OCR Text |
Show IS GETTING SECOND WIND. Old Washoe District Preparing to Brush Off the Rust. The old "Washoe district has got Its second wind and is now being thoroughly exploited by people who mean business. These men are "doing things.'' and not talking about it, and the work now being be-ing advanced Is of a permanent naturo that means a great deal to that whole section. Install New Plant. The Willow Creek Mining company are preparing to at onco Install a 00-ton plant, and power for operating it will be secured from Galena creek. The vein on this property Is from 30 to 0 feet wide and runs from $S to ?1G In sliver and 20 per cent lend. Tho property was recently very thoroughly exploited by experts and was I hen taken over by tho "Willow Creek people The Galena company, com-pany, on Galena hill, composed of Utah people, Is being actively developed. There Is lots of i0 ore In sight in the mine. Work on Harris Mine. The Harris Mining company, Kansas people, have made all but the final payment pay-ment on this mine, and the money Is In bnnk now to meet that one on the 2-lth of May next. A 50-ton plant will be put In at once. Work lias been going on nicely for the past six months, and Manager Man-ager Stevens arrived In Reno last evening, even-ing, en route to the property. He has been in Los Angeles having a lot of ore tested by a now process, and It Is a perfect per-fect success. This test was made on iOO pounds of ore. This mine, years ago, produced several hundred thousand dollars dol-lars and lots of the ore went $10 per pound. Going Deep in Bocky Hill. W S. Wllhelm, president and mannger of the Rocky Hill company, was In Reno yesterday and went to the mines this morning. He reports the double compartment com-partment shaft has attained a depth of 117 feet, all In ore. A drift was advanced 22 feet west and cuts a three-foot vein that averages SCO 59, and the east drift has been run 70 feet and discloses a shoot four feet wide of exceedingly good ore This drift will be advanced until It gets under an enormous shoot of very high-grade high-grade ore Thero are COO tons on the dump that will average $11. and 70.CO0 tons In tho mine that carries values from $10 lo $i0 per ton. A 10-stamp mill and n cyanide plant will be Installed at once. The company has an assayer at the mine and all ore Is very carefully tested. Nevada Stato Journal. |