Show NEVADA work has been resumed on the property of the nevada gilbert mining company at south gilbert the prospect shaft started some time ago on the property is to be continued to greater depth ore sampling from 25 to 40 per ton is being taken from the shaft of the beatty consolidated mines company less than two miles easterly from that town and a carload will be shipped in the near future los angeles men are interested te rested in the enterprise the board of elko county commissioners have granted a franchise to the gray mining company to maintain and operate a power line in the town of contact and manager gray w wo 0 was present at the meeting declared that work would start immediately on the plant the power to be used for the work on the big tunnel and for lighting the town of contact with the completion of new surface equipment the gilbert mammoth last hope will continue ore shipments according to A J canavan general manager of the company A considerable amount of ore is broken and available underground so that shipments are expected to be maintained regularly for a considerable period the ore is believed to run around 25 to 30 a ton the mill of the consolidated cortez silver mines company at cortez 35 miles south of beowawe on the line of lander and eureka counties is treating about tons of ore per month and is reported to be making a substantial profit the ore is concentrated and the tailings are treated by concentrate is shipped once a month to a smelter in utah and bullion from the cyanide plant is shipped to the selby smelter in california three times a month total costs are said to be approximately per ton the lynn big six mining company which has been operating at goldville gordville Gold ville 20 miles northwest of carlin in northern eureka county is said to have discontinued work and abandoned its property and its mine and mill equipment is being shipped from here to milford utah the company made a small production but operations were not profitable it was asserted by the management that gold in in the ore was volatile and could not be recovered even by fire anre assay statements to this effect have brought about some discussion and more criticism from metallurgists and technical publications rapid progress is being made in the construction of a 50 ton cyanide mill at the clifford mine of the gilbert clifford gold mines company 45 miles east cast of tonopah To I 1 under the direction of A B silver who designed 6 the plant pla n t and ana louis millwright both men of wide elpe experience fience M M green president and manager of the company nas has purchased the mill at the spanish belt mine about 40 miles north of clifford dismantled ana and and the machinery is being will be hauled by auto trucks fairbanks morse Y type diesel engines and an electric generator have been pur p chased to supply power to operate the machinery with enough ore blocked out in the various claims re bently acquired in the gold circle mining district by sen 3 ator noble getchel and associates to keep a aa 75 ton mill mil n 0 operation pe ration for the next two years the organization oil and an dancing of the property has been perfected and pr apara eions are now being made in gold circle by bv the betty r etty oneal mining ining n man and his associates to erect the mill op tinie eions were taken on several gold circle claims ome no ago by senator getchel but not until recently was anything fo definite announced relative ive to the future plans of the s senator miles and associates gold circle which lies about forty otle battle due west of tuscarora and about sixty miles north of oi mountain was discovered along about 1906 H W hammond manager of the hammond explore pd tion company was in elko f from ro m gold creek and nn i 11 that he has leased the mines and mill to alfred b S ajl basis and associates for a period of five years on a royalty royal y this property has been under development for many years and mr hammond declares that more than worth of ore has been blocked out in the tunnel and shafts and that underlie terms of the lease the pumps will be started i immediately to the mine so that the ore will be available the twenty five ton mill built on the property some ome years ago will be started up and a force of men will be put to work on new development mr longeill Long mill has been connected with the elboro and united eastern mining companies in jarbidge harbidge Jar bidge and will be assisted by associates from the northwest A strike has been made on the foot level of the Silvera silverado domine mine of the mono mining company at sweetwater that is pronounced by C T eastman general manager as the most important made in the mine since he took over its development the strike was made in the north drift on the foot level which has opened four feet of 90 oz silver ore feet from the the ore is largely sulphide and the south drift 80 feet from the is entering the same 11 grade 1 rade the was sunk about in the center of an ore shoot that is 1000 feet long on the tunnel level where the ore is principally oxidized A contract has been let IJ to sink and the which is of three compartments will be continued to a depth of feet the mine is equipped with a ton cyanide mill which is now treating 75 to 80 tons per day |