Show I 1 Mines and Mining Stocks NORTHERN NEVADA H V i I IS FULL OF LIFE Various Districts in Humboldt I and Elko Counties Make Advances in 1911 Utah mining men recently In from the National district In northern Nevada tell of ot the activities which aro me mot met on all sides during wagon and automobile trips over the country In the vicinity of at Rebel Creek National and other parts of ot the upper part of ot Humboldt county count There Is unusual activity activity ac ac- ac- ac tivit around Gold Cr Creek Crek ek e and Contact In Elko county too In the vi vicinity vicinity vicinity vi- vi of ot Winnemucca In the Rexall district the thc home of ot the Tur Adamson n ncr r rich gold strike Barratt Springs and vicinity considerable mining Is un under under under un- un der way They report more activity In northern Nevada Ne the year Just past than ever before in the history of ot the state Relative to the properties In National and vicinity the National Miner says ays Frank W. W Stall Is In camp This gold tinder finder and fortune builder Is actively arranging details In camp for tor additional addition addition- a al work to be carried on on their extensive extensive ex ex- holdings s in the National district The new work will be on the and on the Chlorides situated on Canyon Canyon Canyon Can Can- yon creek Recent Recently the Stalls had Mining Mining- En Engineer Engi Ineer I- I neer F. F R. R OLeary O'Leary make a a. complete survey of ot the Chloride group and report thereon After Atter completing his work OLeary OLear reported that the property had hada a remarkable showing That the veins are well de defined lined and so strong and continuous continuous con con- s for tor long distance and an assurance assurance assurance assur assur- ance of ot the permanent importance that usually causes mining men of the Stall sort to pursue their aim until the lastIng lasting last last- ing mine is made Ray Gayer ha has the contract for tor the the running of the long tunnel on this I property which the Stalls have been steadily prosecuting both as a 3 prospect I tunnel for tor the cutting of parallel leads I and towards nards the lead from which In earlier days some of ot the richest high high- grade silver ore known was shipped snipped The tunnel when completed will be 1800 feet long and will give Ive a vertical depth of f feet teet at the base of Buckskin bYthe by bythe bythe the time the silver vein is tapped The Stalls do do W work rk on a large e scale and nd wherever it is lIOne it is 01 ci me large determined sort From all viewpoints viewpoints viewpoints view view- points the tho Chloride operations point to large largo achievements with the true truo signboard signboard signboard sign sign- board that points the way for tor the large mine National l Gordon Campbells Campbell's faith In Camp National National Na Na- Is unbounded It Is firm The latest proof of ot this Is his rustling support support support sup sup- port to carry carryon on operations under a leasehold on the tile property of ot the First National 1 Mines company situated to the south o of the National Mine 1 and the tho Mammoth National company's line of or operations and on the ore oro line or trend from which the National Mines Unes and Mammoth National both gain the ore that mounts at times Into a a. value of ot sold cold old more than per ton Campbell Is s busily arran arranging for tor the tho resumption of or work on the property He lie is cleaning up and getting the hoistIng hoisting hoisting hoist hoist- ing plant into shape As soon as these preliminaries are arc arranged a three- three shift force of ot miners and stationary en engIneers engineers engineers en- en will be put to work to drive the First t National shaft down Into the region legion or depth where the fabulous high grade reigns on Charleston hill bin Mayflower Tn In tho the general exploration work worl on the theIa Mayflower Ia ner group Manager Crawford Craw Craw- old ford Is making excellent progress Work ork accomplished so far Car all counts for the good The crosscut commenced some Rome time ago has served its aim B By this work worl the tho west cst vein has been en encountered encountered encountered en- en countered and has not disappointed the thc anticipations of or the manager This determines two parallel veins veins veins- the sliver silver and gold leaders on this fine tine property The crosscut was run in the upper tunnel It has determined the metal-bearing metal value va of ot the west vein As Ag yet very little drifting has been ac accomplished accomplished accomplished ac- ac on the vein but the vein with its gold contents Is in place and andas andas andas as a prospect Is a dals daisy The south vein eln has rich silver r ore The trend of ot It makes it from lom all viewpoints a parallel parallel par par- of or the rich high-grade high Charleston vein and from which such fortunes arch are arc h tn NEEDLES COMPANY WANTS I COLORADO RI The Tho Needles Mining and Smelting company has made application to the war department to the west west- bank of or Colorado river for the tho purpose of protecting the tho big smelting plant at Needles says the Kingma Miner Uner In Inthe Inthe Inthe the application It is understood that the Santa Fe railroad has joined and a de determined determined determined