The copper era., 1907-11-21
NEVADA LEAD COMPANY.
Clifton People Interested in Some of
 the Best Mines in Nevada.

birthplace of the White Pine News,
 located near the base of White Pine
 mountain about forty-fve miles west
 from Ely, has been the scene of a
 revival in the mining industry during
 the past summer which the old-time
 residents could hardly -believe to be
 true, but events of last week will surely convince and thoroughly awaken them to full realization of
 the truth.
 The event of the past week was the
 incorporation ot the Nevada Lead company by prominent Ely people for
 the purpose of developing their hold ings on large scale and the events of the present week will be the ar rival in Hamilton of eight four-horse
 teams loaded with lumber and sup
 plies for the company, four of which left Ely to be followed by four more.
 There has not been a mining enter
 prise started here for year that has attracted so much attention among local mining men nor one with brighter prospects for the future.
 The company's property consists of eight claims in the center of the lead-silver belt of the White Pine district which for the last eighteen years has been producing two-thirds of the lead and much of the silver credited to the state of Nevada and -,n long. That the district has not been more extensively developed in the past has been due to the distance from the railroad and the low price paid for lead for number of years. For some time the price has been higher and during the recent slump in the copper market the market for lead has been effected very little and lead ores are the ones in greatest de- mand at the smelters and the only kind that command premium.
 s. F. Hunt and w. A. Leonard, ot Ely, with c. w. Neff, of Denver, made trip to the White Pine dis trict last July and were so tavorably impressed with the mining possibili- ties that they located five claims which were named the King Fraction, Buffalo, Atlantic and Atlas. On their return they interested A. B. Witcher and N. H. Chapin and in- creased the size of the group by pur- chasing the Sri group of three claims, the Mary, October and Ne vada No. l, for cash.
 About midway between the famous McEllin mine on the north and the Rocco-Homestake and Ne Plus Ultra mines on the south, is located the King patent on the same great ledge of crystalized white lime wherein the rich deposits of lead-silver ores are found in all the properties men, toned. The King was a producer many years ago, the ores being smelted at stack built for the pur- pose about three miles down King canyon from the mine. The King Fraction and Buffalo surround the King on the east, west and north sides and as the ledge in the King was worked up to the north end line where large body of ore is exposed, the value of the King Fraction is un- An iron blowout on the King is traceable across the Fraction on to the Atlantic where it crops fully as wide about 900 feet from the King workings. Contacts between white lime and porphyry and black lime where there are fine min eral indications in the contacts, are covered by the Alturas, Atlantic and Atlas and considerable prospecting on the surface has resulted in open ing fine lead ore in all of them. The Mary has a fine ledge of copper ore opened to considerable depth which carries up to 43.6 Pe~ cent. copper in addition to a strong lead vein about 800 feet higher up the hill from which shipping ore is being sacked. The October adjoins the Nevada patent which was recently bonded for $20,0O0 and which has 10000 tons of ore in sight, the value of which was not recognized by the former owners though tests have shown it to carry 76 per cent. lead and some sil- yer. This same ore body has been opened in the October where it is eX- Dected development will prove it to De as valuable as in the adjoining ;laim. The Nevada No. has not | been as thoroughly prospected as some of the other claims but the sur face indie ations are very encouraging l