Show NEVADA that portion of goldfield which was left standing after the i fire c re of a year ago was completely wiped out by another disastrous 01 blaz on oft the morning of the of last month ori origin aln of OI 01 the e last blaze could not be determined the rich h ore which was discovered on the 1100 of the mandha mendha has hag mine alne a short time aso ago is stin still widening wi denin out and shown a slight increase in values the mill is now work working n two 0 o shifts on the second class ore the first class being shipped to the salt lake smelters shelters sm elters says the the P pioche record if the weather continues fairly good until the first of the year contact will see the first railroad train moving into the mining camp shortly thereafter according to a statement made in twin falls recently by chief engineer armstrong of the oregon short line who is superintend ing the construction work the new comstock co amstock bonanza mining company owning the metropolitan group south of silver city is driving a crosscut tunnel to open a promising vein which outcrops on the property the tunnel is in feet and has 49 or 50 more feet to reach the objective gurney tom and everett ever ett gordon are the chief stockholders the installation of the new machinery at the comet in mill ill was commenced last week and will be rushed to early completion as will the work of installing the pump and pipeline between the ey springs and the mill according to the pioche record A carload of mining timbers are expected at a siding within the next few days when the ing of the shaft will be started james houghton who has the contract to deepen the shaft of the acme lead mines company which is being d developed by reno parties completed timbering last week and started saturday to sink from the 50 foot level the object of the work is to cut an ore shoot opened in a 25 foot sunk from the 50 foot level there is also a small shoot of high grade silver lead ore about six feet from the shaft that should be cut in sinking the property is located a few miles from luning the spruce monarch mine of which herbert badt of wells is manager is being vigorously developed with very satisfactory results and is shipping steadily to utah smelt ers seven carloads of silver lead ore have been shipped the result of development work on the foot level where ore has been found on the limestone bedding plane the ore shipped is mostly oxidized with some galena and averages about 40 per cent lead and 40 ounces of silver per ton the flotation mill of the leadville mines company is is treating an average of about sixty tons of ore daily and A A codd president of the company says that since the additional flotation machine was installed extraction of silver has been increased from 85 to 90 per cent mill heads according to president coads report have been averaging 25 oz silver and five per cent lead making a flotation concentrate cen ranging in content from to oz silver per ton and 30 per cent lead the plant is now operating an on full time the shipping point is gerlach on the western pacific |