Show MINES AND MINING STOCKS STOCKS' I I YERINGTON h DISTRICT FULL OF ACTIVITY Mason Valley Smelter Ready Next Month Month R It Is Reviving Dormant Mines Writing from Wabuska Nev under date of or September 26 6 E. E A. A Dyer er tells teUs many Interesting In a r to toJ J. J J H. H Turner h 1 a 1 well known mining man roan 01 UL c c- u. u U- U 1 u u mining In ft i western Nevada for tor over thirty years and Is one me ne of or the b best beat t posted Josted men in hi that section An Illustration Illus lilus- of ot hi his foresight he felt Celt that a mining town would one ono day be located in a certain district so ho he took toole up a ranch and today that ground Is tho the site of ot the lively little town of at Mason City The letter lettel says Ia's Since writing y you OU last astonishing results have been achieved in regard to smelter construction and mine and ond railroad progress The Hughes Construction Con- Con c company ha has about completed corn com Its contract for Cor smelter construction con con- c and expects to finish by October October Oc Oc- October Oc- Oc tober 1 About all there is left to do doIs dois dois is to cover tho the smelter smeller building with corrugated iron and install a few pieces of ot machinery It looks now vor er very much like the promise of oC the Mason Iason Valley Mines company management to have hase the smelter fully completed in November will wm be fulfilled The N. 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B i Is IA completed to within tour four miles mUes of oC the Nevada Nevada- Douglas mines It should be finished In two weeks Part of ot tho the equipment for Cor ore are hauling consisting of forty forty- five nyc battleship ore cars tift fifty tons ca capacity capacity en- en has arrived and the others are expected In a 1 ew ow days das A largo large consignment con con- of oC mine cars for Cor both Mason Vall Valley and Nevada Douglas has ar ar- ar- ar xi rived rInd ved Construction work t on the tho tramway a and ore bins at bOUL properties Is goIng goIng go- go Sn Ing on rapidly with large forces of ot otmEn men It looks as If IC everything e will willbe V ho be p nt at the same time and that things will move otC off without t a hitch when the smelter blows In The fact I of oC everything shaping up so rapidly in th district for tor mineral production Is encouraging ln other mines to begin planning to start up many of ot which have 0 been idle for tor the past three or four Cour years having shut down when the financial crisis struck the coun country tr In Mines Mine Coming Coniing BackI flack Dock I I am Informed on good authority that the Bluestone Yerington Copper Western Nevada and several se others contemplate starting up shortly A number of or thelo mines have a n large tonnage blocked out Olt In fact tact the Bluestone Is reputed to have as much ore actually blocked out and ready for Cor as the tho Mason Valley and Nevada Neada Nevada Ne- Ne Ne Ne- vada ada Douglas Yet It is seldom mentioned men men- toned lately because It I is native Inactive e A carload of ot Its ore was shipped d to Austn Aus Aim tin tn A a few v days das ago for tor testing b by a dry concentrating process In a new mill recently erected If l the treatment Isa Isa is isa a success the the management c contemplates contemplates plates the construction of ot a large mill mi nt fit the mine and the concentrates s will fn f- f In to the Iason wil 10 h UA A number of copper i mines th ln in the tho vicinity of or LunIng and ad Mina have hae re recently recently re- re centy started up with arrangements to hac have their ores treated here here The nearness of ot the tho smelter and the ex exceedingly ox- ox ly low rate on ores recently made by the S. S P. P company will t make the of ot these mines profitable Mason Maon district is about to take her place as aa one ono or of the tho largest copper producers pro pro- ducer in the country and will wi soon coon vie Ie with tho the Ely Ely- district in friendly rivalry for tor first place This district will wl soon be In shape to assist Nevada In taking first place as B a metal pro pro- a state We Ye now have the tho lar largest larg larg- est t gold mine Con the largest silver siver mines Tonopah mines and ande wo we shall press pretty hard for tor supremacy on copper It is expected I that Nevada will wl next year ear wrest first place from California as a a gold producing pro pro- state Mason ason town In Is keeping pace with nine mine wih and railroad Many Important buildings have been constructed Important lato lately Including a a bank hank drug store and other buildings town now no You would woul hardly know the NEW YORK CURB SHOWS SOME ACTIVITY IN SPOTS By Badger Bros Dros Private Wire New e York SL 30 The The New WIre York curbs was active In spots tOda today with prices lh practically unchanged from yes yes- Inspiration was strong 1000 changing stron hands from 51 to G. G Market closed dull Fay PARK PARIC CITY CIT ORE SHIPMENTS SP Special The Herald Park City Sept ClY 30 The Tho The ments meats for Cor the or ore shipments ship ship- week were Daly West pounds Silver King I pounds Daly Judge total I MINES AND GOOD PROSPECTS Utah Con Following Fissure Iron Blossom Improving Other Properties After sinking and raising upon the tho cross fissure ure which was WD cut