The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-12-27

tons OF ore in sight and blocked out
that will average s25 in gold per ton.
The new strike which was made last
week will materially increase this esti-
mate.
To work these ores the company has
been building a new cyanide plant at
the mine, which will be ready for oper-
alton before the new year is month
old. The mill has crushing capacity
of 100 tons in "a hours, but for the pres
ent the teaching capacity will be limit
ed to so tons. A big Austin gyratory
crusher, two sets of 13 q rolls and a
smaller set of finishing rolls comprise
the ,crushing machinery. From the
rolls the pulp will be delivered by an
elevator to Ia set of double revolving
screens, which separate the fines from
the coarse, the former dropping into
the pulp bin and the latter back to the
rolls again. Five 50-ton steel tanks will
furnish the teaching capacity. The en-
tire plant, which has been built under
the supervision of Mr.. Jas. Atkins, is
admirably arranged throughout and
bears evidence OF the finest workman
ship.
THE SAPHO.
Another gold mining company, the
Sapho Mining Company, was recently
organized in Salt Lake City and is de-
veloping the Sapho group, which ad-
joins the Robust group and is very sim
liar in formation. Ore assaying as high
as $50 ton has been found on the sur
face and tunnel is being run to tap
the vein at considerable depth. Mr.
p. G. Weber of this place is Secretary
and Treasurer of the company and has
charge of the work at the mine.
COPPER FLAT MINES.
Turning now to the copper mines, we
find that the first discoveries of this
metal here we're made many years ago
and for time small smelter was op-
Grated, but it was not until about two
years ago that the special attention Of
capital was called to the enormous de-
posits that exist in this district. In
the spring OF 1885, Mr.. Jos. Bray, OF
Austin, came here to examine the Cal
umet group, with the result that Mr..
Mulford Martin, New York gentle
man, purchased that and the adjoining
Star of the West group, a total of nine
claims, for s25, 900. These mines are
located about five miles west OF Ely, on
what is known rs Copper Flat, from
the fact that for acres copper ore oi
fair grade can be found anywhere by
simply scraping off the surface dirt.
This big deposit has since been thor
oughly prospected by series of shafts,
and in no case has it been found to be
less than ten feet in thickness. and two
of the shafts are down 20 and l40 feet
respectively, all in ore with no signs o.
bottom. Water put a stop to sinking,
and for some time Mr.. Bray has beer
engaged in getting the groups in shape
for patenting. The developments thu
far have been highly satisfactory to the
new owner, and it is more than proba'
BILE that pumps will be installed next
spring and active work resumed.
PILOT KNOB GROUP.
OF greater Importance to the camp
however is the advent of Senator Clark
the great Arizona copper king, and
/ number of associates from Denver and
Salt Lake City. These gentlemen SEN
their experts here last spring to ex
anime the Pilot Knob group, and hav'
since bond ed upwards Of forty claims
: in the district. The greater number
are held in the name OF E. L. Girou'
and the rest in the name of E. p. Jen
nings of Salt Lake City. The purchas
5 prices in the aggregate fall little shor
e of a million dollars. Active develop
, ment work is now in progress on tn
: Pilot Knob group, the Morris grou
and the Jupiter group, the princips
$ work being on the former. Here thre
4 shafts are being sunk along the ledg
!. within the distance of mile. All hav
reached depth of over l25 feet an
u are being put down as fast as posi- BILE
= Rich sulphide ores have beon struck /
10 two of the shafts and the third Is in a