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Show ' the fact that it Is located within three I miles of the line of the Western Pacific Pa-cific and It is atatcd that a town will be established on the line nearest the Central district. The Sunrise property, which was recently taken over by January Jones of Goldfield, it Is said, will be worked on a very large scale. On this property prop-erty a shaft has been sunk to a depth of 75 feet, exposing a vein two feet wido and returning average values of $35 In 6ilver and lead. Some prospecting pros-pecting has been dene by tho new owner and all indications point to opening up something good with development de-velopment work. "The Golden Eagle group, one of the moat promising In tho district. Is also to bo developed. This group Is owned by New York capitalists, some of whom are expected soon to look over tho ground and lay out a plan of development. Tho Golden Eagle has a ten-stamp mill on the ground which will undergo repairs and be put In condition for the treatment of the ore produce:? from the company' holdings. "My self and associate. Mrs. James Coalter, own a group of four claims known as the Silver Monarch and I Topazes. On the Topaz No. 2 a shaft has been sunk to a depth of 75 feet, exposing ten inches of ore averaging close to $30 in gold, silver and lead. On the Topaz No. 1 there is a 33-foot shaft. The ein in the bottom of this shaft shows strong 32 inches and carries average values of better than ! $25 in gold, silver and lead, tho two latter metals predominating. Tho ledge shows a unformity from the collar of the shaft to the bottom. . Several Sev-eral tons of ore are now on the dumps, having accumulated in developing tho property. "The Silver Monarch No. 2 was worked quite extensively in tho early days. A tunnel has been driven in for a distance of 120 feet on the ledge. Near the breast of the tunnel there is a largo chamber 50 feet wide and about 75 feet long showing where hundreds of tori6 of oro had been extracted. ex-tracted. There are several tons of $17 one on the dump at the portal of the tunnel now and with a little sorting sort-ing it can be shipped at a profit." Mr. McDowell stated that a stage line has been established between Mill ! City and Central. For the present or.lv one trip will be mado a week. I leaving Mill City on Monday and returning re-turning the following day. BRIGHT FUTURE FOR OLD CENTRAL "In my opinion the Old Central district dis-trict is destined to rank again as one j of Nevada's precious metal producers," produc-ers," paid U. H. McDowell to a Lovelock Love-lock Review mining reporter. "I recently re-cently returned from that section where I spent several days looking over the district, and while it is true three is not a great deal of work going on, what I saw greatly impressed me and there is no question in my mind but what at some early date the old camp will be In line again." "Central Is located nbout twelve miles northwest of Mill City and Is one of the camps worked in the early days of mining of Nevada. A strong point in favor of its rejuvenation is |