Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1908-05-02
Hctive Operations
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The Mountain View section still con-
tinues to improve as depth is attained.
The shaft on the Brooks Graham lease
on the Big 20 is down over SO feet, all
in ore of good milling grade, and at
the bottom the entire shaft is in ore
which will average around Sl00 per ton
in value. Ore will be shipped frons this
lease as soon as wagon road car be
built from the main Granite Iona road
at Hoppin's camp to the leases on the
Big 20. This road will be about mile
long.
The Lam Barrett Lamkin lease has
made rapid headway installing their
whim, and are now down over 80 feet.
They expect to drift to their ore shoot at
the 100 level.
On the Mountain View side the leas-
ers, who were somewhat later in getting
started, are beginning to open ore. A
carefully averaged sample of the Lucky )
lease on the north side ground in the
town of Mountain View. taken from the
dump, supposed to be waste, gave a re-
turn of $40 per ton. This indicates the
near approach to high-grade in their
drift, which is being run south across
the formation, silicious porphyry. from
the bottom of their S0-foot shaft
The Big lease, at the face of their 200
foot tunnel, driven toward the Mountain
View ledge, has encountered cross seams
giving good gold paintings. indicating
strong values in the ledge ahead, which
is estimated to be not more than 20 feet
distant. s..,u
Bibb and Ball, on their B. & B. lease
on the Sonimita claim. are working on a
ledge feet in width, which yields an
assay value of So per ton. They are at
present preparing to timber their shaft
and go down on the ledge in proper
style. being confident of cucountering
rich ore with depth.
A good strike of ore was made in the
Mountain View mine Wilson Gold Mines
Co.. in the upper tunnel. This tunnel
was driven ahead to pass the break show
ing in the face at the time work was sus-
pended while sinking to determine the
pitch and trend of the first ore shoot
opened 1t required about 80 feet of
drifting to get through the break, but
the foresight of the management was
confirmed and rewarded by the strike
made last Tuesday. when feet of good
milling ore was encountered, with every
indication that it will shortly develop
into shipping ore.
A shipment of two carloads of ore,
which has lain on the dump of the Will
son Gold Mines Co. for sometime, will
be made the coming week. as satisfactory
rates have been obtained from the rail-
road. This ore is expected to yield over
$1,000 to the car at the mill. 1t will be
milled at Silver City.
There are twelve leases in addition to
those mentioned now being worked on
the Mountain View side, most of which
are doing the necessary dead work to
open ore showing obtained ON the sur
face. -, ~ ,s k
In conclusion, TO quote a prominent
Salt Lake mining man: Il have never
visited camp where practically all the
leases had ore of payable quality be-
FORE and will say that I heartily in
dorse the attitude of the owners in re-
fusing to adopt the boom and, boost
method of mining so much in vogue to-
day, preferring to put stock buyers money
into the development of the properties
rather than into the pockets of space
writer's and buyable newspapers. will
say further, that all the mining being
being done, whether by either the Will
son Gold Mines Co.. the Red Grow Gold
Mines Co. or the Walker Reservation g..
NJ. & M. Co. (Big 20). or any of the
leasers is perfectly legitimate and fully
warranted by the showing on the ground,
and | will venture to say that there IS
not a mining camp in the state today
that presents as many opportunities to
both leasers and buyers of legitimate
mining properties as does the Mountain
View district"
Rev Joseph Iohns and wife, who have