Show blue lue horse mine nevada developing develop ing I 1 into nto a bonanza BY AL H MARTIN the scene of extensive developments carried forward quietly for several years the blue horse mine forty five miles east of goldfield has taken its place among the prominent gold silver properties of nevada controlled by a coterie of wealthy california men the company has expended in developing and equipping the property and is preparing for an additional outlay of in deep mining the ore body ranging from eight to twenty feet wide has been developed for a length of 1500 feet with tho the pay streak averaging six feet wide three cars of ore recently shipped to smelters shelters sm elters by way of motor trucks netted aper ton in gold and silver according to the management at all points exposed the ledge shows profitable ore and sinking of a double compart ment shaft is proceeding to reach the vein system at a depth of feet J W plant pacific coast general manager of the american manganese steel company and formerly general superintendent of the nacomas consolidated dredging company is president of the blue horse 11 mining ining company W H bissell vice dent and general manager of the santa cruz counties utilities and millionaire lumber magnate is vice president with fredrick N lee san francisco accountant secretary the treasurer is roy H elliott assistant general manager for the bulkeley wells mining interests the remaining directors are J W 11 matson atson secretary and general manager of the honolulu plantations company and prominent in shipping circles and george K allen alien noted mine operator the property is unique in that that it has been developed to its present stage at the expense of the owners without a cent of outside money the high grade vein recently opened in the florence mine by the crackerjack lease I 1 is s generally conceded to be the continuation of the long sought engineers vein which yielded millions in profits in 1908 before it faulted seams of bonanza ore accompanies the milling and shipping quartz with the going down in excellent material the discovery is apparently the most important made in goldfield for many years and is claiming wide attention the vein was struck at an approximate depth of feet in virgin ground the red hills florence and florence goldfield companies are completing arrangements to seek the continuation of the ore body out side the terri territory tory held by the crackerjack Coni company liany peavine leavine activities continue the concentrating mill of the standard metals company has been placed in operation on ore from the foot level and is treating about thirty tons daily capacity of tle the plant has been increased by the installation stal lation of a large flotation unit and a high metal recovery is indicated an immense ton tonnage nacre of commercial ore has been exposed on the level with grade of ore showing uniform improvement as the drifts advance values are chiefly in the form of silver copper and gold with the copper be ing displaced by lead and gold as developments advance all the ore is staled to be of profitable grade with the richer portions sampling over per ton the owners of the famous old wedekind property have practically completed arrangements for the resumption of work at mine and mill the property was a famous producer of silver silvea and gold about twenty years ago and considerable ore of milling grade is available for immediate extraction the management is outlining a program of comprehensive developments including exploration of particularly promising ground along the Corn comstock coristo sto lode stimulated by rich discoveries in ui old sections of the consolidated virginia and ophir mines combined with reopening opening re of many famous old properties and discovery 1 of new ore deposits the entire comstock comstoch lode region is apparently on the verge of a great revival the long tunnel of the united comstock company at gold hill is advancing from five headings and making excellent blocked ed I 1 progress the company has out a vast tonnage of commercial or ore e in the imperial knickerbocker jacket and other properties and plans to start early CC construction st of a 1000 ton mill drifting has started from a fifty foot shaft in the comstock reliance to reach the junction of the hayward and no 2 v veins e the latter ledge samples 5 to 78 per ton in gold and silver and the hayward was as one of the richest producers of the section in the pioneer days of the comstock region considerable ore is exposed and the management plans early shipments at the comstock florida the ore body has been exposed for feet by clearing out the pony express tunnel and averages around feet in width the ore is low lo 10 grade but drifting has started on a branch vein which shows improving ore oe condition tiOn 5 as w work ork advances besides the main ledge six strong veins have been exposed |