The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-11-11

). w. Ferguson of Willow Creek ha,
been engaged in mining in that district
for the past six years and hung to the
propos tion with the tenaclty of one
who has implicit faith in the on cons.
He has had the property thorough X
ported by James Goodwin, a mining ex
pert from Silver City. Idaho. and hsre-
with submits Mr. Goodwin report. MIR.
Ferguson has Incorporated the group OF
claims and viii push deye opment to The
limit. That he has valuable psope ty
goes without saying after one reads 'hS
report of Goodwin. The following Is
Mr. Goodwin report la desaii:
REPORT ON NORTH STAR MINIeG
AND MILLING CO. s PRoPEl.fY.
To v hom il May Concern.
I. James Goodwin. an experienced ane
practical miner and d.s.nterested par y,
do hereby make and submit the lo..ow
ing report. made from personal exam
ination of certain mining p. opelly
Known 10 me Dis the piDRtts9 - fNA~
North Star Mining and Mihng Comp ny
and /. the sad James Goodwin. do bfna
myself by these presen.s, for and IN en-
side. alton of the conditions herein nam
ed to assist any Interested parry a
any convenient time, in making JOIN
examination Of the above named prop
erty. and IL al statements shown o.
made in this report cannot ~ reasons-
by corroborated in sad JOINT eNam.na
&fian. / hereby agrle, in that event q
mako no cha4ges for my expenses ano
services While thus engag d. but shaa'
receive a fair compensation for such ser
vices. provided my work Is found p -ac-
ticaay correct
GEOGRAPH1.
The property OF the North Star Mining
and Milling Co. consists of six fu
mining cams. located on the wes er.
slope Of the Cottonwood range, WAioM
Creek. Mining District Humboldt Coen
ty. Nevada. The mining Claims are 81
nafSu ABOUT LWNhNs~i ~iAN@ A'ttN~ "@NNf'
the oregon state line and about 8 ky
five mics north of W.nnemucca. the
county seat of Humboldt county ana
nearest railroad point. The e.evation Is
100 feet above sea level.
TITLE.
have personally examined the rec
/, a., - t4tsa .arfaef and free
from all membranes, and for fuithsi
information in regard TO which rferanc
is made to Water l.. WIKI nson, Re
cordor Of Humboldt County, at Winnie
mucca, Nevada.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF PROP
ERTY
The North Star group of Gains owned
by the North Star Mining and Milling
Company and folmery known as IN
wild Deer group of m ming claims, con-
e,sttnr Of six full locations wi. h mi
site and water right. The names OF the
locations are the North Star, Po aris
HExtension. Fawn. Denver and Tusca'
roIa.
HISTORY.
The total value of all ores EXTRACTED
m To date from the mines of this I'M
mediate vicinity or within radius OF
eight miles of the North Star M ng
ana Milling Company property SO fer
as can be learned from the most reAa
be sources is s25o,ooo.
The ores of the district are best SUIT
ed to the pan amalgamation and con-
centration process. under which treat
ment they yield on an average " per
cent OF the assay value. The ore depos-
its of the North .-sar group DO not seem
to differ mineralog caliy or geo ogica
e9from the great Mother Lode which lies
on the west slope OF the Sierra Nevada
range of mountains. California.
DEVELOPMENT.
The principal work on the property Is
done on the North Star ca m, and con-