Show ACTIVITY AR AROUND unionville Uni onville nevada nov 19 1901 J A brownlee m manager agag er for a st louis company that has been operating 7 quite extensively in the jackson creek mining district broke into a large body of high grade copper ore in the long tunnel he has been driving in on the badger claim the ore was first found in a fifty foot shaft sunk gunk on the vein afterwards a crosscut cross cut tunnel was driven in to cut the ore body at a depth of feet mr brownlee is working quite a force of men and expects to push development work quite extensively during the winter the J A nelson group of mines on jackson creek is looking well mr nelson has been working quite a number of men during the summer and has done over 1000 feet of work on the tiger and olympia two of his claims besides developing several other properties on these two claims he has two leads and has a body of ore blocked out containing tons which is ia estimated at an average of 15 per cent copper and good value in gold and silver to the ton the property consists of fifteen lode claims four mill sites and one placer claim it was not sold as reported but is bonded to some cripple creek colo parties who e expect to push work dur ing the winter and erect a concentrating plant or smelter in the spring there is no doubt but what mr nelson has a bonanza the old sulphur mine ninety miles north of the humboldt house is proving to be a bonanza great bodies of rich sulphur have been found and the company claims to have enough blocked out in sight to keep it running for three years the company has a mill at the mine to reduce and refine the sulphur on the ground it is the intention to put on five twelve horse teams next week to haul the sulphur to the railroad where it is stored in large warehouses preparatory to shipping judge G W bartch in company with judge J W burton of salt lake arrived in mill city last week and went directly to their mines in star canyon they have made the first payment on their property and have put a force of men to work driving a crosscut cross cut tunnel with the view of cutting the large body of silver lead ore at a great depth which has been exposed on the surface they will also ecart work on the old sheba mine in the near future and will drive a tun nel to the old shaft and give them access to the ore bodies that are now under water in the lower workings the sheba is one of nevadas famous old silver mines having produced over three million doll dollars rs A new copper discovery has been made near the arabia mine on the north side of the humboldt river by thomas davidson and others it is a contact vein between granite and porphyry and shows a good vein of copper ore from one to four feet in width also carrying considerable gold and silver several small test shipments have been made that average from 65 to per ton in copper gold and silver nothing but surface work has been done as yet but the boys have a coup couple leof of carlonas carl carloads of ore on the dum for shipment and expect to make regular shipments in the future lasher and werm are rushing things at the kemey mines sixty miles south of winnemucca they have twelve or fifteen men working at the mines and have hired several large freight teams to haul ore and freight the ore of this camp is ia very rebellious but this company is erecting a large cyanide plant to treat the ore they are on the right track and will undoubtedly mike make a success of cyaniding cyan iding this ore the san francisco company which has bought the borax mines at cottonwood churchell church ell county expects to take hold of and work the larze large salt deposits at the salt lake ninety miles south of winnemucca there are immense deposits of salt of a very fine quality here and it can be handled at a very small expense the company expects to put on steam wagons and haul the salt borax and ore from the copper mines in the vicinity of winnemucca and on the return trips taking supplies to the different camps in this way they intend to do a general freight business this will be a great thing for that part of the country the niter mines near Love locks are giving givin 0 results that are very satisfactory to the company they have been turning out an excellent quality of the salt at their plant and have made several shipments it is reported that the organ bros have made a rich strike on their tehama mine ten miles south of mill city they have cut a five foot lead of gold and silver bearing rock with some copper this property has never produced anything before but has every indication di of making a mine |