Show JACOBSON M M CO TO BUILD NEW MILL construction of a ton concentrating plant is is to be begun by the jacobson mining milling company in sand valley fourteen miles from jean nev in the goodsprings Good springs district according to announcement made by A 0 jacobson upon his return from an inspection of the Good goodsprings springs 6 properties of the company a few days ago the jacobson mining milling company of which mr jacobson and A P of new york are the ha chief stockholders owns the may kirby group of cl claims ainis once a a part of the campbell estate in addition to the may y kirby 1 group 1 said mr jacobson the company owns and holds options on several other properties in the may kirby estate a sufficient tonnage of silver lead ore has been opened up to keep the new mill in operation for a long time stated mr jacobson nevertheless we plan to build the new plant at a point where it will be advantageous for other nearby near by properties to send ore to our mill for concentration from may kirby ores we expect to be able to make a concentrate carrying from 40 to 50 per cent lead and an appreciable silver content preliminary work has proved that sufficient water for milling operations can be developed by drilling wells ranging from seventy five to feet deep surveys for the building have been started following the completion of which grading will be commenced within thirty days we will have the plant erected and operating new strike at crystal pass A strike of unusual interest and promise has been made at crystal pass six miles south of goodsprings Good springs 1 it continued mr jacobson about thirty years ago a prospector tunneled twenty feet into a blowout without finding anything recently one of the kennedy brothers was attracted to the spot and put a few holes into the limestone on the first shot he struck an ore body which apparently lies just under a thin cap of limestone although only fifteen or twenty feet of work has been done a carload of ore assaying about 35 per cent lead and from 25 to 30 ounces of silver has been shipped the mineral exposure as well as geological conditions are favorable to the expectation that a big body of ore has been found the enrichment occurs on the contact of a blue and gray limestone intersected by one of the main northwest breaks of the district the ore seems to be associated with a strong porphyry dike that also cuts the contact so encouraging cou raging is this showing that work will be begun on one of the groups owned by our company to prospect the same fissure system on the other side of the hill the kennedy strike is bound to bring an influx of prospectors into the district and arouse great interest |