| Show ADVANCE IN COPPER METAL PRICES REVIVES PROPERTY IN CLARK CO NEV by will C higgins los angeles march 26 oro amigo platina mining company of this city owning one of the few platinum metal properties of the nation located in yellow pine district in clark county nevada out from goodsprings Good springs is said to be making arrangements for 61 geological survey of its holdings preparatory and preliminary to the inauguration of a shipping program an interesting bit of mining history is associated with the oro amigo because of the discovery made by the late fred hale jr at the time manager of the yellow pine mine of a payable platinum content in the ores of the property a tenton ten ton shipment of which was made in 1918 which assayed 15 ounces platinum 30 per cent copper and 25 in gold per ton prior to a discontinuance of operations several years ago the oro amigo had been developed by two tunnels in no 2 tunnel it is stated a body of ore two feet in width was uncovered and followed a distance of nine feet from which the tenton ten ton shipment was made above referred to an intermediate tunnel driven in on a large iron deposit is said to have developed a large body of soft quartz carrying low gold values A sixty foot sunk from this tunnel it is reported is in an ore body assaying 30 per cent copper to the ton besides its other metal content mine conditions are such it is claimed that a minimum amount of work will place the mine on a good producing basis the rejuvenation of the property being justified in the opinion of the management by the recent sharp advance in copper quotations and the promising future outlook for this metal |
