| Show NERS ARE GETTING BUSY IN OLD CAMP OF DOUGLASS NEVADA good progress ts is being made in the operations being car tied forward rd by the gold ranse range mining company at douglas caknip caan 0 of f U seven miles west of mina under the personal supervision inseal in stal manager H loufek says the western nevada miner the feted installation oi of the stamp min mill on the property has been com large lar and A is ls now ready to be put in commission crushing ore reserves being and opened in m the Wide piled on the dumps opa ground workings the management is feeling quite aubi nt aver ov the fact that water in sufficient quantity y for milling att W has i 8 been developed ped in the shaft at a depth of th cyanic this als solves one of the most vexing problems the d ilion for an fn tanks are now being S placed in position and put in con use ue A and is being stalled gasoline hoist is on the ground to be As soon as it is in position it will enable sinking ton tonnage co minued to greater depth the company has a large tion lag A of good grade milling ore blocked out ready for extrac short ort time back a sensational rich strike was made in one of the workings free gold was visible liberally sprinkled all through the rock End lining and partly sidelining side lining the ground of the gold range L E cornelius and J holman buck own a group of six claims some exploratory work has been done on the holdings with good results bannings Pann ings gs showing free gold have been obtained upon every claim in the group the strong of the ground is marked by large porphyry and quartz dykes prominent san francisco mining interests are negotiating in for the holdings and their engineer is expected here in a short time to make an examination of the ground fred hansen and H J nelson have a splendid showing on their 6 group of claims adjoining the old grassi and douglass properties they have opened three strong veins on the holdings from the trend of the ore one of them is believed to be an extension of the douglass lead from which a great deal of ore was extracted in former days another is the grassi lead and the third is a cross fissure they already have sacked for shipment several tons of ore that assays essays better than 45 per ton the discovery of the property was somewhat peculiar A few years ago a tremendous cloudburst struck the old camp of douglass doing great damage to the mines in some instances shafts were nvere filled with debris and dumps washed away and all traces of mining operations obliterated this was the case of the hansen nelson property prospecting in a gulch below their present holdings they discovered a sack of ore that had been carried down in the flood patient search finally located from whence it came and operations have since disclosed evidence of former workings hansen and nelson also own a group of bf claims adjoining the property on which the belmont was developing they have a very promising showing opened on this ground upon which further exploratory work will be done |
