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Show LOCI H LEASING OLD BULLWHACKER High grade s 1 er lead concentrates are being shipped by the local nun ng men who have a lease and bond on the old Bnllwhaekar property, located near Eureka, Nev The f irst carload of concentrates con-centrates reached the smelter yesterday at Murray and, accord me to tike local officials of the leasing company, the shipment runs high in lead and silver Shipments from the property Are ex peered regularly from now on. 0 JJ. Grimm, P A. Qrrmtn, E. A. Nfles and Robert Swiaegood secured a lease anl bond for four yesrV tone on the BuUwhaeker property some time azo and started jigging the ore on tpe dump Although preliminary tests bad shown that the ore could be successfully treated by snob a iproceea, the proqec was approached m a very economical manner and a small plant was installed. The result of the first shipment was so satisfactory however that the man' agement has ordered the necessary mm ing and milling machinery and has al ready shipped 7000 feet of pine to tbe property and a more aggressive campaign cam-paign of work has been mapped out. The property was put in shape for operation about five months ago and since that time the manasrement has been increasing the force of men, unta there is now employed a force of fifteen. The property is an old one that was worked a number of years ago. Due to -the fact that transportation facilit.inB were poor in those days it did not pay the operators to ship any ore that ml leas than (30 to the ton. As a result large tonnages of low grade ore were left standing m the mine and, during the development work, any ore broken that did not rnn up to the required shipping standard was thrown on the dump The successful outcome of the project has given an impetus to the mining and miliing industry in the vicinity of Eureka and at present, according to G n Grimm the dumps of abandoned ot closed down properties are being sara pled and leases sought on teem Eureka is now enjoying a greater period of as tivity in mining than it has experienced in years. |