Show W V. A A. A CLARK JR BUYS IN PIOCHE COUNTRY COUNTR Takes Over Col Elliss Ellis's E. E F F. Mine in the Bristol District S OPERATE ON LARGE SCALE Senators Senator's Son Has Plans o of His Own for Mining Copper Not ol since Samuel Purchased purchased pur Pur- chased a u controlling Interest In the Hie Ohio Kentucky Mining company hrs a deal been made which means so much to 10 the district as docs does the thc taking over of the old E. E F. F mine b by W. W A. A Cl Clark Clarl rl Jr This latest Im Important Important fin Im- deal has been closed within tho the last few fow days as a's by the paying over overto overto I Ito to Colonel A A. A C. C Ellis a fl sum Ium of or mone money sufficiently large lare to Indicate Mr Clarks Clark's complete faith In lii the proposition proposition proposition tion as well as his intention to In Inaugurate Inaugurate In- In au large laige operations In tho ho Held field which Is coming coinIng so o prominently Into notice It Tt Is understood that the price to be ultimately pa paid d is in fri the neighborhood neighborhood neigh neigh- of ot a quarter of a million of dollars I ol Ia rs The E. E F. F mine is in tho the Bristol district twenty five miles northwest of at It Is to the big Da Day mine own owned cd b by the Utah Nevada and adjoins the property of or the tho Bristol Copper company which Is also re regarded rc- rc s as valuable property rhe The formation of oC the Bristol district Is very similar to 10 that of or while the Pioche district Is more nearly the counterpart of Park Palk City A limestone formation cut b by porphyry dikes likes which make malo large bodies or shoots of or ore In Inthe Inthe inthe the hue lino is the tho prevailing characteristic of tho the Bristol district The ores carry silver lead gold sold and copper values and carry an Iron gangue which makes them most desirable for tor smelt smelt- ing lag The average values are arc larger than those of ul the tho ores 55 5 0 e Copp r r roi n. n The Tue E. E fc F. F was known In tho the old days duys as the tho Da Ba Bay State property It was worked extensively In those e lays days for the sliver silver values s but It Is Js tho the coppel copper copper cop cop- per pel now with the coming of oC the rail lall- toad road which makes it an especially at attractive attractive at- at 0 1 proposition The mine was was tal taken cn over b by Colonel Ellis and antI O. O 01 J. J Salisbury tome some six or seven years rears ago and In that time they have ha accomplished a a. great deal of or development de tie- large bodies of ore are having been blocked out In anticipation of at a railroad being built to Pioche Only about enough ore ole was shipped d during this period to pay the expense of oC development The mine Is about two miles from the terminus of or the Jack Rabbit Babbit railroad which runs from Pioche to Bristol W. W A. A Clark jr recently sold his home in in Butto Butte and removed to this city evidently that lint he might be he nearer his intended operations in tho the southern south south- ern era country countr which It Is believed ed will assume considerable ma magnitude A report that Heinze was Wa with him upon the tho purchase of ot Pioche property was circulated a few weeks ago but It was erroneous The foundation foundation foun foun- dation for It was wa his having been becis accompanIed accompanied ac ac- companied to Pioche by Al J. Frank of or H en engineering staff It develops de tie- that Mr Mi III Frank Franl was simply loaned to MV MT Clark for the purpose of or making an un examination of or the E. E F. F mine r |