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Show SODAVILLE TUNGSP BELT DUE FOR BOOM Development of Vast Schee-lite Schee-lite Deposits Hampered by Lack of Mill. The great Sodaville tungsten belt, t which about two years ago, under the I operations of the Atkins-Kroll company, m ad Hiieb a sensational record and pro-i pro-i filmed over a million dollars' worth of the metal in a few months, is experiencing expe-riencing such a revival as to promiso even a greater boom in the next few month'i than the former one. The belt or ore zone has been proven for a length of over four miles with a width of fifty to 300 feet. Besides the tunnels and numerous other exploratory workings, four shafts have been sunk at different points to a depth of 200 feot, and all show schee-I schee-I i to ore of a good commercial grade. , The great need of tho district is milling mill-ing facilities, and this promises to be supplied in the near future, as we are advised that local parties, together with outside capital, have already completed plans for a concentrating plant and have also developed water on the Rhodes flat for millng purposes. Re-' Re-' cently the Western Ore Purchasing company of Hazen has entored the mar- ket for scheelitc ores and concentrates, and this is booming the leasing propositions propo-sitions on this belt. Tho Atkins-Kroll property is being operated under lease by Beck & Noon-an. Noon-an. A rrooil nroduetion is beinc made ami steady shipments kept up to the " outside mills. It is reported that one 5 car of ore recently nettod $9000. c The Wagner property has its ore dc-. dc-. posits protty thoroughly developed through shafts and tunnels aud is hoisting hoist-ing ore daily, ami now has about 400 Inns of rool ore on tho dumps. The properly is owned by Edward Wagner of Wheeling, YV. Va,, and from information infor-mation at hand a big deal is on back there that promises to make this property prop-erty one of the big tungsten producers of the state. The Berndy Tungsten Mines com-pauv, com-pauv, owned by local people, is plan-w plan-w ning to develop its immense seheelite in ore bodies which were opened up twb taj years ago. The company has one of the biggest high-grade propositions in i. the district and systematic development of the holdings for the past two years hltfl proven large ore reserves. Plans now under way will bring this property A to a place in the sun in the near future. a Mark Young, representing Colorado tungsten people, has the Ed Ilcggland property under option at a good big fig-s. fig-s. tire. The pri:'e is satisfactory to the 0 parties who arc negotiating for the holdings, but it seems that there is some C kind of a hitch between the owners or is. those interested. If the deal is sue-In, sue-In, cessfnllv closed it will mean the con-s1 con-s1 ruction of one of the largest tungsten , milling plants in the state at an early ,1a te. h Another good property is that of the eJ. Tungsten and U-old Tellnrido Mining cc company, owned by J. II. Miller, Dr. F. fjjj G. Pache and associates. Not only have 1 t'hev proven up good bodies of ore, but rb have, through development, demons' demon-s' stinted that they possess one of thd m best high-grade gold propositions in Ne- y vadn. It is reported that arangements are being made to resume operations on the property on an extensive scale.- m Western Nevada Miner. |