Show SALT LAKE SMELTERS USE NEVADA IRON sentinel eureka nev there are now fourteen men working at the iron mine near gerald six miles west of palisade and it is estimated that an average of tons of iron are being shipped daily to the american smelting smelling Sm elting company at salt lake city where the ore is used for fluxing flexing purposes this eureka county property was sold several months ago by J A ferraro of palisade to the southern pacific and the eureka palisade agent to the west mining company of salt lake for the quarter ending dec 31 1904 the west mining company paid into eureka county as a tax on the net product of its gerald iron mine and for the quarter ending march 31 1904 this is conclusive evidence that the net yield for those six months was the mine is on the south side of the humboldt river at the mouth of a canyon leading to safford it consists of a hill which seems to be composed entirely of iron carrying very little or no value in silver or gold and the ore makes a fine flux to facilitate the transportation of this ore to the smelter the southern pacific company p put ut in a short spur of railroad from the main track at gerald to the mine the work at the mine is under the management of ralph watson |