Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1907-09-28
NORDYKE COUNTRY
LOOKS GOOD

While much publicity has been given
Of late to the mineralized country iinme-
diately surrounding Yerington, little if
any attention has been devoted to that
part of the district in the neighborhood
OF Nordyke, some eight miles distant.
Sunday last the editor of this paper
visited some of the holdings in the vi
cinitv of Nordyke. That he was i'm
pressed with the possibilities of that sec
ton is putting it mildly.
The journey takes one along road
bordered with the beauties of the field.
Farm houses and stacks of hay and
grain dot the landscape i'll all directions,
while the hills of sombre gray show evil
dences of much activity.
Nordyke itself is not of pretentious
proportions. That it claims the distinc-
ton of an euphonious name is due un-
doubtedly to the fact that the farmers
in that locality call there for their mail
Besides large flour mill that busies
itself after the grain is harvested there
are two stately homes occupied by Sena-
tor Wilson and A. ]. Wilson, respect
lively.
striking contrast to the mansions
Just above are the tent homes of the
Crane brothers and j. E. Robson, min
ers. However, there dwells in those rag
houses happiness that the miner alone
knows a faith that tomorrow will bring
them to that station where 'roughing it
may be relegated to the past and ease
and luxury step in.
rather hasty investigation of the
holdings of Messrs. Crane and Robinson
would seem to warrant the conclusion
that with the expenditure of the same
consistent energy in the future that has
characterized their labors in the past, the
time is not far distant when they, all of
them, shall be reposing gracefully in the
lap of luxury.
The ]. c. Crane ground covers eight
claims on the continuation of the cone
from which such splendid copper values
are obtained i'll the immediate locality of
Yerington The formation is identical
so far as our judgment indicated.
Considerable work has been done on
various parts of the group principally of
prospecting nature to determine the ex-
istence of the red metal and the contin
uity of the veins. Here be it said that
the main lead which shows at different
places on the estate has been shown to
be at least $500 feet long. While con-
siderable "gophering' has been done on
this particular vein, the main workings
consist of tunnel driven into the hill
distance of III feet, crosscuts at half the
distance in and others from the breast. In
tunnel level to depth of 80 feet. The
country is much broken up in the tunnel,
though at the bottom of the Wine the
formation is Strengthening up splendidly.
o'reaks OF copper appear at various
places in the workings earring hattering
values i'll the red metal.
The object of the tunnel is to tap the
lead at depth and which in its outcrop
further up the hill carries both gold and
copper. The writer picked from the
dump very handsome specimen. show
ing free gold and copper sulphides. The
VEN IN its outcrop is not very extensive
out is certainly one that warrants pros
pecting.
Mr. Crane has employed the services
:" two men here since the first of the
year and intends to accomplish consid-
eraole more development work before
Tue snow flies. News of big strike
would come to us as no surprise. We
regret that lack of space forbids more
.A'ended write-up of this particular
noiaing, but we will touch upon it from
u'ne to time in these columns.
adjoining the Cordove, which is the
name OF the J c. Crane group, are the
.'oioings OF H. A. Crane and ]. Il. Rob
''oh The work here is being done OH