Show ADJOINING properties the country around the independence I 1 is s dotted with dumps from shafts and tunnels st the mineral belt extending about two miles south four miles west half a mile east and on to stateline Stat eline on the north a distance of eight miles most of the properties in this section are owned by men who have not had the means to develop them on a scale commensurate with their showings and possibilities bili ties yet they have succeeded in proving up a number of valuable properties among the properties that are in the immediate vicinity of the independence are the drake mcmullen jumbo carnegie rafferty Rafi erty amethyst and wild irish the stateline Stat eline mining milling companas comp anys holdings and the group belonging to the mhd jennie gold mining company going further west beyond the jennie property one comes to the big snowflake group the ross and buck the horseshoe the homestake Home stake irus and others the latter being in eagle valley mining 41 district strict lincoln county nevada the state line which separates the latter district from the independence running through the western part of the jennie property and the eastern part of the snowflake |