The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-04-06
LOOKS GOOD FOR
HAMILTON
ELN-GOLDFIELD ROAD
WILL MAKE TREASURE HILL
CENT INVESTOR OPTIMISTIC.

Thomas u. Drew. who for years
been prominently identified with min
ing interests in Alaska and Butte
city and who recently aquired large
holdings In Hamilton. is spending
several days in the district. In an
interview last evening Mr.. Drew
stated he intended doing extensive
development work on his property in
Hamilton. He had made arrange
ments To- have hoist sent To Hamil-
ton as soon as weather conditions
will be such as TO make ii possible To
get the machinery on the ground.
In speaking of the prospects for
boom in that camp this summer, he
said there was no doubt but what the
proposed Ely-Goldfield road will
come close to Hamilton. which will
make IL profitable 10 ship the thous-
ands of tons Of silicions ores which
are now on the dump on Treasure
Hill. These ores We're extracted in
the early 70's and did not Justify the
owners in working them in those
days. According To Mr.. Drew there
are thousands of tons of the same
grade ore blocked out in many of the
mines, but il is of no value at the
present time. when il has To he ship
ped by teams for 80 miles.
While the silicious ores of hamIl-
ton will cut a big figure in the future
of that district. yet the big money is
10 be made out of the lead silver
properties. Mr.. Drew states there
are number of properties there,
which If any place else. would COM
mand unlimited capital To develop
them.
He says the Bambergers have a
property which will some day be one
of the big lead producers of the coun-
try and at the present time they have
world of high grade lead ore
blocked out. but for some reason they
will not work IL. He also spoke of
the Jeenie A property which is owned
by California millionaire and which
has an immense amount of rich ore
in sight. This property has been Tide
for a number of years. notwithstand
ing the owners has been offered in
the neighborhood of 5000. 900 for II
on several occasions The Rocco
Homestake is another property which
in the last , years has been one of
the largest prod ucers OF high grade
+
for years was the only mine in White
Pine county TO pay bullion tax. At
depth of over 600 feet the mine has
better indications than it had at any
of the upper levels. where thousands
of tons have beeen extracted. The Nc
Elln mine today has enough ore
blocked out TO keep dozens of teams
busy hauling all summer. This is
one of the few properties in the camp
that is being operated today. Join
ing this property is the Tom Cornell
mine. which made its original loca-
tor rich and which has considerable
ore i'm the lower workings at the
present time. This property is under
lease and bond and several men have
been running a tunnel all winter TO
get under the deepest workings.
The property which Mr.. Drew Is
going to develop lies on the west side
of Treasure Hill and during the last
few years has been one of the largest
producers in the camp He is going
To put a shaft down 800 feet before
doing any drifting. after which he
will cut the country in all directions.
In the early days of Hamilton. the
properties joining his on the east.
were among the producers of rich
ore. 1t is the intention of Mr.. Drew
TO purchase these properties and thus
avoid any chance of litigation. which
has been one of the draw backs TO
Hamilton. If Mr.. Drew Is correct
in his snrmises. the district which
caused one of the most remarkable
stampedes in the late Cos has seen its
worst DAYS.