Show NEVADA ore assaying in gold and 2000 0 ounces silver per ton has been opened in the bell prout lease on the buckskin national property at national it shows quan titles of ruby silver and black sulphides sulp hides and free gold can be seen in the black metal S branch who is operating property in the dun glen district has opened his mine to considerable extent and has good showings of gold ore mr branch stated that a new gibson mill was at the fri eglit depot at mill city to be hauled to the black hole mine which has been one of the big gold producers of the camp after experimenting for two years the catlin shale products company at elko has worked out a satisfactory process for the ext extraction of petroleum products from the shale and the plant is being rebuilt under the direction of superintendent sheeler the company expects to be ready to accey contracts for its output early in the autumn in the kimberley consolidated mine at hilltop lander county copper is replacing lead at a shallow depth for the past six months the mine has been in charge of R J king formerly of the belmont and jinn jim butler mines in tonopah To king installed an air compressor and is using machine drills in opening up the mine the former former man management ament built a mill to treat the silver lead ore sinking has been resumed at a depth of feet in the incline in the buck and charley mine at rochester where an interesting condition exists A reverse dipping ore fissure has been cut that contains ore of high grade and seems to promise an enlargement of the fissure that has been followed in the the ore at this point is rich the sulphides sulp hides showing blotches blotcher blot ches of native silver los angeles men have bought for a deposit of kaolin at boyd siding on the salt lake railroad in lincoln county the first payment of has been made the finer and purer grades of kaolin are used in the manufacture of porcelain and china and it is said that the new owners of the deposit at boyd have contracted for the sale of their product to the newly organized empire china company of los angeles makers of fine porcelain and chinaware schultz dark clark and hamilton who have a lease on the holmquist manganese property near the C C C 0 ranch about ten miles from east ely made their first shipment of ore on the and have a fleet of trucks engaged in hauling the ore to the depot they expect to ship about tons per month under a contract for delivery in chicago joe vietta and associates who own adjoining property are also shipping steadily under contracts with eastern purchasers word comes down from the northern part of the county that the blewett bros have finally cut the ledge on the famous jackpot mine near aura at the head of the blue jacket canyon the ledge being six feet wide and running high in gold says the elko free press the boys have been working on this tunnel for the past fifteen years and have run it about feet giving them great depth on the ledge in early days there was considerable ore taken out of this mine but the values finally petered out and the ground was abandoned but the blewett boys believed that the pay ore could be p picked aked up at depth and their faith has been justified |