| Show the horseshoe mine the horseshoe is one of the neighbors of the independence on the nevada side of the line and this property commenced its career with less of a surface showing than that possessed by the independence located catesby cat edby by den ben johnson for himself and the late I ion hon allen alien G campbell and operated by them until it attained a depth of feet with drifts north and south on two levels it was sold to hon A W mccune and associates socia tes who erected a ton mill upon it and worked it successfully for nearly two years the town of fay growing up around it on account of the death of one of the interested parties the mine was closed down for nearly a year when it passed into the hands of the shawmut nevada mining milling company headed by G pray smith of boston mr smith arrived at fay about the first of september and at once began operations A contract was let to the trent engineering mining machinery company of salt lake for the remodelling remo delling of the mill a task that will soon be completed two hundred tons of ore a day will be put through the new mill and an abundance of ore has been taken out and blocked out in the mine to keep the mill in operation for sometime the tailings dump secured the property is somewhat of a bonanza itself after thorough tests it has been proven that a good profit can be made in handling it again and a plant is being put in for that purpose |
