Show NEVADA ely mining review it is announced that austin jackson will shortly be appointed to the position of superintendent of the rocco homestake mine at hamilton to succeed his brother harry who will resign ely mining review R A riepe has purchased from M H riordan now of california his oner fourth interest in the watson loke mining claim which by reason of its location is now regarded as one of the valuable claims of this district battle mountain nevadan clarence lee will ship to the western ore purchasing company at reno in a few days several tons of ore from the little giant mine in old battle mountain district he shipped several tons of ore a short time ago which netted him good returns eureka sentinel A writ of attachment against the whalen consolidated copper mining company of alpha eureka county was taken out in the district court this week by daniel davies of eureka who is suing the company for 1700 wages anti and assigned claims all the property including tools etc has been levied upon by sheriff burdick battle mountain nevadan william licking has lately purchased a half interest in a group of copper claims sittia situated ted about six miles west of town from ted rockwell mr licking has two men at work extracting ore and expects to make a shipment in a few days having several tons on the ore platform below the depot he has had erected a cabin at the mine for the accommodation mo dation of the men battle mountain nevadan several bars of bullion the result of the first cleanup clean up lip of the midway mill at tonopah To will be shipped to the mint next week the bars bacs run about 1000 each and are from ore taken out gut of the tamblyn lease on the mizpah this will be the first shipment of bullion ever made from tonopah by home working but it is the forerunner fore runner of millions to come winnemucca silver state C L ashdown who is in town today from the pino forest mine near denio states that the mine is now running full blast employing about thirty men and keeping the mill busy the work now consists of sinking drifting and raising and ore is being taken from a threefoot three foot vein in the lowest workings superintendent J H ashdown is now in california where his health is much better than it has been for some time past tonopah miner the developments during the week at the ridge aylward lease on the ground of the gold mountain consolidated soli dated have been very satisfactory the open cut is in 25 feet and shows a breast of 12 feet all in ore of excellent values the rich streak is about 14 inches wide and there is a 4 inch streak which produces the highest grade gold ore ever discovered in this vicinity assays essays run above 2000 a ton about four tons of shipping ore has been sacked it is the intention of the boys to to start a tunnel early next week which will tap the ledge at a depth of feet cherry creek cor ely news owing to the temporary suspension of the old imperial company companas comp anys s mines nearly twenty men are thrown out of employment which at this season of the year is a calamity to our camp but we understand as soon as arrangements can be made for sinking the shaft requiring a new cable etc work will be resumed the supt bupt P H cannon goes to salt lake city in a few days to meet his partners and arrange matters the miners are unanimous in proclaiming this a valuable property large bodies of ore have been developed of sufficient value to be profitably worked with a mill located near the mines searchlight searchlight just west of the mill the quartette company will erect an electric plant the site has been graded for the building and construction will soon be under way two gasoline engines will generate the power which will be used to operate the pumps and for lighting purposes later on a small electric line will probably be installed to tram the ore from the copper king to the mill to prevent the seepage of water from the tailings ponds back into the mine it is proposed to make use of a series of settling pg tanks As the success of the tank system is more or less problematical owing to the slimes a set of small experimental tanks will be used first |