The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-21
CHERRY CREEK
BECOMING A
LIVELY CAMP
FAST REGAINING ITS FORMER
SELF AS AN IMPORTANT
MINING TOWN.
SOME OF THE BEST PROPERTIES
New Capital Is Helping the Old
Place and the Outlook
Is PrOpitiOus.

Editor News: Cherry Creek dates
back to 1872, and for years, during
the period when silver was at par or
nearly at par, and when the old Star
mine was a dividend payer, and the
Exchequer was valuable, and the
Teacup was full, Cherry was a thriv-
ing, bustling place of perhaps 1000
people. The camp, however, began
going down with silver, and for years
1t has been but a specter of it's for
mer greatness. Within the past year,
however, old Cherry has awakened
from it's Rip Van Wrinkle sleep, and
now bids fair to resume its former
place in the march of progress.
notice that some of the old leaky
roofs are being repaired, the front
gate has been retung, the mines are
being again opened and everything
points to the signboard Prosperity. ="
Among the oldest and rest mining
properties of Cherry is the Star, the
old Imperial, the Biscuit, formerly
known as the Teacup, and the Cherry
Creek Mines company, once known
as the Mary Ann, the Black Metal,
the British Nevada, the Nevada Con-
solidated, the Wide West and several
others.
p. H. Cannon, Cherry's well-known
druggist, has injected new capital
and new blood into Cherrys make
up, and Mr.. Cannon is doing good
work to revive and make blossom the
old rose of the '70s. MIR. Cannon
started up the Exchequer, one of the
Imperial group, and has within the
past year pumped the water from the
abandoned shaft and recovered the
thread that had been lost in the shut
he of dull times His company is
now putting in new hoist, new
pumps and new drills, and have
cleaned the old tunnels, cleared the
decks for action, and by fall all
promises to be we'll again with the
Exchequer.
The Teacup group, now known as
the Biscuit, which a year ago was
down 1000 feet, the shaft almost
valueless and abandoned for years,
has been recovered and sunk 100
feet deeper into the bowels of the
earth, new sixty-horse power en-
CINE has been installed and the mine
Is now shipping ore to the smelter
at Salt Lake and will soon make
good.y
The Cherry Creek Mines company
is running a 5,000-foot tunnel into
the Mary Ann ground, and getting
some good ore in the face. A new
twenty-five horse power gasoline en-
CINE has been installed and it Is
putting away in a winze en- the tun-
mel level.
The Wide West company, under
the SUPPLEMENTARY of ]. H. Leish-
man, IS putting in new air compress
ors and squaring away for great &C.
tivity this summer. Mr.. Leishman Is
about, to enlarge the Wide West mill
and very shortly twenty stamps will
be falling on ore in the place of five
as heretofore.
The White Pine Gold Mining and
Milling company, in Telegraph can
yOn, between Ely and Cherry Creek,
is plunging into the hills with re-
newed~ vigor.
The old Telegraph mine has been
recovered, the mill has started and
been running for the past fifteen
days on high-grade ore.
The Hunter mines at Hunter have
been recently opened by Denver cap
ital. The Hunter people have thou
sands of tons of ore ON their dumps,
and when they get the new railroad
in contemplation built between
Cherry and the mines the people of
White Pine county will hear the jim
gle of the dollars of their daddies
that the old-timers never expected to
hear again.
Cherry is gold camp, and while
just now 1t is very quiet around town
and there.does not appear to be much
doing ON any line, the mining activity
found about is greater than for years,
\ and the old camp will attract the at
tention of the world again ere long.
The people are not blowing but are
1 going about their work with deter
i mination that means success.
2 w. S. Anderson of Phoebe is oper-
ating the Black Metal for the Ely
Star Mining company. The Black
five miles north of Cherry Creek and
is a silver proposition. A tunnel ATS
feet In the hillside has been driven,
and now Mr.. Anderson is connecting
it with the bottom of 110-foot
shaft. The tunnel is in ore its en-
tire length, and the lode is four feet
| In width. A spur track from the Ne
| vada Northern to the mine has al
! ready been surveyed, and work on
the road will be commenced very
. soon. Mr. Anderson is at present
shipping two cars of high-grade ore
per week. The ore assays 224
ounces of silver to the ton and car
ries little gold. Mr.. Anderson left
Cherry Greek Monday Llorning for
Salt Lake In an automobile for the
purpose. of buying machinery to in
stall at the Black Metal.
Five companies are operating in
the Gold Canyon Mining district, six
miles up the Egan canyon from
Cherry Greek, namely: The Gold
Canyon Mining company, the Gold
Canyon Extension, the Antwerp of
Nevada Gold Mining company, the
Cherry Creek Gold Mining company
and the Cocomongo Gold Mining
company. The five properties are
under the direct management of
Henry C. Steuart of New York, who
is the president of the companies.
Jacob sWeinberger is The general
manager foE.Mr. .Steuart, and Lo0mis
H. Taylor is cashier and chief clerk.
Mr.. Steuart is. doing things" in
Egan canyon. There Is working
tunnel in on the Antwerp OF, Nevada
connecting with the Gold Canyon Elk
tension and will shortly connect with
the Gold Canyon. The tunnel Is 500
feet In length and crossed the ledge
of the Antwerp of Nevada at dis
tance of 42O feet, but is now In pOr-
phyry. The five properties are very
valuable, and General Manager Vein
horaor will devotion property that