Show MINING REVIVAL IN SOUTHERN NEVADA by al H martin with tonopah producing in excess of per month the new camps of royston and Horn silver exciting wide interest and the old districts of goldfield and pioneer promising to stage a real comeback come back the mining outlook in southern nevada is more promising sing than at any time since the world war both royston and Horn silver appear on the vere ver verge e of real booms although b developments have not advanced to a sufficient extent exten t save in the orleans mine at Horn silver oi ort which to base a conservative florec forecast of the future several rich discoveries have been reported in the past two weeks from both camps and lessees lessels on the hudson ground at roysten are shipping 6 to the macnamara mill at tonopah To the orleans co reports th the e big vein vein has been encountered in a crosscut from the level and this Horn silver mine appears one of the most promis ing g silver gold propositions in nevada at goldfield chief interest centers oil oh the vertical shaft being sunk by the G oldfield goldfield deep mines co as it is realized that on the results attending this project depends the future of the entire goldfield district the shaft has passed the 1100 foot point and is being sent to a depth of 2400 feet with the aid of two powerful hoisting plants one stationed at surface the other on the level the management expects to reach the 1600 foot level early in march when a station will be cut pumps installed and the shaft rushed its final feet to reach the florence goldfield consolidated ore channel in the below the barren shale intrusion in the the vein system is expected to show the same high gold values that marked its presence in in the and other formations above the shale the crackerjack co has acquired the park group of nine claims in the railroad springs district adjoin adjoining ino t the gold id hill mine of the goldfield development co prospecting on the surface has begun and a site selected for a shaft 8 aft the company is also preparing for an aggressive campaign of development in its lease on oil the florence mine with operations rations pe to be carried forward from the lev level ea of 01 the red hill shaft in neighboring territory the red hill the paddy pride co operating at shoshone has completed mple ted an aerial tramway from the mine tunnel to the shipping dipping bins and is sending high grade grad ore to the rail road station at zabriskie by mule teams which have proven more dependable than motor trucks the company is shipping ore sampling over per pe r ton in gold silver and lead to utah smelters shelters sm elters the milling product is to be treated at the concentrator of the tecopa tecola consolidated 15 miles distant the ore body is eight to nine feet wide with the shipping material two to three feet wide A huge hue hu b e vein of milling millin b ore accompanied ac compan aed by shoots of shipping quartz has been opened in the starlight 6 mine of the consolidated mayflower co at pioneer the discovery is considered the most important made in the district for many years and the vein is widening and showing richer ore as depth is gained the better grade rade marial atrial averages around 30 per ton with an immense immense amount of 12 to 15 gold ore stated to be in sight fully one half of the ore going to the mayflower mill is coming from the starlight workings 6 some excellent ore has been exposed recently in the mayflower mine including shoots of specimen quartz general manager W J tobin has ten stamps in operation and expects to put five more in commission shortly the fish lake valley field about thirty miles west of goldfield is claiming much attention as a potential oil producer the tonopah goldfield railroad co has financed the fish lake mer merger b er co to drill to feet a commercial well is earlier developed the well is down feet in a hard formation after passing through shale showing oil and gas the fish lake imperial co controlled by the tonopah mining and tonopah goldfield railroad companies has acquired four sections four miles north of the merger well and is preparing to install a powerful rig several other companies are arranging to erect standard rigs I 1 az and start drilling |