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Show FAMOUS SHEBA LEDGE I Something About an Old-Time Old-Time Nevada Mine. READS LIKE A ROMANCE rifcm One Clmrobor in th Shebi, Forty rot Wide, Thirty High unci Two llnndrtd and Fifty n-et Lour, lhre Million Dollars Vm Taken Jotepli Orgun Hut Hnct OlmrRo of the Tropnty lor Forty Years -New Dlscoverlis Mnde Which l'tomln Willi. ITititit vk nrr.ci i, 1 lleno Ne , Aug tn-jIIW,h Oignn Is In fron his Htnr rn-ih In llutnls.l.lt cnuniy and brings good news of the "helm mi,,,, f ,,,,!, ))e 1, ,he con. sultlrg englnffr. Mr Organ Is enthusiastic enthusi-astic n,er the rcit-nt deiel., meiiln and ".y' "" ?." the biggest mine In the state of Nevada He not speaking of a men piimhrrt hul" but of a mine mat rmm one chamber fori) fed wide, thirty f,et high nm w r,.ei lx i,r-ilureil i,r-ilureil JlOOO.ftnu The dlseMrr nf a few moie ehnmbeis like that In the lime formation would Indeed make It .1 kicui iionaivn TAiril IV rilOI'llllTV Mr Organ's fimi, In lh , ,opertv Is not of reent .hue It will be Just forty jenrs next spitng time be llrst took elmrge of the Shebn Kew" nun ao had so long 1 re, nnl In one mine as Mr Oigun lie has been a miner for lln )eais nml is still a oiing mnn In the COs ns he woul 1 s.i, nnd almost fuit ,bis hae been pnssed tllide, the shadows nf Star peak Mr Orgnn inme our fiom llnglaiul nnl wnikej two ears In the topper mines of Iike Suierlor, nnd was then two jcars nt Neiuda Clt), Oruss Valley, Cnl, when In tho spring of ISM they bent for him to mme up nnd take the place of forem in nn tho Shebn 11KADS I.1KI3 IIOMANCi: Mr. Organ's tnlo of those rally times reads like lomance Thoe weie strenuous stren-uous times In tho di)s before the rail-road rail-road and when tho Indlnns were on the warpath Mnny weie the halr-brendth escnpis he hnd with tho red devils hut It Is the mlno now In whtih wo nie Interested hhi:iia i.nnon mscovnnr.D The eni befoie James Thaiker nnd Isnac MUlei were prospecting and dls-coieied dls-coieied the Sheba ledge It showed on the surface onl n rmall outcrop of Iron oxide between piophry nnd lime nnd gave little Indication of the grout bo-nnnzi bo-nnnzi thnt lav on the lontnct only a few hundred feet nwu). Nevertheless Thncker nnd Miller received $10 00(1 from the London oompnny that purclnsed tho propert). Development hnd shown a strong ledge carrjlng antlmonlal silver, copper glance and brittle silver It wns worth S1200 n ton nnd it took rich lock In those dnvs to pay. 1-ON0 haiti. rem onn The ore had to he shipped nil the wny to Swansea, Wales, und had to bo lnuled acioss the Sierras by ox tenms ."00 miles to bo loaded on the bolts nt Sncrnmento. It took a whole muniner to ninke a round trip. The teams would come up with Btipplles from Cnllfornli nnd load book with ore. They got 8 and 10 ents n pound for hauling ore. IIOADS CLOSED I1Y SNOW. Pome seasons the freighters could not make t,e louncl tilp. tho earlv snows In the Sierras dosing the road. Then the teamsters would turn their oxen nut tn fatten In tho high bunch grass lu the foothills nnd sell them for beef Mr Organ does not recall the ocenn charge tn Swansea but the mnelter charge wns nnl J11 per tnn quite lensonable compired with modern STOCK UOi:s SOA1HVG Mr Morse nn engineer of the Trje-buig Trje-buig school of minis, was tho London inmpanv's general manager. Winn the grent linninza wns struck the stock went Kinrlng and was up tn JC2", per shnre tOI'OdOO for the piopeity when a hrenk or fault In the mountain cut off the Ifdge Thl wns In molt and then began n wiles nf dnwnfills Still vvh-n tho mine wis shut down thirty jeirs ago the had Just shipped two carloads nf JSOO lock fiom the bottom of the shaft and no sign of pla)lng nut OWNIltJ 1IY SALT LAKKltS. It Is for the bottom of this shaft tint the mw Sheb 1 Ciol 1 nnd Silver Mining romp ui) Is running Its 710-foot tunnel to di iln Ihe mine This Is 11 Nevada rolpomtlon but the stotk Is nil held In Snll Lake fit) Judge Hindi Is I resident nf the (ompany nnd Judge Iluitnn Onv Wills Mr rinwson