Show NEVADA the west end has shipped 23 bars of bullion ounces valued at as the clean up for the first half of january thomas major who is operating his black diamond mine in the gold run basin section south of golconda is operating the property steadily and taking out rich lead silver ore for shipment mr major has had the black diamond mine for several years and has made a large number of shipments the silver pick at goldfield has started sinking with machinery at the claims the company is developing in the eastern part of the district the shaft where the machiner machinery y was placed is 50 feet deep it was sunk to this depth by hand drills the plan is to sink to feet and then crosscut the numerous veins prospected on the surface the nevada mine operators association has closed a contract with the american Cyan emede company for its 1924 supply of cyanide for nevada mines the contract calls for 1050 tons of per cent cyanide this is a minimum figure and if mining conditions improve during the year it is thought likely it will be increased the spruce monarch mine at spruce mountain is arranging to increase its power plant by the installation of another air compressor and sinking will then be resumed in in the from the tunnel level the present equipment consists of one chicago pneumatic compressor with engine attached commonly called a hothead hot head which has supplied air air for a hoist used for hoisting at the and for machine drills it does not produce enough air for a hoist such as will be required for deeper work I 1 the montana tonopah company reorganized of which chas E knox is president is sinking the gipsy queen shaft to the 2200 foot level the shaft is now down to the 1500 foot level A full complement of machinery has been installed and with the hoisting plant compressor etc in fine working order the shaft has been timbered to the 1300 foot level which is the water level A pump of sufficient capacity to handle any flow of water that may be developed will be installed the pipe for the water column having already arrived R M merten foreman for the tonopah north star mining company and the umatilla was recently in tono pah from grass valley calif where these companies are operating to pack some machinery for shipment there the equipment to be moved is at the north star and consists of electric transformers mine cars machine drills and tools merten reports that arrangements have been made for electric power for both grass valley properties and the pacific gas electric co is assembling material for the pole line nevada mining press C 0 reed is opening up a very promising arsenic arsenic prospect known as the reserve the property is owned by james calvert and is located in the low foothills three and a half miles northeast of the town of luning and near the mouth of the copper queen canyon it is only recent recently fy that the ore was recognized as carrying arsenic the location is very favorable for cheap transportation to the railroad the ore occurs in limestone preliminary samples gave returns of from 1565 to 31 per cent arsenic the surface showing is very flattering and there is every prospect that regular shipments beginning at an early date will be made to martinez calif tonopah mining reporter |