The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1907-03-13
lS, TO $4,000 GALS.
A DAY
THREE Sy7IFTS
RAISING WATER UP
AT INTERMOUNTAIN
Presence Of Water in Lower Levels
Retards Working rs per Cent,
States Superintendent
Adamson


Adamson
Three shifts are working up at the
lntermounta n hosting water and ore
from the lower levels of the mine
Superintendent Adamson States that
from $4,000 to $4,000 gallons day
are being raised. The gasoline engine
is kept running at all times and the
shaft sinking goes on continually.
when there was such scene of hustle
and activity and life as perhaps will
never again be witnessed in the min
ing regions of the West, which win CO
| down into history as presenting ths
most remarkable scenes, both pathet. G
and joyful, as have never be, wit
messed il the world
Tragedy, too, had it's abiding place
for the stage robber reveled in his i'll
gotten gains, and jealousy, too, playet
It's part in these regions isolated from
civilization and the refining influenc,
of church and state.
IL was in this region that the ma.
in overaLs rubbed elbows with tn,
milliona re, ard the population, i
| stead of being composed of the GU
casts and riffraff of civilization, yc
would find here men of sterling inte
rity and brightest minds of the worl
men whose ancestors were manly me
IN the older states, but the aggressiv
and adventuresome sposition ha
been the incentive which induced
these brilliant young men to invade .
land comparatively unknown but
which was repute0r'to be wonderful,
rich in gold and silver.
These men made a law unto them
selves, and, however much may r,
aid to the contrary, this law was a,
ways founded on justice and right g
between man and man.
And while these stores of veal
were being exploited in the West, til
money received was in many instance
being expended in riotous living i
the East.
The scenes particularly referred t
were located pn that. great inera
zone about half way between Aua
and Mountain City, where was situa
ed, among other properties, the Noun
| tain Laurel mine, which was discov
cred in 1869, and was soon after pur
chased by John Phelps Stokes, wht
continued to work the property unit
| a short time after Stokes killed jim
Es..E la II
Mansfield, in New York city. TIC
great Mountain Laurel mine was
| without doubt, one of the very richs st
silver properties ever discovered IN
the world. The ore was almost pure
ruby and horn silver and run from
$4,000 40 100000 ton, with a We
twelve fe,t strong between walls ara
50 wonderfully rich that the ore cou'
be separated like lead with a common
hand saw. The fact is that the ruby
silver was so pronounc' d (blood red,
that the Slopes looked more like
slaughter house than mine.
There seems no doubt whatever tina
the jewels and laces presented t,
Josie Mansfield by Stokes were par
of the proceeds of the wonderful
Mountain Laurel mine, because it i
conceded that the major part of the
wealth of Stokes was acquired from
operat ng this property.
Yet fatality seems to have follow
ed in the wake of these operat ons
because, Notwithstanding the fact tha,
enormous values were taken out with
in short time, fault in the weir
was suddenly encountered. and It wa
only short time thereafter that op.
erations were suspended, and it is very
probable that the tragedy in New
York was the direct result of the clos
ing down of the greatest silver mine
known to story. Although at that
time, no doubt, l'ttle judicious geo.
logical study would have again dis
closed this remarkable ore body, the
affairs to such an extent that he could
give no further attention to his silver
mine in Nevada.
The Mountain Laurel is what is
known as an east and west vein,
strongly def and twelve feet be-
tween walls. and the fault seems to
have been north and south, and almost
vertical, and there is every indication
of long throw or great displacement.
and here is presented the best field in
the state of Nevada for the exercise
of modern engine ring skill ard abil-
ity which should enable them to deter