Show BOOM IS STARTED FOR THE bellehelen BELL EHELEN DISTRICT NEVADA bellehelen Bell ehelen has been the climatic storm center of nye county for the past three weeks during which the blizzards raged and baffled the ener energy y of most mine operators having ta interests outside the inner area of the tonopah mining district says the tonopah To nevada daily times of the bellehelen Bell ehelen was the one solitary exception notwithstanding in 6 drifts piled over the tops of the trucks transportation was kept up and the crews engaged on construction remained on their jobs with slight interruption the service of delivering material was impaired but not closed this is mentioned as proof of the energy of the management engaged in superintending super intending the various operations in the old minin mining center which has been revived through the activities of W JT F gray and M M green yesterday five important transactions each affecting the future of the camp were consummated at the tonopah banking corporation these are described in the following summary of the one days doings deals consummated bellehelen Bell ehelen mines company makes its final payment on a group 6 of six claims bought t by henry weber and E A markham W F gray and M M green make their final payment on oil twenty five claims at Belleli bellehelen Bell ehelen elen to F M doherty the original locator bond for on the property of the Silver fields ajax mines company of which william forman was president placed by gray and green with emery W fisher of phoenix arizona representing joliet ills lead and zinc operators bellehelen Bell ehelen extension mining company backed by boston capital files articles of incorporation bellehelen Bell ehelen mer merger er mines company 1 begins development within ten days when mill construction willi will start 0 the bellehelen Bell ehelen mines company officered by henry weber and his associate E A markham took title to the six claims embraced in the holdings of the Belleli bellehelen Bell ehelen elen mines company on which active operations were begun three months ago this final payment leads to the conclusion that the intensive development produced results that are commensurate with the highest expectations incidentally it should be mentioned that mr markham has been engaged for the past three weeks preparing a geological map of the district in which much general interest has developed frank M doherty one of the busy locators of the district who optioned option ed twenty five claims to gray and green received his final payment and released the grantees granlees gran tees from further obligations on his account lead and zinc men take a hand while these transactions of themselves are of the major class the strongest interest from an investment standpoint clusters around the purchase sd of the Silver fields ajax company holdings known as the william forman group by a syndicate of lead and zinc operators from joliet ill represented by emery W fisher a mining enoi engineer neer from phoenix arizona who recently sampled the mine and reported favorably on buying for a consideration of this company will begin operations in 40 days the transaction is typical of the celerity of the operators in getting into a new and promising field the ajax stockholders met february and adopted a resolution sanctioning the proposed sale the ajax was opened originally orgin ally by william forman and associates four years ago during the divide boom but the company was not fully financed for deep mining and cevelo development lagged while leasers leaders were allotted blocks of ground 11 11 on the tribute system harry powell one of the 1 leasers leaders lea sers extracted some rich ore from the lower level and shipped several lots that realized between and per ton the group is developed through a shaft sunk to feer with levels extended at depths of 30 70 and feet from which laterals literals late rals aggregating aggregation feet were run Themi the mine was sain sampled pled by emery W fisher before closing the option from an open cut on the surface along 3 feet of the ledge a return of 20 was received this gave the silver and gold content respectively at 1760 and on the 70 foot level from a 2 foot shoot the returns was and 14 inches returned with 7 feet alongside b carrying Z bringing the whole body up to milling grade one return of was secured from a quantity of ore broken down on tm foot level on the level was realized from 4 feet of a 10 foot vein this is the vein that was vas traced for a distance of feet on the surface for a width of 31 feet the ajax is situated four miles west of the bellehelen Bell ehelen aler merger 6 er and is equipped with a hoist and other machinery milling machinery ordered E A strong manager of the Belleli bellehelen Bell ehelen elen merger company Y returned yesterday from th the coast where he was engaged ga ged placing b orders for structural material for the big 6 mill oil on which the company will be bein begin Z in pouring b cement in 10 days T the e foundation has been 6 graded craded and cement work will begin as fast as the cement which is at the tonopah terminal can bede be delivered livere d on the ground at the same time mine development will be in full swing with operations centered on oil the from the tunnel level which will be sunk aw feet the pipe line extending a distance of feet is already laid in the face of most adverse conditions the management of the bellehelen Bell ehelen project has made greater progress than w was s ever dver claimed b by any company operating at a distance of 50 miles from railroad delivery 1 |