The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-05
Activity STIRRING IN
Old NINA DISTRICT
Former Production Records Bid
Fair Shortly to Diminish
With Development.

Nina, the division point OF the Nevada
& California and Tonopah railroads, all
! though only four months old, is rapidly
developing into town of much impor-
tancc through its railroad facilities as
| well as geographical center being the
! railroad outlet OF a ..ich mineral coun-
| try which has produced many millions OF
I dollars in early days. says the Nevada
! State journal. Perhaps no other region
| In southern Nevada can boast of such
| n varied and extensive mineral produc-
| tion; the ores being gold silver copper
ana lead, and the large deposits in This
| vicinity having ranked among the fore
| most OF Nev0uns grcutcSt mines.
Record of Former Days
Among the old properties that hnvo
been famous as Silver-Copper producers.
are the Atherton and Lancashire with Il
record output OF $500 600 and tho Bell
with S5.500U0J, the Lincoln with $500, 600.
The district In which these properties arc
situated lies about sovon miles northwest
of the town OF Nina and In the Excelsior
range. The demonctizauon Of silver and
slump In copper ncccssltatcd the closing
down or these, as well as q number OF
other very rich mines, many OF which
are still ncld as patented claims.
Monument of Past Greatness.
About six miles due west Is the Silver
Star mining district from which 100000
IN gold has been taken, and this old prop
Crty still has a fivt-stamp mill as mon
Ument OF past greatness, and this mill
crushed the ore and made n record FOR
the Bounce and other adjacent claims. II
was while this district was being opened
up that placer gold was discovered on
the Gem mine and nuggets worth $40
were found. Something like S2S.uUO being
taken absolutely from the grass roots
and such strike AT the present day
would most certainly cause a stampede
In that direction.
Famous Candelaria Mine.
To the south Of Nina is the old Can
dclaria district with its wonderful bull
lion record OF sec 600 600 and certainly sur
passed by tew districts In the West. The
Pilot Mountain range which parallels tho
Excelsior range ana lies but a few miles
distant from IT, has long been famous
for It's great copper deposits. At pres
cnt the Dunlap mine, about Eve miles
southeast OF Nina. Is being opened after
a long period of ideness by a l2O0-foot
crosscut tunnel The native copper which
occurs on this property viii be an active
factor In the treatment OF Tonopah ores.
Other Large Producers.
Among other big producers in the Santa
Fe district OF the Pilot range Is the Wall
Street, Vulcan and John /. groups all OF
which have made regulations Tor their
production or hiEh-Erlde slyer-Coppgr
ores, much Of which was teamed and
packed many miles FOR treatment Con-
in this section. The Ferminu group Of
fifty claims I'm this district. and which
has been held Tor the last thirty years.
has recently been taken over by Boston
people who have Incorporated the prop
crty under the name OF the Pilot Range
Mining company, which corporation Will
soon begin active operations on the prop
crty.
Blue Light Mining Property.
One of the very best copper properties
In this section is the Blue Light Mining
company which Is being reopcned and
thoroughly exploited This property is
six miles northwest from Nina and was
first located many years since. In the
long ago one thousand five hundred tons
of ore were teamed TO Dayton and used
In the reduction OF COmstOck ores. This
property furnished the first carload OF
ore ever shipped over the Carson & Colo
forty miles to kiRkead, the terminal
point, via Sodayille The Blue Light
mas record output OF 500 0O). all OF
which was extracted above the GI-foot
Level, practically at the grass roots, and
this ore averaged . per cent copper. yet
l.ke many other old yet very valuable
properties, the slump In copper caused a
years II was taken over In the latter
part Of 1905 By the Blue Light company
C composed Of Indianapolis, Ind. people
who have carried on active operations
ever since that date and have now large
tonnage OF very hiGh-Sradc copper
blocked out and regular shipments Will
commence within a few weeks. And for
purchased several large teams. installed
hoist. erected bunk houses and other
buildings preparatory TO charging the
scope Of operations.