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Show BRILLIANT FUTURE PRLDICTEDjOR TYBO Samuel Newhouse, one of the most prominent mine operators in the west, and who has done much toward advancing advanc-ing the mining industry in Utah, his home stito, arrived at Tonopah last night from Tybo, where he inspected the holdings of the Louisiana Consolidated Consoli-dated Mining company. Mr. Newhouse returned from the famous old camp with the feeling that its showing will, at no distant date, cause the camp to feel again the throb of activity, even greater great-er thau during its halcyon days, when its output was thousands of dollars a month, and it ranked with the best producers pro-ducers in the state. Mr. Newhouse said last night that he found at Tybo the most prominent and most positive showing for a very big mine. He stated that he had heard much concerning the camp, but had come to see for himself. "To begin with," said Mr. Newhouse, "the Tybo mine is in a lime formation. The main vein has been proven almost continuous for a distance of over 4000 leet. There are cross veins of great importance, one vein on which considerable consid-erable development has been done being sixteen feet wide and having the finest showing of cube galena I have ever sen. It runs 2 ounces of silver to every per cent of lead. Indeed, it is characteristic of the whole mine that the silver goes 11 ounces to every per cent of lead all through the property. I saw ore stopes there forty feet wide, of fine mil ore, with about three feet of shipping ore in it. "The Tybo mine was worked a good manv years ago for oxidized ores, and when the1' faulted and the management failed to secure any more ores of this character, the mine was practically abandoned. The present owners the Louisiana company have gone to taking tak-ing out sulphides directly beside oxidized oxi-dized ores worth $125 to $150 per ton. "The mine down to the third level has a record of $5,000,000 produced, and this will be equaled when the assault is beErun upon the sulphide ore. They are down now to a depth of 500 feet, and with each 100 feet the ore has been getting get-ting better. I have not a single doubt but what the mine showings will be found to be as good, or even better, at a depth of 1500 feet than they are now. Or, in other words, I think that it is a permanent mine and will go down to a great deoth, and that the ore will never be any poorer than it is now. "I have had a long and varied experience ex-perience in mining, and have never seen a more promising property than the Tybo mine. Of course, they have their streaks of low-gTade ore, that are composed com-posed of lead, iron and zinc, w -.. is alwavs more or less a complex milling proposition, but in the case of Tvbo, I believe that the separation will" be much more easily made than in . . 'n-eral 'n-eral run of rebellious ores. "The company has put un the first unit of its new mill and has it almost finished and ready for milling ore. Mechanical Me-chanical adjustments are now being made, and I think that within ten days to two weeks the plant will be turning out concentrates. It is actuallv turning out some concentrates now, but only by way of experimentation, since the'v must put through some ore in order to make the necessary mechanical adjustments adjust-ments complete. '. Tonopah Times. |