The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-24

roll, but that number will be materi
ally increased before long. There Is
a clearinghouse, bunkhouse
blacksmith shop, store and numerous
other buildings necessary; $500 feet
of tunnel and a 150-foot shaft down
in one place, and at three other
points on the property shafts have
been sunk to a depth of fifty feet
There is a 150ton smelter now on
the road between the Southern Pa
cific company's line and Bald Mount
ain, to be erected about nine miles
below the mine. The water now used
is hauled from spring about one
and half miles distant, but Q pipe
line Is being laid from spring above
that will greatly relieve the water sit
uation. Wood and small timber is
thicker than hair on a dog in every
canyon running to the rugged sides
of Bald Mountain, making power-gen-
Grating fuel abundant. A line of
+, broad-gauge railway has already been
surveyed from point on the Western
| Pacific to Bald Mountain and con-
struction work will shortly be COM
menced and be under full swing ere
long A telephone line is being built,
connecting Bald Mountain with the
busy world. The poles are all plant
ed and the wire is now being strung.
Other Mines and Prospects.
Phil McKiernan, Louis Picollo, Err
nest Randall and G.. F. Metzger of
Ely have a group of thirteen claims
in Copper Basin, at the south base of
Bald Mountain, and another group of
seven claims on the east side, and all
I,s -,
company's ground. The group Is very
promising. While the work done
thus far does not go very deep into
the bowels of the earth, the surface
showing is all that any one could ask
for, and is certainly very encourag-
ing. On both groups the Gaping is
porphyry, and the porphyry is strong
ly impregnated with copper stain,
showing a bed of sulphides is not
very far below The boys have one
shaft down thirty feet, and every
bucket of dirt and porphyry raised to
the surface looks better and better.
Good iron is coming in, and the own
ers expect to strike sulphides in 60
ing twenty feet deeper. The twenty
claims in these two group have had
but little work done on them other
than location and assessment work,
but there have been five men con-
stantly employed since last April. If
a rich copper mine is not developed
on these properties with depth shall
be sadly mistaken. The property ad-
joins the Copper Basin property on
one side and on the other side lies
the old Wowerman mine, which has
produced upwards of $4,000, and is
now owned by Oscar J. and Bert l..
Smith of Eureka, Elko and Reno, and
has just been surveyed for United
States patent. The Bald Mountain
and Ely Copper company, the prop
erty now under discussion, has two
shafts down, one thirty feet and the
other fifteen, and the owners will
keep right on down until the ore
sought is reached. A piece of ore
from one mine in the group, knocked
off by myself, and pounded up and
washed, showed gold, and plenty of
it.
Unless all indications fail, the Ely
boys will have enough money I'd buy
the Nevada Con. before long. w. e.
Griffin, cashier of the Eureka County
bank, owns patented claim near the
Ely boys.
Tomas l.. Cox, formerly with the
Nevada Con-, as superintendent, w.
A. Perkins, of the same company; Pc
ter McCracken, formerly assayer for
the Nevada Con-, and James H. Cur
tbs, for five years Cup to January 1st)
general foreman for the same COM
pany, have group of ten claims on
the hill, AUDITING on the Skaggs
property. These men are all good
copper men, and have undoubtedly
good property. They have incorpo-
rated under the name of the Nevada
Exploitation company, and soon will
have a drill at work on the ground.
A shaft has been sunk on their prop
erty to depth of fifty feet, and good
ore is shown in the bottom OF the
shaft.
John Steel and John Pottervich
have a group of six claims, three OF
which adjoin the Bald Mountain-Ely
Copper company's property. This
group is capped with iron and por-
phyry.
William Moore and Frank Romano
of Newark valley have group of
twenty promising claims on the
mountain.
Lee Johnson and L. j. Colman
have three groups of ten claims each
in Water canyon. Not much develop
ment work has been done on them as
yet, but enough has been done to
make johnson certain that rich, cop
per beds lie below, and he is very en-
thusiastic in his belief. Johnson has
mined all. over the world, from
Alaska to Australia, and says that
Bald Mountain has the best surface
indications of any place he has ever
seen, and thinks that it will yet beat
the world for copper. Mr.. Colman,
his partner, is man of large expert
ence in mining and seems equally
confident. Colman wears his hair
long, down on his shoulders, and
sports a well-waxed muStache and
goatee, which make him resemble
Buffalo Bill Cody. He takes much
pride in the distinction. Johnson and
Colman have the appearance of both
being fine young men, and say they
want nothing better to tie to than
Bald Mountain. They have had many
assays made, and the average shows
values of $21.20 in gold, 1879 ounces
in silver and III per cent in copper
On one of their claims is series of
stringers between porphyry ! and
quartzite, varying in width from six
inches to one foot that carry 4gold
and may be horned out. The canyon
next to Water canyon is full of placer
holes, and it is said the dirt carries
good values. Gold has been taken
out and shipped from the placer hold
ings for the past twenty years.
The Red Bird claim is situated in