Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-20
Queen Regent Ledge
Is Gaining In Width
The Values Are Also Increas-
ing With Depth
Work Is Being Pushed

Again Mineral county comes to the front with
big strike made Is miles east of Schurz on the
property of the Queen Regent Merger Mines
! company The strike is of such importance as
/ to indicate that new and important camp will
be opened
At a depth of 24O feet the entire width of the
shaft was in ore, and at $50 feet, where an in
cline started to follow the ledge the ore is
!. fully II feet wide. During the past few weeks
the shaft has been sunk at the rate of II to IL
feet per week with one shift of men, indicating
that very good progress is being made The
shaft is now over 800 feet and the ledge has very
. materially widened and is now about II feet
wide, while the class and character of the has
3 materially improved; assays showing all the
! way from $1.73 to $133. -
~ The operations of this company have been g
! watched with great deal of interest, owing to
the fact that they have quietly and persistently
! carried on development work under very trying
conditions. In sinking the main shaft an enor-
nous iron dyke was encountered which proved
to be almost 100 feet thick, and sinking through
s this iron was slow and expensive; in fact, it has
been stated that it little like drilling
through an anvil. But at 900 feet quartz strin-
gers began to show and much more rapid prog
!. ress was made At $50 feet three feet of quartz
was showing in the shaft and at $50 feet as stat
8 edyabove, the ledge was fully II feet wide.
. Through the property runs great hematite
contact fissure showing at the surface hematite i
iron deposits carrying appreciabe values in gold
. and copper. If transportation facilities were
ayailable it is stated that this iron alone would
fully finance all development work. After pass Y
ing through the iron the ore was found to lie I'M
amediately beneath and from the $50 level the
shaft U.s. carried on as an incline at an angle of
E45 degrees and all sinking is done in solid ore
This important discovery has attracted the at
tentiOn of capital to such extent that the com
pany is planning to very materially increase the
working force and will put on at least two shifts 4
of men in sinking the main shaft. At the rate
they are going they will be able to make from ?
z 12O to $50 feet per month. 1t is intended that
sinking operations shall be carried steadily for
ward and that drifts will be started both ways
from the shaft on the 800 level; also on the 400
when that level is reached and block out the ore
to put the mine in position for early production.
The ore is free milling but plans for reduction
works will not be determined until the shaft has
reached a depth of 600 or 700 feet, in order to
fully determine the kind Of plant necessary for &
the reduction of the ore
There is no doubt but that there are many
properties in Mineral county that would develop
into big-paying proposition if machinery equip
ment were installed and systematic development
carried forward to reach depth. As the mining
situation is improving and money becoming
more readily available for the development of
good properties, we believe important strikes
will be made in Mineral county that will event
ually make it second to none in the State of Ne
vada
The above article, which recently appeared in the
Western Navada Miner published at Nina Mineral Coun
ty Nevada be Of great interest to local people and
especially gratifying to those who purchased shares Of
this company.
The great mines of Nevada paying millions Of
dollars dividends every year. This is especially true
of the great camps Of Tonopah and GoIdfeld.
Judqina from the best information obtainabe the
purchase of QUEEN REGENT MERGER MINES CON-
PANYS for I've cents per share at this time will
probably good profits to the purchaser, not
only by increase in value Of the stock but also by
dividends.
Great profits made in mining by those
who bought in the beginning at low price, and
in a comparatively short time found their shares SELL
ina at many dollars per share. Such advances have
laid the foundation Of many substantial fortune
Shares Of this company be secured from
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