Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-08-22
LIVELY IN HUMBOLDT RANGE.

DWELL ~ VOM0OAOt RANGE.
New Undertakings Near the shebs
-kansas Professor Pleased.
F. w. Blackmar, professor Of ply
sizes in the State university Of Kan
sas. who has been spending the pas
two weeks IN the Star district, Hum
boldt county, Nevada. came in from
the west Tuesday evening and contin
ued his journey homeward last night
Professor Blackwar 10 . shareholder
in the Sheba company, and is also in.
terested in the founding of what is
to he known as the Nevada Humboldt
company. which will shortly be launch.
ed under a charter from Arizona to
operate group of nine claims about
three miles west of the Sheba and COW
ering 5000 feet Of the same remark
able mineral zone. HslssA#FI
The company, of which w. H. Child
and Ed. Copley of this city are the
original promoters. will be capitalized
for j. 100000 shares, half of which go
for the purchase Of the property and
the other half into the treasury to
provide working capital. OF the latter
nearly 100000 shares have already
been sold and investors now on the
ground are contemplating the pu--
chase of 100000 shares more at a
stir figure
Professor Blackmar is so impressed
with the future, not only of the pro-
perties in the which he has become
interested, but in the entire section,
that he is seriously contemplating
moving out there to grow up with
the country" The new company's pro-
perry, he says, has no work done upon
it other than to prospect the ledge
along it's course on the surface, where
it crops for 5000 feet, and samples, on
the average, Is per cent lead, twenty
ounces silver and $3.50 in gold per
ton. The vein is contact between
lime and porphyry and runs from four
to twelve feet wide, the ore being iden
teal with that found in the Sheba
ledge at corresponding depth.
Concerning the Sheba,'' said Pro
fessor Blackmar, Il should like to say
that, after reading all the statements
sent out by the company, | consider
that everything has been described in
a most conservative way. The proper
ty is certainly being handled in \ |
business-llke way and it does not re-
quire an expert to see that it has a |
brilliant future. At the present time |
about twenty-five men are employed. !
on the ground and the erection of a |
new and commodious boarding house !
tunnel is now within ITS feet Of the !
contact vein and the rock in the face !
is already beginning to show such !
strong naturalization that it seems |
that fine ore bodies will not /
be encountered when connections are !
made The companys Mammoth |
ground is also showing up splendidly !
and | look for it to turn out just as
good or better than the Sheba it.
SELF
Mr. Blackmar also reports that dur
ing the past few weeks, j. P. Fitting
and associates OF Colorado Springs
have purchased the Favorite group
of claims, northeast OF the Sheba, for
SOS 900, and have commenced an &C
tive campaign of development upon
it,
The property recently acquired by
Messrs. Caffrey and Braffet OF this
city is in the same section, and all
through the Humboldt range the great
est activity is being shown. Mining
men and experts are going in there
rom all directions, and it seems -
though the country was on the verge
II q boom.
When the Professor left the camp
Judge Bartch was at the She
,a with John SlOck, a Houghton,
[Mich.) operator-Salt Lake Herald.