Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1907-02-16
DOUGLAS

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To the conservative it is always pleas
ing when mining proposition turns out
larger, bigger and greater than at first
reported
With the Nevada Douglas Company,
of Salt Lake, operating at Yerington,
Nevada, the estimate of its holdings has
ALWAYS been below the actual worth of
this splendid property.
Recent developments, however, have
greatly extended the known copper
bearing areas of this property, the most
important disclosures, of late, being in
the long working tunnel started by the
company last November. The face OF
this tunnel is located 1000 feet west of
Douglas Hill, where the principal ore
bodies, so far, have been exposed. Not
far from the portal of this tunnel an inn
mense body of ore has been encountered,
which, it is stated. goes all the way from
rs to 10 per cent. in copper to the ton,
the indications being that from Douglas
Hill to the point where this mammoth
mineral zone was uncovered, the entire
distance is underlaid with one continu
Gus and gigantic ore body.
The attempt to estimate the tonnage
and value of Nevada Douglas ore bodies
would be futile at this stage of exploita-
ton and development, as it would seem
too much like drawing OH ones magma
ton; but that there are millions in sight
goes without saying.
While the statement is not authorized,
yet there is rumor on the street that
the obtaining of an option on the great
Ludwig mine, adjoining and almost sur
rounded by Nevada Douglas holdings, by
holdings, by Joseph E. Caine, was real
ly in the interest of the Nevada-D Douglas
Company. If this is true, the acquisi-
ton of the Ludwig will give the COM
pany control of one of the greatest cop
per properties in the West. Salt Lake
Mining Review, January 80, 1907.
Yerington, located in the center of the
great Walker River country, is certainly
taking on new life and must rapidly in
crease in commercial and mining import
ance as the centre of great, large and
rich copper field. Two different corpora
tons have made preliminary surveys and
prospects are good for one or more rail-
roads to be built into the district during
1907 and which will give Yerington and
the Mason mining district proper all
necessary methods of transportation.
1t is deemed certain that one, if not
several large reduction plants will be
erected, which will make more pronoun-
ced the present great copper showing.
Active development on the Nevada
Douglas has been carried on for many
months and in every instance where
work has been performed on any ore
bodies the continuity has been establish
ed From the surface to depth of $50
feet the continuity has been proven. The
property of the Nevada Douglas consists
of % claims, located seven and one-half
miles west of Yerington. Development
is largely by tunnels, the main tunnel
now in several hundred feet will, at
$500 feet, give depth of 500 feet below
the surface. The ore bodies are in the
lime, heavily crystalized; with general
average value of rs per cent. copper.
H. E. Miller. the locator and original
owner, shipped to the U. S. Smelling
Company, Salt Lake. 1900 tons which
averaged Is per cent. copper. On the
dumps are estimated to be over 5000
tons of 20 per cent. copper ore. The.
Offices of the Nevada Douglas are at Salt
Lake and Boston. Mining World, Chi
cago, Feb. 2, 1907.