Show NEVADA battle mountain nevadan the tono pah mining company compan is advertising tor for bids j for the construction of the railroad from a point on the C C railroad to tonopah To bids must be in by the 2nd and of january searchlight searchlight three shifts are at work sinking in the good hope the shaft will be sunk to the foot level A raise is being run from the second level I 1 tg to the first level for the purpose of making air conned connections ions assessment work i is in progress on the Enier enterprise prise and the clr gypsy s y it is being done by c contract on tract eureka sentinel real estate and bust ness have gone soaring in eureka since the western pacific ran its survey through diamond valley a few months ago one piece of realty and the business connected therewith that were listed at about a year ago last week commanded in another business proposition the figure advanced over last years price tonopah miner H C brougher and I 1 E L mims this week bought from H 8 cadle a group of seven seve n claims at goldfields Gold fields adjoining the blue bull on the east the location location work on this property has been completed and a 15 foot shaft on one of the claims has opened up a strong ledge carrying free gold it is the intention ol of brougher and mims to put a force of men to work immediately and thoroughly prove the property olinghouse dispatch the springfield nevada mining company are bloching out ore in cabin no 2 their mill no 2 is on an eight hour run at full capacity mill no 1 is now in perfect running order having made a trial run with J D poole in charge the davis calyx drill is now down 80 feet and has not encountered rock sufficiently hard to permit or core being saved except in one instance where a few feet of the andesite was drilled through mr H D fanning of virginia city is on the drill crew now eureka sentinel james M obrien a mining expert of salt lake city arrived in eureka tuesday and left thursday with A C dibble of diamond valley to arrange for the assessment work on the kohl and johnson properties in the northern end of white pine county the group consists of eight copper claims and belongs to francis A horack a merchant of salt lake mr obrien will thoroughly examine the property and report to mr hoock who intends to prosecute active development work on the claims this winter tonopah miner about ten days ago a rich strike was made in the nevada alpine in new ground and at a greater depth than any of the old workings the new strike which is about feet from the surface consists of a ledge 18 inches in width which will run from to a ton and it seems to be improving with depth A large quantity of ore is being taken from the new net workings the nevada alpine never looked better than it does now and the production for the coming year will largely exceed that of last year the present output is four or five carloads a month pioche record sheriff jake johnson brought in from la quinta di strict district a fine piece of ore weighing 30 pounds from a new strike in this district the strike wh was made on the hidden treasure claim which is owned by mr johnson jos sharp A J richards and geo richards it is a fine piece of 0 ore i re and best of all carries the val ues aes the assay value ot of a piece chipped off going ounces in silver and 2360 in gold sheriff johnson intends to go out there in a week or so with some men As this is an entire new district the find is of great importance the district is situated about forty five miles south of hiko and in a well mineralized zone the piece he broughlin brough tin will form part of lincoln countes coun tys mineral exhibit to the st louis worlds fair |