Show GREAT ACTIVITY ON COMSTOCK LOD bv A AI H martin apparently the reat great comstock lode region gion is on the verse verge of an old timp time boom new and strong strongly lv financed companies are busily aca holdings and some of the largest operators in the country are concerned in reopening old mines and development of prospects at virginia cita gold old hill silver mound house and in the brunswick canyon and north carson see sections the united comstock company con trolled strolled by bv bulkeley wells and new york associates socia tes has men on the payroll and has eriv nita its huge hue working and drainage tunnel S 1000 of rd it destined feet feete A spur track has bas been extended to the proper property tv from the virginia A railroad and preliminary work on the te 1000 ton on mill mili 19 scheduled to start early in may 0 i A the company reports upward of tons of profitable ore blocked out in the imperial mine with the reserves being constantly augmented by new developments the tunnel is being driven with the aid of an electric locomotive and shoveling machine and is advancing from nine headings it is designed to develop at considerable depth the ore deposits of the imperial knickerbocker alpha yellow jacket and several other noted producers other properties undergoing vigorous developments are the northend north end and middle mines groups embracing the consolidated virginia ophir and other famous virginia city properties and the comstock extension comstock florida comstock reliance monte cristo and comstock silver many of the old properties are being rejuvenated while several prospects are rapidly graduating into the mine class |