The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-08-05
MINES AND MINING.

The Journal says the establishment OF
an ore-sampling works in Reno is an as
sured fact.
The Gazette estimates that half a mil
lion has been expended in developing
Washoe county mining property in the
past year..
The total value of the ore extracted
from the Comstock mines last week is
9,272.56. The different mines contributed
as follows: Con. Va. SO, 1923. SO; Ophir, ST.
626. IS; Silver Hill, $z,142; Justice, 1924. Is;
Overman, $1SO.-Virginia Chronicle.
The Quartette Company at Searchlight
is making preparations to sink the main
incline shaft to a depth of $50 feet; it's
present depth is $50. AS there is con-
siderable water in the mine, a large
pumping plant will be Immediately in
stalled.-Pioche Record.
Several additions were made yesterday
to the Nevada Mineral Exhibit. A hand
some chunk of lead-silver ore was re-
ceived from Golconda. Specimens from
the Garfield mines, running $3.50 to $500
were received. The exhibit is growing
so rapidly that the present quarters are
becoming cramped.-Reno Journal.
There will be a big cleanup made at
the Sparks mill as soon as the delayed
apparatus arrives. The mill has been
running steadily for % days. The aver
age amount of ore treated has been Is
ton a day. If this ore should average
$3.50 a ton the cleanup would amount to
a cool hundred thousand dollars.-Reno
Journal.
Two carloads of coal arrived at Wa
buska last week and were hauled to the
Ludwig mine. This coal is to be used
at the pump plant and hosting plant.
The smelter is not to be started, as re-
ported. Twelve men are still engaged in
developmnt work at the mine. The cross
cut on the 300 level is still being extended
and drifts are being run from it in very
promising ground. A crosscut is also
being run on the 4~00-level and is making
good Roadway. 1T is not yet in far enough
to tap the ledge.-Lyon County Times.
w. d. Higginbotham, vice-president
and general manager of the White Rock
Gold Mining Company, which is operat-
ing valuable placer deposits in Elko coun-
ty, Nevada came in from the property
yesterday with over $1,000 worth of gold
nuggets and dust, gathered in the clean
up for the last month. The news of his
arrival with that amount of gold caused
the shares of the company to jump into
instant demand on the afternoon call,
when So cents was bid for the stock in
any amount up to $4,000 shares. Not a
share was to be had under 60 cents, how
ever, and the call closed without a sale
being recorded.-Salt Lake Herald.
Robert Davidson of Cripple Creek. Col
orado, has accepted the foremanship OF
the Weepah ~Company's properties. The
company is at present employing IA mer
and is sinking three shafts. In one shaft
on the Jackson claim, they have a body
clear across the vein: six feet of the vein
,f ore u feet wide. which samples s1s
samples over an ounce in gold with small
silver values. 1t is characteristic of the
Weepah ores that the values found are
nearly all in gold. There are six different
leases on the Jackson. Electric and Old
Kentucky claims, and while as yet none
of the leasers have found any high grade
| shipping ore to speak of, nearly all of
them have good bodies of medium grade
milling ore.-Hawthorne Bulletin.
Recent assurances from Messrs. Leon
ard & Taylor of San Francisco that they
will in the near future put in a plant to
treat the ores of Tonopah hat will not
stand the long wagon and railroad hauls
TO market. has caused no little rejoicing
in camp. as it is believed the men mean
business. Mr.. Holiday has been success
full i'm securing all the available water in
the vicinity of the site for the proposed
reduction works, while Messrs. Leonard
& Co. have secured a contract for all of
%, 600 tons of ore as a starter. Over 25O
teams are now employed in the freighting
business between Tonopah and the rail-
road, while the stage line is running
three coaches daily.
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