Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-27
CRESCENT ON
THE IMPROVE
Citizens Of Camp Take a Very
Optimistic View Of the Fu-
ture Of District.
IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE.
Many shafts Going Down--Ncw Mill
To be BuiIt--Other Mining
News.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Crescent, Nevada Dec. 23.--Crescent
coming camp OF the great min
ing state of Nevada This optimistic
forecast Is not the idle dream Of a
correspondent that has spent an hour
in this thriving and growing camp, but
It Is amply proven by the permanent
improvements OF the many developing
mines In the Crescent district. From
an obscure beginning, Crescent is fast
coming into her own. The excellent
facilities TO ship ores and also the low
rate OF mining and milling makes
Crescent the ideal camp for the IN
weston and mining man. Since the re-
cent big strikes on the Nippeno, Tiger,
Merrimac, Golden Crescent, Wathenh
mine OF the Ajax Bullfrog Co., and
Sherrer properties considerable interest
Is manifest In the mines here. The camp
has never had a boom, but on the con-
trary has been growing steadily all
the time until recently, when II started
TO go ahead with leaps and bounds.
Now Crescent Is attracting the at
tention of every mining interest In the
country.
Supt. Chas. Straub reports active de-
velopment on the property OF the Ajax
Bullfrog Mining Co., south Of Crescent,
where the foundations are being laid for
the FIVE stamp mill now on the ground.
On the Wathena mine, owned by this
company, rich ore was struck on the
surface, and several shipments were
made to the Salt Lake smelters, re-
turns netting the management s42 per
ton. A shaft Is being sunk on the
vein and n station cut In at the 100 II.
level, where drifts are run In both d.
rections. The vein is four feet in
width.
Supt. A. j. Middleton OF the Golden
Crescent Mining company is developing
the properties owned by this company
In very systematic manner, A 4x7 feet
adit tunnel is being run on the Syndi-
cate claim east of Crescent. on the vein,
A good strike was recently made on
the Merrimac group owned by Frank
Tursich. On this group. tire are two
immense veins traversng east and west.
Good Mornings can be had from the sur
face on both veins, which are from 10
to 20 feet in width. Several open cuts
have been made on the lead and the ore
averages 81 in gold with small per
cent OF copper and galena.
General Manager X. w. Moore has a
force of men sinking vertical shaft on
the Garbutt claim near the Lucky
Dutchman mine. The shaft will be
sunk 1850 feet, whence crosscut will be
run TO intersect the vein that traverses
east and west the entire length OF the
property. Good Mornings can be had
from the surface of the vein. The lode
Is over 30 feet In width and the assays
show values in gold, silver lead and
copper.
Among the recent big strikes In the
Crescent camp, the double standard has
the Premier. In crosscut from the
bottom OF the present working shaft,
a six-foot vein OF sulphide ore was en-
countered which gave every indication
OF permanency
The vein Is a true flssure with both
walls exposed, and next to the hanging
wall there is foot OF rich ore. Three
assays from this streak ran 500 ounces.
In silver and three ounces In gold on an
average. The balance OF the vein will
20 slo. Several shipments We're made
recently to Kingman, Arizona, netting
the management over $500 per ton. This
ore was the high grade taken from the
hanging wall of the vein during the
sinking Of the shaft.
on the property of the Wyoming
Searchllght, Supt. Jos. Reece Is cross
1u'tlHS the VEIN 1T lne lVO lOOt level.
The management expect TO intersect
the vein within 40 feet OF work. The
vein crops very prominently on the sur
face and In sinking the shaft, several
large punches of ore We're encountered,
carrying values IN gold and silver
The management of the Tiger mine
have let contract to Kellogg e. Co.
to sink the main shaft from the 1l2
foot level an additional 100 feet.