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Show I" YERINGTON MERGER ii : ffliyiEM Mason Valley and Nevada Doug-' Doug-' las Nucleus for Possible f Merger. I DISTRICT'S MINES IN PROMISING SHAPE ,! Experiments Prove Direct ' Smelting Nature of Prop-! Prop-! i erty's Ore. The morser seems to lie the thing In i mining: circles these days, and one of the propositions hclns discussed again In eastern circles Is a consolidation of the big properties of the Ycrlngton, Nevada, district, including Mason Valley, Neva- ; da-Douglas, Blucstonc and others. Local Lo-cal officials disclaim any knowledge of i i .such a scheme. It being Intimated, In ' 111 fact, that the Interests of the two big I' companies arc not of such a nature as I . would make tho deal possible. I . That there Is going to bo "something r doing" in the Ycrlngton country, how- I over, Is generally admitted, and both ; tho Mason Valley and Nevada-Douglas I people are planning extensive operations, L and at the same time arc by no means , Idle In tho work now going on. , Developed Properties. A story from Boston to the Mining Financial News. New York, concerning tho reported combine, says. "The latest, and ono of the most Inter-l Inter-l esilnp bits of news that reaches Boston Is a rumor to the effect that a consolidation consoli-dation Is being discussed of the big mines I of Ycrlngton, Lyon county, Nevada, the nucleus of the combination being the Nevada-Douglas and Mason Valley. These two, with the celebrated Bluestone, are the big developed mines of tho dls-I dls-I trlci. Ill "Tho Nevada-Douglas and Mason Val ley have each around a million tons of high-grade copper ore blocked out and on the dumps, the Mason Valley oro running run-ning per cent and hotter, and tho Ne-" Ne-" vada-Douglas averaging from 5 to 6 per cent. It Is probable that the Blucstonc has an almost coual amount of ore running run-ning from 3 to 1 per cent. Ii arraign, ametung, i "The Nevada-Douglas mines, which are l located on the western, or Smith val- l ley, side of the district, have In a num- I' bcr of ways demonstrated that their ores I are self-fluxing and straight-smelting. It 1 Is believed now that tho Mason Valley mines, which are located on the eastern N' range of tho district, are turning out to L be. under the examination of tho mctal- ; lurglcal expert, .Jules Labarthe. also a dlrcct-sniclllng and self-fluxing proposition, propo-sition, r "Originally, engineers thought the No- " vada-Douglas company would be obliged to spend $750,000 In the erection of a 5 concentrator to treat Its ores. However, by shipments made from the Ludwlg property of this company to the Salt Lake and other smelters, and bv dcvcl-j dcvcl-j opmcnts at depth In the sulphide zone of the Ludwlg, It has been proved that a concentrator represents an unnecessary expense, .as the ores can be so mixed as to make a straight-smelting charge, "ot only reducing the plant investment, but effecting a material saving of tho aluc3 by the single process of reduction, in which concentration Is done away .r with. If these results are also attained by the Mason Valley It will mnke a tro-, tro-, mendoua allowing for the Ycrlngton dis trict, as the two mines arc typical of the district In every way. In , extensive iiomings. i "Tho largest group In Ycrlngton Is tho I ' Nevada-Douglas, with thlrty-threo full I and fractional claims. The Mason Val-I,- ly company has six claims. The Blu-IM Blu-IM stone has twenty-two claims, Tho Yer-Inglon Yer-Inglon Consolidated, a promising prop-U prop-U . crty, having the game Nevada-Douglas I-, and Orem control and adjoining both I j 1 the Bluestone and Mason Valley, has I V fourteen claims. The Ycrlngton Mala-'i Mala-'i ehlte has twelve claims and the Western U Nevada eight claims: the latter being M under Newhouse control. The properties , mentioned would undoubtedly he the ones slated for inclusion In the rumored consolidation. con-solidation. "The Nevada Copper Belt railroad. ( which has been built Into the Ycrlngton district by the Nevada-Douglas Copper r company, began January 10 to- operate v 2J? ,a .flight flnd passenger tariff basiF. This line has established a schedule bell be-ll twoen Ycrlngton and Wabuska, on the southern Pacific. Its passenger rate be-J be-J si cents a mile, or $1 from West i lcrlngton to Wahuska. and SI. 20 from i Mason City to Wnbuska This road bc- gan about the middle of Decomber to ,;. receive and discharge freight over a ; portion of the line between Wabuska II and lcrlngton. Jt has purchased a 150-h 150-h horsepower motor car with a maximum I speed of eighty miles nn hour, -which will make two trips each way dally be-j be-j twe.en Ycrlngton and Wabuska, connecting connect-ing at Wabuska with all trains of tho I Southern PaeWlc. and giving Ycrlngton 1 aL once a modern mall service and i connection." |
