Show NEVADA it is reported that richardson franklin and lloyd of pioche have made arrangements for the erection of a mill on the dumps at the old groom mine upon which they have secured a lease they expect to start work shortly shipments of bullion covering the cleanup for first half of february were made by the tonopah extension and west end companies on the from tonopah extension were shipped fifty seven bars ounces valued at west end twenty three bars ounces estimated value not given H L huston representing the national metals chemical corporation pittsburg calif this week shipped the third carload of arsenic ore from an old mine 15 miles south of reno near the carson city highway says the nevada mining press the ore in the tunnel has been exhausted and exploratory work is being conducted in search for other deposits an important discovery of gold has been made in olinghouse by george bruce and louis brovelli Fro velli while operating their no 2 claim which is located about feet north of the old workings says the tonopah mining reporter the find was made in the shaft at a depth of thirty feet and was revealed by a round of shots that scattered free 9 gold old from a streak about twelve inches in width the union mines company installing a mill to treat mendha mandha mine in the highland district t the he ores of the famous near pioche is making most satisfactory progress and the plant should be completed within four months provided no forseen unforeseen un difficulties arise the foundations for the engines and compressor h have ave been set the engine room is also 6 complete and all the machinery is now under cover pioche record before departing for salt lake city this morning on business connected with the american be beauty auty mines at robinson stated that there arinow between six lee jack the dump at the mine awaiting and eight cars of ore on roads before being trucked here for the clearing up of the shipment to the smelter there is a large force of men at work at the mine and things are moving smoothly robinson states elko free press the great bend company at goldfield while continuing work west of the shaft on the level is breaking good g ore for shipment above the level east of the shaft the drift west from the shaft on the level is being advanced toward a point under the blowout on the surface in the vicinity of which ore assays essays as high as 46 have been found the company has one man engaged in trenching drenching tren ching and other prospecting work on the surface west of the shaft the simon silver lead mines inc of mina which has been on the rocks for some little time past is now in in the hands of the board of trade of san francisco for a settlement of creditors A meeting of creditors will be held in the board of trade rooms market street san francisco monday feb 18 at 2 p m the simon silver lead company will on that date submit a statement of its condition it is thought the company can be re financed and put on a paying basis tonopah mining reporter discovery of a deposit of arsenic ore at the reserve mine four miles east of luning has started prospecting pro specking spec ting for this mineral along a limestone contact which extends for several miles near the foot of the mountain range the reserve mine is owned by james calvert of luning and is under option to C 0 redd the deposit that has been uncovered at several places near the surface is oxidized but sulphides sulp hides show at shallow depth and it is believed that oxidation does not extend far the discovery has attracted the attention of victor C heikes statistician for the U S geological survey who has written for samples he will recommend t that hat a reconnaissance nce be made by the geological survey nevada mining press two strings to your bow is a very good thing says the nevada mining press several years ago when the nevada douglass copper company was shipping copper ore to the thompson smelter sam arentz then consulting engineer purchased five claims for the company covering a deposit of gypsum for two or three years ago the property was leased to a san francisco corporation which built a mill and is now turning out tons a day of hard finish plaster the nevada douglass is enjoying an income from the gyp of somewhere around a day including rental of mine buildings while the copper mine is idle the gypsum deposit is said to be one of the finest and most extensive ever opened anywhere running as high as 99 per cent with no impurities it is operated by the standard gypsum co |