| Show I MOUNTAIN fOUNT AIN CITY GITY IS i SCENE OF NEW NE LiFE I II I Camp of Romantic History to toI I I Again Hear Heal Music of Mis Mills I I I PRODUCED PRODUCED TEN MILLIONS I Ore Bodies Gouged by Pioneers I II I Are Now Being Proven at Depth I Tinged with romance Is the tue past of ot the old camp of ot Mountain City away up In northern Nevada Nevada- v. d a camp which In tho the early seventies produced more moro than In silver sil sU vcr ver and gold roId and ond which after uter resting rest rosl- ing izig ng the period of a a. t full ful generation Is again the tho scene of activity act lt and prom prom- II isee Ies B to far surpass its former record of or production Production of ol In a 0 few toW years Cars meant that many made comfortable comfor I table fortun fortunes l. l It I meant the tho attraction of the tho adventurer as us well as an the tho worthy orthy minor minot and the youth who had made his first venture from the circle of ot home Influences Without doubt I countless stores of fortunes quickly made and lost of or crime of love and aud of ot all al tho the human passions which force men Into the tho limelight of the border mining camp could be told l by th the pio pioneers plo plo- of Mountain City the City the few fow that aro are loft left left While It I was placer gold gol which first attracted tho the early day carl luy miners to Mountain tn In City Ctr live IWO stamp mills wore at ono one time In operation and the camp boasted boasted a population of full ful fully But the quartz which was from tho the hills hUt In tho the cru crude e way of the time and treated by process which made Inde far from a u close saving carried a n preponderance of silver values Sil sn Silver ver or was king then Gold was sas held In such contempt that the mills mils made mado madeno no returns for tor gold gol values of ol less than one ounce to the ton Values linn Hun some somo of ot the Mountain Cl City ores ran as high as OOOO ounces In silver an and several hundred dollars In Ingold ingold gold to tho ton time the miners became discouraged ed when silver was do dethroned and no attempt was ever o er ma made e to prove provo the oro ore bodies bodlos at depth None of ot the tho mines was over ever exploited to a t greater depth than feet or 01 as ns far tar as work worl could be done with a windlass s. s those days much has been beon learned about both mining mimming nn and mill mill- mi ing irig Hock block which was as contemptuously thrown u over o er tho tim dump then would bethe be bo botho bethe the tho source of great profit toda today And nd with added knowledge of formations and oro occurrences It has hl become evident evi dent lent that rt at tl a little depth permanent ore oro ro bodies largo larg and of or great richness rich rich- ness ess will wl be opened In lu tho thu Mountain CI City district Xon Nev m Companies lit nt urk Several Se companies have hn tho the last year ear been een engaged In the work of ot proving some orno of those ore oro bo bodies lM on and all al are meeting with wih success None one perhaps has Ins a 0 moro more promising estate or Is at athis this his moro active than Is tho tha Little Litte Glac's Gladys Mining Milling company which Is largely a Bait Salt L Lake alco corpora corpora- ton Ion tion This company compan has hns an nn estate state of or full ful claims lin lying Just above ho tho little town which straggles along alonG ho tho bank of ot tho time beautiful Ivor iver It I line has exposed several veins ill aU U showing gold a as a t aj am tt surer liver liveral I cr vat al 11 ues Os some nemo of ot the on ore or running Into the tho sore hundreds of ot dollars a n ton A tunnel i In being driven cn on n. n n contact con con- between and tact act granite granito porphyry tho ho grantee granite being tho the toot wal This porphyry dike hl highly mineralized Is 18 about COO feet teet wide vido and extends the tho ful full ull lon length th of the tho compan company's property 1000 feet teet The vein has hns been recently crosscut showing a width of or 0 o feet teet four tour foot feet on tho the being a I porphyry quartz and eight foot feet of ot ofray gray ray talc nil 01 showing strong miner miner- There Is 18 every evidence that thata a rich ore boly boY Is 18 being approached by y the Already assays s 's run from 2 to 60 GO a ton Mountain City mine owned by J. J I B. B Hall Hal and James nan has hal a producing record of It now nos' has a 0 shaft feet teet cot deep sunk on tho the vein clu which shows Iho 9 a n width of oi from four tour to seven soven feet feet Tho average value of ot tho ore shown by battery assay Is IsUG 26 UG a n ton liti Ju New cw Ten 1 1111 Tho The Protection Mining company's property which has nas produced very grado high rado oro ore Is equipped with a now ten stamp mill mi Water level lovel having hayIng hay hav hn ing InS been recently reached in the mine however work has boon been temporarily suspended until adequate hoisting machinery machinery ma ma- chinery can bo be Installed This mine with proper management hns has wonderful wonder wonder- ful possibilities The Nelson mine in the south end and of the tho camp hug has considerable erable development develop develop- ment and is equipped with a n stamp six Merrill mill Tho The mine shows largo large bodies of low grade low grade ore oro but bitt for tor some somo reason It I Is 11 at nt present l Idle le The rha great drawback for tho the camp since tho the now era cl-a era of act I activity started has been of course the thc scarcity of adequate moans means to lo carry tho time mines to the tho pro production point point While not a n little ore has hI been exposed which under under under un un- un- un der ordinary conditions would be bo of shipping grade tho mile SO-mile SO-mie SO haul to railroad makes It I Inadvisable to at attempt attempt attempt at- at tempt shipping on a a. large larse scale Mills must be had and antl considerable capital Is 19 required to develop elop dc oro ore bodies warranting warranting war war- ranting the bul building ln of ot mills mis Progress Frog Frog- ProS rose ress reS has been necessarily slow therefore there thero- therefore fore fOl-e but gradually the the mines miles are aro beIn boIng be- be In lug Ing brought to tho the point whore where herc tho they will wi attract the capital needed The camp has splendid mill mm sites an nn abundance of or water for tor power and all al other purposes Is at nt hand woo wood l can be had at nt 56 0 C and 7 J 7 a cord and mining min mm- inc ing timbers at seven f en an and eight cents a a lineal l toot foot Aside from Irom Us its Is un undoubted mineral re resources ro- ro sources Mountain City Is In il tho the ml midst st of ot one of tho greatest grazing countries countries countries coun coun- tries in tho the world owners of ot cattle and horses hOIes never having to teed feed their stock during the winter Inter months It I is also a paradise for tho the sportsman the u river heln being with trout while in the hills hUs larger game abounds bounds |
