Show THE BAY STATE raine sentinel eureka nev G W small a mining expert of salt lake city spent several days at newark white pine county this week examining the bay state mine now owned by thos Robin robinson and which some time ago before the tiza tion of silver was one of the heavy producers of the state mr small took a number of samples of low grade ore away with him and will give them a thorough test by means of a new leaching process which he has perfected the bay state is a silver and lead pro property arty and since 1866 when it was located hag has according to the books of the different companies which have operated it produced bullion valued at over a million anda and a half dollars in the early days a 20 stamp mill was erected on the property at a cot cost of and since then several thousand dollars have been expended in additions to the machinery the development work in this mine was lone done in a thoroughly 11 systematic manner A shaft shaf t was sunk a distance of feet and eleven different differ eAt tunnels have been driven into the property on both sides of a which runs through it the main one reaching a distance of feet and the others varying from that to feet several years ago the maina shaft was burned up to the foot level ancl and te since that time bothin nothing has dias been lone done in the lower dept depths lis for several years the i mine nine baj was practically closed but with the advance adan ce in the price of I 1 lead operations were re resumed on a vein that is is producing ore very rich in that mineral and the returns received from the shipments made to the shelters smelters sm elters shave proven in every way W ay satisfactory the bay state is practically a eureka mine being located only eighteen miles from this place and all its shipments ants are made over the eureka palisade wail railroad road from this point prior to coming here mr small had been inspecting mining properties on the comstock from here he will go direct to arzona arizona to examine a number of propositions in that territory |