Show I t Since United Stales Smelting Refining Re He- fining and Mining colpany company t turned l down the tho option ou Ol the Buckhor in Eu- Eu Eureka reka county Nov Nev George o has been making somo extensive Improvements Improve Improve- ments preparatory to placing placing tho prop prop- property erty on a I cash pa paying inS basis When the tho United States States' states states' engineers inspected tho thu Buckhorn property properly they reported they ha had found better belter than worth of ore oro hi sight but Mr Wingfield had sot sota a price of or on the property which the United States tates people unwilling un un- willing to o pay at once proceeded proceeded pro pro- to put tho mine in better boter shape by a of miners more fully to develop tho ore oro belt bel Ho has Just recently completed negotiations tons for tho purchase of three ranches ranchel located on the south fork of the Hum Ilum- boldt river together with all al water rights Ho is now planning to construct a dam feet high which will wl cost at least A mammoth reduction plant Is to be built bui which will wl bo be supplied sup sup- plied pled with wih water from tho rights just ac ac- ac It I will wl also bo arran arranged ed to convert convert con con- vert this water power into a large larse electric electric elec elec- plant which will wi transmit power for tho mine where here at least horsepower SOO-horsepower will wi be needed The plant when complete com com- pete will have 2500 which will wl light the town and provide power for every part of or tho mine and mill mt The Buel Buckhorn hom Is a low grado gol gold proposition and the tho concentrates aro to toO toe O e hauled a distance of about fifty miles mies to o the railroad When the United States people figured on getting the tho mine it planned to bul build a spur to the property properly from the main line Ino of the tho Southern Pa Pa- Yin fed decided to treat tho oreon ore oro oroon on the ground ground and this necessitated tho construction of a mill mt plant plant Other properties properties prop prop- are being developed In that locality local local- I ity and a railroad may bo built buit by the Southern Souther Pacific company s future development work warrant it i. i |