Show NEVADA the west end consolidated mining company of tonopah To has posted notice of another dividend numbered as the thirteenth payable on june fth 1920 to stockholders of record on may 1920 samuel C dunham for many years a resident ol 01 0 f nevada and prominent in newspaper and mining circles throughout the state died at washington D C on the instant mr dunham came to nevada during the days of the tonopah boom and I 1 for several years was editor of the tonopah miner the last cleanup of the tonopah belmont development company resulted in sending ounces of bullion to the smelters shelters sm elters the shipment was made on the ath of the month when silver was quoted at about per ounce it is understood that settlement will be made by the smelter on the date that the silver was received which will bring the shipment up to approximately inia tely Z B kendall george A sheldon and john T murphy prominent mining men of southern nevada spent a night in yerington this week being on their way to investigate the incipient mining boom at rand they were greatly impressed with the prosperity of yerington and it is not unlikely that mr shelton who is in the lumber business will return shortly with a view to starting business business here mark tefler who in june of last year discovered a ledge of rich ore cropping choppin g in the rough mountains about two miles east of the long hike mine at jarbidge harbidge Jar bidge was in elko a few days ago on his way back to jar bidge to develop his find he says that the ledge on the surface e is from two to twenty feet wide and can be traced for a long distance the rock will pan a long string of gold and he believes that he has the richest property in that district and intends to run in a tunnel to cut the ledge at ninety feet depth A high grade shipment of ore of awen ty seven and a half tons dry weight from the black metals mine at carries 2849 ounces of silver per cent lead and some copper and gold values which will make the shipment net more than 8 according to willard F snyder sampler assay returns for the shipment were received from the smelter A second carload of ore expected to be higher in value is on the way to the smelter and a third carload also expected run richer in value is ready to leave the mine |