Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-10
SAN DIEGANS BUY
BIG PLASTER MINE
HAVE BONANZA PROPERTY
READY FOR MILL
Knight and Hyde Return from E%-
tended Trip to Nevada Camps.
Report Sale of Great
Western Mine

Jesse Knight and Charles L. Hyde
of the Knight-Hyde Mining company
with headquarters at San Diego have
made deal for the Tingey plaster
mines in Clark county, Nevada, and
the Knight Hyde Mining company VIII
take over and work the property, IN
stalling a mill for the manufacture OF
finished products. The mines, which
contain large deposits of very high
grade plaster, are within short dis
tance of the Salt Lake road and Y
miles east Of Las Vegas. D..
Plaster is used largely in the manu- .
facture of Portland cement having
superseded lime for that purpose, ana
also for the inside finishing OF large
buildings. There IS always an actlVe
demand for 1t in this locality, and the
company is assured a good market for
its output. The plaster beds or meas
ures in the property purchased are
large and practically inexhaustible, the
grade running from 81 to 95 per cent
in purity. The mines were opened by
Salt Lake people and $1,000 was pald
on a plant of machinery, The COM
many was unable to raise funds during
the financial crisis of 1907, and has
never since resumed work.
The firm of Knight and Hyde are
road builders and contractors on
large scale. having recently completed
the Point Iona boulevards near san
Diego. and are large users of cement
in their work Mr.. Hyde is thoroughly
conversant with the manufacture OF
plaster, and will personally attend TO
the installation of the mill. Ihe ter
ritory purchased covers 600 acres ana
the company is fortunate in being able
to secure It, as the supply of plaster
is entirely inadequate and there are
few developed deposits available.
Great Western Is Sold
Mr.. Knight and Mr.. Hyde returned
Sunday from an extended trip in Ne
vada. during which they visited
Phoebe. Las Vegas and the plaster
mine, Goldfeld and Gold mountain,
where they are developing a gold prop
erty. They learned that the Great
Mountain district has been sold TO
10. S. Highley of the Northern at Gold
field, and a Mr.. Mclaughlin, presum-
ablv J. A. Mclaughlin, president of the
Cherokee-Atlanta Mining company or
Goldfeld. The Great Northern IS a
silver-lead-gol property, thlrty-nVe
miles south of Godhed, and has been
developed to a depth of 300 feet.
large vein, at places forty feet in width
carries values up to fancy figures, the
silver occurring In the form OF NORM
bromides and chlorides. Two large
ore shoots were encountered in the eX-
tensiye drifts which were driven TO the
north and south. and considerable
tonnage was shipped. For a time the
company sent it's ore to the Belmont
mill at Mllers, but the transportation
charges were excessive and the owners
were unwilling to waste the assests
of the mine in that way. There are
several thousand tons of good milling
ore available and the company owns
a water supply about twelve miles DIS
tant 1t is said to be the intention Oh
the new owners to install reductloh
works. which means a revival of ac-
+ivitv at Hornsilver, a camp that had
quite a boom in March and April of
last year.
Preparing for New Mill
At the New Bonnie Glare, which Is
owned by Los Angeles and san Diego
mining men, Mr.. Hyde reports prepara-
tions under way for the installation of
the additional marchinery for the mill,
and learned that the Tonopah & Tide
water engineer had reported favorably
on the proposed branch line to the
mine. With a prospect of custom
mill to treat their ores, neighboring
properties are putting on men and
getting ready to haul to the plant.
Pleased with Phoebe Mine
Mr.. Hyde was nightly pleased with
the Prince Consolidated mine at Phoebe,
through which he was conducted by
the general manager. The Prince re-
Gently absorbed the Ohio and Ken
lucky, a neighboring property, and is
now preparing for large operations.
Mr.. Knight viii return to Nevada in
a few days and start work on the
plaster mine, The company wishes to
get mill on the property at an early
date.