Show GREAT ACTIVITY AT searchlight SPECIAL correspondence searchlight nevada april 8 official statements by A G wells of the santa fe and dr homer A hansen of the searchlight northern railways both give assurance of the construction of their railroads in the immediate future the engineers have practically completed their surveys and the work of construction is an assured fact grading having already commenced on the santa fe thus searchlight and the surrounding districts are now feeling a general wave of prosperity not based on exaggerated conditions but rather a well earned prosperity in all branches of mining and commercial enter price reports from the boulder show that the crosscutting is meeting with success A large body of medium grade ore has been encountered and the company intends to con dinue the work until the quartette lead is reached which is believed to traverse the ground during the past week sinking in the main shaft of the searchlight treasurer has disclosed definite walls the shaft being all in ore this shaft which was started at a forty five degree dip following the ledge is materially straightening up considerable copper stained sugar quartz has been struck at fifty feet which runs 42 per ton the nevada consolidated mines company limited the latest mammoth corporation to invade searchlight district has commenced active work upon its immense holdings com 0 what was formerly known as the meghan mcghan and mclaughlin group of twenty claims A force of men is now busy putting up quarters and preparing ground forthe in installation stal lation of all necessary machinery the searchlight parallel is following its usual system on the foot level in order to catch the rich ore shoot that gives such good results on the foot level this company is preparing for a very complete exploitation of its ground and should meet with phenomenal success the parallel shaft is rapidly nearing the foot level superintendent T D forney has a full force at work throughout the mine and in addition to sinking drifting and crosscutting cross cutting is being done the shaft of the venus is all in ore and contracts have been let to sink to the foot level stations are to be cut at the tha usual intervals and a fifteen horsepower hoist will supplant the whim now in use drifting both east and aid west will be continued on the foot level to determine the length of the ore body while sinking for water on the water IVA J ll 11 f W A W AWL A PIC au hoist and works of le roy poy mining company searchlight nevada spout claim which is close in town considerable copper stained ore heavily mineralized was struck at a depth of feet drill samples assayed per ton in gold and silver work is going on at full speed at the cyrus noble mine the new mill is giving excellent results and preparations are beins being made for a new forty horsepower hoist upon the arrival of which the force of sixty men now empI employed oyed will be materially increased the cyrus noble is now sinking for the 1000 foot level the entire bottom of the shaft is in excellent ore the new electric plant is now installed and everything is moving with precise regularity it is unofficially announced that a dividend will be announced during the month of april the quartette has disclosed excellent free Is gold ore running about per ton in crosscutting on the foot level the ledge was found where it was calculated to be and the crosscut which Is now in fifteen feet has h aa not yet disclosed the extent of the ledge the cyrus noble extension company i trenching drenching tren ching on the nonpareil claim to find th the exact location of the cyrus noble lead which with without out question traverses the entire length of this claim the duplex mining company is now in stalling two new hoists and a cyanide plant to handle the tons of tailings this company contemplates adding forty stamps in the near future thus making it one of the largest stamp mills in the state of nevada the le roy mining company is meeting with exceptional results on the foot level a large body of 12 free milling ore having been encountered the width of this body has not yet been ascertained when the new pump arrives sinking will continue with the usual regularity eldorado several new companies are starting up 1 in this district and meeting with encouraging results the black hawk company is now working three shifts on the main shaft when the new ten stamp mill is completed this company will be a steady producer the venus continues in the phenomenal ore that was found in the upper workings the bond of on the mountain group was taken up by gresh grea and roberts the new owners propose to develop the property extensively sunrise the purnell group of claims have been bonded to an eastern syndicate for 1500 who will continue development work on a very extensive plan as some good ore has been struck on the turner group while digging an assessment hole a ledge having been encountered averaging 20 in gold and silver this ledge can be traced for feet along the surface ROBERT LANKA 0 |