ami . II Chllds the other directors. ON HON!) AND LTIASi: This (ompan) took hold of the propel!) prop-el!) Ihe 1st of lHst Oclnb. r on a two jchib' I nnd and lenue The purchase prlco Is Jll 000 und a 20 rer r nt i) all) 'Iheie Is now moie Ihm oie enough on Ihe dump to pav for the property. They have taken nut "(O tnns of that rich lib" k inelil from the old woiklrigs, but they nre not ship ping. In older tn save ronlt Tlitv will undnuliKdlv tnki up the bond lout, befoie It ixplies CONCHNrilATINO l'HOPPSlTlOV 'Ihe oie Is not all rldi sulphuretn Hut It Is deal I) n roneentr.illilg prop nklllon nnd there me huge bodlen of lnvv-siiide sluff This wns dleovered enily lu the hlstor) of the pruperl) ml Ihe London romp ill) sp nt niueh ilium v in putting up n mill Then iiimo Kiotn In Mi with his dr) ion niitiiillng priieetw He was looking fm a pl.ne to mnko n pi it Heal test of his patent nnd he eontrutetl with the Shcba conipnnj for noo tons of on He put up n mill near the base of the uiniinlnln In Sim cnii)iin that rnst jsn -nml 'Ibis mill pio.it und nil nre now Im hided In the bond In addition Hide are the Mammoth gioup of dilins nnd Ihe two lmiitlnns In the Sheba giojp MiKlnlty and ltoosevelt extensions of the bilge nil for JJI.OOO In fm t, tho prlco of the sheba Is but MACIIINM'.IIY flOOI) A4 NT.W The Sheba wns owned by the I'elei Woohoek (Stale of which l'rter Wool cork of Wlnnemuccii. Mis I'eter iir Kan of Mill CUy and the helis of Wll Ham Wwdcork of Vallejo, Cal nie tho InherllorH After the London company went bankiiilt lVtn Woolcnok was left lo look lifter tho mine and the K111111 mill He soon took In Hi, prop-eity prop-eity for his wages nnl taxes The machinery In that hue soooo mill Is still almost ns good ns new, and still It was sold for luxes MAMMOTH li:doi: To tho west of the hhiln 1000 feet lies tho Mammoth hdge, and It is well naiiii'd, for It took two locations lu width to cover the outcrop There Is a iliko 1200 fed wlJo ol porphiy und uiiuitz They get as high ns 13 pel rent lead nnd 8 In gold fiom tin veins running thioui.li It. nnd It Is bellevid the whole d)ko Is a low grade gold liroposltlnn tint will all pn) to mill WOltIC IN MAMMOTH. Joneph l'hllilps owned this nnd It was deslicd to Inrorpornto It In the Sheba donl. Hut he held out for J0.. ink) nnd In order to muko a silo the Rheba owners cut down their shire of 11.0 bond Considerable work is being idono on the Mammoth 'J. hey aro run- down isht f ml hive ! v 1 tj nv f 1 in .11 to go IN Sill. HA Tl NSH, J To, mon are nt work on the heln tumid mil It Is lu a little uver t'i ! ftet lut It has not et stiu.k soil! formation It starts In the gub h above tin Kioin mill It will cut onl) a c fret below ihe Imttom of the shirt in wlili h Ha iidi oie was left and vvliUh was down HO feet Ihe) ale also continuing explora tlons In the old workings nnd laklim out ore Hut liefnr? they t until d 1 u,v 1 thing me) hnd lo dean mil n thu, sant fed of tunnels The ml,,, lul lieen gouged bv evervone who until In pnwped slme It Plilll ow Ihlrlv , ears ago and the groun 1 hnd (avi I and the shafts flPed with nun Hl'I'KS MAY III! HKkl.l.KI) I It Is to be hoped Hint Mi iligins I expe, intlons will be Knlln.d ll is lonmvntlve ami n man ofrxuml J11 Ie ment l. ha represent e llunilni.ii ' toiiiitv In Ihe legislature ,. veral temis In limes twst and will main lie a ealidldnte for the nssemh this mil Tor nenilv fori) )enis he rd Ids wtf, have llv.d on one of Ihe 11 en rim-his In Ihe ,nunt Slar ranili a f, w mil. s down fiom the elheba moi nmuKN Tin: su iuh It will In- lememberel Hi I thi Sheb l Is about K miles nortl, o I nloitvllii wh, 11 tin old Ailr.niin pn, 1. . 1 1 in 000. and Just dors the mo intnln f, 1111 tin I'll live l'-itiii, whiil l. I led is mail) million mure AlltHn, of tin so mines o,eui In the lime bel th ,1 fo, ins Ihe Isise of the Humboldt nnge This formation Is veiy iHuketv.Vnd we will nevir know what hidden liuisuies it contnlns until It Is pmspssud with a diamond drill There mow be ninny other bonnmns like the sS bo. |
