Show ACTIVITY TY LANDER the reliance mining company Pel preparing parin g f for or extensive ope operation ration and development I 1 A great deal of interest at the p present regent time is being centered in the old mining camps bof lander county nevada and that thai these will soon reappear on the producing list is believed by those who are acquainted with the splendid of this portion of theold the old battle born state during the past few months encouraging reports have been received in aalf sal lake from several of the old time bonanza districts in lander county and in these there is considerable activity at the present time among those being affected by the magic touch of capital and new blood being ten abo twenty eight miles south of beowawe near tenabo several mining companies are now engaged in mine operation chief among them being the reliance mining milling company of salt lake city the reliance company owns a group of seventeen full claims and two fractions in bullion mining district a a section that is noted for its splendid and from which some sensationally hi high I 1 gh grade ore has been shipped to the local market during the past few weeks the property owned by the reliance company was among the first to be located in the district a and i n d it is of the opinion that it its holdings comprise some of the most valuable ground to be found in that region this belief is concurred curr ed in by hiram ty tyree ree of salt lake president eq oi of the company who cretu returned from a visit mine a few da days asago ys ago and who is well satisfied if not enthusiastic over the manner in which the compana company compan 3 property is responding to systematic and intelligent tell igent operation and development i in the exploitation of its ia prope property arty the ahe principal work has been on one of the claims of the group the little gem here an incline shaft has been sunk on the contact to a depth of feet from the and foot levels drifts have been run and in these the showing of ore is most encouraging on the surface the vein is from three to three and a half feet wide and it has every indication of regularity and permanency ma nency the incline shaft to its present depth was sunk all the way on ore the body having gained in width until at tho the bottom it is all of seven feet feat wide and showing an average e value of 60 to the ton there being every reason to believe that w with ith still greater depth the values will not only hold their own but the size of the m mineral in eral bearing t zone will increase ever since beginning operations in lander county the aim oo of the company has been the extensive development ament and proper equipment of 0 f its property from the start almost it could have made chade almost regular cons consignments consign gd ments of ore to the metal markets of the ilie west but it preferred erred hoblock to block out its or ore reserves and place the mine in shape for steady and heavy production at some future period still since last september it has made four shipments shi prents to the local market all of which came from the development of the mine through the medium of the shaft the first consignment netted the company 2925 per ton the second 2594 the third 1617 and the fourth consisting of thirty tons and consigned a few days ago 58 76 the last shipment which is of higher grade than the previous consign ments was extracted below the foot level thus showing an improvement in values as depth is attained the ore is sulphide in character and carries copper silver avenand and gold copper predominating president tyree is much pleased with conditions as they exist at the mine and these will facilitate more extensive operation in the near future water for all purposes is abundant as a fine stream of water flows through the property of the company compan Y within a short time the working force will be increased as it is the intention to start a main working shaft which is to be provided with first class libi hoisting sting works work at the mine is under the direction of J C tyree an experienced mining man and who is one of the directors of the company the official roster of the association is a strong one as well as conservative hiram tyree is president H C edwards vice president W S mccornick treasurer and C C wylie secretary these with the following complete the directorate judge L 0 ray of rhyolite nevada one of the successful operators of tonopah and goldfield in the early history of these great camps zeb kendall who also made a fortune at tonopah and goldfield C H duborg a stock grower of beowawe and J C tyree |