Show RICH ORE IN DUPLEX showing in searchlight mines exciting th e mining public special correspondence searchlight nev may 24 As develop develon ment on the duplex progresses this prop pron erty is demonstrating that it is soon des tined to become another quartette despite the fact that several fortunes have been taken from the workings the property is 13 just beginning to assume the shape of a mine and only this week another good strike is reported which is the most important yet made in the lower workings A I 1 large body of rich ore has been encountered which will give the mine a reserve for years to come and at the same time allow a steady mill run the importance of these develop me ments ants are contained in the fact that con sistena prospecting is bringing in far greater mineral bodies than were found in the surface workings the new discoveries augur well for searchlight for as soon as the ore is blocked out and opened sufficiently an ail addition will be made to the mill which will mil double the capacity and also be the means of adding triple the number of miners to the pay roll reports from the lower levels of the quartette indicate that even richer ore is now being found than has ever come to light in that great property As development progresses every available man is being put to work and as soon as the twenty stamp addition to the mill is in commission the property will go in for record breaking production these circumstances coupled with active development at nob hill on the silver legion and in eldorado canyon where the fortuna is now producing heavily and where lesser properties are placing on extra miners has had a tendency to inject a spirit of activity never before witnessed in the district business houses and commercial in have felt the change and the banking institutions have doubled thell theli business within the past thirty days the midas mine contractor T E fredericks frederick s is making record time in completing the work on the midas shaft which is about fin finished shed and which is now nearing the foot level the contract calls for a total of feet of work and this has been accomplished in ht little more than thirty days the rich stringers cut in the progress of the sinking have passed out of the workings and drifting w will have to be resorted to in order to pick UP P the ore body experts who have viewed the territory agree that no effort should be ba made for ore production under feet As a other workings in the vicinity have demonstrated that at this depth the ore comes connies into solid formation and attains its richness this was true in the boston shaft of the quartette quartette uart ette company As yet but little water has as been encountered in the midas but the workings or kings show strong indications of a good flow and another fifty feet of sinking will in in all likelihood tap a ledge dipping from the east and at the same time supplying the mine with plenty of water k stanley forbes extension development at the stanley forbes extension which is a new corporation formed to work the east extension of the now big ore producer continues to show rich surface ores A large force of men has been employed three weeks now trenching drenching tren ching and searching for the best point at which to gf send down a shaft and this matter has been f finally settled at a point where the ledge shows an abundance of free gold from the f grass roots there are five claims in this group and on every one of them is trace saable aole strong ledges when the stanley forbes was started it could show but moderate values from the surface and it required an approximate depth of feet to come into the main ore body on the extension the vein outcrops many times larger than on the original and carries as good values at surface as the original had at feet the corporation is a strong one joseph mcarthur president of the stanley forbes holding the vice presidency and practically directing affairs colonel M R moyer is president J J tyndal secretary the board of directors including besides the above len J kiser of searchlight joseph mcarthurs Arthurs Mc s success with the stanley forbes speaks volumes for the conservative careful management that will be given the extension and with pay ore from the grass roots another shipper will doubtless be blown in on fourth of july mountain in the near future the searchlight belle the shaft on the searchlight belle is now cutting a fine body of quartz which pans a long string of colors this new body of mineral is larger than the stringers cut above and is supposed to be the forerunner to the main ore shoot the company is waiting for the arrival of its big plant of machinery when work will proceed with great dispatch the majestic Gold frog owing to the great rush for machinery in the east the hoist for the majestic gold frog has been delayed in shipment and superintendent perin P sayles finds himself in the presence of a nice body of ore but can make but ordinary progress efforts have been made to reach the water level and the main ore body with windlass which while being a slow method is fast placing the property in excellent shape and with the arrival of the hoist it will not take long to begin exploring the mineral zone 0 J LINCKE |