The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-04-17
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New Mining Jots

From what can be learned from the
press in general and observations from
all points, there is a splendid out
look for the mines and holders in
this State. Every section is coming
to the front, while mining men and
experts are drawn to every quarter
that is making a showing. Just at
present Tonopah has the call for stiff
prices as there is more ore of rich
value shown there than at any point
how being prospected. The revival
that started with the discovery and
sale of the Tonopah mines has set
the movement going over the entire
te. titory. No section has escaped, and
the result will be a revival that will
equal the best days of the State.
FOR many years the people figured
that mining, especially. was a dead
issue, as the low price of the metal
and the high price of extraction and
milling prohibited profits, Modern ma
chinery and modes of reduction have
demonstrated that properties that
would not pay in the palmy days can
now and are being worked to a profit.
This end Of the State has felt the
general enthusiasm that has gone out.
The prospectors are working in a
quiet way that will bring results be-
fore the summer has passed. Take
the foul corners of the country and
one will find prospectors with loca-
tions filed. In a number of Instance
good ore is being uncovered and in one
Or two instances enough is out to pa
for the expenses. Those who hold
claims seem to be satisfied with the
development shown, and it would not
be surprising if considerable metal
was placed on the market from this
immediate neighborhood this year.
The properties across the river al
present are receiving the heaviest
work. Fred Knoblock in running a
hundred foot tunnel to tap a ledge that
has been thoroughly prospected. This
property is a copper and gold PROPOSE
ton and some Of the assays are ex-
ceedingly flattering. Should the tun-
mel reach the ledge as is expected
there will be one mine in this valley
that will help the other properties
near by.
In the same section George Cowing
and Will Day are working. They have
taken out some of the richest ore yet
exhibited. The property, like Others
in the neighborhood needs develop
ment and when they finish with this
seasons work they will be able tC
show up a big proposition. Others
are interested in the same district, and
il is one of the highest mineralized in
the State. Nearly every known metal
has been found in this section and as
the ground is not patented, there is
plenty of room for the prospector and
all of his friends. Half a dozen lodges
are known that extend for over a mile
and they all give fair assays. Should
the work of Day and Knoblock mater
ialize as expected this section will be
among the new fields that will attract
capital this summer.
The Quill brothers are now working
their property west of town and the
Voltaire section will be worked as
soon as the snow allows the boys
to get in. The latter section produced
several thousand dollars worth of bull
lion last season and from the present
outlook it will double the utput this
summer.
The mining revival has come to
stay and will be the means of building
up every section that it is being held
in.-Carson Appeal.