| Show c all u ma afi T 0 HE FRON I 1 au A I 1 N NEW LIFE IN NORTHERN el EIKO KO COUNTY t r interesting news from section of nevada that has been rather quiet the northern part of elk elko o county Is yet likely tor to eclipse southern nevada in itt its production of mineral wealth since mr H 11 j mayham has taken hold of the old camp of tu tuscarora cadora arora carora conditions are changing lie he beems to have the hand which wields the magic wand the old time system of graft and steal is cut off business methods now control scientific processes ses take the place of slipshod methods mr mayham went in there last year on a tour of investigation upon the advice edvice of captain james and decided to take hold he had already made some success in mining ventures ventur es and anad concluded that tuscarora was one of the most promising fields open to ini int i vesting capital this conal conclusion was reached after visiting southern nevada where so BO many milt ions have been taken out where so many fortunes have been made and where so many poor devils with a few hundreds have been swamped and had to walk out that mr 1 mayhams judgment was right is demonstrated by the fact that since beginning operations in tuscarora he has shon up the commonwealth a property which has produced millions of dollars dollar has tapped a vein on tile the line between dexter and elva ground and put about in free gold on tho the dump for milling and is now hunting at the rate of about gallons of water every two minutes to find the pump which was lost in the dexter where taylor was hooded flooded out eight men under tinder the direction of mr mayes have been sampling for the past two months and have found more than five million tons of ore that goes better than H 4 per ton this in a proportion that Is free milling up to 85 percent with a slaving saving in cyanide of in an additional 10 per cent and with an abundance of water and electric power mr mayham for his company has secured a belt of the old camp which within the radius adlus of one mile has ft a record production of move more than 30 infill millions ons of dollars besides what cousin jacks took out in dinner palls pails and pounded out in mortars making a 1 otake flake to go home upon somo of them oven even going into the banking business after being common miners the recent storm in which stage drivers were reported lost somewhat handicapped the company because of their fuel supply being cut aitt off but they are now at work in full blast and within the next 30 days will be able to r sample the lower levels 0 of the doxter dexter from which the last shipments of oro gave between b tween and per ton in si smelter nelter values talk about rich ores tuscarora has furnished ft a single mine carload that paid then the wiro wire silver alver mixed with gold thit that camo from tho the navajo and the belle isles metal at al pure but to come down to actual conditions as they now exist mr amr may haul hanl is ho hoisting lating water ho he is sampling ho he is taking out ore ho he Is Is as soon noon as the roads will perron permit of freighting 9 going 0 1 ng t to rebuild the chignon power plant which will run holst hoist and lias bas had located two power sites on the ilauno river to furnish power for the immense plant which will bo be required to handle the millions of tons ot of oro which will ho 0 opened boned in tho grou ground nd now owned by ills his conr coal I 1 1 pany a i ay iy tho company proposes to erect a plant capable of f handling 1000 of oro ore per day clay and will have no difficulty in producing tho ore in addition to fo what Is being dano in I 1 tuscarora corora there Is something done further porth north with a close I 1 corpor corporation atlon hns has heen been at work for thi thi i past four years with a 20 mill and about 76 75 men nian producing ore anil and S bullion without cessation they pro re now just starting a tunnel to tap their ore boass at depth having demonstrated that they have ore enough in bight to run with their present capacity for the next ten years tir mr willas ivillia an old Is operating at mountain city and has taken out shipping oro ore to the value of about and Is only waiting for roads to ship to shelters smellers sm ellers elters then there will be the placer mining at tho the mouth of blue jacket canyon and the operations of the aura king company which has ba some good ore the walker boys and a number of other properties in tile the one belt to say nothing of the works at good hope and cornucopia and berner the northern business men are proposing to repair tho the road between tuscarora anti anil carter caner and also to put in a telephone line mr ift anderson who has chargo charge of the matter has already received subscriptions amounting to more than for the road and has no doubt but he will be ablo able to put the telephone through as he nis has the both the strong business men of eastern castern and ana northern elaf county |