by b the north drift upon the tho 00 level the Utah Uth Cons people ar are now following this fissure e out t toward the tho east st In In all l amUL v 01 at naB done upon this fissure but the formation formation forma forma- tion ton ha has ha remained about the same Mme for tor forthe the tho past month The ground contains manganese manganese and iron and some copper but Superintendent William has hns a as yet been unable to get the ore oreIn oreIn orein in paying quantities He lie HUl thinks that the fissure which ho Is now following fol Col foi- foi lowing K contains commercial ore or and In Intends Intends In In- tends to continue this work Iron IroD Iron Blossom stock has hD boon been ban somewhat somewhat some some- what stronger upon the exchange this week and the reason for tor this thi is that there has been a general Jeneral Improvement Improve o ment in underground conditions No strike has been made hut the tho ore oro which is being mined especially that which is now coming from the No 3 S shaft has hal boon bon improving gradually The ore which Is la being sent out from Crom th the tho No Xo 1 l workings t of ot this mine will average up about 20 O per ton and this meana meano that it I is netting the tho company compan In the neighborhood of ot 10 0 The he treasury treasur of ot the Iron Blossom contains a vcr very hc heavy vy surplus and there seems to bo be no question Queston but what the tho usual dividend will wJ be declared when hen the tho directors meet on the thc tenth of ot next mOn month tho The diamond drill with wih which prospecting has been handled from Crom the 1900 level leel of ot tho the No 1 shaft shaf for some time Is now being used In drivIng drivIng driving ing a a hole out toward the north This will wl be bo an nn Interesting piece picco of or prospecting because the drill Is headed headed head head- ed In the proper direction to carry It I under the ore bodies which n have al al al- u 10 0 shaft shaf L The now new hoisting hoisting- plants which has been ordered for tor the lie No 1 workIngs workIngs work work- vork Ings of ot tho the Iron Blossom mine will bo be delivered about the tho first of ot wil the n new w year oar Sioux Consolidated A few tew days das ago ao Superintendent W W. D. D Loose Lose of ot the SIoux started a a. raise ralso from the level this raise being lo 10 almost directly under tho the point where the ore was followed down from the level Jevel above This Thi raise should con con- with the oro ore within a very short time but Mr Loose says IA'S n that he will wil cont continue continue nue the tho prospecting upon the I level eye I. I Yankee Consolidated Last L Last Saturday the tho Yankee Cons mine commenced the tho shipment of ot low grade dump ore and with four tour wih teams it I is now possible to load lond a little better beter than tons tone dah daily 1811 A a somewhat heavier tonnage will tonnage wIl perhaps perhaps per per- haps be going forward to the smelter within the next week or two The Yankee has about tone tons of ot this ore which Is I worth from 9 to 15 Hi thi per ton Tho The ore is alread already upon the cars cam for tor JO LA centA onto n. n v tn n. n A i consequently nt tho the Ya Yankee k c- c cp p people pl should o d make a a. very vorT nice profit by the ship ship- I m meat ment nt of this low grade product product nulon D Deck fleek k For sOfe some time the tho Bullion Bumon Beck mine Bek has been sending out a a. ver very heavy tonnage of ot low grade low low-gade or ore Jond ad Superintendent he ho L L. L I C C. C Dot Doty Doty- states d that has ha about cleaned up the the first lot Jot of oC this tons tone At ore amounting to about the Beck mine mino t there thore Is another an an- other dump containing about tons tone of ot this same class of ot ore and while the smelter is not ready to take tako this ore Just at present It will win I probably be placed upon the market soon Some good ore IB Is being mined at tho the Bullion Bulon Beck there being a nice showing of ot high grade rade ore very In ia two places pice to the north of ot o the shaft haft upon the level lovel The Beck ehatt has considerable new ground In that part of ot the tho mine and while the present showing is ver very good there thero is a did di possibility of ot It I improving a n. n u el At the Swansea Cons property at Silver BUver City the lowed to both the vein north is and still sUI south being followed fol fol- fol- fol the upon level and both tam tain drifts con con- ore The best showing north drift is In the inch norh stringer where there thero Is a an cl eight eight- ht- ht of oC siver silver smaller and lead ore oro which There goes arc are well wel three in stringers of ot ore in the tho which is jg following the drift vein toward the ibo south and the hardly be bo better boter for COr Indications the could opening of or permanent a During the ore body upon this level le a present week work worle also taken was up In the south the Lile level of the drift upon It Swansea there is also abo said where wheres where's I to be a good showIng show- show Ing of ore The drift cleaned out before will have to b be bu but this will require the ore Is I re reached ched time but a few v days days' Lower r Mammoth At the Lower Mammoth mine Su Su- Su Sup his Coffin is still devoting entire attention