The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1891-05-22
BEN HUR.
A Tale of the Mines IN Irins'y an"
Arabia silver Creek Mining DIE
frfct. Washington.


EE. SILVER STATE:--T Thinking perhaps
that some Of your readers would IKE 70
know something of mining properly III
Trinity Mining District, which is located
eleven miles from this village, we Avail
ourselves Of the opportunity OF reciting
81 authentic epitoms. IS 1t was re'A'eo
20 us. The most interesting piece OF
property in the district isa mine named
BEN HUR,
Owned and operated by George W.
o,,ender and the Martin Bros, all of
Port Huron, Michigan. The title Of the
claim. Ben Hur. is rather suggestive OF
literary taste and propensity on the part
Of the individual who had the christening
Of the same. The book. Ben Hur, . tale
a the Christ, is, as everyone kpowe, the
masterpiece of Wallace. and attained
Zach an enormous sale that the demand
Of il wss exceeded only by the demand
for the Bible. But to proceed. The de
velopipg tunnel is some FIVE hundred feet
10 length along the strike OF the ledge,
with two shafts and cross-cuts. The
hanging wall is cyanite and the foot-wal
secondary granite. Vein matter is quartz,
with some porphyry, while the ore is
copper. ssilver glance and silver carbontes.
Quantities OF it have already been taken
out and are being taken out; possibly.
there are at present one hundred and fifty
IONS on the dump, which will make an
average ssssy of from l25 to $50 ounces.
There are at least seven or eight thou
sand tons of ore in sight, and when it is
known just what style OF works is needed
70 reduce the ore, reduction works will
be erected. When the mine is suffi
GENTLY developed, we presume the owners
will sell, as we never yet knew person
who would refuse to sell . piece OF min
ing property when opportunity offered.
The Argonsnt and the Morning Star and
ten or fifteen more claims are located in
Trinity Mining District, but not much
work is being done on them at prerent.
The Morning Star is under considerable
development, and the 0sssns mill, which
has been moved TO Trinity. is expected
soon to start; the same is the property of
A. Scidmore & Co.
THE ARABIA M.NES,
Which were so long idle, had work re-
sumed upon them about year aud half
sgo, AMI recent Developments have shown
several large bodies of good ore. Some
time since, a contract was let to George
Lovelock for taking out ore, and the
time having expired, George has taken out
8 duplicate contract. The owners OF the
ton smelling plsnt for the reduction of
this ore, with the idea OF increasing the
capacity to ons hundred tons in the near
future. IL will be remembered that thsse
mines are on the extension Of the same
vein that the Montezuma mine was 10
Gated, aud which yielded large amounts
Of bullion some fifteen years ago. Ths
ore is carbonate OF lead, aud oxyd of
anthony, yielding by the smelling
process, about 25. base bullion; the bull
lion consists Of autimony, So lead, 639o5,
silver, lC) ozs. and gold $40. Last VIM
ter the owners shipped carload of the
ore to Newport, Kentucky. where their
chemist, Prof. 5. g. Dewsnap, made al
extended series of experiments to learn
the most advantageous way OF separating
the combination OF metals. The results
were eminently satisfactory and the com
pany expects to operate on large scale
as soon ss the market is sttsined for the
large quantities of anthony bullion
which they will produces under the pres
emit development there are at least l40,-
900 tons of smelling ore al hand. Besides
this, there ia large quantity of milling
ore, which, at present. is being put aside
or being left in the mine for future opera.
tions. The reduction works Of the COM
pany are situated at the corner OF Second
and King streets, San Francisco. aud are
under the personal supervision OF Prof.
Dewsoap. Ii Is much cheaper to ship
the ore there end reduce it, than to re-
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