Show PERSONAL i dan C mcdonald prominent in local affairs I 1 is operating extensively in minin mining g and has some strong companies in the process of promotion sol hilp a well known nevada mining I 1 operator residing at reno was wag in ely some it days ago where he closed up a deal for the sale of some business property mr hilp possesses posse ses considerable valuable mining ground at ely the pheonix 1 group of claims near ely nevada are reported to have been bonded to george mitchell formerly superintendent of senator W A darks clarks united verde mine of arizona and associates the consideration is not given out I 1 fred butler formerly with the mercur company at mercur is foreman of the mine at ely nevada mr butler has done some excellent work in the since his association with that property un ull der his direction some very large bodies of I 1 gold ore have been blocked out he proposes to knock this down by the caving system in the manner employed in the mercur the butterfield M M co operating at osceola Qs ceola nevada expects to have its new mill ready for operation sometimes in july mr N C noe one of the pioneers of white pine county who now resides at aurum in the silver mountain mining district believes that his section of the state will in time become one of the largest producers of mineral in nevada what is wanting wantina at this present time he states is the very thing lacking in more mining sections than one more men with capital to carry on development work the lack of ra railroad broad facilities is another obstacle stacle while the district is quiet at the present time foreso more so than usual nevertheless there is some work going on but there are hundreds of claims producing low grade ores that could be worked profitably if the district had other means of transportation the grand deposit mine which is under bond to an english syndicate is being explored further and considerable good ore has been exposed the values run in in copper gold and silver with the former predominating the ore also carries some iron A shaft has been put down to a depth of feet the other workings working consists of several drifts run to determine the extent of the ore deposits mr noe states that dri drifts ats ran forty feet on three sides of the shaft have failed to disclose any walls several salt lake people are interested in the district among them being and seigle |