The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-24

further up the hill that presents an
almost perfect surface, with a net
work of veins. This group is known
as the Demitoc group and are with
in 1000 feet of the old Latham mine,
and adjoins the Badger group, which
are owned by Rountree, Creighton,
Drumm and Knight. Mr.. Furgerson
considers the Badger claim one of the
best properties in the district, but
will speak of that little later on.
A son of H. e. Furgerson, Earl
Furgerson, and his associates, own a
group of fifteen claims that show rich
In copper and are undoubtedly valua-
BILE property.
Leaving the Furgerson ground,
drove next to the Shelton group. w.
j. Shelton is pioneer in Spruce, and
| Is operating on the summit of Spruce
mountain, about three miles east of
the old town of Sprucemont. His
company is known as the Big Four
Mining Company, and there are seven
claims in the group. Mr.. Shelton first
came to the camp in the '70's and
then left, but last Fall returned to
his old love and began the develop
ment of his property. He is working
in a lime and porphyry formation,
with an iron Gaping. He has about
800 feet of work done; on the dump
of the Never-Sweat he has one car
load of shipping ore, besides several
cars of lead-silver ore on the dumps
of the Keystone. He is operating
for Chicago capital and is ex-
pecting some of his people to Wis
1t the mine early in the week, when
plans will be laid for future opera
tions. Mr.. Shelton is the general
manager of the company, and expects
to start active work on the properties
of the company, and will make the
world open its eyes in a short time
hence.
Dunn and Hand, of Butte Mont,
are operating on a claim known as
the Contact, adjoining the Keystone
on the north, and are taking out ore
of shipping quality and having 1t
hauled to Wells. They are keeping
for eight and ten-horse teams haul
ing from the mines to Wells for rail-
shipment tothe smelter, and expect to
put on more teams as soon as they
are to be had. At present they are
hauling out a carload per week of
high grade ore-30 per cent. They
seem to be trying to keep their plans
and mines under a blanket on legiti-
mate lines without any fuss or feath-
ers. AS / understand it, 1t is
close corporation, and there is not
share of the stock on the market-a
good indication in these days of spec
ulative industry. Mr.. Dunn says that
what ore his company has shipped
has. netted them 500 per ton, and
there is much more of it. There
are seven claims in the group and
all are good property. Mr.. Dunn
claims to have twenty feet of ore now
blocked out which will net him $45,-
600. II The same firm also owns the
old IJAtha mand Jupiter mines. The
Latham is down 200 feet, the deep
est of any mine in the district, and
has produced in years past 100000
in silver and lead. There Is a body
of ore now exposedin the Latham ga
feetin width that will average five
and one-ha1f per cent copper, fifteen
ounces in silver and Is per cent in
lead to the ton. It might be we'll to
state that the mine has never been
worked for copper. The ore is found
in porphyry.
Jack Creighton, 2. B. Drumm and
R. e. Knight own the Badger claim,
one of a group near the summit of
Badger Hill. The Badger Is one of
the best mines in the district, and
If one may judge by the surface indi-
cations, will be one ofthe best in the
State of Nevada. There has been but
little work done on the property
as yet. There has been a tunnel run
into Badger Hill for about 100 feet
at the end of which has been
started shaft that is now down per-
haps Is feet and is in good shipping
ore all the way down. Several tons
of high-grade shipping ore now on
the dump and will be shipped very
soon. The Badger is regarded as
one of the best surface copper show
ings yet presented to the eyes of man
in any country. The firm owns the
Badger No. 1, and the No. 2, and both
are in fine showing for copper, but
Badger No. 1 Is regarded as particu-
larly promising. They have shaft
down fifteen feet on claim that they
call The Tramp that shows copper
sulphides, and they will begin at once
sinking deeper, and everything points
to rich discoveries being made, and
will follow along the line of a deep
streak of sulphides.
Ray Reese has very promising
claim within the Creighton belt, as
has s. d. Crump, the well-known
Ely attorney. The Crumps have a
promising group of claims known as
the Bolivar's No. and 2. The first
location made by Creighton, Roun-
tree, Drum and Knight last year, was
mine called the Iron King They
regard the Iron King as among their
most valuable holdings. Four hun
bred feet from the location shaft on
the Iron King is another shaft SO feet
! in depth, in very remarkable show
ing of iron and copper ore. Look
where you may on the dump or in
the shaft, you will find COPPER,
| COPPER, everywhere.
John B. Gariffin, the we'll known
Ely surveyor and Robert C. Nye, of
Nye Bros, have group of four and
| they are right in the heart of the
district-very promising properties.
| M. v. Griffin is on the ground do
ing location work on the premises.
c. M. Spence, pioneer of the
camp, has the best developed proper
ty in the district. He sold the Con-
tact in the fall and Mr.. Spence, a pi-
oneerof the camp, coming here in
the sos, and he has the best devel-
oped claims in this district. He sold
the property to Dunn and Hand last
Fall Mr.. Spence is operating on
the east slope of the Spruce range.
Ho haa had ounolfor IN hic rrOp.