Show NEVADA the elboro mines company which is now the only property operating at jarbidge harbidge Jar bidge has eighty five men at work driving a new tunnel on the long hike A former bore encountered water in considerable quantities and a decision to begin another development tunnel followed the elboro mill is working 6 on 10 ore at present A new five stamp mill is being constructed on the property owned by the island mountain mining company near gold creek in northern elko county and it is stated on good authority that there is sufficient gold ore in sight to warrant the construction of the mill and a second concentrator A crew of five men are now at work on the property dan Zu conni who had taken a lease on the dump of the grand prize at tuscarora and had planned to move his mill to that place came out recently and cancelled his option according to frank wheeler the owner of the mine owing to the difficulty of getting sufficient water to operate the mill the expense of getting the water to the mill would be so great as to absorb all the profits it was found by the parties interested in the venture i to mr and mrs J M benedict owners of substantial quicksilver quick hilver deposits in the humboldt range about miles east of lovelock must go the distinction of reopening quicksilver production in pershing county last week they brought four flasks flacks of the metal into lovelock for shipment this coming from their deposits as the result oi of six six days of operations with a newly installed retort of moderate size it is believed by mr and mrs benedict that when they further arrange their plant that quicksilver quick hilver production may be maintained at the rate of a flask a day powerful interests are fighting for possession of the famous turquoise mines situated fourteen miles west of to from which worth of azure gems were extracted last year although the mine was not operated in efficient fashion guns rocks and clubs are said to have figured in a rumpus between certain persons over the claims although no serious damage resulted to any of the participants claim jumping charges have also crept into the controversy tro versy and the war promises to wax very vigorous before long three navajo indian boys were recently brought 1 to the mine from Manu litas new mexico because of their expert knowledge of how to mine turquoise when the trouble began however the boys were sent home frank L hess chief engineer of the metallurgical department part ment of the united states bureau of mines arrived in reno saturday and with E S leaver superintend superintendent ten dent of the rare and precious metals station at the university of nevada spent the day at ramsey escorted by parker liddell says the nevada mining press of the ath mr hess who is an authority on tungsten deposits departed monday for mineral county accompanied by H A doerner of the reno station to inspect the tungsten mines near mina the th two engineers motored from mina to tungsten city in pershing county where they will visit the mines odthe nevada mas achu company under the management of ott heizer these mines are operating a modern concentrator and are said to produce one half of the tungsten output of the united states beatty placer properties are again arousing interest the amargosa amargoso basin has for many years been known to carry placer gold although until recently this thin fact has caused only casual interest old timers in the district tell of 0 the recovery of placer gold in the lemle well on the old howell ranch thirty years ago nug nuggets 69 ets were found on oil the beatty home ranch in 1913 severi seven years a ago go during the ane boring of a well on the property of the beatty Flour spa company gold was found in the gravels to a depth of 30 36 feet te numerous other instances instance of the finding of gold during durings the sinking of wells throughout this region have been recorded rec crded e but it remained for the discovery on march 10 of this telsy year by C E poplin of large particles and small augg nuggets e ts ol of the i yellow metal to arouse the people to the fact that they may 1 be living within a placer er area the mason valley smelter at thompson cor continues and to receive custom ores from a wide area extending north nort east to battle mountain and south to cerro go irdel inyo and j county Calfi ornia and to tonopah To goldfield bullfrog regal manhattan in nevada shipments of ore are arriving BOY ov hirly from the white caps mine at Manhat manhattan tany lucky divide leases peak the ton lon opah r at the mary mine silver the mining company at tonopah To and concentrates irom fron ir treat flotation mill of the dayton syndicate which is is ue beloli the river five in miles iles douglas tailing on the carson to dayton in addition to custom ores which which areba are balanced mines aline meet requirements of the smelter the M mason aon valley company ships siliceous copper ore from its mason valley mines concentrates from its bluestone flotation mill treating the sulphide product of the mines and crude sulphide ore from the Bala kalala mine in shasta county california one furnace is operated and is smelting smelling sm elting tons per day |