Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-18
CLERMONT VEIN
MAY BE FOUND
IN POLEVERDE
WILL REQUIRE DEEP SHAFT T
TO DETERMINE
TO BUILD SHELTER IN THE
MASON VALLEY
Company Is Now Constructing Branch
Railroad-Gold Bar in Ore on
45o-Foot Level-Highgrader
Is Discharged
Especial correspondence)

In GOldneld Is Watching ueN5loI''liCiit7
on the 1OOO-foot level of the Clermont,
and any hour may bring the news that
the rich ore shoot opened up on the
$50 and $50 levels has been entered on
the 1000, the deepest workings IN the
district. After the disclosures on the
levels above, with the size and mgh
enrichment of the fissure considered,
no doubt is felt that the bottom IeVel
will show a bonanza which will lose
nothing by comparison.
The course and dip of the Clermont
vein have started a study of conditions
in ground lying to the east of the
Consolidated companys holidays, and
the favorably located ground on the
Poleyerde claim of the Jumbo EXten-
sion Mining company is being sought
by leasers, who must of necessity be
equipped with funds sufficient to sink
to a depth of 1000 feet or more. The
treasure vaults of the Clermont how
ever, are sufficient prize to call forth
the money for this purpose, and 1t is
quite probable that within a few weeks
the available ground will be taken and
extensive mining operations started.
Have Apex Agreement
The Jumbo Extension has an apex
agreement with the Consolidated COM
pany, by the terms of which either
company is privileged TO operate on
the Poleverde, and where leases are
let the Consolidated is to receive the
royalties from all ore bodies which
are proved to apex in Consolidated
ground. This agreement was reached
when the litigation between the two
was compromised, by the terms of
which the Jumbo Extension decided to
the Consolidated the Gold Wedge
fraction, lying between the Mohawk
and the Clermont in which Harry Nc
Milan now resident of Los Angeles,
first discovered the ore sheet which
has since caused such a sensation.
The vein down to a depth of 600
feet maintained a strike of about II
degrees east of north, but on the 73O-
foot level of the Clermont it has been
swung around until it Is running almost
east and west, according to the in
formation available, which favors the
Poleverde, toward which it is headed
Should the vein pass into the Pole
verde on it's strike, there might arise
complications over the apparently
simple and lucid wording of the
agreement.
Gold Bar Looks Good
The Gold Bar is getting into good
values on the 450-foot level and it is
the belief of the management that the
copper ore shoot, which carries high
values in gold at intervals, has been
located on that level.
The Gold Bar has quantities of ore
of a good grade, and with the present
low transportation rates could become
a regular shipper. 1t is believed that
the company will soon commence to
market its ores.
Mason Valley Booms
The completion of the plans of the
Mason Valley Mining company, which
owns several of the big mines of the
Yerington district, is to be followed
Immediately by the construction of a
large smelling plant. The company
has begun the construction of a rail-
road from Wabuska to Mason City,
distance of fourteen miles, which will
eventually be extended to the Ludwig
mine.
The Mason Valley company is mere
ly carrying out the plans formed more
than a year ago, when Mason City was
laid out and graded and big brick
hotel was built. For some reason there
was a delay in the work of building
the railroad and smelter, but it is an
nounced that everything has been ar
ranged and that the work will go ahead
without interruption. 1200-acre tract
of land has been secured and fenced
and advance orders have already been
placed for the smelter equipment.
At Lucky Boy Mines
Lucky Boy is emerging from the
state of suspense which followed the
conclusion of the great Hubbard lease
in July and there is now better un-
derstanding OF the nature of the ore
deposits. J. C. Mccormack of the
Broken Hills Mining company, which is
operating one Of the leases there, re
ports his company sacking 100 sacks
of high-class ore each day, returns
from which were $199 per ton on the
last car shipped. The Mitchell &, Fair
field lease, which is equipped with
fine plant of machinery and which is
furnishing air for machine drills in the
Broken Hills lease and the company
workings, which was formerly the Hub
bard lease, is saclSing ore from a cross
cut on the 450-foot level which runs
from 400 to 600 ounces of silver per ton.
High Graders in Manhattan
That the old band of high graders
is drifting back to the rich mines and
leases of Nevada was evidenced in
Manhattan, where Deputy Sheriff Mar
tinson was shot in a fight while under
taking to arrest two men who were
caught underground at the Union lease
on the Stray Dog. It is believed that
one of the men was wounded, but he
escaped in the heavy timber nearby
One sack of ore which the men had
brought to the surface was dropped
in their flight.
D. Couture, one of the three men ar
rested for stealing concentrates at the
Consolidated MILL was yesterday dis
charged from custody, the prosecution
being unable to make out a case
against him. Couture is the mechanic
who was said by Dresser and Lamb.
his alleged accomplices, to have made
the attachment to the tables by which
they were able to divert the richest of
the concentrates into Il hidden recep-
tacle.
Los Angeles Leaser Ships
The Brennaman-Du Dunphy lease on the
Blue Bull property has sent the second
consignment of ore to the Nevada
Goldfeld Reduction company's plant
for treatment. The ore is in the oxi-
died zone and averages about $50 per
ton.
The lease is controlled by F. w.
Brennaman Of Los Angeles and the
development is under the direction of
]. II. Dunphy. an experienced miner,