Show NEVADA columbia review superintendent colcord Z I 1 of the carson city mint says that the bullion being received from goldfield is the richest ever mined anywhere A bar received last week contained parts in laoj in gold two in silver and five base metal the bullion was valued at pe per ounce pure gold is worth 2067 per ounce eureka sentinel the jury brothers ot of ruby hill who are in the phoenix mine adjoining the eureka con made the first shipment of ore over the new railroad between eureka and ruby hill this week the shipment consisted of pounds ot of phoenix ore and was brought to eureka on wednesday consigned to salt lake city columbia review A shoot of considerable dimension was uncovered in the dritt from the 60 foot level of the kendall the first of this week the ore is of the same quality as has veen been found in other parts ot of the mine being very rich and on being horned shows a string of colors clear around the pan an average of five tons of high grade and about twenty five tons ot of milling ores are being shipped from this property daily beatty bullfrog miner S mceachen general manager of the sunday nevada one and a half miles east of beatty reports their double compartment shaft down about 70 feet on this property one of the largest dykes in the district is found and mr mceachen states that a depth of several hundred feet will be reached before any crosscutting will be done the shaft is located near the large dyke and no values are looked for until crosscutting cross cutting has been done Cal caliente lente express mr sibert of the sibert group of claims it is reported made an extraordinary strike of rich ore in the tunnel he is running and that it has induced him to make a quick trip to los angeles he is giving employment to a number of miners and the property presents quite an animated scene mr sibert made several purchases of as many other mineral locations within the close vicinity of the town he has implicit confidence in the future of this district and he is forging his money to the f front to back it up aurora borealis we are informed that work is to be resumed on the myrtle and julia claim in a few days the development already done on this thi s claim show up some very flattering ore bodies running high in values and we believe when it is pushed to the cross ledge for which the tunnel is being driven that a good paying producer will be opened up A splendid tunnel and shaft have been run on the property and the intended work will be to extend the tunnel from lower down and connect with the one leading from the shaft battle mountain nevadan john hamlyn was in town from bullion last friday he called at this office and informed us that a rich strike had been made in the little gem mine owned by the reliance min mining ing company of salt lake hamlyn and kattenhorn have hav e a contract to run a tunnel on this property and in driving the tunnel the rich ore was encountered the strike is copper carrying gold and silver and the ledge is about four feet wide mr hamlyn telegraphed his company informing them of the big strike and also sent them a number of assays essays yerington times 0 H sonne who is superintending super intending work on the old mcconnell copper mine southwest of yerington and which was recently purchased by utah people has six men employed extracting ore tor shipment in the last few days mr sonne has broken into some very fine ground and is much pleased with the out loox for the property after a shipment ot of a few carloads of ore has been made a system of development work will be outlined and followed to determine the extent of the ore bodies in the property this work will probably be carried on for some months columbia review A thirty ton shipment from the gold bar property of this district was made to the western ore purchasing companas comp anys sampler at millers station on tuesday of this week the valuation of the ore per ton will average a little better than however there ar are e thirty sacks among the shipment that carries an average of over to the ton this is the fourth shipment sent from this property since active development work commenced making a total of about 45 tons the first three being trial consignments consign ments and as a result the tonnage was not as large as they will be from now on lida en enterprise ier prise james hibbs and jack faunce came in from their work thursday bringing with them samples from a body ot ore recently opened in their workings the ore is of the character usually found in the best mines of the district and is pronounced by those familiar with it to be high grade shipping they report a five foot body of it as exposed when they left for camp with the boundary line ahead of them out ot of sight the ore carries chlorides and bromides as well as some black metal and galena and as that character of rock usually carries some of the yellow metal with it it would not be surprising it if its marketable value was several hundred drillars doll doIl lars per ton searchlight searchlight from a dri drift ft on the first level of the old silver legion shaft an upraise up raise has been put through to the surface surf ace which will now be used as a main working shaft further development in the shape sh ape of a shaft feet to the east on the vein is also being do done ne all the 11 work is in good ore and the property is showing constant improvement with development E J hunt one of the officials of the compa company ny arrived on sunday accod I 1 panted by mrs hunt they will erect a home and reside at the mine during a part of the year on mon monday day t two wo big loads of supplies were hauled out to the mine A at t present a whim is being used for hoisting purposes but a gasoline hoist will soon be installed tonopah miner J F davis of the davis mayne lease on the sandstorm who recently took over the great bend group of four claims at Diamond field reports that he has developed three distinct veins on the property one of these veins is composed of sulphide ore and at present shows a width ot of three feet and averages about 70 a ton another vein is of lower grade running from 14 to 20 and the third vein is now producing shipping ore in addition to the company work being done under mr davis management three leases are being operated and all are yielding ore of good shipping grade the great bend is one of the most promising properties in the Diamond field end of the goldfield district and mr davis is confident that it will soon develop into one of the best mines in the entire district eureka sentinel the american smelt ing and refining company of salt lake has bought the iron mine at gerald on the southern pacific six miles west of palisade in eureka county and the property was turned over to the new management on january 5 this mine consists of a mountain of iron and was owned until a few years ago by J A ferraro former railroad agent at palisade who disposed of it to west watson and associates the latter organized the west mining company and began operations A spur track was at once put in connecting the mine with the main line of the southern pacific and ore shipments have since been going out to the american com banys smelters shelters sm elters for flux at the rate of from to tons a day the ore has evidently stood the test of its value for fluxing flexing purposes and the immense quantity so easily available made the mine a desirable property for the american company and its purchase c was successfully negotiated |