Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-11
GOLDEN EAGLE
MINE RESUMES
WINNAMUCCA PROPERTY IN
SCOTCH HANDS
LuNINe PRosPEcToRs RELOCATE
CLAIMS
Colorado Men Purchase Famous New
Pass Mine Near Austin and
VIII Start Work Next
Month

GOLDFIELD, Jan. 10.-The Golden
Eagle mine at Winnemucca started
last week with Hasai Powell. superin-
tendent and manager, o. S. Marks,
metallurgist. and Charles Harvey, mine
foreman. For the present the ores will
be concentrated at the company's mill
at the mine and the product shipped.
However, it is expected that in the
near future the company will erect
large cyanide plant and extract its own
values.
The Golden Eagle mine. situated
twenty eight miles. west of Winnemucca,
and three miles from the Western Pa
cific railway at old Central camp in the
Eugene mountains, was discovered
and located about twelve years ago by
Charles Harvey, mine foreman under
the new management. Shortly after
ward it was disposed of to a party Of
Salt Lake capitalists, and from the
large number of physicians interested
was known as the Doctors mine. w.
H. Wilbur, then of Salt Lake, but now
of Seattle, Wash, was manager, mill
was erected and considerable machin-
cry installed. Several hundred tons of
ore were taken out, but of what value
is not known.
About five years ago the property
was taken over by the Barber Match
company, who did very little with it.
Otto Stahlman of Salt Lake finally
secured an option and about two years
ago disposed of the mine to the Golden
Eagle Mining company, of which Mon
teith Richardson, son of the great Bel
fast linen manufacturer, is president.
The new company has expended nearly
a quarter Of a million dollars is i'm
provementS.
Protects Luning Claims
Gilbert M. Fay returned to Goldfeld
last week from Luning, where he has
been protecting his copper locations,
eight miles northeast of town. He was
on the ground the day before New
Years and went to work on his claims.
There was no disposition on the part
of relocators to bother any one who
showed a disposition to comply with
the law. Many locations We're made
on ground where there was not a sign
of assessment work being done, or a
disposition on the part OF the owners
to do so.
Many letters were received by resi-
dents of Luning from non-residents
prior to January 1, in which were in
closed money orders to cover assess
ment work which on many of the
claims is still in progress.
Mr.. Fay is of the opinion that the
copper section in the neighborhood of
Nina and Luning will one Of these
days become a great producer of high
grade copper ores.
The famous New Pass mine has
been purchased by Colorado mining
men and work will be started by the
first of February. The new owners
will erect twenty stamp mill at once.
William Pfeifer of Austin has been en-
gagged to superintend the installation
of this plant. 1t will include modern
cyanide plant. The New Pass mine
is one of the best properties in the
state. 1t has not been worked for some
years, but has been known as one or
the best assets in Lander county.
Other Rich Mines
This mine is not the only mining
property of promise in the New Pass
section. Messrs. Fletcher and Pfeifer
have been developing a group of twelve
claims and have met with very en-
couraging results. They have a shaft
down ninety feet and have ledge five
feet across that will average $50 in
gold and twenty-seven ounces in sill
YER New capital and new energy in
the New Pass section mean more
business for the town of Austin.
The old Scott & Amann sampler at
Hazen has been purchased by the
Western Ore Purchasing company and
will be used for sampling ores con-
signed to the company. There were
none of the consignmentS refused when
the main plant was burned last Sunday.
The company will push the work OF
reconstruction of the sampler that Will
carry all of the latest improvements,
and will be as nearly automatic as pos
sible.