Show ED 0 J ROBERTS BEGINS operations AT THE VETA GRANDE MINE TODAY reno nev nov 10 ed J roberts president of the veta grande mining company arrived in reno from san francisco a few days ago en route to the veta grande mine eighteen miles southeast of minden to start preliminary minar y work on the property preparatory to the operations that will be inaugurated about november 15 with a large force of men in an interview roberts stated that shares of veta grande treasury stock have recently been disposed of at a very satisfactory price to supply funds for the bigger development campaign that will soon be under way roberts will immediately have the present camp buildings enlarged and made ready the lower tunnel 1400 feet in length will be cleaned up of any debris that has accumulated during its idleness and other preparations will be made for active development work on a large scale plans for bringing in electric power a distance of 4 41 miles and installing an electrically driven mining plant will be advanced as rapidly as possible and it is planned to enlarge the present foot shaft to a double compartment working shaft which will give feet depth below the lower tunnel and feet on the bi big Z silver vein below its apex from the crosscut which is abrady driven from this shaft to the vein it is planned to extend drifts both ways for a distance of 1000 feet to open the immense vein for production at this depth in the meantime drifts will be extended on the tunnel levels for blocking out ore the silver vein is 40 feet wide and averages about 14 per ton throughout the workings on the vein development will also be extended on the 40 foot gold old vein cut in the lower tunnel at feet from the portal installation of a large mill as soon as possible is also planned which is expected to make veta grande one of the leading mines of nevada |