Show MOUNT GRANT DISTRICT times yerington nevada for some time past the old mount grant district has been very quiet but in the past few months prospectors have been drifting in there many good discoveries have been made and the district is taking on considerable activity there seems to be gold in nearly every ledge discovered and it is in paying quantities there are ledges and porphyry dikes which show ore running from 10 to per ton in free gold and while there is no boom taking place there is a steady growth and belief that it will be one of the prominent mining districts in the state today it probably offers as good inducements for the prospector as any district in the state and all that is needed is for capital to get hold of a few of the good prospects to push the district to the front the gold is there and it only needs capital to get it out there are two small mills in the district and one of them recently made a run on ore from the buckeye mine pike thomas has tons of good ore on the dump which will soon be milled giovana has recently struck ore running per ton in free gold george clark of california has started work on the dark clark group of claims and one shaft is now down about sixty feet ore being taken from the bottom which went 2250 per ton in gold another ledge was r recently struck by a pros on the east walker which shows ore running 1200 per ton this ledge is near the montelle postoffice post office and mill showers and have good ledge that runs from 30 to 75 in gold and they are preparing to make a run in the mill A new mining company has been formed in in the district called the walker river mining co incorporated under the laws of arizona the company has five claims in the district which show up well giving gold returns of 40 to per ton and T B gamble is the manager he is connected with the treadwell firm of alaska and it is understood that stock in several of the is be listed on the con companas comp anys claims to los angeles board johnny mcallister of yerington has a promising claim in the district which will be a producer when developed e ve loped in fact the entire country is a network of gold veins there is wood and water near at hand and the company which is to construct an electric plant on the east walker could furnish power to the district very cheaply the opinion of several prospectors is to the effect that the country is a better one by long odds than the goldfield or other southern districts H S morgan who was down from east walker this week reports that he finished a foot tunnel last week on the champion mine in mount grant district and struck the ledge for which he was running at a depth of about feet the ledge is from 8 to 10 feet in width which will run f form orm 7 to 8 in gold and there is is a 3 foot vein which gives returns of fro from m 20 much pleased with the way the property is showing up and will continue development work until he is satisfied that he has a milling proposition when a small mill will be erected on cottonwood Cot onwood creek for the purpose of reducing the ore there is plenty of water and an abundance of wood close by the mine pike thomas who has been running a tunnel on a claim he owns in the mount grant district has struck a ledge six feet in width which gives returns of from 30 to 60 per ton in gold there is practically no depth to the prospect yet but mr mn thomas expects to sink on the ledge and make sure that it goes down before he says much about the property |