Show THE r HE WHITE PINE GROUP EDITORIAL correspondence the white pine fine group of three claims embracing the white pine the nevada and tho taylor joins the alpha and rabbit group in robinson district near deiy nevada and is owned by john A steele john luzzetti and peter cadra of lane city two miles west of ely nevada the droppings crop pings on the white pine are very bold and prominent and these can be traced for a distance of 1500 feet in the operation of this ground a tunnel has been run in on the vein for a distance of feet all the way in pay ore the vein ranges from three to three and a half feet thick and quite a heavy tonnage of pay ore is now in sight ready for extraction ing in blanket form with occasional breaks as is the alpha and rabbit the richest and largest ore bodies being found ir in the breaks one of which is now showing in the face of the tunnel where a breast of high grade ore is exposed there is a heavy growth of pinon pine on the white pine group suitable for mine timbering although in mine operation so far no timbering has been required the mine is easily reached by wagon road and can be economically operated in the near future the white pine will be merged into the alpha and rabbit group and the whole will be extensively and systematically operated under one management aw AJA 1 4 A 5 A A 4 44 pip tunnel opening at the white pine and the market about a carload of high grade mineral being piled up on the dump ready for shipment the white pine ore is a crystallized lead and on an average will go 45 per cent lead 40 ounces silver and from 12 to 14 in gold although there are places in the mine where the values will go much higher the ore carries 15 to 20 per cent iron 10 per cent silver and 5 per cent sulphur and according to tests made concentrates well and is self fluxing flexing several years ago mr steele built a little furnace at the mine of about a ton capacity with this he ran down less than a ton of df ore the resulting matte showing values of 82 ounces silver 66 per cent lead and 29 gold the ore so treated being the high grade product of the mine 0 the formation is black lime the vein be by experienced mining men it is looked upon as the making of a heavy producer its accessibility and the desirable character of its product making it one of the most promising lead silver properties in robinson district |