Show NOW OUT quicksilver AT CORNELIUS MACE PLANT NEAR MINA the mercury treating plant at the cinnabar property of L E cornelius and ed mace nine miles east of mina in the pilot range has been installed and is now in full blast the furnace having been fired up and the first charge run says the western nevada miner the work of construction and installation of the plant under the personal supervision of ed mace an expert quicksilver man of many years experience peri ence was so thoroughly and carefully done that not a single change was necessary after the initial test run was made the ore being treated is not sorted but regular dump run and the mercury produced shows that the values carried average close to per ton and is really better than the assay returns which gave an average value on dump samples of 4 per cent rich ore below tunnel level the which is down about thirty feet in depth below the tunnel level is all in ore of a much higher grade than that which is now being treated small stringers of crystallized cinnabar are ar appear appearing ing in in the bottom of the and picked samples of these show a mercury conten of as high as 40 per cent 1 l the work at present will be confined to sinking them the to greater depth and treating the ore on the dump from present indications the initial shipment of quick 1 silver will be made in about ten days 1 the holdings consist of of six a group claims comaris corri pris a at t ing acres and were located easter sunday of this icom year while only two men have been engaged in develop phi ment and exploratory work good bodies of pay ore have havee aae been opened at five different points in an open cut the ore has been exposed for a width of six feet and neither 0 ore re wall exposed streaks of ore in this cut run 20 per cent and lea ea better besides about 2500 worth of ore on the dump expert i ij I 1 mining engineers estimate that approximately otA fa worth of ore is in sight with the present limited amount of boc development de I 1 government geologist likes property as 35 dr foshag of the united states geological survey ilot who visited the property a short time back said that tak l W W ing into consideration the amount of development done 0 sho o it was the largest and one of the most important deposits ore of cinnabar lie he had seen in the united states rie he said the character of the ore was similar to that of V the famous old almaden quicksilver mine of spain and that the geologic conditions indicated that the ore depos eions would go to depth and make a big producing mine the 1 e springs on the property furnish an abundant supply of water for all purposes plans are made for the installations of a second retort in the near future iett f cornelius and mace are to be congratulated upon the energy they have shown in putting the proposition upon los s a producing basis in so short a time and adding another im un yan industry to mina their discovery and the success ii ful issue of their undertaking has given a new impetus to laboi 0 cinnabar mining and a revival of interest in the deposits depos i ts of 0 con n this section and owners of other properties in the district leal are preparing to resume work before many months have sa passed the production of quicksilver will become one of the important mining industries of mineral county |