The San Francisco call., 1909-01-03
Nevada Mining News


The Giroux Consolidated mines. so
says the Ely Mining Record. are treat
ing about zoe tons of ore a day at the
concentrator. Concentrates have been
shlpped from Ely to Denver. the first
carload Of which was started eastward
abot fortnight ago Concentrates
nave mulated largely at the mines.
Tie Winnemucca Star SAYS that the
strike on the Boyle and Weston lease
ia The Esmeralda group at Gold Circle
IS better than was supposed at first.
one shipment of ore has been made.
The strike on the Queen lease accord
ing TO the same paper. was larger than
the one on the Boyle and Weston.
The Swansea group of 10 claims, ad-
joining the Golden Prince group on the
northeast. at Phoebe, so says the Phoebe
Record, have been sold by Ed Weston
to John p. Thomas The new owners
secured
The Vernon Miner says that ma
ehlnery has arrived at Vernon for the
Preston-Soule mill, on the George Eng
lish lease Excavations for the founda-
uon OF the mill have been made.
The Bullfrog Pioneer lease has
shipped ore TO the Selby smelling and
lead company at San Francisco, and
also has sent two carloads to the smelter
at Needles. The BulIrrog Miner esti-
was sent to Selby at 500 for the high
grade and s35 for the low grade ore.
J. X Bryan, in an interview in the
Miner, said that he expected to be able
10 get out 200 tons of ore a day when
the main working shaft has been put
down TO the proper depth. Three
SHIFTS OF miners are employed in sink
4 A mill will be placed on the old Con-
gress mine' so says the Bullfrog Miner.
The owner of the property is If. b.
Bartlett, who has held Ii Is years. The
Congress mine was located in 1891 by
George Montgomery who also located
the Johnnie. Associated with Mont
gomery were NJ. B. Bartlett, Harry
only one of the original locators who
is now interested in the property. The
mine was worked under lease for a
time and a mill was erected by the
leasers.
The Union group of claims at Crystal
Spring has been sold by Ed Hekeldrath
and W. II. Bond to A. II. Tenbroeck
of the Bullfrog Extension mining COM
pany- The Savage group in the same
district, west Of the Pioneer, have also
been sold recently, according to the
Bullfrog Miner, by Herman Kah and
associates TO eastern men.
The control of the Echo Lee mining
property has been purchased by J. c.
Funk. as reported. Funk bought 225,-
coo shares from Taylor and Griffith
The EchS-Lee property consists of nine
claims that lie near the Jumbo Con-
solidated ground and between the Gold
Top and Nellie B mines:
A new machinery plant has been de-
liVered al the New k-Searchlight
mines, to be set up on the Waterspout
claim, in the town limits OF Search
light. The plant includes a hoist, a
pump that will lift 900 gallons a min
ute. and compressor with capacity
Of six drills.
]. P. LOTUS. the head of the Nevada
Exploitation company. which bought
pany property to satisfy a Judgment
of s39,s6S, has made proposition 10
reOrganize the Gold Bar which he has
submitted to the Gold Gar stock holders.
The Tonopah Miner says:
The Jim Dandy claim in the Bullfrog district
has been sold By William ]. Tobin and J. r.
Bryan 10 II. n Nichols and associates The
price paid for the Jim Dandy. which comprises
IL acres is said to be $50, 900. With one OK
eeption-the Shoshone-this is the biggest price
The tract adjoins the Bullfrog Pioneer on the
northwest. The formation is exactly Ike that
OF the Pioneer. The Him Dandy deal IS import
ant, not only in respect to the value of ex-
change but because it means that a new and
very rich syndicate OF genuine mining men has
invaded this field II. n. Nichols is said to be
men in the country. he has. backed by men of
wealth, operated mines and smelters on a large
500 ton smelter at Matehuala, Mex. for which
point he left Rhyolite this week, going first TO
Los Angeles. The Jim Dandy ground will be
operated by the Sierra Oro mining company a
Chicago company. OF which Mr.. Nichols is vice
president and general manager. Work has been
started by the new owners. As coon develop
ments warrant IL machinery VIII be Installed and
the property worked vigorously.