regularity that presages an abundant production in the spring on the foot level drifting is in progress in ore that will average better than to the ton on both sides of the shaft on the foot level an ore shoot has been developed which is considered one of the richest ever opened for that distance in the state hamilton is another of the former silver towns to come back into its own once more with the rise in the price of the white metal the ne plus ultra mine owned by the bamberger interests of salt lake city is being operated the jennie A mine is shipping ore and the lake valley mining company of which pat gallagher is manager recently made a shipment to salt lake by summer it is expected that the old time camp will be once more in its former prosperous condition the crowley sulphur mining company has been organized at lovelock with a capitalization vitalization 1 n of and it is expected that it will take over on lease and bond the properties of the nevada sulphur company located at sulphur the incorporators of the new company are arthur J crowley lorenzo F crowley and J A langwith A process for the economical extraction of the sulphur content of low grade ores has been perfected by arthur J crowley and the plant is expected to be in operation in a short time |