Show searchlight correspondence I 1 the searchlight district isnow in that attitude which may be described as crouching for the spring new companies are being organized large orders placed for ma ch appliances etc and general prep orations being made for the tidal wave of prosperity and activity which is confidentially confident ally expected with the coming of fall among the new companies recently organized is the searchlight branco mining co the company was incorporated on the ath of this month the capitalization being 1500 shares of a par value of 1 the company owns seven claims lying about eight miles southeast of searchlight and the showing made up to this time is very good active development will proceed with the greatest possible speed the nevada searchlight has begun sinking an additional feet from its present depth of eighty feet in following an excellent hanging wall of about 55 degrees the streak of ore found on the surface has widened considerably and the additional addi tonal work on this property promises handsome returns the cyrus noble mining co who have been experiencing some trouble with the new electric pump recently installed are now breathing easy as the pump has been put in satisfactory working order and is now doing good service their concentrators have also been installed and will immediately be put in active operation the concentrators should ral raise se the percentage of extraction heretofore obtained to a cons considerable lerable extent active work vork on sinking an additional feet from the present level of tho the shaft shaf t will be begun at once the quartette mining co report having struck watern water in the drake shaft at a depth 0 of 1 feet As the present flow is slight the work of sinking will continue their expectations being that they will tap the quartette quartet tecy te cy rus noble vein within the next fifty feet of sinking and with depth that the flow of water will increase to such a quantity as to give them an ample supply for the additional twenty stamps now being constructed the wyoming searchlight having reached the level have suspended operations pending the arrival and installation of a 14 40 10 ow aw W 1 ir ak tia of at diamond excelsior dump ore bin and ore chute diamond excelsior engine and power house hoist the present means of sinking with a whip being no longer adequate for the purpose of attaining further depth As this por perty is located on the flat its progress is watched with considerable interest nt erest for if f they succeed in making good it will enlarge the proven area of the district and from present indications a little more depth will bring forth the desired result the value of the ore obtained at the foot level more than doubles that of the ore taken from the level and greater depth will no doubt prove the long sustained contention that there is no such thing as failure in the searchlight district where the water level is reached the cyrus noble extension mining co is proving up better and better as the shaft goes down recent samples taken from the bottom of the 60 foot shaft have given the most satisfactory returns and the work of sinking will proceed without cessation A whip will be put to work on this mine in a few days which with the force of men now employed should carry the shaft down with much greater speed the searchlight mining milling co reports that they will shortly enlarge the stamp mill on that property to twenty stamps very rich ore is being taken out of the mine and one lot milled last week ran as high as 2000 per ton the average however e ir er running in the of ROBERT LANKA |