| Show WALKER SEES MINES Boston Editor and Copper Au Authority Authority Visits Principal Mines Of the Camp of Yerington VISITED NEVADA DOUGLAS Manager Walter nIter C Orem In nt at atThe The 1110 Time l lower I ower On lust Walter C Orem general manager of ot the Nevada Douglas Copper company has returned from n a trip to the th prop property property property erty of that corporation at ton Nevada While In camp he be ran across George L Walker the noted Boston copper authority and editor of ot tho tle Dos Bos Boston Doston tos toston ton Is making a H round roundup up of ot the principal copper camps campi of the west This was Mr Walkers trip to Yerington and he ho expressed himself to Mr Orem as being quite agreeably surprised with the showing of copper that the tho camp presents He lIe visited the property of the tho Nevada N vada Douglas company as the guest of ot Mr Orem and had an nn opportunity to see how hol things looked there on the eve Oc of ot putting power equipment Into commis commission stout sion To a News representative today Mr Orem Orom stated that he ho had at last received assurance from the manage management ment moot of the Truckee General Electric company that electric power would be delivered to the Nevada Neada Douglas mine not later Inter than tho the This Is about the bet best news that has bas come front from YerIngton In many weeks for tor It means that employment will wilt be given to a great greal many marty man more moro men and that de do development development will progress much moro more rap roll rapIdly rapIdly Idly than Ihan has been In the tho past paal pastIn pastIn In fact Mr Orem says ns as far tar as m tho the Nevada Douglas Is itt concerned ho ex ox expects expects poets to accomplish more mora In tho the next six months In tn the way of showing up ore oro than has been done In tho the entire history of ot the property While Manager Orem was 05 In camp amp It was decided to center work In the Immediate future at ot three different points viz Iz towards tho the opening o of the tho Casting Copper ore body the driving ing lag of ot the tha deep drop tunnel and further de development of the tho Ludwig mine re cc recently cooLly acquired by the Nevada Nevado Douglas company The Tho outside shaft on the Casting Cop Copper per claim la is now down ISO feet At 45 feet depth tho the ore body has crosscut for a width of ot 44 U feet A Adrift Adrift Adrift drift has been started westerly from tho tim shaft on the tho level and Is showing copper averages of ot per percent percent percent cent The rim ore is Isa a sulphide and au car carries carrice rice ries enough Iron to make mako It desirable A sampling of ot the tho shaft returned 55 56 per cent copper while east cast of the shaft and up tho the hillside the vein been opened for tor a n distance of ot feet by surface tunnels and trenches The Tho ore body has hns been bean found to have havo a n width of from coma 40 to 50 60 feet foet and the drift now being run on this ore body should give Ive sloping backs of ot anywhere from oo to OO feet In the LudwIg mine conditions are arc steadily on the Improve On the 50 foot toot level leel an oro ore body of quite gener generous ous one proportions has been exposed While the exact dimensions aro are yet yot to tobe tobe tobe be determined It Is known to bo be 76 75 feet long Recent shipments of ot ore from this shoot have returned 20 per percent percent percent cent copper The rhe main Incline Is down feet In sulphides of ot a low grade and drifting Is In progress looking to towards towards towards wards the tho opening of the ore body along the foot toot wall The usual pro production Is being kept up from Ludwig After leaving Yerington Mr Walker made mado his way vay to Ely Kly and Is duo to reach Salt Lake earl week |
