Show THE ROUND R MOUNTAIN SPHINX this company owns eleven claims located near the famous sunnyside Sunny side group it is enveloping ev loping eloping by a main shaft which is down 50 feet and is equipped with a 25 horse ower hoist the general manager of the company lom orn pany mr W H dark clark who visited the iro perty recently reported to the board of li rectors that the work was progressing most ost satisfactory and that the showings beling ng made were extremely gratifying 5 at a depth of sixty five feet in the main working shaft a crosscut cross cut has been run which taps three distinct ledges varying in eidth width from three to fifteen feet and carry ing values of from 20 to per ton on the foot level at a distance of 4 far 4 lit round mountain sphinx mine showing dry washer in operation fifty to sixty feet from the shaft a vein ranging in width from froin three to seven levei feet with well defined walls has been encountered and drifted upon for a distance of more than feet each way ore has been taken from this vein that runs as high as to the ton mr dark clark stated in his report to the company that there did not exist a more perfect milling ore than that found in the round bound mountain district it was he stated free from dross of any nature whatsoever and that there was no question but that the ore here could be mined and milled for less than am per ton the ore of the character acter found here that would average 20 per ton would on oil this account be equal to ore of the character of the goldfield or Q an 80 per cent saving of which is con good with a treatment cost of 8 to 14 per ton it has been demonstrated that the ore in the sphinx and throughout the entire round mountain district can be saved up as high as 95 per cent the sphinx is one of the promising properties of the round mountain district and there is good reason to believe it will make a big mine 0 the round mountain imperial northeast of the fairview is the round mountain imperial this is one of the most promising undeveloped properties in the district it ts is crossed by the same granite and porphyry contact in which the ore bodies on the fairview and daisy are found five feet of ore has been opened up along this contact for a distance of forty five feet in a drift seventy two feet below the surface this contact is traceable through ugly the round mountain bullion company which is located located about feet further to the northeast where the same body of ore is again i apparent the president of the round mountain imperial company is W R gibson of round mountain J 0 mccormick of goldfield is vice president F AT dorsey is secretary and john tabor is treasurer the president mr gibson who is a lawyer of exceptional exceptional ability is one of the pioneers of round mountain and is numbered among those most actively interested in furthering the development and progress of the district the round mountain sandstorm among the preferred prospects in the round mountain country that are attracting I 1 ng favorable attention and upon which it is believed that pay ore in place can be located at nominal expense is the property A 7 4 john stebbins of round moun mountain i tain the first man to find quartz in the district of the bound mountain sandstorm company the holdings of the sandstorm company consist of four claims located about three quarters of a mile northeast of the famous fairview e estate one of the most thoroughly developed as well as the richest properties in a section noted for the value of its gold laden ledges the sandstorm company is in line with the hi high gh grade ledge that is being worked with such phenomenal success success on the fairview thus indicating that it would be but a question of depth until the same body would be encountered on the sandstorm group it is ia also worthy of note that this group is on an air line with the fairview daisy antelope sphinx and sunnyside Sunny side sida properties all four of which have produced bonanza and appear to be traversed by a rich contact of the granite and porphyry it is in this contact that the rich ore has been found which appears sometimes in nuggets of rare size and value the writer understands that a company has recently been formed for ane purpose of developing this group the control of which is entrusted to C E mayne co of manhattan mayne co have been in manhattan since the first discovery of that camp and are in position to furnish valuable information to investors and others in both the round mountain and manhattan districts |