Show 0 SPRUCE MOUNTAIN NEVADA MINES cherry creek miner about thirty five miles north of cherry creek and between that camp and wells lies a district known as the spruce mountain mining district in which lie some of the richest lead and copper deposits in eastern nevada one of the finest properties in the district belongs to judge bennett of salt lake city and is under a bond and lease to fordham and hartley its ore values run in lead and silver the former in carbonates and the latter native silver and bromides the leasers leaders have been steady shippers to salt lake during the past three years and are making extensive preparations for increasing their working facilities for the coming summer the contact Is lime and porphyry while the metals are found in lime and spar formation immense ledges of high grade ore have been opened up during the past winter and large bodies of lead averaging 40 per cent and silver of from 40 to 50 ounces are blocked blocke out aou ready for extraction and shipment the old lathrop mine the property lies near the summit of th the mountain in the same district and is owned by the lathrop mining company of whid george L moats is manager and 0 0 W res kes t ter er superintendent thousands of tons of rich lead carbonates have hae been found righta at grass roots and supt bupt kester says rays he will be able to furnish the new mill now in process of installation with over tons without going underground tor for it the company is now erecting its mill bunk houses mess houses cottages and other necessary buildings preparatory to the coming summers development work there are hundreds of feet of shafts tunnels and drifts on the properties opening up immense bodies of high grade milling ore the copper group consisting of six all claims owned by wiseman sons mallett and miss kair of clover valley lies in the same district and has several fine ledges of from three to eight feet in width shoving native copper and sulphides sulp hides going on an average 40 per cent in value A fifty foot tunnel crosscuts cross cuts the ledge while a is now being sunk from the drift on the ledge A fifty foot vertical shaft has ha S been sunk all in ore which goes from 15 to 20 per cent in copper negotiations are now under way with eastern capitalists for the purchase of these properties the spencer group of claims lying south of the copper group show high values in galena and an immense amount of work has been done on all the claims of this property thousands of tons of rich ore having havin g been blocked out ready for extraction A small smelter has been erected and will start up in a few days on this ore great activity is evidenced in this camp a hotel saloon and business houses having been opened this spring and the hills are swarming with eager prospectors morgan and johnson brothers have given a bond on their rich esmeralda copper glance properties in granite mountain dis brict north of cherry creek to eastern capitalists ita lists I 1 george maddelana and herrell owners of the metallic bimetallic bi group of copper claims in granite mountain district have hai just eJust completed the erection of cabins and a mess house and are running a foot tunnel to tap their fine ledge of high grade copper which they will crosscut at a depth 0 feet |