| Show NEW CROWD TO OPERATE IN CALICO CAMP ANOTHER TACKLES THE OLD KEY WEST by will C higgins los angeles february 25 J W mcgalliard of daggett t ett san bernardino county this state writes that 0 F washburn and associates of orange and anaheim have purchased in fee simple the holdings of the waterloo min ing in b company located in the famous old camp of calico near that place this propriety pro belonged b to an estate administered in milwaukee and it is believed its release to present owners will result in a further revival of mining activities in the calico district which in its palmy days had a population of about the waterloo property is said to consist of twenty seven mining clair claims ns twenty six of which are patented the group embraces the king and waterloo heavy silver producers during the early history of the camp and also the snow bird and bell key properties also in the producing class at that time mr washburn and associates it is said intend seeking greater depth in the working shaft crosscutting cross cutting and drifting on the lower levels to prove the extent and value of known ore bodies while the shaft will be continued into the sulphide zone in which by diamond drilling exploratory work in adjacent property agold deposits of importance are said to have been recently revealed from 1881 to 1886 it is clai claimed nied calico district boasted of over producing mines within its boundary lines these supplying the ores for seven milling plants then in active productive of millions in silv silver er commission and which were bullion from a ghost host city for so many years there is reason to believe that old calico will establish a big t comeback its splendid record of the and more than duplicate past rejuvenation of the key west mine of los angeles mining men and I 1 it t is stated that a crowd organized under tinder the name nam e of the key west capitalists the old key west mine min e company have taken over mining nevada which is now being b eing near bunkerville Bun kerville clark co county anty rehabilitated and placed upon a prod producing dicing basis this old time bonanza which is said to have been idle equipped with a ton daily since 1903 is now being bapat capacity ity oil flotation mill the first 50 ton unit of which is scheduled to go into regular corn commission mission within a few days treating tons of ore said to be in sight and available in the mine working ore carrying metallic values in copper platinum palladium nickel and cobalt this ore it is stated averages about 48 per ton with high grade running up to mine development is to be carried on vigorously with a working fo force ace at mine and mill of from twenty five to thirty men louis thompson W street los angeles is president of the company dredging planned for cloverdale canyon placers preliminary arrangements are being made for the early operation of the gold placer diggings of the cloverdale ganyon canyon placer mining company of los angeles owning a tract of gold bearing placer ground in cloverdale canyon in nye county nevada thirty miles northwesterly from tonopah To this block of rich ground covers approximately 2400 acres and embraces seven and a half miles of cloverdale canyon the channel having a width of about feet with bedrock existing at a depth of from forty two to fifty feet below the surface it is estimated by engineers that these diggings contain fifty million cubic yards of payable gold bearing gravel the contained values of which is believed to be recoverable by dredging for which purpose there is an abundance of water obtainable according to results of exploratory drilling work the gravel should carry a gold content ranging from 10 cents to per cubic yard from grassroots grass roots to bedrock with recovery costs estimated at 6 cents a yard it is figured that a dredge boat and equipment of 10 yard daily capacity would cost in the neighborhood of the gold in the is said to be quite coarse it is possible a shaft may be sunk to bedrock in the performance of exploratory work before dredge construction to thoroughly test the gravel deposits by the employment of sluice boxes and rif fles charles murray 1115 hollingsworth building los angeles is president and general manager and C L stephens is secretary notes and personal mention word has been received from oatman arizona that the southwest crosscut cross cut from the foot level of the sunnyside Sunny side consolidated being extended in to boss gold holdings is expected to reach the boss ledge at almost any shot john A myler of pittsburg pa has joined the engineering staff of the collins western corporation of this city mr myler is an engineer of wide experience in the practice of his profession in the united states mexico and south america he is a world war veteran and was commander of one of the divisions of the civil bivil engineering corps of the U S navy where he served with distinction glenville A collins president of the company has returned from the northern portion of the state where he made mine examinations in behalf of a new york syndicate the comanche M R company of los angeles at its recent annual stockholders meetings elected a board of directors to serve for the ensuing year as follows charles A palmer president 1 and general manager eugene frank burger denburger en vice present C A weaver secretary and treasurer george W adams counsel robert E ross and charles L D C palmer was retained as mine superintendent the company is developing valuable silver lead gold properties on blind springs hill near benton mono county this state |
