Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-17
MINING ACTIVE
At SEARCHL|GHT
ORE BODY STRUCK ON SEN
ATOR CARRIERS CLAIMS
Developments in the Shagrack Group
Santa Fe Railroad Construction
Now Within Twelve Miles
of the Town

Special Correspondence of The Herald
SEARCHLIGHT, New, Dec. Ia.
H. Watkins has struck the ore body
on the Searchlight west extension. The
property consists of three claims and
is owned by j. II. Watkins, f. w.
Ward, William Priest and Senator
Carter and adjoins the Searchlight
Mining and Milling to the east. The
shaft on the extension is about 100
feet from the side line of the Search
light and $50 feet from the main shaft
of that company. After going through
100 feet of wash some small seams
of ore were found in the porphyry,
which continued showing better with
each foot of depth, till at 161 feet the
vein proper was encountered, the ore
being identical with that found in the
Searchlight. which is one of the best
mines in the camp. Mr.. Watkins is
very much elated over this strike and
the fact that his judgment has proved
correct means much for the entire dis
trict, as it proves the continuity of
the Searchlight vein.
Foreman Beman of the Annette re-
ports some interesting developments in
that property The shaft is down 100
feet and it is the intention of the man
agement to continue sinking till the
innate will be in the neighborhood of
210 feet, judging from the shafts in
the immediate vicinity. The bottom of
the Annette shaft is now all in ledge
matter and there are a number of
small cracks and crevices filled with
quartz, a general sample of which ran
$941 and the gouge matter is the same
as that found in the Searchlight, which
ranrinto the thousands. The Annette
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surface showings in the camp and with
bids fair to be one of the shippers in
the near future.
Ten=Stamp Mill Running
At the Searchlight Milling and Min
ing company's plant the ten-stamp mill
is running regularly on high grade
ore and treating forty tons per day.
The management have decided to wait
till spring before starting up the 100
ton cyanide plant which they have
Just completed. A new station pump
has been ordered and will be installed
on the 300-foot level; the capacity will
be 200 gallons per minute. The up
raise from the 3O0-foot level is nearing
the surface and will be finished with
i'm the next few days. This will give
better air and facilitate the work.
Mt1dll CAMP NA5hl lllllto llOILli VI
Searchlight, is attracting some atten-
ton. The Nevada Consolidated Min
ing company has started another shaft
on their property on the Mocking Bird
claim and have installed a twenty-five
horse power hoist with two shifts
working steadily. In their other shaft
on the Black Dog they are down 200
feet and have four feet of ore in the
bottom. which shows good values in
free gold by panning.
Dupont camp. fifteen miles north
east of Searchllght is taking ON new
life. Messrs. f. w. Howell and Jones
Los Angeles this week, having just
returned from a visit to their prop
erty at Dupont. They are the prin-
cipal owners of the Shagrack group
of claims which they are developing.
A forty horse power hoist and a
pumping plant have been ordered for
the mine and will be ON the ground
in thirty days. The old shaft on the