Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-26 | Page 10 | Round Mountain is Active District

HDUMQ ilHTl IS " ACTVED!STR!CT Jefferson Canyon Region of Southern Nevada Is Awakening. I. M. Williams, -who is one of The owners own-ers of the old Charles silver mine in Jefferson Jef-ferson car. yon, six miles above Hound .Mountain, is in Tonoj,ah on mining business, busi-ness, says the Tcnopah (Nev.) Times. Mr. Williams states that ir. the past few days there have b..en a number of mining men in the canyon looking over different prop-ei prop-ei ties there, and that in- his opinion active operations ma y a gai n be under way i n that section at ro late da te. T'no Kanrohat property, one of the host known in southern Nevada, is a rout to resume work under new management and an extensive campaign of development is planned. The Kanrohat mine was operated by Charles Kanrohat for over forty years and in the early days was a steady producer. pro-ducer. Tho Fail view mine at Round Mountain, owned by -L. D. Gordon and associates, is working steadily and regular shipments of bullion are being made. On the Daisy claim of the Fair view company a new shaft is being sunk and a depth of 125 feet has already been attained. About twelvo leasers are busy on the Round Mountain - Mining company's ground and are making regular shipments of ere to the company's mill. Placer mining is again in full swing on tho Sunnyskle ground, with four hydraulic giants v thing out the gold. The cleanups clean-ups are good and indications are that this will bo the banner year in placer milling in the camp. It is estimated that fully 150 men are busy both a.s leasers and miners in the various properties of the district.