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Show ECCLES INTERESTS SELL HAOA Mil Purchaso of tho Rye Patch Mines company, owned by the Eccles Interests, Inter-ests, has boon announced by Fred H. Vahronkamp, president of tho American Amer-ican Mining & Exploration company. This property Is located on the western west-ern slope of the Humboldt mountains in Humboldt county, Nevada. It is near the town, of Imlay, whore Vahren-kamp's Vahren-kamp's company has largo interests. The Ryo Patch mine is looked upon as one of the heavy producers of Nevada. Ne-vada. U has turned out more than $15,000,000 in silver In past years, but had beon closed down for a number of years until secured by tho Eccles interests, in-terests, when redevelopment work was started. Reports of engineers now show fully 300,000 tons of ore on tho dumps Tvith average values of from sixteen to twenty-two ounces in Bllvcr, ?1.20 in gold and 4 per cent zinc per ton. The amount paid by tho American Mining & Exploration company com-pany for tho property Is not announced, an-nounced, although it is admitted"that. It was a very large sum. |