Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-12-01
WILL OPEN UP
VALUABLE MINES IN THE
RAMSEY DISTRICT
Many Men viii be Put to Work and
Ore Shipments Made

\ new company has entered the field
in Ramsey mining district and proposes
to commence the shipment of ore from
this camp within fortnight, The
company consists of ". ]. McMeekin,
Frank Oar, w. b. Isaacs, and l.. S. Har-
riman. The incorporation is known as
the Ramsey-Star Mining Company and
their holdings consist Of the North Star
and Bell claims
The North Star is located on the west
side Of Comstock mountain, about one
mile east OF town and is an cid mine.
The workings consist OF a tunnel % feet
IN length, shaft, commencing about
midway in the tunnel and sunk l26
feet drift from the bottom of the
shaft 30 feet long and second shaft 50
feet deep. This constitutes 1856 feet OF
shaft and 1S2 feet of drift. 4 consider
able part OF the work in the lower levels
has been done recently and it is here
the strike has been made which caused
the decision to commence shipments OF
ore. An upraise will be made from the
lower DRIFT which will give the mine a
perpendicular shaft to hoist the ore and
also provide fresh air. At the same
time ore will be brought to the surface
through the old workings to supply the
shipments.
A trench run further up the hill has
uncovered a ledge OF ore 66 feet in width.
The pay chute from which the shipping
ore will be taken is 81 to feet wide
and gives indications OF widening with
depth. The pay chute is a quartzite
ore interspersed with porphyry and is
iree milling and very easily worked
The company already has the teams
with which to do the hauling and have
provided corrals, stables and feed for
the stock at their place on the fiat just
below town. They have put up large
building, dug well and have thoroughly
prepared for continuous shipments OF
ore just as soon as in can be raised to
the surface This they declare will be
accomplished within 10 days. Tomor-
row, Monday, will see the first crew OF
men put on and they will be put to
work in the lower drift to get out ore
and bring it to the surface for shipment.
Other men will be Immediately put to
work on the upraise and in whatever
part OF the mine it is deemed necessary.
Two hundred thousand shares Of stock
is held by the company and none will
be offered for sale
Tie ore will probably be hauled by
teams totwo points, Dayton and Apache,
from which points it will be shipped by
rail to Reno whether they will continue
shipping to both points probably will
depend on the returns obtained.
Mr.. Isaacs spent several days in the
district during the week attending to
the preliminaries and left Friday for
Fallon. lie states that he will be called
frequently to the camp and proposes to
keep the mine humming. Mr.. Nc
Meekin will manage affairs here and
see that 10 time is lost in making the
shipments.
When the North Star is we'll under
way, it is proposed to thoroughly open
up the Bell mine, situated about two
miles southeast of here, and on which a
shaft sixty-fve feet in depth has been
sunk Above the shaft short tunnel
has been driven on the ledge and dis
closes some exceedingly the ore. The
mine is regarded as fine piece of prop
erty and will receive a lot of attention
from the company before long-Ram
sey Recorder.