The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-27
SOON TO SHIP ORE
Dolly Garden Has Rich
Goods On Ready to
Ship Out...District Is
Looking Good.

Shipping from the property of the
Dolly Warden Copper Co will in all
probability commence on May 10,
when Il is planned to initiate ship
ments with two ear loads of ore to
the Salt Lake smelter.
The average of the ore encountered
by leasers who are at present work
ing the property, President and Resi-
dent Manager George II. Nix states,
is about $50 to the ton, although
some recent assays have showed val
ues of $50 to the ton. This will
without doubt bring good returns
from the smelter.
The chief trouble encountered at
present is that of getting teams to
start the haul. Although the prop
erty is situated only II miles from
Dolly Warden Junction on the Ne
vada Northern, with very good road
lying between, the nearest teams are
nearly 30 miles away. 1t is probable
that in a short time a traction engine
to haul string of wagons will be
put on. The total expense for the II
mile haul will then be reduced to 81
a ton.
On the property the leasers are
down approximately 81 feet, sinking
their shaft in surface ledge $50
feet wide.
THE ledge, of course, is not all
high grade ore" said Mr.. Nix yes
terday, but there is much of it
which will pay with proper sorting
This was shown in the early days
when shipments were made from the
surface to California. The haul then
had to be made by wagon to the
Southern Pacific and then shipped by
rail. Freight charges on the rail
road we're heavier than at present,
$40 ton being paid.
In my opinion, and | believe it
is that of all who have looked the
Dolly Warden district over. ii is the
best mineralized on the surface of
any | have seen. What it will do
with depth is. of course. only prob
lematical at present. George Parish,
the world famed expert, best known
because of his reports on the old
Comstock, went to the district few
months ago at my request and looked
it over. He pronounced himself
highly pleased with II.
What Nevada most needs is
bureau of censorship to keep out of
print the eXtravagant and eXagger-
ated boosts given camps and isolat-
ed properties by promoters" says J.
T.. Aiken, who returned during the
fore part of the week from tour
of the mining camps of the state.
The state is good enough as it is
without having anyone attempt to in
fate reports of ore discoveries, put
tingouJ fabulous reports of recov-
cries on ore which would otherwise
appeal as a conservative mining prop
osition to men who know something
of mining.
Il don't want you to think that
am attempting to say anything de-
rogatory to the state and its legiti-
mate mining propositions | am not.
Candidly | do not believe that there
is a wolnout mine or mining camp in
the borders of Nevada The old
camps which have been supposed to
be worn out are again coming to the
front and promise even better than
they did in the early days. 1t is min
ing and not promoting which is need
ed in most of them and the men who
have stood by them realize this and
are doing legitimate mining and de-
velopment work as consequence.
Take the camp of Tuscarora in
Elko county for an example During
the early days the camp enjoyed
big boom and later it was generally
said to be worn out. | spent some
time there and it is looking better
today than ever before. Deep min
ing is being done by a corporation
with sufficient money to push the
work. l secured very good assays |
from rock l secured off the property |
Of another company. The chief !
drawback now is lack of transporta-
ton facilities. The camp is so miles