Show Ferguson District DIstct S The year past In Ferguson district hasbeen marked by little change The I mines In operation have been steadily worked and the output has been satisfactory satis-factory to the owners The April Fool Changed handa and the new management manage-ment are carrying out a system of exploration ex-ploration that will develop the heretofore hereto-fore hidden treasures known to exist While not many new finds have been made In tho district yet those prospects pros-pects that are being worked are looking I look-ing encouraging to the prospectors S The DC La Mar mine Is as all know the principal mine of the camp I has had for the year an almost unparalleled unparal-leled run for uniform smoothness andS and-S HUCCCSS and under the present able management bids fair to continue In the path of prosperity for some time to I comi The following is the output for S the b f tie year by quarters 5 Tons First quarter fending March 31st 27011 S Second quarter ending Juno 30th 27010 Third quarter ending September SOth 27035 S Fourth quarter ending December cndng S 31st estimated 27003 Total tons 10SUSG Value ore extracted first quar S 2S2221O S tcr h v 22IfO Vnluo oro extracted second quarter 1 5 M25 1 I Value ore extracted third quar 2M725W ter 7ZCI Value oro cxti acted fourth quarter 27500000 rot r 11022 130 1 Prior to January 3 1 1S99 the DC LaMar La-Mar mill had crushed 249792 tons of ore which produced 011173470 The work of the past year brings the record of njine and mill from the start up to 157678 tons and a product of 72939790ii 2 Everything about the mine Is in fine order and no expense Is spared to keep things In proper shape In the mill several Important changes S have been made at this date a new roaster Is being put In place of the oldS old-S one which was badly worn The tank rapacity has proved sufficient for the demands made upon It The Grltlln mills keep a steady grind night ann an-n AH thlsis a dry crush mill there hi necessarily considerable dust As the or is ground Into an Impalpable pow c ri much of course escapes to the loss of1 the owncra and very detrimental S to the hvalth of and tatal to many oCt oC-t he men employed The action of the S JUst Is so slow and yet so sure and nmny of the victims having aggravated tho complaint In various ways it was some time before it was fully realized how fatal It was and how necessary It wan to toke not only precautions in the mill to avoid the escape of the dust but 5iJK > for those who had to be In contact con-tact with It to also be careful a regarded re-garded cleanliness dissipation and many other causes which would be fatal fa-tal In time of themselves without the Ill of the fatal dust A visit to the mill shows the steps taken by the management man-agement to control and do away with S the cause of complaint There are fourS four-S of tho Prlntz Rautech duat machines now set up und In operation and some more on the way to arrive shortly lp se are operated by a separate on rjlne so that when the mills are shut coun the fans remain In motion The npoulb for the dust cars are Inclobed S with heavy uprors to avoid the escape of dust while loading the distributing irs and new ventilators put In the tank rooms The conveyor room formerly for-merly called the death trap has the conveyor belt Inclosed In heavy double < urtalns of extra thick burlap so that but a small per cent of pulp If any can escape and to suply a longfelt want a new bathhouse Is started with S S hot and cold water bathe lockers to hold clothes and every convenience for the use of the mill hands In fact everything S every-thing will b done for the comfort andS tafety of the employees Among other S appliances for the use of the mill Is u Miifcll portable electric drill weighing y only twenty pounds which can be taken ta-ken und connected in any part of the S mill to drill holes without having to 5 dlFconncct and take to the machine shop any part of the machinery which wed such work done I I Taken allin all the mill and all its fippurtenances Its lighting water sys S tin assay office company office and dwellings are mode und one of the most complete plants ever in the State of ti Nevada and the owners can be congratulated nnl gratulated In not only having an able and etilcient management but also n valuable and productive property which S 1 well of southern deserves Nevada to bo 1 called the bonanza On the first of August last the new owners took hold of the April Fool mine Since then It has steadily runS run-S sind with success as the usual dividend nt has been paid The work of exploring the old levels and new drifts which arc being run has been the principal ob ic Jcet of the manager but the ore has f S lUJIl kept up In volume and the mill Jl lion been steadily going with satlsfao S jfiCary loturns Eight hundred tons of oreS ore-S WfiJr month are run through the stamps and then treated with cyanide New II bodies of ore in sight warrant the doubling IL dou-bling of the crushing capacity In the 1 near future A new 22horsepowcr Basollno ngnp has been placed In position sition and Is hoisting continually The ii ore In this mine Itf vastly different from ei the DC La Mttr ore I IH fryu gold and visible to the naked eye The richest 1 DC La Mar ore will neither show sold S S to the eyo or In the horn The values if of the ore worked in this mill vary from iiJ n few dollars to many hundreds per ton I 4 HO that an average is hard to get I t Is worked up to over 05 per cent I Up to The < date of salt and transfer l I this mine has produced 720000 to Its er Owners The > average value of ore t Marked has been 524 per ion I Thy property of the Boston and De La Mar camp IH I looking well to date indications In the gorge show copper Inn I-nn pyrites which Is very nearly a sure I cS sign of ore being not el very far oft but Cu as the country formation Is broken up j It isa dimcult matter to sot paying ore unless you go deep They have 1 r sunk n shaft JOO feet deep run In n 11 tunnel and crosscut < IQ feet and drifted IIl to the northeast 200 feet ana are noW 15h11 In so fur that one allot ana < JOSO the S lunJ Bought rot ori fI Iisrs Nctfbltt Bros have bonded llcir Gold Eaglo property and have J dons considerable wok on the Fraction ii They have sunk 6 fi t In in plar le and 113 h anr ihf i Work ic 1 Etlh t i Int pimhrd on th Mono and April Fool No 2 claims The Te mine Is J well opened and well equipped and the ledgii la large but Ld lcdl until further fur-ther work Is done which is being I pushed rapidly aa possible no correct Idea can be obtained of the true value of the mine Pending the deal now going on the Magnolia mine Is Idle but under new management and fresh capital It will soon take Its old place In the foremost I rank again with the piles of oro on the i dump there 1 custom mill here It would i soon be n profit to Its owners I 1 In the other parts of the district I some considerable assessment work is I going on and some oC the claims which have been worked more or less during the year are temporarily Idle until arrangements ar-rangements can be made for winters I work The district has been singularly fortunate for-tunate as the casualties among the large number of men employed has been very small and we confidently can expect that the new year will be marked by activity and prosperity all r along the line |