Show THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE SPECIAL correspondence searchlight nevada feb 10 searchlight the camp without a failure as it is rightly called is situated in a golden triangle that contains the largest number of the most promising mines and prospects ever contained in one area in the state of nevada today conservative searchlight having until recently no stock to offer the public did not find it to her benefit to herald the riches of her mines neither would she brag of having the largest gold mine in the state of nevada today the camp has a population of 1500 and a conservative estimate will place the number of men employed as equivalent to those employed in both goldfield and bullfrog combined the water for domestic use is pure and healthy with an exceedingly pleasant cli beying crew is on the ground with a corn com emissary and other paraphernalia according to acting chief engineer charles A moores statement immediately upon the tha completion of the survey construction will begin for the santa pe is going to build into searchlight in a hurry with the advantage of two transcontinental railroads and with Posses possession gi 1 on of the thirty nine properties all of which ar are e in good free milling pay ore with not one failure all these facts with the reduced prices of mining and milling which is at present 4 per ton searchlight cannot help but become one of the foremost mining camps in the west the quartette the largest mine in nevada today has a depth of 1000 feet having yielded over and has over steadily increasing in both width and 4 44 z wa so VIA 7 44 searchlight nevada looking west mate most of the year the altitudes a is feet above sea level which accounts for the cool nights even during the hot summer season the town is not ahead of the mines and there are still opportunities for good investments in all branches of business searchlight has two competitive railroads racing each other in construction construct lon across the desert one coming from a station called nipton kipton california on the san pedro los angeles and salt lake railway being a distance of twenty two miles the survey being completed as far as crescent this branch road according to president camens statement should be completed in may or june as all nde necessary essary material is on hand for quick construction the other branch will connect the santa fe the th e sur values as depth is obtained this mine is constructing twenty more stamps in addition to the twenty stamps now in active operation era tion with the completion of the forty stamp mill this company should double the dividends it is now paying the stock in this company is selling at 15 per share the cyrus noble mine is situated next to the quartette and has without doubt the main quartette ledge it has a depth oi of feet yet is practically undeveloped according to present indications it 1 is s one of th the e besu bes and richest mines in the district conservative serva tive estimates place the value of the ore blocked out at during development has been taken out of this mine S some ome of the ore running as high as per ton captain luxon who has long b been een con coll quartette mine as necked ted W with ith the te rodent said that in comparison with the quartette the cyrus noble is easily 50 per cen cell better tile the new ten stamp mill willbe will be february after which time this ed d during property should pay regular dividends the le roy mining company which is due east of the pompeii has struck water in the shaft at feet A station will be cut here and the tha large ore body will be exploited at this depth this property has a promising future and should disclose some very large bodies of milling ore the searchlight consolidated which is a property of the carlsen ethen company I 1 is s meeting with exceptional results as the ore is holding its good values with depth while the ledge is increasing in width A hoist will soon be installed for deep development the duplex which has recently changed hands to john brockman the eminent mining man for is being successfully exploited by superintendent barnes an air compressor has been installed and air drills are to be used for further work the santa fe mine has installed a new pump which handles the water easily thus permitting further sinking on the shaft the searchlight mining and milling com banys ten stamp mill is nearing completion and everything is now in readiness for the noma 4 cyrus noble mine searchlight nevada new plant there being some 2000 tons of ore on oil the dumps and in the ore bins with any amount of ore blocked in the mines according to president I 1 D greses statement a ten stamp mill is to be erected in ill the elderado canyon district on the black hawk mining companas comp anys property as the recent development far surpassed the expectations of the owners of the property several new concerns have received in corporation rp oration papers under the laws of neda vada namely carlsen ethen company bali inkers kers and brokers searchlight telephone and electric company the chiquita consol abed mining company and the searchlight and western telephone company lt it has been announced by F R mcnamee of de lamar that he has completed arrangements for a big irrigation scheme which will place many thousand acres under cul I 1 ti about eighty five miles from searchlight homes for people are to be made and a colonization such as took place in the imperial vall ley california will rollow follow as the soil is very fertile the water will be stored in I 1 n a dam at a point called the narrows and will be amply sufficient af for so stupendous an undertaking searchlight with its per month bullion output with a pay roll of which will practically be doubled during the next year shall certainly give an excellent account of herself during the next few years ROBERT LANKA |