Show RAILROAD DAY AT searchlight SPECIAL correspondence searchlight nevada april 20 president ripley of the santa fe asserts positively that the searchlight barnwell railroad will be completed within three months this being true searchlight will in the near future welcome railroad day with the pomp and splendor and in such style as is customary with all the termini of new railroads in southern nevada this will mean a great deal for searchlight as mining supplies and other commodities will be delivered at so low a rate that this district can easily boast of the proud record of being the cheapest camp for mining operations in the entire state of nevada A new engine and pump have been ordered for the santa fe mine this mine has been handicapped with a large flow of water and preparations are going to be made to handle at least gallons per day searchlight mining milling company has struck ore in the east drift of the foot level this ore is impregnated with coarse gold and an assay on the same gave results of better than cyrus noble extension is doing systematic trenching drenching tren ching to locate the exact positions posit idi ns of the ledges of the adjacent property before determining the best position to sink the main working shaft shaft this company has secured two more fractional claims which increases materially the already valuable acre r age the superintendent of the big six mining company is is to install hoisting and pump ing machinery in the immediately future this company has struck a large flow of water on the level severely with further operations until adequate machinery chinery is installed the cyrus noble is keeping up its excellent work and is fast forging to the frost front as one of searchlights best producers all work is being rushed to its fullest capacity es especially specially ally is this the case with the underground work where drifting to the north is carried on in order to determine the extent of this enormous ledge regardless of the heavy expenses this company has been put to by the many new improvements and buildings etc a I 1 per cent dividend will be declared in the very near future an accidental discovery was recently made at the pompeii mine the barrels into which water had been pumped direct fron from the shaft were found to contain several inches of sediment bilat ran into the thousands of dollars per ton thus showing that this mine is no exception to the general rule of the district in that the extremely rich ore in all cases lies below water level and aind when w hen the new gallon electric buil is installed this mine should disclose sonie some phenomenally rich ore the cyanide plant of the duplex co pany is now how completed the tons ol of tailings of this company company should be handled handle at the nominal cost of 50 cents per ton EL DORADO the new hoist of the venus is now low on I 1 the ground and the work of development will continue condrie with precise regularity as has always been the rule of this company ore is ow low being taken out of the moun tain grow grout in many daff different erent places and a great de 1 I of this is being sacked and prepared fo shipment chip ment the rand shaft which is all in cre re is proving the fact that the ore has better beter value as depth is attained the developments in general at the canyon are far surpassing the expectations of the owners and according to the present indications this district should give an excellent account of itself ROBERT LANKA |