The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1901-08-08
Indie a tions That the Camp Will
Shortly Take on New
Lease OF Life.
Valuable Properties Being Open
ed up from Which Rich Ore
Is Extrac ted.
The Valuable Property Owned by
the Gla spow G. Western Min
ing e. Exploration Co.


the NEWS availed himself of an op.
portunity to spend day in Cherry
Creek, and found the enterprising peo-
pie OF that camp elated at the prospect
of the Star mine resuming operations
within a short time Should this hope
be realized, and it must be said every
indication goes to show that it will,
Cherry Greek promises to be even a
better camp in the years to come than
1t was during the prosperous days fol-
lowing the location of the town in 1873.
The reason for this belief is the large
number of gold properties which are
now being opened up, the richness Of
which must sooner or later attract the
attention OF capital, and when the right
parties become interested the result will
be the development OF properties, the
value OF which must be apparent to
any mining expert who takes the trou
BILE to examine them. When this is
accomplished the installing of milling
plants adapted to the trnatment of the
special grade OF ore for which the
Cherry Greek district is becoming fa-
nous will follow as a matter OF course.
This is rendered all the more certain
by sthe fact that the plants necessary
for the treatment of the gold ores pro-
duced there will not require the expen-
dlture Of vast amounts of money, and
the tests made by Mr.. Culver at the
Star mill recently have demonstrated
that practically all the values can be
saved
The history of the Star mine, now
owned by the Glasgow & Western
Mining & Exploration Company, proves
1t to be one of the best properties in
the State, and although it has not been
In operation for the past eight months,
the fact that Superintendent p. S.
Goss remains at his post aud a day and
night force of men are employed in
keeping the pumps at work, shows
that the Company knows the value of
its possessions, and intend at no dis
tant day to resume operations. The
amount of wood consumed at the pres
ent time in keeping the pumps in opera
tion is about ll5 cords each month, and
this, In connection with the salary of
the men on the payroll, brings the ex-
penditure of the company up to about
81 200 month. 1t Is not reasonable
TO suppose that these expenses would
be met regularly each month unless it
was the intention to resume active work
shortly, and as everything is on hand,
including several tons OF powder, tools,
steel and other material, which will be
necessary to operate the mine for an
indefinite period, the assurances now
given that it is the intention to re-
sume work within few weeks seem to
be the logical outcome of the suspension,
the reasons for which have never been
fully understood by the general public.
The only obstacle now in the way OF
the successful operating of the property
seems to be that there is not sufficient
water to operate the mill at the pres
ent site. This plant is located five and
one-half miles distant from the mouth
of the shaft and the ore must be hauled
that distance by wagon at cost of
81. 80 a ton. When the mill was built
1t was believed the spring on which it
was located would provide sufficient
water to meet all requirements, but 1t
has since been proven that IL will not
supply enough to keepit in operation
half the time.
Ii will be seen, therefore, that the
building of the mill at the present site
was serious blunder, and while no
definite information can be gained as
to the intentions of the company, it is
believed that the plant will be removed
to the slope near the mouth of the tun-
mel before any attempt will be made to
again operate 1t on IA large scale. The
water now being pumped from the mine
would be about half sufficient to oper-
ate the plant, and this could be added
to either by sinking or the purchasing
of an adjoining property. BY either
means the cost OF hauling the ores would
be saved, and when it is taken into
consideration that the mill has ca
pacity of about seventy tons day, it
will be seen that this alone would
soon pay for the putting in of a good
and sufficient pumping plant
Since the late fire p. II. Cannon has
been devotlng considerable of his time
to mining operations, and he now has II
large quantity of high grade ore sacked
at his mine adjoining the Exchequer
which is owned by A. B. Mcdonald of
Ely, and only short distance from
the Star. Mr.. Cannon also has num-
rer of other claims, the value of which
has been proven, and he now believes
that the fire, which seemed at one time
TO be an irreparable misfortune, was
really blessing in disguise, as 1t COM
pelled him to find means of proyid-
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