The copper era., 1903-07-02
SEARCHLIGHT, NEVADA.
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 The Scarchlight di-trict lies iu the
 .orthca-iern corner of Nevada. in
 Lincoln county. lt. location Is in the
 low porphvrv hills. about fifteen miles
 from the Colorado river The surface
 Uf the country i- not rugged. but gen
 orally smooth, and include. a level
 plateau of large area, -kirting the
 camp on the west. The mincraliZed
 portion of the district appear, Co be
 within belt, trending approximately Horth-south, which is porphyritic in
 character. This belt. SO far g. pros
 pecting and development shows, i-
 about half mile in width and has
 been pretty well proven for distance
 of about three miles on the strike, al though it doubtless extends farther.
 The ore is found in number Of par
 allcl lcdgcs, following the trend of
 the belt. The principal properties are the Quart"tte, Duplex, Goodhopc and Southern Nevada, each having a separate ledge. In addition to the above, the Cyrus Noble group k on a
 vein which appears tO run almost al
 right angles with the others. The first locations were made in lN9', de- vclopment having commenced in the spring of 1898, when Macrcady, Hub bard and Fisher are said tO have bought the Qnartcttc group of John C. Swickard al Sl 900. At about the same time the Scurchlight claims, which had been located by C. r. Col ton and Gus Moore, passed to the par tial control of Thompson and Collins of Riverside. r. C. pcrcw and H. A. ! Perkins located here and acquired in- tercst, in 1898. In 1899 Col. C. A. l Hopkins and associates of Boston ~c- cured control of the Quartcttc group through E. Macready. The Duplex 1. was opened in 1901 and within the | same year F. C. Pcrcw secured the ' backing of Buffalo capital and began { developing the Southern Nevada i group. The town of Searchlight. 1 which nas number of business . houses is located centrally in the dis trict, and k quite trading point for wide scope of country. It has weekly cwSpapcr, called the Search light, published by II. \. Perkins, who fills tke field well. A noticeable feature of this section in the generous growth of yucca~, which in some in- stances arc used d. fuel for steam plants. In local parlancc they are known ae "Jo-hua,.' AS to water supply, the mines at from BOO to 800 feet depth are furnishing d liberal quantity, there being three tcn-stamp mills in operation which depend on mine water for mill work. In the earlier operations of the Quartcttc company the workings had not reached water level and this company's first mill, still in operation, was built on the Colorado river and a narrow guagc railroad, seventeen miles long. was built tn transport ere from mine to mill. Later on, when a good sup ply of water was obtained in the mine, a second mill. having ten stamps, was erected at the mine and set at work. Fuel supply consists of CoaliuGa crude uil. used in gasoline engines. This is light colorcd oil, quite free from sediment, that costs at SoarchUght about Q cents per gallon, the ordinary gasoline engine consuming onc-eiSht gallon per horsepower per hour. This oil is not used exactly as are gasoline and di,tillatc In the use of COalinga oil generator is attached to each en- zine, which, by the heat supplied from the engine, produces from the oil a gas that serves as d fuel. The Tc- fuse element in the oil passes out through pipe at the bottom of the generator. This oil is actually in use and proves very satisfactory, making the cost about ouc-third as much for power as if gasoline were used. At the railroad station at Manvel are three storage tanks, holding 10000 gallons ot oil, whereby the mining companies of Searchlight keep a good supply of this oil within reach. Thus it will be seen that the questions of water and fuel are no longer serious. even on the yucca and cactus plains of the desert. Following ia more spc ciic information conccrning the sev- cral properties of the district,
 QUARTETTE MINING COMPANY.-. This company owns the Quartettc mine. which k the most important property in the district. George Crockcr and Col, C. A. Hopkins Of Boston are president and treasurer respectively. F. !. Harrington being general manager. The property com