The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-06-21
MINES And lining NEWS

Mr. Steuart is now in Salt Lake, but
is expected out any day.
The company has an Office build
ing, clubhouse, a clearinghouse,
an assay office, a blacksmith shop
and other buildings necessary for
the mine that are up to date, and the
business under the direction of Mr..
Weinberger is conducted on strict
business principles that Despeak sue
cess. In front of the Office and resi-
dence building the grounds have been
terraced and sowed to lawn grass,
trees have been planted and two air
compressOrs have been installed and
fifty men will shortly be employed in
developing the property that will
make White Pine talked about all
over the world and cause Cherry
Creek to occupy big space on future
maps drawn of the district.
was greatly impressed with what
saw at Cocomongo, and the meth
DDS employed about the camp. The
Cocomongo compeny has in contem-
Dlation ten-stamp MILL and when
the stamps begin to fall they will
pound out gold and lots of 1t, In my
judgment. Thousands of tons of ore
that will yield $3.50 per ton have
been already blocked out in Coco
mongo ground.
w. ]. Wallace is the manager for
the Joanna mine, situated in Egan
canyon and owned by the Hartford
Nevada Gold Mining company. Mr..
Wallace is working a small force of
men at the present tine, but will
make a shipment of ore this week
valued at $500 per ton. On the Jo-
anna claim there are three parallel
lodges which have been opened for a
distance of from 400 to 500 feet and
a shaft is in on the middle ledge 100
feet and crosscut tunnel 400 feet
in length has been run, cutting all
three of the lodges. The veins vary
from one foot to four in width and
carry values from 500 to $500 per
ton, the average being about $500.
The company has in contemplation a
mill to be built in the near future.
The Nevada-British Mining COM
pany is opening up group of claims
known as the Star Extension or Chief
of the Hills, situated on the west of
the old Star mine. ]. H. Walker is
the general manager, and the mine
is operated almost altogether, SO Mr..
Walker says, by English capital.
Seven hundred feet of work has been
done and the mines patented. Mr..
Walker says the machinery has been
ordered from Salt Lake, and it is ex
pected to be installed within the COM
ing sixty days.
Among the machiery ordered is a
forty-horse power gasoline engine, a
hoist, and an air compressor. The
stock of the Nevada-British has been
put on the exchange at Leeds, Eng
land, and will shortly be put on the
market in London. The company is
capitalized at 100000 shares of the
par value of 81 each. The main Office
will shortly be established in Cherry
Creek. F. w. Fletcher, the secre
tary, is now here. Several levels
from the Star workings have been
run into the Nevada-British ground,
which Walker says carries good val
ues in gold and silver. The Nevada
British has recently organized COM
pany known as the Nevada Mother
Lode. This property was bought by
The Nevada-British company last fall.
The company is Philadelphia crea-
ton and Mr.. Walker is the manager
and also the managing director. The
stock is on the market in Philadel-
phia. The mine is capitalized at g.
100000 shares at the par value of
81 each, with 100000 shares as
treasury stock. The last-named is in
corporated under the laws of Ari-
iona. What merit there is in these
holdings I am not sufficiently we'll in
formed to say. l will finish up
Cherry Greek in my next.
ALLEN G. BRAGG.
Cherry Creek, June II, 1907.