Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-19
NEVADA MINING
MAN IN TOWN
Samuel S. Arentz OF the Nevada
Douglas Company Comes
From Yerington.
TALKS ABOUT WORK GOING ON
Development Campaign ia the Ludwig
Condition of Camp Very
Good.

sam S. Arentz. superintendent of the
Nevada Douglas copper company's
properties 40 Yerington, New, was ia
The city today on bis way east 10 spend
the holidays He expects to absent
himself about two or three weeks.
% lett ,hings az the mine in fine
shape" said Mr.. Arentz to q News
representative today "and while
mean t1 Dee conservative az an times,
| you can place me on record as saying
that Nevada Douglas is making head
way very satisfactorily So far. dsvel-
opments have Tar exceeded our cXpec-
tations
AT the present time we are deyoting
energy principally in the Ludwig dlvir
sion OF the mine We have pushed tho
600 level workings southwark I'm a. gos-
san distance Of nearly 500 feet and
have found good carbonate ore an tho
way ana judging from tine Indications
present on the 800 level the enrichment
zone viii prove 10 be just as extensive
there. This enrichment material con-
alsts OF claycy material anywhere
from TO 10 feet in width,
containing cuprite and native cop
per; also compact sulphidc ore
about the same Width-Containiug
10 per cent copper while in the quartz.
or vein material proper, We have high
grade calcoclte copper ore. The hes,
developed calcocite ore body shows a
width OF q feet upon which drift
has been run along the strike for
distance OF Sc feet.
"The cross-cuts On the hanging wall
country continued Mr.. Arentz. have
developed a great tonnage OF low grade
sulphde ores. the gangue being lime
and the tenor IN copper running from
% L. a. D. farH. .H.e Hon ..f
the management 90 develop each level
Of the sulphide area as these levels are
reached n the incline shaft which is
being continued 10 the $50 level and
lower Work Is progressing on the $50
and $50 levels; the $50 being the nrst
level on wrich sulphide ore Is exposed.
All surface work has been completed
for the winter. and work on the under
ground is being pushed vigorously.
In the Douglas division. which is the
original holdings of the present COM
pany, the main tunnel has reached the
length of over COO feet, from which
Wine has been sunk 100 feet. A dritt
from the bottom of this wluze has been
run out $50 feet In "a northerly direction
and penetrates a lime shale garnetzet
and .mpregnated with carbonates with
occa sional punches of suiphldes. EN-
posed iu the Winze for almost the en-
tire depth is an east and west insure
showing a white lime and garnet con-
tact: the ore impregnating the latter
for q distance of from ~ 90 Is feet
which averages about per cent cop
per, with the values mostly In the car
Donates. The contact Is quite irregular.
though continuous. An easterly drift
from the main tunnel has exposed this
ore zone for "a distance OF So feet. %
Of which assays Z per cent copper
A feature of the work being carried
on at the present time, which Mr.
Arentz took pains TO point out, is the
fact that no stopping IS being done on
the property AN the ore shipped by the
present management has been that en-
countercd I'm the regular course Of de-
yelopment; and at the present time
there is practically no waste being
brought 20 the surface, the workings
an being IN ore
Labor Is plentiful In the camp. The
closing OF so many mines elsewhere
men looking for work have been at
tracted 90 Yerington, which has felt
the effects of the financial strinRency
probably less than in any other camD
ln Nevada. The local bank has never
ceased paying out casino cashiers
checks have been IN evidence there
The town OF Yerington Is also in "A very
prosperous condition and many Inn
provemets of "a permanent character
are being made