The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-05-04

IN all L1e nun
ing Districts
The strike has been settled at Hart
and the mining scale is now $3.50
and 81 per day.
The cyanide plant of the Quartette
mien at Searchlight will soon be in
stalled.
A o. Ellis. of Searchlight, confirms
the finding of tellurium ore in the
Victor Queen-Bee property of that
camp.
The ore being taken from the
Riggs-Forman lease at Manhattan is
said to be the best ever discovered
in the camp.
Recent developments in the Prince
mine at Phoebe have exposed one of
the largest and richest bodies of ore
ever opened in the district.
Lots are being sold rapidly in the
new town of Watt, the scene of
new strike, miles west of Austin.
Thirty-seven tents are up and build
ing are now being erected
According to the Rhyolite Herald
the leasers of the Bullfrog Mining
Co, on Laid mountain, and the Bull
frog National bank have gotten into
very rich ore the past week.
The Bellehelen district is beginn-
ing to look good from a mining
standpoint, number of properties
upon which work is being done hav
ing encountered good ore
The Zenoli Silyer-Copper Co, OPP
Grating near Palisade. is about to re-
sumo the shipments of high class ore.
The mine is said to be in splendid
conditions to permit of large tom
mage.
The Big Four. of Aura, is looking
well and in tunnel No. body of
ore feet | 0 inches in width, has
been uncovered. The average of the
sacked ore is $62 in gold and silver
to the ton.
The old camp of Ray, II miles
north of Tonopah, is again center
of attraction. ledge has been un-
covered that is between three and
four feet wide and ranges in value
from $50 to $500 to the ton,
A letter from the Colorado river
says Thos. Jackson and others have
found an Is inch vein of galena in
the conyon and a quartz vein near
by carrying free gold. Many of the
river mines are showing well.
Arrangements have been complet-
ed to sink shaft 200 feet on the
Florence group in the Gold Run ba-
sin, IL miles from Golconda. In one
of the shafts on the property at
depth of 80 feet high grade ore was
extracted.
1t is the intention of the Keane-
Wonder Mining Co. to enlarge its
mill in the next few months to 60
stamps Such was the statement of
T. b. Hickey to the Rhyolite Herald
after returning from the mine in the
Funeral range.
The Tonopah Mining Co is fast
paying off its Indebtedness, having
paid $350,000 of the $57S,000 out
standing notes. The company's mill
at Millers is sending out about $73,-
900 weekly, and at this rate a large
surplus should soon be accumulated.
The main tunnel at the Montgom-
cry mountain in Bullfrog district is
now in $40 feet and a change of for
nation is taking place which appears
to indicate that the vein is being ap
preached. This bore is headed in the
direction of the Polaris of the Mont
gomery Shoshone, where an excel
lent ore body is known to exist
Mr.. Mcmahon, who has been on the
coast for some time, reports that ar
engagements have been made with the
II. c. Graves Paint Co. of Phiadelr
phia, by the Tecopa Mining Co..
whereby the paint company, which
uses enormous quantities of lead,
will take about IS tons of that ar
ticle daily. This will materially in
crease the working force.
The Mustang property, known to
be one of the richest in the Manhat-
tan district, will again go in active
operation. Henry Rose. of the ia
nous RoseNash lease nthe Union
No. has secured a bond and lease
on the Mustang and announces that
in a weeks time he expects to have
work well under way. The lease COW
ers a period of s months, and sub
leases will be let on the property.
George Taylor, a Jessup mining
man, was in Lovelock several days
this week on combined business
and pleasure trip. Mr.. Taylor says
the town of Jessup is growing very
rapidly and that more than 500 peo-
pie have taken up permanent resi-
dence there.