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Show BULLFROG CAMP IS GREATER THAN EVER Barle T5. Clemens, editor of the Rhyo-llte Rhyo-llte Herald, was In Golcltleld this week on business lie was bubbling over with enthusiasm for his homo camp of Bullfrog, Bull-frog, as tho dlstr.lct Iibb been making magnificent progress within the past month nnd 1e on the verge of a veritable boom, says tho Goldfield News. Regarding recent developments in the Bullfrog district, Mr. Clemens said: "The most Important news feature of the week at Ilhyollto Is the preliminary organization of a co-operative milling company to build and operate a custom mill at this place At a mass meeting of citizens it was decided to organize n company with a canalization of 1.000,000 shares, all treasury stock, and place the same on tho market at $1 par. Aecommlttee of nine business men was appointed and during the first day's canvass tho subscriptions for stock amounted to 51300. It Is proposed to raise 310,000 at tho earliest possible date The plan Is to tako labor, ores, ma- I chlncry, lumbor and materials in ex- j change for stocks, ho that every citizen . may becomo Interested. The mill will 3tnrt with a capacity of ten 3tnmps as the minimum, and will be increased as occasion demand. There are thousands of tons of milling ore alroady taken out and In eight In the sevornl properties and a number of leasers are also extract- : lng quantities of ore which arc not rich enough to ship to outside plants, henco I the neccislty of a mill upon the ground. The three railroads traversing the Bull- j frog district, entering the town of Rhyo- . lite, pluce nearly every producer practically prac-tically on the rails There Is an abund- ' ancc of water, piped to Rhyollte, which may be aocured at very reasonable rates. ' Altogether, the proposition Is feasible and j will doubtless be consummated. fThe Montgomery Shoshone mill Is : treating 175 tons per day, averaging from ?20 to J25. and direct shipments aro being ! continued to Salt Lake at the rate of I from throe to six cars a week. Tho big j talc body is bnlng quarried cut of the i side of the hill and shipped practically I ; without sorting, with values running from I ! ?10 to $100 a ton In gold and. silver. A I clean-up of tho zinc precipitates Is being made this week. "The Bullfrog Gold Bar mill continues lo treat forty-five tons daily and a cleanup clean-up is also being made this week which will amount lo several (thousand dol- lars. 1 I "The stoel work on the twenty-five- ' stamp mill at the Homes take-King is be- j ' ing rushed nnd It Is e.vpoctod that the j plant will be in operation within ninety days. A compressor' plant will be ordered for the mine. "Samuel Newhouse has started a forci of men at work on the property of the .Montgomery Mountain Mining company, of which he is the controlling factor. Mr. Newhouse stated on his recent visit to Rhyollte that he is willing to expend 550.000 In the development of this prop- ! erly. which adjoins the Montgomery Sho- ! shone and which Is presumed to carry j the extension of the Shoshone and Polaris ledges. A compressor jilant and a large hoist arc to be installed at once. ! "Leasers on I. add mountain, on the National Bank and Bullfrog Mining continue, con-tinue, to take out quantities of shipping and milling ore. At the Diamond Queen, eight lenses have been given, with four now working. Some very high-grade ore Js being sacked. ' "Tho Capricorn lease continues to attract at-tract much attention. The "values are principally In sllvcv and run as high, as S900 "Work conlinucE on Ihe cyanide plant 1 at Sprlngdnle. the townslte In the north ; end of the Bullfrog district, and the plant will probably -bo In operation In July. "The Pioneer cyanide plant is almost ready to go Into commission. "The Bullfrog Wost Extension has another an-other sensation on the 150-foot level, where an clght-hnoh atrcak of green ore bus been struck that Is literally lousy with free gold. The values are said to run Into Ihe thousands of dollars. "The . Bullfrog district Is showing a marjsed Improvement In every respect. There are more men in camp than for s.onie -weeks past, and the hotels report a healthy Increase in patronage from transients. Locally there Is . much better bet-ter feeling than for many mouths past. : In fact, everything point to a general ' revival in the district. ' , |