Show HUMBOLDT COUNTY NEVADA Tini unionville Uni onville aug 2 one of the most important discoveries in this section of late consists of the large niter deposits about twenty miles southwest of lovelock these deposits are quite extensive and the niter is of excellent quality A large area of country has already been located and considerable work is being done A san francisco company has taken hold of the reed property with the expectation pec tation of erecting a plant at the mine active development work will be pushed at once this is said to be the only niter mine in the united states the new copper district known as jackson creek this county is coming to the front as a copper camp and is attracting considerable attention at the hands of mining men in a thirty foot shaft recently sunk on one of the claims there owned by J A brownell co an eight foot body of copper ore was encountered about two feet of the vein being nearly pure metal this property is being operated by a st louis company in the A J nelson group there is also a large body of rich ore the ledge is about eight feet in width at the surface while in the shaft at the foot level it is forty feet between walls the character of the ore is it is reported that this mine has ha s been sold for |