White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-01-01
TUNGSTEN MINE
At HUB A WINNER
UNDER ABLE MANAGEMENT OF
T.. l.. FLETCHER DEVELOP
MENT WORK HAS PROCEEDED,
UNTIL SUCCESS Is ASSURED.

One of the most important indus
tries in White Pine county, which mai
been built up by the pluck. preseryer-
ance and untiring energy of the men
behind Ii, is the mining of tungsten
at Hub, about twelve miles to the
south of Osceola. The man who
financed the tungsten mines Is o. A,
Turner. we'll known as the man who
floated the famous Tonopah Mining
company and the man who has had
TO do with the development of the
properties is f.. l.. Fletcher. the pres
ent general manager, who has been
in charge of the work since its in
ceptlon.
Mr.. Fletcher, indeed. was the man
who first pointed out the great possi-
bilities of the industry to MI. Turner,
with whom he was well acquainted i'll
the early days of Tonopah. when the
riches of that camp were attracting
worldwide attention. Mr.. Turner,
ever progressive and enterprising,
was not slow to perceive the oppor-
tunities, and he went into The propo-
sition with all his heart and soul,
with the result that today he p%racti-
eal,y controls the tungsten output OF
the country.
Associated with him is a coterie of
eastern capitalits with whom he has
Incorporated the United States Tung-
stem company. with a capitalization
of $1,000, 900, under the laws of the
state of Delaware. The tungsten
properties at Hub from the nucleus of
the corporation. but there are two
..1.sl.... a. ,,Naps.r anA Af which
has already been incorporated under
the laws of Nevada, and which is
known as the Hubernite tungsten Co.
The property of this company is To-
Gated on Williams Creek, south of Mt.
Wheeler.
The rest of the property of the Uni
ted States Tungsten company is
situated in Regain district of this
county, a bond and lease having been
taken on the same by Mr.. Fletcher.
representing Mr., Turner, in last
August. The ground was formerly
owned by Caster Olsen and G. G.
Sims, and Mr.. Fletcher's bond gives
him the option of purchasing the
property within a year for the sum of
0,000.
Ht 0lODbACIA - VI - '1f0
ings of the company are for the pres
ent confined to the mines at Hub, and
work has been carried on there con-
%tinuously since the purchase OF the
property a year & last September
from James II. Marriott, one of the
old time mining men and merchants
of Osceola. Great progress has been
made in the opening up of the mines,
and a mill and concentration are now
in the course OF erection there. It Is
proposed TO treat the ore from all of
the properties of the company at the
Hub reduction plant; and the work of
development on the ground at Will
llams Creek and the Regain district is
to be commenced early this year.
II is possible, now that the success
of the Hub workings is assured that
Mr.. Turner may secure a monopoly on
the worlds output of the precious
tungsten. There are few mines at
work throughout the world. and the
uses for the mineral are increasing
everywhere in machinery and the fine
arts. At present, tungsten is worth
in the neighborhood of 80 cents a
pound. at which rate ii is easy to
perceive that no great time is requir-
ed. after shipping begins, to make
fortunes for everybody connected
with the great enterprise. With the
three properties mentioned all under
development. the output will soon
reach such proportions, that the
mines of the United States Tungsten
will be one of the greatest
features of White Pine county, and
their success means another persuas-
i've inducement for the investment of
outside capital in White Pine.