Show 20 STAMP FOR blackhorse A G burritt and associates plan needed reduction works mining record ely nevada A G burritt president of the blackhorse central mining company has notified C R reeves the local manager of the company that arrangements have been completed to erect a 20 stamp gold mill on the san pedro townsite about a mile and a half from blackhorse R courtright and wm bacon the blackhorse members of the company have signed the final agreements and actual construction construct lor will probably commence in about thirty days the mill will be erected jointly by the blackhorse central the ohana and the nil Despe mining companies it will however treat custom ores as well weil as those of the three companies ompa nies it being part of an ironclad iron clad agreement insisted upon by C R reeves the owner of the water right that the institution should at all seasons be open to custom work at least a dozen leases are being held in abeyance at the present time in the immediate vicinity of blackhorse awaiting news of the project and the report that the mill may be fairly considered a certainty will be hailed with rejoicing in that locality the plant will be erected at a cost of about complete water rights insuring abundance of that necessity have been secured the water being only about a hundred yards from the proposed location of the building r on a mill site of five acres belonging to the blackhorse central people A G burritt and james W dundas a colorado mining man are the principal owners in the ohana mining com company pany which has a group of claims near sacramento pass west of blackhorse where five principal veins have been opened up showing values in gold of from 15 to per ton the nil Despe company owns twenty one claims on the main mineral belt between blackhorse and osceola much development work was done here last summer under the direction of superintendent wm win robinson and the company which is backed by philadelphia capitalists will be able to furnish a goodly quantity of gold bearing rock for reduction at the new mill the blackhorse central company has developed an enormous vein which carries r average values of 35 to the ton forming I 1 P an ideal milling proposition A G burritt president of the company has associated with him C R reeves the well known ely attorney and courtright i dacon bacon merchants and mining men of blackhorse the opening of the blackhorse mill will cause the introduction of the leasing f tern tein in a big mineral bearing territory which surrounds it for years the crying need of this is district has been the of a mill to treat the deposits of low grade gold bear ing ores which occur here in such abundance the water at san pedro was the key to the position and it is greatly to the credit of mr reeves who owned this valuable water right that he insisted on the erection of a custom mill when this enterprise was first put under way had the water at san pedro become the property of a single corporation with the inclination as well as the power to hold it for its own use then the mine owners of blackhorse might have said goodby to their prospects for prospects they would have remained until the end of the chapter the coming spring and summer will see dozens of leasers leaders making good money from claims on silver creek cottonwood creek and numerous other localities teams to haul the ore will be in demand the ranch men over the valley will have a market for their crops the merchants will be kept busy and everybody will work including father |