The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-23
MINING AROUND
SANDY, NEVADA
Reports on Deals and Opera
tons That Are Stirring Things
in Lincoln County.
P0T0SI NOW IN NEW HANDS
RHYoLITE CROWD GETS THE FA-
NOUS TEcoPA GROUP.

RHYoLiTE CROWD GETS THE EA-
NOUS TEcoPA GROUP.
Sandy Lincoln county, New, Sept o.
That portion of the mining region lying
along the line of the Senator Clark sys-
| tenn of railroad or what is generally
known as the San Pedro is taking on new
life. There is no part of Nevada that
answers more readily to the prospector
! than does that region of country center
| ing about Las Vegas. Good Springs min
| ing district pursues its course progress
| stvely from a mining standpoint A great
| many mines are shipping and there is lit
| tie ever heard of Good Springs outside of
| those interested
Deal for Monte Cristo.
Guy Truit, J. R Mcdonald and other
| parties of RhyOlte took lease and bond
| on the Monte CristO group of claims
| eight miles southwest of Good Springs
about thirty days ago. They turned the
ease over to Jim Harvey, Patsy Clark's
representative but on account of his
| many ventures both at GTeenwateT, Cal,
and in the province of Sonora Mex. he
! failed to make the bond good, which Guy
/ Fruit and his partners perfected on the
| l4th of this month, but at d much re-
| duced sum.
| A peculiar instance in the sale of this
/ property was that it was owned Jointly
! by William Kennedy and partner. The
partner gave Kennedy power of attor-
/ ney to sell, which he did to Guy Truit
/ ct al, for $500. and it issrepOrted about
/ Good Springs that the partner is meet
/ ing with difficulty in locating Kennedy
since the latter received the cash
The Rhyolite people made a good bar
| gain when they bought the property for
! so ridiculous a price. The ore is zinc,
| over 100 feet in width and from which
] Jim Harvey made shipment of several
carloads all of them being financially sat
/ isfactOry, and this although il had been
reported the ore had played out. There
was nothing more foreign from the truth
as there are immense quantities in sight
and the new company will commence and
continue work along lines in conformity
with the magnitude of the enterprise.
| The mines are easy of access, eight miles
| from railroad station of Jean Freighters
make trip a day, freight both ways,
and for hauling ore get 81 ton
Potos in New Hands.
The Potosi, one of the richest lead-zinc
mines I'm the country, recently reorgan-
lied and President Brown of the First
State bank of Las Vegas was selected
president. No change has been made eth
er in the working or management of the
property. A large force of men are en-
ployed under Superintendent Smith and a
world of zinc ore has been developed The
company is determined that in the future
what ought to be net results viii not be
appropriated to freight teams and efforts
are being made to induce the Clark road
to build a spur to the property The
Potosi company is willing to defray one
half of the expense attending its cOnstruc-
ton.
Developing Quo Vadis.
John Anderson has started work on the
Quo Vadis. 1t is situated in the Vincent
mining district and is the best known
property in that vicinity. The property
is gold proposition and values have been
very satisfactory to Mr.. Anderson. He
| is going. to develop along real mining
| lines and place the property in the pro-
ducing class Some of the very best ore
found in the immediate vicinity of Las
Vegas was discovered by Mr. Anderson
in this property
At the Keystone.
Warm weather has abated to some ex-
tent on the desert and prospectors have
commenced to go out into the hills. This
is particularly true in relation TO the yell
low Pine district. The Southern Nevada
keystone Mining company is running its
mill steadily at Sandy on ore from the
Keystone mine The ore is hauled eleven
miles. The mine is one of the oldest in
this region and is turning out some of the
richest gold ore on the desert. John
| Tuck of Las Vegas contracts the hauling
and keeps the mill supplied. A new gaso-
line engine has replaced the old steam
engine in the mil and the management
reports a saving and Improvement in the
whole outfit. The keystone shaft Is down
over Leo feet and it is one of the deepest
in the state. 1t is operated by Los Ange-
les people.
Tecopa- Group Sold.
The Tecopa group of mines, including
the famous Gunsight and MONDAY claims,
ii is repOrted, has passed to the Green
water Mines & Smelling company, which
owns the Greenwater 6 Death Valley,
/ United Greenwater and other properties
in the Greenwater district The Tecopa
is the best developed lead proposition thus
I far encountered along the brink of Death
valley, and the ores are now easy of
! access. This property, prior to its pass
ing over to the new management was
shipping fifty tons a day and could have
easily increased the amount if teams
could have been obtained to hau. the ore
to the siding.
Superintendent ORourke of the Green
water & Death Valley company is now in
charge of all of the Tecopd properties
and is placing them in shape for heavy
production. The oxidiZed ores in these
claims were worked for years before the
advent of railroads and paid handsomely.
In fact Tecopa was a prosperous locality. |
having both mill and Smelter, but mined
only for the more precious metals. OW-
ing to the depreciation of the white metal
and the big expense attending the getting
of ,ead to market the lead was never con-
sdered of value and the mines remained
closed until they passed into the hands
of J. R Mcdonald and others of Rhyo- !
lite, thence to the Greenwater company. |
Some Good Prospects.
Messrs. Munzberg and Cryer have sew
eral good prospects in the Kingston Range
of Lead, close to Chambers on the Horse !
Spring side. This is a little different in |
this range of mountains than usual for the |
reason the country has been noted for the |
abundance of its copper lodges, but |
the presence of eleven feet of lead puts |
an entire different aspect on the coun- !
try. demonstrating the presence of other /
minerals than that of copper. The find |