Show NEVADA pioche record mr james creighton who is operating the meadlia mendha mine has been delayed by the stormy and cold weather in getting his machinery in place but expects to have the dynamo and electric drills at work this coming weel week ely news in accordance acor dance with the account in the news two weeks ago the pilot knob mines were started up monday morning with a force of fifteen men under the management of frank paul more men will be put on just as rapidly as developments justify pioche record mr F A earls of salt lake passed wednesday ana thursday here principally inspecting the ida may mine at bristol in company with aar murphy its superintendent it means if things are satisfactory is that work will be prosecuted on an enlarged scale there shortly as the mine continues to steadily improve battle mountain nevadan H R huggett and richard eads wio have been working at elder creek for charles struck a good ledge of copper ore last saturday it is said the mine is looking good the property belonged to the blossom estate and mr has the property bonded we are informed that probably several men will be put to work on this mine shortly tonopah miner the drift from the fifty foot level in the Pay paymaster mater was in feet luegay lue day at which point the ledge is seven feet wide with an eighteen inch of ore the foot wall is somewhat 4 broken and is now showing up several stringers which apparently come from a parallel ledge the work is being pushed vigorously the stock of the company is strong at 25 a share battle mountain nevadan george gunn representing the syndicate and P porter a mining man of salt lake were in town last week weak while here these gentlemen paid a visit to galena mining district to inspect some of the mines in that district on account of there being so much snow they were unable to make a thorough investigation of some of the properties they wished to inspect we understand they will pay the district a visit again in the near future searchlight searchlight D hutton made the round trip from quartette to needles in his new gasoline power boat in twelve days of which time he be spent three days at needles and fout four days at fort mohave he brought up three tons of freight using but one cylinder the boat is thirty feet long by eight feet wide and draws but six inches when loaded mr hutton expressed himself as thoroughly satisfied with the trial trip and says that he is confident that he can successfully navigate the river it would appear that mr hutton has fully demonstrated that light draught boats can be success fully and profitably navigated on the colorado river between quartette and needles tiie the trial trip was made under adverse conditions dit ions the river being very tow low at this season of the year it is to be hoped that a regular service will be run as it would be a great benefit to searchlight and vicinity pioche record ed F freudenthal has taken an option from lloyd cook orr and price on the old alps and price mines east of town and began work of repairing the timbering in the shaft on saturday last considerable work will be done in trying to cut the old vein and if successful a good mine is sure to be the result the mine lias has produced in the neighborhood of in ore of high grade and which carries carr ls gold in quantity greater than any other mine in camp and sufficient almost to justify going after it now on that proposition alone reno journal A party of grass valley men are said to have struck a rich ledge in the desert near pactolus nevada and from all indications the approaching spring will witness another rush such as occurred when the tonopah excitement broke out the news of the find has been kept quiet as the miners desired to locate the choicest ground before telling th public mike owens one of the party has just returned to this city and made the find known the belge was discovered by william shea deputy sheriff of nye county and assays essays from surface cropping are said to go into the thousands at present the ground is covered deep with snow and it is impossible for outsiders to file new claims the find is eighty seven miles from tonopah To |