de- de effort will be made to save the bulk of ot the tho lands now no threatened by the tho spring floods The Tho smelter and round roundhouse roundhouse roundhouse house have been In danger from the en encroachments encroachments en- en of the river and something will Ill have havo to to be bo done soon S if they ar are aro to tobe tobe tobo be bo saved from the ravages of ot tho the erratic stream During the past year ear or more tho the company compan has been dumping Its slag along the tho banks of ot the river but the stream has hag been boring Into tho the banks below the slag pile In a way that Is depleting the lands between the river and the Santa Fe shop By the hea heavy i f of ot the banks It Is hoped to prevent a a. further encroachment of the stream but the work worl will have to bo be commenced at a a. point about a mile above the smelter where the river Is Isnow Isnow isnow now boring Into the west bank For several years the people of Needles have been trying to get et Congress Congress Con Con- gress ress to take action In tho the matter but without success Senator Frank Franl Flint of ot California Introduced a n measure In the Senate for government aide aid but hut the tho bill fell tell through with many oth other r measures measures meas meas- ures es when the last Congress died PARK CITY MERGER IS NOW ASSURED Old California Mine and Adjoining Adjoining Adjoining Ad Ad- joining Properties Will Drive Foot Tunnel Before the old year ear expires on thelast tho the last day of ot this month there will have been leen cen consummated In the Park City district district district dis dis- one of ot the most Important mergers which has been pulled off oCt In Inthis Inthis inthis this state in a lon long time The Tho consolidation consolidation consolidation consoli consoli- dation will embrace half a n dozen properties properties properties prop prop- taking in over ZOO acres grouped around the tha old California mine near Scott Hill Everything but unimportant details of or the transaction ha has been accomplished accomplished ac ac- ac- ac and it is anI only a n matter of ot ofa ofa ota a week or so before the big new nes absorbing absorbing absorbing ab ab- ab- ab corporation will file tile Its papers papera and Inaugurate work on Its extensive plans of ot development The chief aim of ot the promoters Is to lessen costs of or development dc b by unitIng unitIng uniting unit- unit Ing on one largo large working tunnel Tho The probabilities are that the lower or adit on the California will be utilized This Is now In 1600 feet teet The expectation Is to carr carry It Il in feet further This will over one year of ot hard work orl But it will afford a vertical depth of ot fully tully 1300 feet oct on many of oi the most valuable claims This tunnel will go Into the mineral belt obliquely cro crosscutting It for a third of ot the dh distance ance and following on Its strike for tor two-thirds two the way Till This mineral zone is of oC vast o extent It outcrops outcrops out out- crops prominently through the Park Cit City district and strikes off oct southerly and It Jt can be traced close to miles Into the Alta AHa district The SIler Silver Sil Sit er ver King takes In the northerly ex extension eX- eX tension while on the south end such properties as the old Emma Fla Flagstaff start and no doubt the Utah Mines Coalition is 18 on the same belt bolt according to an anold anold anold old mining man who has been operating In those districts for years ears This belt beltis is from 1000 to 1300 feet teet In width It has mines at Intervals all alon along its course Millions 1 of or dollars have been he en dug out of It The Silver King In alone takes in over o 2000 acres of or this belt Big nil Working Tunnel The proposed new Park City mer merger cr tunnel will tap at depth not loss less than i halt half a dozen distinct veins The ore orein oren I in n that part of the country Is essen- essen I lead silver but sometimes I It itis is Is I found to carry good copper values alues The 1110 main adit will undoubtedly open up a lars large arge e amount of oC shipping oro ore which will net from 16 1 to 30 30 a a. ton In Ina a addition there will be a vast tonnage of good grade milling ores worth from 10 0 to 15 There Thero Is now on the property an old ton 50 mill The Tho buildings s and some of or the best machinery are sufficiently lar large e to with little attle expense double this his capacity One of oC the Intentions or of the promoters Is to convert this Into Inton a n ton mill which would aid materially materially materially mate mate- in putting the new company Into I the front row of oC Park City's livest mining propositions i JARBIDGE CAMP IS HOLDING UP WELL VELL Five Tunnels Driving on Success Success Success Suc Suc- I cess by the Under Under Un Un- I der cler 1 Option After Arter having spent about ten days looking over various properties In the Jarbidge district In tho the northern part of ot Elko county Nevada cada M. M R. R Evans E one of the well known mining men mon of this his city has returned and expresses himself Impressed Impressed impressed Im Im- im- im as having been very much pressed with the possibilities of ot the tho new camp particularly from a milling standpoint The best showings were found In the Bourne the