Show th e mc mck kin inley I 1 ejr min mining in and smelling smelting Sm elting co 0 4 lccy correspondence I 1 f irly nevada july 10 among the im ELY A companies conducting opera t eions in the camp of ely might be mentioned j the mckinley mining smelting smelling Sm elting company I 1 which was incorporated one year ago with a capi capital tal of of the par value of 10 f per share the organization is based upon t eighteen patented claims and a owned iby by mrs ida mckinley widow wido of the late president and her sister mrs airs mary 0 barj her ber the properties having been bequeathed ho to them by their father james A saxton J who with an intimate friend cornelius ault iman of canton ohio spent considerable I 1 timo time in the district in the 60 s when they located and otherwise secured these valuable properties they did sufficient work upon ithe the claims to obtain patents to them they I 1 were then allowed to stand until the camp keegan began to show signs r of rapid development i during the p present resent byear some ext extensive develop work has abeen been performed on 0 1 arthe the properties be deides sides being equipped 1 I with two splendid steam hoists one on the saxton claim and the other on the aultman c claim 1 a m the greater part of the work has been performed jf ormed upon the sax piton arton where the shaft ihas has been sunk to a depth of about kneet in the bottom of which is a fine show t ing of sulphide ores carrying v values a 1 u e s of gold and 5 10 per cent capper when first struck at per cent in that metal aside from 4 to 5 in gold some very fine specimens of native ore have been extracted from this vein altogether about exploratory work has been done in the saxton mine at the aultman all the development work performed has been done in an oxidized iron ore the vein has been opened up to the extent of feet in width and drifted upon to the extent of with ith no present indication of its limits the ore will average much the same the mckinley companas comp anys possessions are looked upon as being among the most valuable properties in the district and are sure to rank in due time as some of the largest pro dubers of the camp the company s affairs at the mine could not be in more safe and competent hands elmira N Y F E fitch elmira N Y A J hazeltine warren pa B W goodsell chicago ill J A yerington carson city nov nev prof george A treadwell new york city william E sheperd new york and austin lynch canton 0 when the late president was consulted regarding the formation of the present company which bears his name it took some time to get him to consent to it he then did so only on one condition which he said must be absolutely complied with that condition is that the capitalization of the company must be not in excess of one million dollars it is also understood that in addi tion the sum paid mrs mckinley she is to receive fifty thousand shares of the companas comp anys stock and that each share of this this stock is to be full paid and non assessable OSCEOLA ml ell i V k N W at V the holof mckinley inlet minei ely fi fielda eada W feet it is L intention intention to push this shaft down to the fiebel clevel with the expectation of encountering U borne ame of the high grade ore bodies the last from the mine sta stated ted that more F quartz was coming in indicating the existence ence of a very large body of ore 1 I I 1 on the upper level of the mine the gold 1 ivein ein which runs southwest to northeast has 6 been opened to a width of seventy feet how 1 touch linich wider the vein is has not been ascertained 0 as the foot wall has not been encountered anyway the exposures that have freen made ade show average values of 6 per ton an on the foot level a thirty foot vein of sulphide bhide ores carrying values of from 2 to 3 per I 1 ent ent copper and from 4 to 5 in gold was 0 I 1 encountered on the apex of this vein was 0 und a strata three feet in width carrying values alues in native copper that will average 20 than they a are re at the present time mr W N mcgill one of the solid and substantial business men of this vicinity officiates in the capacity of managing 0 t director he is a man thoroughly epperle experienced ced in the minin mining business and has the advantages of knowing the district in all its details H he e is ably assisted by J B simpson foreman who is equally compe competent tent he has been a resident of the camp for a number of years and has made a careful study of the capabilities of the district during that entire time the company is officered by men of judgment and ability the board of directors consists of the following M C barber canton 0 dix W smith elmira N Y W N mcgill ely nov nev E W campbell Dew dewdrop pa fred warren pa T P otis wellsville N Y milan hibbard osceola Oa ceola N nevada e v a d a july 12 A scarce scarcely ty of water in this famous old gold camp has kept placer mining back this season and but little has been going on in that line during t the h e present year quite a large number of small operators are at work but the osceolo gold gravel mining company w which aich controls a large portion of the water rights of the camp did not start up at all the management beino being satisfied that for the first time in the history of the company the supply was inadequate osceola has produced many thousands of dollars in placer gold T the he product taken out is usually coarse and in the past some very large nuggets have been found several years ago ago one of the value of was discovered and at another time one was sold for 2400 there is yet much Z good placer grou ground nd in the camp which would pay handsomely if some means is devised whereby water could be obtained more handily little attention has been paid to quartz mining in the camp in the past but more interest is being taken now and in a few weeks the butterfield mining company compan y will have its new mill of five stamps dropping 1000 pounds each in operation and which the manufacturers have guaranteed the manage ment will crush and handle through a forty mesh screens screen forty tons of ore da daily ily the mill is so constructed that an additional five stamps can ba put in and the capacity thereby doubled manager E T knowlton who has arrived from boston has announced that these extra stamps are to be put in as soon as they can be obtained from the factory the mill will be a combination amalgamator and concentrator while the gold found in the quartz in the camp is largely free there is is some that can only be successfully treated by concentration in the mils mills employed in the district heretofore amalgamation was the only method employed hence the losses which otherwise could have been saved by concentration were consequently heavy the butterfield company proposes to avoid any such losses and expects to handle the ores with the highest possible percentage of extraction over the previous methods the company while the mill is in the process of construction st is carrying on a vigorous campaign of development and has opened up such a showing of oro ore that those in charge have reasons to feel elated the eagle exchange alin mining ng companas comp anys custom mill has been closed down temporarily for want of repairs but will be started up ag again ain s shortly th the e plant plan drops twenty stamps and handles sixty tons of ore berday per day when in commission again it will treat ores furnished by C B woodman and J W marriott owners of the woodman mine T B tilford one of the pioneers of osceola who began his career in the camp by selling water to placer miners at the rate of t three cents per gallon during the year of the rush to that section is the owner of sixty acres of placer ground which has brought him returns of as much as 5 per pan upon twenty acres of this tract it is ninety six feet from the surface to bedrock and lie he raises the gravel to the sluices by means of a shaft mr air tilford is also paying attention to the development of a quartz mining property which gives promise of yielding well others interested in placer propositions in the district and who have met with more or less success in their efforts are john breckenridge 1 11 dave hellenburg Kel lenburg abe shellen berger henry schilling and john winnen it is claimed that as much as in placer gold has been produced by this camp osceola has the proud distinction of being the headquarters for what is said to be the the best tungsten tung ston mines in the united states the properties are owned by J H marriott and consist of some twenty locations mr marriott informed a representative of the mining review that he has 1200 tons of ore in sight that will carry 70 per cent in acid the ore is found in places on the entire group of claims and in quantities evidently very satisfactory to the fortunate owner the properties are located twelve miles south of osceola and renewed activity was commenced upon them on the 1st ast dinst and is i to be carried on more extensively than ever before plenty of wood and water is an element found in the favored location of the mines which are eighty miles distant from the oregon short live railroad |