The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-10-21

ed mining claim in the Masonic
district to Mr.. Cutler for $150,000.
Recently strike equally as good
as was ever made on the Pittsburg
Liberty was made on their claim.
Mr.. Cutler has already put force
of men to work on the property.
George w. Morgan has returned
from business trip to Ely and an in
spection of the Inlay company's
mines in Humboldt county, says the
Salt Lake Herald. He reports that
the Inlay has now made all provi
sion to handle the water that was
making in the mine and within a
short time the ore bodies will be
tapped and production commenced.
The Inlay is one of the coming big
mines of the Sagebrush state.
A shipment of gold amounting to
over 100000, it is said, was sent
from Carson to the mint at San
Francisco for coinage last week. The
gold was from the southern country
and had been sold to the mine at this
place and shipped by the officers here
to the coast for coinage. The bars
of the precious metal were in charge
of Wells Fargo. The local mint Of
ficers confine practically all their
business to the purchase of metal,
and the purchases monthly amount to
at least 100000. This is far in ex-
cess of the business done few years
ago.
At meeting of the board of di-
rectors of the Union Consolidated,
Mexican and Sierra Nevada mining
companies in San Francisco last
Wednesday d. M. Ryan, formerly as
sistant superintendent of these mines,
was made superintendent to succeed
A. J. Mcdonnell, who died several
days ago. w. w. Turney, who has
been acting as superintendent of the
Savage mine, was made the perma
nent superintendent at the meeting
of the directors of that company.
Mr.. Mcdonnell was also superintend
ent of the Potosi Mining company,
but as yet no one has been appointed
to succeed him.
At this point, fourteen miles from
Humboldt house, is lead-silver
property which has lately been taken
over by the Utah-Nevada Develop
ment company of which e. c. Wheat
ley and Fred F. McGurrin of Salt
Lake are the head men. The values
are obtained from an ore ledge 1900
feet long and four feet wide at the
surface, the average surface values
being $40 to the ton. The working
tunnel is in 230 feet all the way in
ore. Sixty feet from the mouth is a
shaft which opens to the so foot level
and here is six feet of $50 rock ex-
posed and 1 " foot vein of $3.50 to
$500 to the ton of steel gray galena
and brittle silver. A contract has
been let to extend the $50 foot tun-
mel an additional 100 feet.
Thirty miles south of Yerington
in Esmeralda county is the Kelley
group, located several years ago and
which has been taken over by A. B.
Gray of Denver from w. d. David
son and j. G. Lockwood of Yering
ton. The development consists of
200 foot shaft on six foot ledge
and drifting at different levels. At
the 80 foot level the ore contained
values in copper and gold; at SO feet
values of $220.S5 at 20 feet ore
was extracted of the calue of $500
to the son; at $50 feet in depth the
ore returned values of 5000 to the
ton. The Golden Glory Mining COM
pany of Reno with A. B. Gray, sec
rotary, has recently taken over this
property and will at once proceed
with active development and ship
ment of ores.