The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-07-26

Copper company in the same camp,
whose properties are almost entirely
surrounded by those of the Nevada
Douglas. Tie new acquisition, nego-
tiations for which have been pending
for some time, swells the Nevada Doug
las properties to approximately ZOO
acres and "a claims
Special interest attaches to the Lud-
wig mines for many reasons. They
were located right after the war by an
old German prospector who drifted
south from the old Comstock lode at
Virginia City, abont forty miles distant,
the mines being named after him. The
story goes that the prospector was
on the expedition by no less
a person than Samuel l.. Clemens,
known to fame everywhere as Mark
Twain, who was pushing pencil on
Carson City newspaper.
The Ludwig has had remarkable his
tory. Among its original owners was
former United States Senator Jones, one
of the most remarkable men in many re-
spects who was ever member of that
body. Probably no man is better
known to either the politics or mining
of the west than Jones of Nevada.
Specimens of ore taken from the Lud
wig mines have been sent east and have
rendered splendid service in advertising
Nevada as a copper producing state and
the Yerington camp in particular. The
mines bear the distinction OF producing
the most beautiful copper ores ever ex-
hibited, and Stevens Copper Hand
book for 1906, recognized authority,
speaks Of their exceptionally hand
some malachite and azurite, consider
able quantities of which are sold to
lapdaries," Tiffany, the celebrated
diamond and gem cutter, is said to buy
these specimens and to use them as set
tings for rings and other jewelry.
Many shrewd observers and prophets
freely express the. prediction that Ne
vada is to take first rank as copper
producing state the same as it has done
in the production of silver. Two boom
ing copper camps-Ely in the east and
Yerington in the west-have given Ne
vada new interest and significance in
the past year.
Some say that Ely is the richer camp
and some accord that distinction to
Yerington. The Nevada Consolidated
is Ely's greatest mine and Nevada
Douglas is Yerington's greatest. AS to
whether Nevada Consolidated or Ne
vada- Douglas is Nevada's richest cop
per properly opinions differ and the
partisans of each are about evenly di-
vided. The acquisition of the Ludwig,
however, would seem to give the first
position to Nevada Douglas At any
rate, the two camps are going to add
greater lustre than ever to the fame of
Nevada as a producer of gold, silver and
copper.
While the price paid for the Ludwig
property by tile Nevada Douglas people
has not yet been made known, it has
long been looked on as a million-dollar
property. Worked in a crude, limited
way last year it yielded its owners over
100000 Engineer P. jennings Of
Salt Lake City, made report on the
property three months ago and found
hat it had over million aud half
dollars of ore reserves over the 800 foot |
eyel besides a vast amount OF sulphide
IRE having net value of $3.50 ton,
He also reported that but % per cent of
he ground had been developed and
hat the mines presented great posi-
'ilities in the production Of high-grade
ire.
The Orem company were likewise the
moving spirits in the amalgamation of
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