Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-08
WONDER DISTRICT
CROWS JUBILANT
ORE SHIPMENT FROM GOLD
FIELD TOTALS 100000
Sale Of the Curtis Lease for $4,000.
Blue Bell Group Goes to St.
Louis Man for
$1o2,5oo
special to The Herald.


GoLDFIELD New, July -Four
carloads of high grade ore from the
Mohawk and Combination mines and
two carloads of concentrates from the
Combination mill, the entire lot valued
at $500, 1000, were loaded for shipment to
the smelters. The Mohawk ore, which
has been accommodating during the past
month in the big vault at the mine,
consists of about 1900 sacks which run
from $1,000 to $4,000 ton The two cars
from the Combination mine carry ore
worth $500 a ton, and the concentrates
from the mill run 80 ounces to ton in
the yellow metal.
The Wonder district is jubilant over
the announcement of the news that
plans have been made to bring in an un-
limited supply of electric power for the
big chlorination process mill, which is
TO be erected in the near future, ana
also for the lighting of the city. for fur-
nishing power for the mines throughout
the district Contracts have been made
with the government for water power
to the extent of 1000 horsepower the
year round, and 4000 horse power from
March Is to Septamber IA of each year.
The power will be obtained from the
125-foot waterfall on the Carson river,
about sixteen miles from Fallon. AT
this point electric generators, operated
by turbine wheels at the dam, VIII be
Installed and the power carried by
wire to the Wonder and Fairview dis
tricts. The distance over which the
power must be transmitted is about 80
miles and the cost of the equipment is
estimated at $1,000,000
Valuable Leases Sold
One of the largest cash deals for min
ing properties consummated in Nevada
in months was concluded when the Blue
Bell group of I've claims was purchas-
ed by Colin M. Selph of st. Louis. The
price paid was $1O2, 500. Selph represents
a syndicate composed of former Con-
gressman James j. Butler, DR.. John H
Simon, Ben Westhus. all of st. Louis;
Frederick Belts of New York, c. j.
Roach of Hartford, Conn.,, Charles G.
Wittbeck of Nevada, and others.
The property lies in Black Knob min
ing district, Churchill county. The
claims are traversed by large ledge
carrying from $40 to $50. with gold pre-
dominating, although silver and copper
are also contained in the quartz. The
claims were incorporated as the Ne
vada Blue Belle. While in Carson City
n
The Francis Mohawk Mining and
Leasing company, which under the di-
rection of D. Mckenzie & Co. less than
a week ago purchased the Curtis lease
on the Jumbo Extension for $4,000, en-
countered picture ore equal to anything
opened up on the Mohawk The strike
was made in an abandoned drift on the
315-foot level of the original Jumbo Ex-
tension Curtis lease.
DIR. Robinson estimates that if the ore
bodies hold out the Little Florence lease
is capable of producing $5,OO0,OOO before
the sixth day of February next. The
big reef of high trade ore has been
cut on the las, the 21S and tie 250-foot
levels. The ledge has been stripped for
a distance of lis feet and the vein has
an average width of four feet Between
the 145 and the 250-foot levels there are
1000 tons of $500 ore in sight, having a
total value of $1,2O0,000. Approximately
s250,000 has been received from the ore
already shipped.
Manhattan Comments
The Manhattan mining district, dis
covered twenty months ago, is making
a great showing in substantial results.
1t promises to be the greatest low grade
pre- camp in the great west, and now
after long period of inactivity caused
0y the San francisco disaster and other
happenings, owners of claims are
demonstrating that they are determined
to bring the camp to the front in a way
that will attract the attention and
envy of the mining world. One reduc-
tion mill is in course of erection and
within short time three other mills
will be running full blast to handle the
pre- that is coming from the shafts
Identified with Manhatt: n are C. E.
Mayne w. ]. Arkell, Frank p Davis,
A. A. Stanton, Jack Williams, Wally
Mcneil, Frank Naughton, C. r. Evans,
Henry Rose and other hustlers who
are thoroughly familiar with the i'm
'nense values spread out in the dis
grict.
4 The latest Etrike on the Mustang
property shows picture values. Owners
of the Mustang claim that it is the
greatest mining claim n Nevada. Fine
progress is being made on Thanksgiv-
Ing. Ore from lodges is said to run
$400 to the ton. Bronco is another good
one. Mustang Extension. the Consoli-
dated, Litigation Hill, Wolfton, Hindo-
craft, Otero and Rosario are all goodJ
properties.