Show OLD BULLION DISTRICT the camp of tenabo making a stir in the mining world special correspondence tenabo lander dander county nevada may 23 the southern end of old bullion mining district is making a good showing of new ore developments every week the little gem is shipping about forty tons per week of high grade copper ore averaging about 75 per ton about fifteen men are working on and under ground the shaft has followed the pitch of the ledge for about feet and the ore vein is from eight inches to three and one half feet thick A gasoline hoist has been installed the gold quartz company is preparing to sink to depth in their shaft on the giant allm claim having just received a new engine and timbers for the gallows frame the main shaft is down feet the ore is mainly gold and copper A recent shipment gave upwards of per ton nine leasers leaders are working on the properties of this company mostly on the giant giani and ajax claims some of the lessees lessels have found the best values yet produced in the camp going from to 2000 per ton the shipment from the strong vein found in the phoenix tunnel lease was so flattering that the management manag ament has ordered machinery to sink feet much of this has arrived and is being installed they have the ore and now it is mainly a question of production the dutchman property is just now he be ing patented part of the townsite is in eluded in the holdings of this company the ledge on the dutchman ground is as wide as a dyke and is thus usually designated showing near the surface to be twenty five feet or more wide high grade ore has been uncovered in the shaft now sinking which is down about feet A find of ore on the standard was unearthed a few days ago the ore bodyne body heing located within four feet of the grass roo roots ts many owners and leasers leaders are going for the leads and ore shoots in their ground ft iii the district the town is building as rapidly as lumber can be secured P B locker the energetic POl promoter of the phoenix lease has started a subscription in tenabo and lander for a traction road and equipment to deliver ore to the railroad at beowawe and secured through pledges in twenty four hours to assure the construction of the line the road will be twenty five miles long and of easy grade over a level prairie like country it is designed to build the road on the best ground with an engine having energy for fifty tons of ore per load capable of making a round trip every three days the telephone line to connect the town A and mines with the outside world via beowawe is being constructed all together the te na bo camp is one ol of the most likely mining camps in the state it is less than a year old and already it has three or more shippers of ore and more coming A B E BORTHWICK |