| Show gold and silver D districts 1 hold prime interest in nevada BY ar AL H MARTIN the closing half of july has been marked malkea by several important ore discoveries in nevada with chief interest centered on goldfield virginia city divide and tonopah To considerable new activity is also reported from austin reservation manhattan pioneer and one or two other camps unfavorable financial conditions have militated to some extent against rapid developments of new fields and consummation of deals but physical conditions of the mines have generally manifested improvement at goldfield several companies have increased operations and this famous camp seems certain to take premier rank among the gold districts of nevada within the next three to six months the atlanta goldfield merger C 0 D blue bull goldfield combination and milltown Mill town mining stockholders have rati ratified fled consolidation of their properties into the goldfield deep mines company and sinking of a foot vertical shaft on the blue dull bull has started with a picked crew conditions in the spearhead indicates the goldfield consolidated vein gathers new strength and values on passing from the shale into the underlying and the new deep mines shaft is expected to open large rge deposits of profitable ore at great depth and to inaugurate a new era of heavy pro production ducton for goldfield the company starts with ith 15 oooo in its treasury all the excellent equipment and other resources of the merged corporations and with the backing of f some of the foremost operators in the state goldfield development will place the second 20 stamp unit of its stamp mill I 1 n cOrn commission mission within a few days according to 0 present plans the first unit has been III n operation nation a month on ore from the red TOD P combination and crackerjack mines and will ivill soon receive substantial tonnages ton nages fin om the mohawk and the development lease ease on oil the florence gradually the plant be worked up P to its rated capacity of 2000 00 tons daily with the bulk of ore drawn froin botn the combination red top mohawk crackerjack properties anyo important ore developments are rethe ported dort from the tonopah divide group and physical al condition cond itin of the property is said all ot it the th to he be the best of its history ory sinking shaft to the 1000 foot point fiut is pa ceede e ding ng the rapidly ply and crosscutting begun from level predictions dictions are being freely rade ade by divide divid tonopah opah experts that tonopah fore foret th cl will regain bain its prestige be passing of many months development loument lop ment of its starlight area by the consolidated mayflower mines company operating at pioneer has begun this section is believed by general manager W J tobin to be the richest in the pioneer field and an eff effort ort is being made to develop a large tonnage of profitable ore with utmost speed the new vein opened about feet south of the mayflower shaft is also developing well while considerable work of importance is advancing at other points in the group virginia city is gradually taking its place among the leading gold silver camps of the state ore of excellent character continues to be developed in the consolidated virginia Meix can ophir imperial and other old properties preliminary work on the projected 1000 ton mill of the united comstock mines company will probably start in september in the north carson section of the comstock lode region developments aie are proceeding at several properties the comstock superior has opened a huge ledge six to twenty feet wide on surface with large shoots of profitable ore exposed several branch veins have been found and preparations are being made for work along greatly broadened lines the nevada protective company has started sinking of its 70 foot shaft to a depth of at least feet general manager E R argersinger believes the first of a series of veins may be encountered within feet equipment includes a 30 hp hoist and large compressor all electrically driven the adjoining southwest comstock extension company is completing plans for development of its series of rich veins on a large scale |
