Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1909-05-15
MINING NEWS
OF NEVADA

plant of the Red Peak Mining com
pany. five miles west of Goldheld, has
been sold by the sheriff to satisfy a
Judgment in favor of II. r.. Suffer.
Word comes from Goldtield hat the
big Clermont vein has been struck at
II depth of 42S feet in the Grizzly
Bear lease on the Goldheld Consolid-
ated Mines Company estate. This
extends the proven ore zone of Gold
ncia tito feet south and east of the
of the Clermont shaft, and the result
will be renewed activity on several
properties ad Joining and in the i'm
mediate neigaborhood. From the dip
and strike of the Atlanta, st. Ives,
Combination and even the Gold Horn
properties appear to be in line TO get
the ledge with depth. The lease OPP
ened the vein exactly or the dip ana
strike, showing that no fault had
taken place between The famous
Clcrmont shaft, 600 feet to the norta
and west.
The recent weakness OF Pittsburg
Silver Peak stock is attributed to a
demand by Il. \. Gamble OF Caliior.
mia, who was awarded Il decree by the
district court of Wasaoe county. His
order is said to cover everything that
the company owns, including the wa
ter supply, which is one of the most
valuable assets Of the company. The
Judgment does not include possession
OF the claims or property acquired
from the Mohawk Alpine company
but, us the cost of operating the Two
properties has been kept separate,
1t Is believed that there will not br
any trouble ON tails score. CANDLES
demand has been refused and he Is
reported to have papers prepared for
an injunction to restrain the com
pany from further operation of the
property hat he claims
A. A. Codd, one OF the regents OF
The Nevada University says: Al.
though most OF the town people have
left ltawhide for the new camp OF
Lucky Boy, Rawhide is producing
more ore Il a at any time in her his
tory. II is now undergoing a recon
struction and the end of the year
should see IL comparatively heavy
output from the district.
The cleanup of the Round Mountain
Mining Company Tor April amounted
TO 100000. On account of low water
the tonnage was about 500 tons less
tnan the average.
In The Tonopah Belmont Wine
while no attempt is being made to
sink below ,ne 1lO0.foot level. there
is little doubt that operations will be-
gin soon in that direction, as tae ore
bodies encountered show up strongly
in he bottom OF the workings, thus
indicating that they continue to great
or depth. The Belmont shaft is be-
ing put in condition, and it is planned
to send a churn drill down to onnec
with the 1000-foot Level, preparatory
TO starting the work of raising il
three compartment shaft from tle
asst crosscut on that level, which
has been sent out to a point directly
underneath the Belmont shaft, which
Is down over 500 feet. The most I'M
portant news from the mine last
week was that about two feet of
ore encountered in the east drift
from the bottom OF tae 1856 winze,
which ~ nnnJg us;th IT,, lnn T,,t
level. The drift is just entering a
continuation OF he big ore body OPP
ened up by an east drift 90 feet YER.
tically above it II which drift ex-
posed pay ore for a distance OF about
100 feet the last 90 feet showing the
vein to be from I t 3 feet wide, al
OF which carried good milling values.
The ore is also exposed in the bot.
tom of the drift. The east and west
driIts on the new find in the north
crosscut from the 1854 winze on the
1000 foot level show the stringer to
be continuing, both faces exposing
q Il foot of rich ore.
The John $. Cool Il Co. bank has
received another bar of bullion from
the Combination Fraction valued at
about 500.
The Wonder Mining News says that
IL Is understood in Fairview that the
Wingield interests have acquired the
water rights of Horse Creek and viii.
shortly begin operations with a view
to utilizing the stream Tor milling
purposes. This means that the water
Will lave to be piped to some point
at or near Fairview, where a mill will
be butt. and the large quantity OF
high grade milling ore, which, while
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