Show BIG CAVE IN THE ROBUST from time to tb time in these columns mention has been made of the robust st mine in white pine county nevada a pro promising and valuable gold property which is owned by a salt lake company this mine which is now listed as a shipper of high grade gold and ores from which are also being milled on the ground has been steadily improving as work progressed in its development the most important disclosure so far made as yet in its workings wol kings taking place a week ago according to the news of el ely which says the news scribe made another trip up to the robust mine yesterday vest erday morning in company with P C weber to view the cave discovered there last monday htwa it was encountered in the main drift of the 70 foot level at a point about 80 feet from the shaft at first sight it appeared to be only a small chamber but a narrow ere crevice vice just bi big 11 enough to crawl through led up into another chamber above which proved to extend almost to the surface an opening has been made on the hillside within 15 feet of the shaft shaf th t h house ouse and one can now climb down through the cave from the surface to the 70 foot level the cave is fully feet long 11 and 75 A 5 feet wide in the widest place like the other eaves caves that have been found in this mine its walls are covered with a crust of snow white lime crystals as delicate as frost while an occasional stalactite hanus hangs from the ceiling like an icicle the beauties of the cave will be soon dest destroyed roved however as the walls are lined with ore of high grade the discovery of the cave is especially valuable to the company for the reason that it obviates the necessity of making 11 any further air air connection between the surface and the workings below considerable development work has been done in the mine since our last visit the on the rich strike which we mentioned last week is now d down ow lo 10 feet and a nice pile of the ore is on the dump the bin is full of good ore and enough is blocked out in the mine to keep the mill running for several months manao manager er davis is expected back from salt lake this week with the repairs for the when the mill will le be started immediately samples of ore from the william 3 bryan claim dugway are on exhibition in the show window of irvine masons office on second south the mineral carries values of 65 per cent lead with some silver A A avery owner of this promising property was in the cita the first of the week nevada papers state that the new mill at I 1 the star mine at cherry creek is now in in corn com mi ion and that it is doing excellent work the plant which is a concentrator of tons daily capacity was erected by the glasgow western mining alining company an association that is doing much for the material interests of the battle born state |