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Show I jl ll Experts Examine Mine and ff o II Report Is Favorable for h L'ri 11 COPPER BELT ROAD lj' WILL HELP CAMP lllll Nevada Douglas Shaft Being nl'M Wl Equipped for Future J i Production, ll i 2 ilHf Concerning t.Iio recent visit, of blow '!l!.rM Hi Humphries and Lcbnrtho, smelting j fffl' expert, to "Mason Valley, the Ncwssnys: liP ll' I'll "The range of inquiries instituted II Ill ljCl)nrt,lc seems to be in keeping ((? hj jl with the importance of the project he 'if 5' III' nou 'ins ln "and- 0T nloro ,Mrm a i fy'' In week, in company with Consulting En- J JSrX ital gincor blew Humphries of Gunn-Thonip- 'Hi'jntj son engineering staff and Superintend- Hll' ti' Ml ont ',!U'kr "SVolcl1 oi" 1,10 rnsou Valley ijrjrfjfijl mine, he 'has conducted an examination i ijnl of t,IC Inson Valley, collateral to 1 ,' ;f II! which there has been a general ox- Js'l"'jf f il I ploration of ad.iaceut or nearby prop- ffo: erties; also the smelter Bite, where work ,'fitv & IS s n Prg"r(-'s:! n careful study of the " f?l Ka transportation problem, including a ' tffa r minuto survey from town to the mine, ' L riM III it ,im' u U'ousand and one. points, the 't P il exact data for which must be at llio 1 til command of the metallurgist in deter- ! j p iM mining the details of smelter oonslruc- ! t 1'on 01 a P'nnt 9,1C" as iiisrc Sl,u- ' I'Mil u icss a' 'ie very tarf. i ! liisl IS ll Prennre for "Plant. I't l IB 1 "Several. days more will bo devoted i I (if to the task of making up a budget. IIP Wv ' ('otal's a"d clear the wav for the i jfjly j f installation of (he plant that is to 5 K'i I ft solve the problem of ore treatment in I' I ill, Vinson district. ! II '1 "Investors can but be pleased with f Xii H I '10 care,,'l manner in which prelum- ' '"Hljl l lli "ary stcl)S nro being taken; and it rt I 's ov'(liit tnat tlie present movement Hi; Hp I complete the smelter project is 'ilffi lif J characterized in the reports of blew ' "RVi' tlf I Humphries, upon Mason Valley and J y Nevada-Douglas j)roperties, which re- ! Lj l,fcU ffi ports are, undonbtodlv. responsible v!5fjl f for the confidence of the investing VU public, making it possible for tho pros- . I j f en I. programme of development to be Wlitl is realized up io the present status, nnd , ( 'j lj frjyJ to assured of its completion. 1 jll New Bailroad. 'HI IS Hli I "T,1C Nevada Copper Belt railroad, M Ktft iff in process of construction, and practi-1 IhI'M1 II lis y coniPletod as far as Vinson. H !K Hi thanks io the energv and enterprise of St m M W. 0. Orein, general manager of tho ;lt lu evada-Dougl.-is Copper company, did tH'4nI"8 nofc 1!,vo its 'nc(,Pt,ori i a promotion il scheme, neither did the smeller project ! ?i m li o( t,lc !1H0U Valley Mines company; . 'U W R the foundation of both consists of ore 'Tim I' development, which the Mason Valley 1 frli l M citizens and outside investors in local ! al iW ft properties have watched with an in- I'i- M ll I jMacou Valley Mine. 'M Itf 11 , f-s to l,IC as Valley mine, with 'HMa lltH It e Illfnnation that the upraises at ! H H M o. :i and No. 4 levels, designed for !'-'h'4h ventilation, are about to be completed 1 LMo IiTh oomcs the certified statement that, in or Jli 0!lc'1 of t,,?5 lir Iias. which, from ii iB III! I !op 10 ll0tt0n' !l distance of nearly throe !m m ffffi hundred feet, pierce the heart 'of the Li m 1 1 oro reserves, have been continually in H S'S' 1 n orc of 1"ar l)0tter than an average grade, ir flnl! II' T" f!lct' 11)0 Prn'Ke frohi No. 1 level ' f 1'j IH ' lu,s rL'cor(1c(1 a" average of better than :' k'3, 9 i m '5 t0 s I'er cenf copper. The true (H m K significance of these facts will not be ! m til I lost on any person familiar with the . MlK' l tN developed ore reserves of the Mason ! Li fi l i'i Valley; while the existence of fho con- ' Fi HI1' ' tinuous orc boxly from level to level has i W heretofore been amply demonstrated the piaJnlfi disclosures of these upraises make a 'Sit lifit u further demonstration that the values ilw- I, "re also continuous throughout, with ! Kl l8 m ' occasional enrichments that put the il'fw I H ultra-conservatives in a state o tcm- ' ail llll ' porary embarrassment. 1 iWi rnS "Over at tho Nevada-Douglas devel- ' j m Ir opments are awaiting the arrival of ii!' riM 1 (:PPPer Belt. The 750-foot shaft, I Sh in Hi Jcliiic, which taps the sulphide ore mM l'" bodies, is entirely completed, and at ! 1 ' H present work is confined to equipping JiJ M 1 . the same with the nccessarv machiucr I Fjlm fj.1 t0 operate on a producing basis." |