Show CRESCENT Is flourishing SPECIAL correspondence crescent nev jan 22 A carload or of hoists for different mines in crescent arrived at nipton kipton cal several days ago the crescent searchlight superior nevada wathena golden crescent and oro nevada all have machinery about to be installed considerable sid erable speculation has been rife in crescent as to the identity of the parties that are bonding the lavada calavaza Ca group situated three miles south of crescent this is probably the biggest prospect in the state of neva nevada da five parallel veins are traceable on this property that are very probably the largest in size in nevada the fissures are from 12 to feet in width the ore is similar to that found on the tiger and mines and assays essays on the surface show values up to 36 in gold if the values on this property increase with depth say that they double in value then this will be the biggest mine in amount of ore in the united states all AH the proven properties in the searchlight and crescent dio di o tracts have shown many times the values at depth that have appeared on the surface and if this property is no exception to the rule the crescent camp is an a assured urell producer the crescent town townsite site is laid out on an aa almost level plateau in the heart of the developing district west of the searchlight might valley and east of the crescent hills theris plenty of water available and the camy boasts of a fine pub public lic school library anti ana a camp two years old that lins has never had a setback set back in its career the superior nevada is developing acs ics king solomon mine under the management of G W huntington and has ten feet or of ore exposed running from to 23 the thea management is about to install the maj ma J chine chinery ry necessary to sink tr to water level A E shipment ent will be made in the near future as there are many tons of rich ore now on the dump that will ship and pay a big profit the shaft is all in ore at a depth of feet and the presence of galena at this depth gives eve every ry indication of a deep seated deposit superintendent jas sword has started another shaft on the property several hundred feet north of the present shaft for water the main shaft has attained a depth of feet and is rapidly approach ing the foot mark superintendent 1 H I I 1 mcclure is working two shifts of miners on the estate of the monte cristo adjoining the shreveport and colorado properties A crosscut cross cut tunnel is in thirty five feet and the management expects to intersect the vein at a distance of feet the country rock is porphyry and the values occur in the grau ite and porphyry contacts the searchlight gold extraction co la Is sinking a shaft on oil t the he jumbo group with the I 1 intention A of going 1 straight down to water wate r level the values found on the surface of this property run very good and the management believes that it will encounter pay ore at depth on the santa rita claim the vein has been prospected and stripped for a distance or oi over feet with the expectation of opening up an ore shoot on the surface the vein is five feet in width and the values on a check assay average 13 in gold across the fissure the veins have an eastward trend and form forin a contact of diorite and porphyry the mineral is a quartz carrying hematite hemi tite and copper this property is three miles south of crescent and adjoins the famous turquoise mine of the tiffany syndicate sinking is being accomplished on the wathena mine of the addax bullfrog company under the management of superintendent geo straub of denver the shaft is being sunk on the vein which dips at an angle of forty five degrees the fissure is three feet in width and ore produced so far averaged better than 46 per ton the values are increasing as depth is attained and at the foot level eighteen inches next to the hanging wall runs over in gold and copper the ohio mining company operating south of crescent has one of the best prospects in the crescent district specimen ore re has been struck in the crosscut cross cut tun nel 1 l at a distance of ninety feet superintendent sherer has been working on the property for the past two years and has done upwards of feet of work alone the vein disclosed in the tunnel I 1 is two feet et in width and all specimen ore vales aes ues on this find assayed as high as in gold with small silver values the pride of the west group has been purchased by the nevada crescent mines company of denver this group consists of the pride of the west pioneer butter knife edith nettie M and the legal tender lode mining claims situate three miles north of crescent general manager has been developing this property for the past year and has opened up some fine looking ore in the lead traversing the pride of the west claim assays essays from the vein clear across for three feet average two ounces in gold and seven ounces in silver A fifteen horsepower gasoline hoist has been ordered to sink to water level on the quaker city group F G ll 11 has a force of men sinking a shaft and prospecting the surface A big lead was encountered recently while doing the annual work and further developments show still greater values the ore encountered is an iron stained quartz carrying free gold there are five distinct distin ct leads traversing this group C N white and associates are doing extensive development work on the comstock group of seven claims excelsior group adjoining the double standard of two claims florence floren ce group on oil calico hill of three claims and the crescent giant group south of crescent an immense lead of iron stained quartz can be traced f for or 2000 feet on the comstock group from which assays essays have been taken as high as 56 in gold silver and galena systematic development work is pro pressing on the oro nevada under the supervision of geo ja H morrison this prop erty has opened up three feet of rich ore and the management have been doing considerable sider sid erable ablo work on this lead to ascertain the extent and value of this find A shaft is being sunk on the ve vein in and several pieces of specimen ore have been found in the course of the work E M MARTIN |