The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-11

RENO. Oct. 10 have seen III
new discoveries in Nevada during thu
past six years, and the showing in The
Black Hole property at Chafey comes
nearer being another Mizpah thar
any strike made in the state since
Jim Butler awakened the world tC
the fact that Nevada was still on the
map. The Chafey camp, formerly
known as Dun Glen, has been a spas
modie prodncter for forty years and
being located on the old overland
trail from Montana to California, via
Virginia City, it seems strange that
more attention has not been given
and though practically surrounded
by former mining eXcitements al
Humboldt unionville and Rye Patch,
the district has suffered from neglect
but the day of fruition has come and
come 10 STAY" said J. W Langley OF
the LangleN-Cushman company on
his return from the Chafey section
yesterday afternoon.
In speaking of his stay in the camp
Mr. Langley said
The district which includes the
camps of Tip Top. Sierra and Chafey
has combined population of perhaps
500 10 1000. There are now over
200 men at work in the mines and
perhaps nearly 100 men in the town
of Chafev who are doing carpenter
and building work. The town Is
building up rapidly and solidly The
business houses all report good times
and while | do not expect 10 see the
Rawhide rush repeated. | do look for
a steady increase in population and
would not be at all surprised TO see
three thousand people there by the
end of this year.
THE development of the last ten
days in the now famous Black Hole
mine. owned by e s. Chafey and as
sociates. is perhaps the most favor
able since the first ore disclosures
we're made. The main tunnel is IN
on the vein for a distance of 220 feet
and the face showed fully nine feet
of ore. Five feel of this is high
grade shipping ore running better
than seven ounces gold. while the
other four feet would all pay large
profits in the mill Al the mouth of
this tunnel shaft has been sunk on
the vein which gives a vertieie depth
of so feet, drifts north and south
have been extended for distance OF
SO feet from the bottom of the shaft
and the face of each showed ore dis
closed from seven TO nine feet IN
width and carrying values even better
than those on the tunnel level Two
hundred feet south of the mouth or
the tunnel a large working SHAFT mas
been started and at the same depth
as the shaft just mentioned a station
was cut and drifting started northly
for the purpose of connecting with
the other workings. Ore here was
opened. fully as large and showing
values as high as in any opening in
the mine. The walls are we'll de-
yeloped and are regular, being
similar to the Mizpah and when the
story is told twelve months from now.
| confidently expect 1t to be simply a
repetition of the early bonanza DAYS
of Tonopah
Living in the same ore zone as the
Black Hole is the Aud Lang Syne.
Monroe Hill and the Big Thing group
which was recently acquired by our
firm and eastern associates. On
Monroe Hill which lies between the
Big Thing and the Black Hole. are
twelve or fourteen sets of leasers-
Seven are taking out either milling or
shipping ore and a Acton shipment
from the Bishop lease last week
averaged over 500 per ton. In the
Austin lease ON Monroe Hill. the vein
shows an average width OF -four feei
and the ore runs better than $40,
They are constructing a small
mill and expect to have il running
some time the coming month. Or
the Big Thing, one lease has beer
given to the Lord brothers of Gold
field. Active work has been com
menced and while il has been con
fined to trenching so far. the vein il
opened in several places and they
expect to commence sinking in {
few days We are working severa
men and have proven that the foul
veins shown on Monroe Hill extends
through the Big Thing. \ shaft has
been started and the vein is over foul
feet in width The walls are exactl,
the same as in the Black Hole anC
free gold specimens are not unusual
Two miles southerly a big strik'
was reported on ground owned b,
Mr.. McBee, which was formerl.
bonded to Peck q Sample of this city
The vein was reported 10 be owe
four feet wide and ore / saw wa
sprinkled with free gold. There
seems To be a feeling of confidence
with almost every one in the dis
trict which is different from ex
pressions frequently heard in new
camps. and when it is considered tina
the new developments have occurred
within less than four months | thinl
it can be eonseryatiyely stated tha
no development in the state has
show up so favorably for the same
length Of time.