Show B BM S B Bl J va I MINES AND MINING I s EDITED BY iY Y P. P W. W I n MOUNTAIN MY tl HAS RICH OftE UHE DEPOSITS That Rock Runs High in Gold Discovered Only i j Recently e PRODUCED MUCH SILVER Mine Miners s 's of Early Days Looked i I For Silver SiVer Only and Got It I 1 Th Tire There re Is Js no doubt oU l about it I the Mountain City mining milling miling district In lu II north- north el rl n Jlko EIJo o count county pr presents tile the greatest greatest great great- est st opportunities to investors and ant prospectors prospectors pros- pros of ot any l mining camp in Ne- Ne vada or any other state In the early day das It I pro produced uce nearl nearly In InsUrer sUrer silver with 60 CO feet the greatest depth attained TJ TIle The miners millers of ot those c days cart vero looking only for tor or silver an and they JeV never l' l learned tl d that the ores they wore ole taking out contained good gold golt values valnea as well as silver Placers PIncers In 3 el tie vi vicinity vi- vi vicinity 1 were worl worked e for gold It is true tre but the average miner of or that I period knew little about gold golt quartz and ant It J was not hot to the Interest of ot theinert themen the tho thomen men inert who operated operate the mills mis In the 1 camp to enlighten him J. J M. M Ervin manager of ot the Little Litte Gladys Mining and ant Milling company compau who was In the city yesterday on tho the way East thus spoke of ot the district Ft of f which he Is a 0 pioneer He locate located r tl tIe the claims form the tho Little Litle Gladys company's estate and the men J ant who have Joined with wih him to provide j the means menus of ot developing e them are arc Salt Sni t Lakers He lie has studied nn and prospected prospected pros pros- the district tory cry thoroughly thorough and ho I Is 15 confident that it will wil make the greatest gold sliver oll producer In the tho countr country Ito Hus While the camp lacks the transportation transportation tation facilities which would aid alt wonderfully wonderfully won won- on in 11 Its Is development it has ilas mon many advantages which other mining districts do o not possess Among monS mong these ore are timber for tor or both fuel tuel an and building purposes and ll water in iii abundance for I power pow and nl for milling It I is a Ir great L grazing country and the climate is said to be superb In ln the Gla Gladys s 's company's compans property continued Sir Mr Ir Erwin is ls a perfect network network net net- work of ot veins from four tour to ten feet fee In width and ant the they nearly all 01 come to the thc surface The company compan owns ons nine claims and nl there are ledges In every ery one of ot them We l have hae a contact contact contact con con- tact between lime porphyry and granite granite srn- srn gran gran- ite and ant even the country countr porphyry carries carries car car- ries from 1 to a ton In gol gold The values In the quartz generally run from fromme me three to eight ounces In gold sold and ant from 1 to Ci h i havet a sr The Fiur l lowest A ae Ua l vC se we have have- obtain i in Is 7 O In Ingold gold an and the highest ghet Is 1850 In most other properties of or the district the H silver values alues pre predominate although all 0 get et good values In iii gold gol menal silver values are aro not unusual as hIgI tamed as ns 2000 ounces ounce having been ob ob- fur for IUd Ore Shout 1 tunnel In the th We Yo are driving a n Glad Gladys s 's to get under unter a shaft shaH In which at shallow depth we opened five feet of fr ore that averages from frum 40 40 to 60 to lo tho the ton and which with wih a 3 little sortIng sort sort- lug Ing will wi make an 01 excellent shipping even ven with the mile 80 SO-mie SO wa- wa got gon l haul ui Th The tunnel te Is In feet now flow g gl and has feet more to run te to reach the tIle rich ore oro shoot which It wil wl tap at nt the tho depth o or 50 feet feat We Ye hav i tl two other tunnels one In n feet th thi other feet In both Loth of ot which arc ar excellent ore showings In the thc Mountain City property owned b by J. J B. B Hall hail Hal and James James Tib e betts Jets a n shaft down own 10 feet Is Ir 11 from six to eight feet of or ore with wll average values close to lu a ton I Iwin It win can cn be bo sorted sorte Into stuff sturt running int the thousands Mr Ir Ervin expects to be bc ready read to lo com commence cm mence shipping from the Little Litte by 11 the time tinie the roads get et settled In the thc spring He lie HE says ays there Is even r In Indication that the camp will wl seer see seO n r lively summer this year ear New cw capita Is b being attracted in that direction ani one or more mills mis are arc likely to bk bf b k- k built bunt s |