The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1902-05-15
Steady improvement In Quslity
OF 0pee twUUsis tire Sax-
ton and Aultman.
These Bonanxas Are 6preadlnk
Eiy's Fame 90 . Gold and
Cooper Gasp.
No Doubt - 20 Tbesw eeafinufht
20 Ceow Rislsss - Oevei-
opmeat pseesssses.

Ely is developing several big mining
properties at the present time, and the
showing In each Of them is being watch.
cd with interest BY the people Of this
camp, but the progress being made In
the development of the Saxtou and
Aultman mines BY the Mckinley Min.
ing and Smelling Company mag be said
to be the most remarkable In she his-
tory of the district.
During the years that these proper
tiet lay idle, protected by United States
patents, they were watched with covet-
Gus eyes by local prospectors and In
more than one instance adjoining claim
owners extended their operations into
the patented ground. These instances
only tended to increase the recognized
value of the Canton compsuy's prop
erty, now owned by the McKinley Min
ing and Smelling Company, and the
ore yet lying on the several dumps
showing assay values all the way from
sS to sl4l 10 gold to the ton, give undis-
putable and ever-present evidence Of
the riches underneath.
This being the case, much has been
expected by local mining men from the
Systematic development Of the Saxton
aud Aultmsn by the present company,
and that thesa- interpretations haze been
fully met II 10 needless to say.
since the weather began to grow
warmer the need OF more air In the
Saxton workings hiss become impera-
tive and at the present times q con-
nection is being made between the drift
on the 100 level and the Mcdonald shaft
about 500 feet distant from the present
hoisting plant. The Mcdonald shaft Is
down sixty feet, and its crown Is sixty
feet lower than that Of tha .neR-aae.
Thus. 1t will be seen, Its bottom Is
somewhat below the i00.foot workings
in the mine. For several days past
miners have been working In both d.
rections to form connection and this
viii be made next week. When this
work Is completed the mine can be well
ventilated by means Of up-raises from
the lower levels, and II 10 the inten tion
later TO run tunnel from point lower
down she mountain 70 tap the McDcn.
aid shah. In this way another means ef
sgress aad ingress 70 ths mine viii b
provided and through this she watsr
may also bs discharged when IL -.
Gomez sroublssoms, thss saving the -.
disionsl expense inoidsas V raising II 70
the surface.
Speaking Of the Mcdonald shaft ~.
calls the fact thst this b one Of the
usurpin z workings mentioned above.
d. q. Mcdonald. one OF the owners OF
the Los Angeles adjoining, did his as
sessment, work there for number OF
years, only to and By the survey made
last Summer that he was on Saxton
ground.
This shaft has been In gold ore as
saying from % to sl2 nearly oil the way
from the surface and In drifting from
the bottom now 1t 10 found that for a
distance Of nearly 100 feet In souther-
ly direction those values cont inue.
These work ings are apparently cross.
ing the ledge, and the immense ore
body thus cut will yield millions OF dol
lars when plant has been installed to
treat the output Of the mine.
The work OF sinking has been re-
sumed In the mine and when another
hundred feet has been added to the
depth of the shaft, DRIFT will be run
ost In the direction Of the copper de-
posits, where. on the 200.level such
astonishing showings Of native copper
and rich sulphides were found. That
the lower workings In that direction
will develop rich copper mine In ad-
dition to the gold values In other por-
tions Of the property there Is not a
doubt, and 1t will not be long until the
Saxton's output Of gold and copper will
be ing advertisement Of Ely's
mineral resources.