The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-16

rough road for a distance of over
fifty miles. pay the railroad charges
for perhaps from $50 to 500 miles
and pay smelter charges and have
something left to divide among its
stock holders is a valuable property
in any country on earth. The mine
is not running now and for that rea-
son there. is more ore all ready mined
and sacked than there are teams to
haul it. The Rocco was located in
1875, the Homestake in 1886, and
the two properties were consolidated
in 1898 when the Smith brothers,
Oscar and Bert l.. bought the mines
The mine has tunnel $50 feet long
and a shaft has been sunk to the
depth of 440 feet. There Is mile
or more of drifts. The workings are
in high grade lead and silver ore,
and | think | am safe in saying that
it is one of the best properties in
Nevada. Gust Simon is the superin-
tendent for the Smiths. The Ne
Plus Ultra group is owned by the
White Pine Lead company and ad-
joins the ecco-Homestake. This
mine is also closed down at present
for the same reason that the Home
stake is closed. In the canyon Alex
Muir and Charles Minoletti own a
valuable group of claims that some
Senator H. A. Comins of Ely owns
the Mobile and holds United States
patent to the property. The Mobile
has a tunnel in 200 feet and quite
stope of high grade ore has already
been blocked out. The Mobile is
considered to be one of the best
properties in the district and some
day will add materially to Senator
Comins' bank account. Gust Simon
owns the Newlands mine in the same
canyon. Mrs. Garry of Oakland owns
a valuable mine, but is satisfied with
doing the annual assessment work
and trusting to luck for future devel-
opments. A tunnel has been run in
the property for distance of $50
feet. Other mines in the Rocco can
yon giving much promise are the
Volcano, Minilla and a group called
the Cuba. The Minilla has a hoist
on the property and a shaft is down
$50 feet. The whole group may be
worked through the Minilla tunnel
Rocco canyon is a wild rock-ribbed
piece of country and the road from
Rocco to Hamilton is rough and
steep. A lead carbonate belt runs
north and west through the north
end of White Pine mountain through
Rocco canyon and into Treasure hill
and is about one mile wide by six in
length. A copper bed on the west
side of Treasure hill, running north
81 NNbinnorui11
Treasure hill to the Washington just
to the north of the old three-mile
house canyon. The Washington was
one of Colonel Joseph Grandlemey-
er's claims. Grandelmeyer died last
fall, leaving properties that will
make his estate rich.
Charles Minoletti is the admins
traitor of the Grandlemeyer proper
ty' To Colonel Grandlemeyer much
is due for work done for the future
of a great camp, for to my mind
there is undoubtedly underlying
Treasure hill and. in fact, at least
one-third of the whole White Pine
district one of the richest copper
belts ever found. / am by no means
the only one who shares in this be-
lief The copper lies largely under
a Gaping of free milling silver ore.
Colonel Grandlemeyer owned many
claims in the district and two or
three old quartz mills. Much of this
ground is held by United States pat
ents. United States Senator George
S. Nixon and his partner, George
Winfield, are quite largely interested
in the district and have several good
properties on Treasure hill. B. Hop
pc has group of rich claims on the
west side of White Pine Mountain
They are copper, but have never been
thoroughly developed. The surface
indications are good, very good. Au-
stin Jacobson owns group of four
claims, namely the Kensberg, pat
ented claim, the Silent Friend, the
Maderson and the Leona. These
claims are situated one and one-half
miles from Hamilton on the western
slope of Treasure hill. The Kens-
berg has always been the mint where
Mr.. Jacobsen has gone when he need
ed money and has kept him well sup
piled for forty years. Besides the
Kensberg group, Mr.. Jacobson owns
group south of the Kensberg that
are very promising. The names of
the claims in this group are the Mil
waukee, patented claim; the Onet-
ia, also patented; the Ora, which is
also secured bp piece of Uncle
Sans parchment. The ledge on
these claims may be traced for a
distance of four miles by the huge
iron dykes on the surface. R. II.
Black has an interest with Mr.. ia
cobson and has four other claims w.
ing south that show up we'll and with
development will improve. Mike
Ahern owns two claims four and one
half miles west of Hamilton that
are silver properties and of great
promise. Charles Minoletti had a
lease on two of the claims of Col
onel Grandlemeyer, the Fay and C.
o. d., lying in canyon abutting on
to Treasure hill, that produced over
$4,000 in years past. Colonel
Grandlemeyer owned twenty-three
patented claims in the district, sew
eral springs, ten-stamp mill and
five-stamp mill. Charles Minoletti
has a group of five claims on the
west side of Treasure hill that make
a good showing. From one of the
group, the Julia No. 2, Mr.. Minoletti
has piled on the dump ready for
the freight wagons, sixty tons of high
grade ore. All the ore thus sacked
came out of the Julia No. on which
much valuable development work
has been done. The Julia No. 2 has
a tunnel in 1870 feet and three shafts
are now being sunk on the ore body,