entro to tho of oC o f a vcr very prospecting or og g ground round lo to promising the north piece and of ot mineral minora 1 west of ot r Ehatt wet the upon the 1000 has h as already level level This o ho of ot hs f about sixty five th been driven feet n since In a work distance started s on the first of or tho the was fc month f and the while Lower It I is still stil in present a lime iliac c daIs believe that Mammoth oUI- oUI they have c chance hance to open an ore oro a good 1 level evl and the fact tact body upon this that h hi headed out into virgin ln the tho drift Is lr territory ht i Interest to tho the work adds Within a short t time ime the tho Lower Mammoth n no o doubt take people will ne doub up work upon a extensive e scale more moro Eureka lull Hill JI oldest The Eureka Hill nU mine one of the producers in In the Tintic was closed down district Superintendent cosed during the tho week Charlie Charlo Bal Baker er is not prepared to say future plans or of the anything about the compan company but there are ae reasons to believe that the tho will wil not be bo allowed to remain idle ground an any great for Cor or length of ot time The Eureka Hill Hii scale has nas for been operating operating- upon a upon a a small email some ome time Ure the tho the available deposits ore oro having been worked pretty well en out OutS and when work worl is taken up it I will wi probably be again through one of ot tho the neighboring Jc least st tide this would bo La the tho most shafts At tt economical cal way of ot handling the tho mine mino It i Is reported that I Robert Brown the superintendent su su- su of ot tho Centennial Eureka mine and aUd associates have S secured cured n a lease lease upon upen a n block of oC tho the Eureka Hill ground round and that the they will lJ work wi this lease through h tho the Centennial All Al the levels in the J Eureka Hill Eureka Eureka aro are connected with the Bullion Bock and ad work could no doubt be handled mine to property good advantage ad through the latter later The Eureka Hill mines mine's history 11 dates back about forty five tort years and lt its record of ot I production In is 11 a n wonderful one In many lars worth respects Millions of or dollars dol dol- of ot oro ore has han haf been taken from this mine the ground round being literally honeycombed Ilert with wih drifts and other workings to a depth of ot 1000 feet teet The of or operations 1600 1500 feet were but carried the ore oro on has at a depth cally eally caUan all an been taken from tho various prot- prot I levels 1000 The between Eureka tho the Hill surface and Ul the i Hi holdings consist con con- of or twenty seven acres of t ground aud and the company's maps map will wil show how that there over o thirty miles of ot under tinder ground workings s. Eureka Report Reporter r. r ORE ORF AT AT T SAMPLERS FIve carloads ot of r ore re from Utah and I one from rom Nevada vada mines mines' were released b the Utah Ore SamplIng yesterday aY company 11 1 1 A. A lNE lONE QUICKSILVER VER ClAIMS ARE RICH I Sierra Nevada Prospecting Co Secures Valuable Group in Nye Wye County Prospecting for tor cinnabar or quicksilver quick silver r. r is no fools fool's tools work vork judging from Crom froma I a 8 I letter tt r just Juat received by tho the manage management ment meat of ot the tho Sierra Nevada Prospecting Neoda company tr from m E. E B. B I Learned who h Is 18 now operating in Iye ye county near Bowlers and lone lono about fifteen miles mile 1 southwest cst fouth from Shoshone wh where re th tho I Davis broth brothers rs of or Salt Lake havo o ho an nn I Immense quicksilver er group with wih furnaces fur tur- naces for tor or handling cinnabar Learned has already located a group grout of ot five fire quicksilver er claims adjoining the tho Nelson and Fahy properties oi of oC which he lie All Al the workings on I and Nelson show high grade grale ore ore from fron one per cent to seventy per cent cent Tho Th Fahy sampled two per cent A My Sid side line lino lne on our Queen is feet teet from fron Producer open cut From high grade 3 on Nelson and Last Struggle lo to tb m in my west side line lino of ot Mercury Is about 1 foot Remember that prospecting lot for something that rarely throws throw float or 01 crops out Is very slow tedious and tire tire tire-I I somo Bomo work The Tho underlying rook rock In this camp is it I of ot the variety capped with wih 1 te and sheets of ot near noar obsidian I am nm unable to classify the rock formIng form form- Ing lag tho the dyko dyke carrying the ore It I re r- r In places a n stron strongly decomposed decomposed posed granite less ess the mica or a dio dlo- rite rie There Is a countless countess number of ot ol various grades rades of ot eruptive rocks thatto that thatto thatto L to classify them usual usually Is m mr ro guess work worle The dyke dlee ore or o ore oro zone zone here Is much wider wiler than at Sho Sho- shone hone good ore being opened up in the tho I mater tul fully or feet apart t crosswise of at the tho ore zone zono With but rare exceptions few tew worl workIng work work- Ing gold gol sliver silver or copper mines In the till I United States can cnn compare in value ant and earnings WI with l a a. a good cinnabar mine ln ne i ne reasons WI lor mis are aro man many li 3 the tho |