Pavlak the Success and the tho Bluster In fact where the most work has las been accomplished accomplish The Success the he property acquired aC ci last summer by George of Goldfield shows most active at present Five tunnels ono one below elow the other arc are being sent gent Into the mountain The average value of ot the theore theore theore ore Is from 19 10 to 20 a ton If It the lower tunnels prove the continuation of the he ore shoot to depth It is estimated that the Success will h have he e emore more than of ot ore In sl sight ht This property property prop prop- ert erty Is under a option I On the Bluster which adjoins the Success a tunnel is being driven to secure about feet on a rich vein developed eloped above by a number of pits shafts and tunnels This new tunnel should reach the vein Inside of or thirty da days s and the result will be watched with keen Interest The Fletcher mill Is handling about thirty tons of ot ore a day with a satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory satis satis- factory extraction This ore Is from the Bourne lease I Some oro ore has been found Cound In the Alpha group roup High values have been recently discovered on an n the Bucke Buckeye e property About seventy five men arc are employed IB the tho mines this winter with probably bly roo 00 people In camp Early Earl next spring Mr Evans looks s for a a. large In Influx lux Into Jarbidge GOLDFIELD CON DECLARES I I CENT 50 SHARE DIVIDEND Directors of Consolidated Mines company compan held their po postponed d meeting In New York yesterday and and tho the rc regular ular dividend dl of 20 2 cents a a. share sharo I and an extra of 20 O cents posted This makes the tenth consecutive disbursement disburse disburse- 1 meat ment of ot 50 cents a share posted oy y this the amount of ot each heln tL SL i- i I With Ul the payment rime C of thi this last st amount the company compan will have distributed distributed distributed among Its shareholders 79 It Is said to have ha a surplus of President Wingfield has hns acquired several several sev sev- eral oral good mining mining- propositions In the past two years and the Buckhorn mine has haH upwards of oC of or ore In Insight sight according to reports lie has re recently recently recently re- re tal taken en over the Success ground in tn and is said Bald to have ha been makIng making making mak mak- ing plans to acquire aC more territory ad adjacent adjacent adjacent ad- ad jacent to his present holdings s. s It is said Kuhl b by some that flint he will offer these holdings s to tho the Goldfield coman company UTAH CON OF BINGHAM SAID TO BE UP IN G GIn GIn In Tn answer to a 3 correspondent the tho Boston Commercial gives out tho the following following fol fol- lowing relative to a well known Bingham Bing- Bing ham property We Ve advise ad the tho purchase pur- pur chase of ot Utah Consolidated up to 25 a ashare ashare share being satisfied that the stock i Is entitled to sell ell at nt that price on its present developments dc and Immediate future prospects prospect or Of course courso you will recall that tIme development of this property was very cry sadly neglected for several Me years cun J Knowledge e of or this neglect neg neg- lect was not available a for stockholders however cr as the mana management year after aCter year reported Increasing ore reserves CA when In reality tho they were steadily de de- de creasing The Tho property Is ts now being developed energetically and If It this polIcy pol fbi icy i Is Iii continued the stock should eventually oven even be worth three or four tour times Its present price OIli l III-l AT 1 1 SA Six carloads of ot ore zoom Utah mines were reported a at t the Utah Ore Sampling company any yesterday dp COMET PREPARING TO SHIP RICH ORE Lower Tunnel Is Breaking Into Ore Shoot Prospected in Upper Workings With ten tons of ore sacked and ready for shipment and ample ore now coming out of ot the tho two lower tunnels to tomake tomake tomake make a n carload shipment In the near future conditions at the Comet Mining company property In Mineral lull Hill district district dis dis- Scorpion gulch five fhe miles southwest southwest southwest south south- west of ot Haile Halley aro very encouraging right now according to A. A F. F treasurer secretary who returned Wednesday night from Idaho There are nrc four tour tunnels on the Comet Forces aro at present developing develop develop- ing Ins ore are shoots on both of or the lower adits No 4 I Is in feet Ceet When Mr Ir this week k I Elggren inspected the face tace we it showed beyond doubt that the ore oro shoot developed on No 3 tunnel 85 5 fe feet t above was just being broken Into The face was composed of or quartz black porphyry with some galena and copper copper copper cop cop- per scattered through the gangue Three feet of ot this vein matter gave an anassa assa assay of ot IS 18 ounces silver 9 per cent load lead and fO foO cents gold sold The walls wails are arc lime hanging and ard toot foot There Thero Is la a splendid showing where the ore shoot has been opened In No 13 tunnel Tho The ten tons of Jal high h class ore came camo out of ot a slope sent up on a vein feet from the portal of or No 4 tunnel An assay of the pay pw streAk went 78 is isper per cent lead 60 ou ounces ces silver sliver and 0 0 cents |