Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-15
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
"a big strike made Is miles east OF Schurz on the
property Of the Queen Regent Merger Mines
company. The strike is OF such Importance "a
to Indicate that new and important camp win
be opened.
At depth of 240 feet the entire width Of the
& shaft was in ore, and at go feet, where an in
cline was started to follow the ledge, the ore il
fully II feet wide. During the past few weeks
the shaft has been sunk at the rate OF 12 to IT
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 IL feet
wide, while the class and character Of the ore has
materially improved; assays showing an the
way from $1.73 to 1888.
The operations Of this company have been
watched with a great deal Of interest, owing to
the fact that they have quietly and persistentIy
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
this iron was slow and expensive; in fact, Il has
been stated that it was 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 23O feet three feet Of quartz 5
was showing in the shaft and at $50 feet a. stat
ed above, the ledge was fully u feet wide.
Through the property runs 4 great hemafite
contact fissure showing at the surface hematite
iron deposits carrying appreciabIe values III gold
and copper. II transportation facilities were
available it is stated that this iron alone would
fully finance all development work After pass.
ing through the iron the ore was found to lie Inn
mediately beneath and from the $50 level the
Shaft is carried on as an incline at an angle Of
As degrees and all sinking is done in solid ore.
This important discovery has attracted the at
tention OF capital to such an extent that the COM
pany is planning to very materially increase the
working force and will put on at least two shifts
s of men in sinking the main shaft At the rate
they are going, they will be able to make from
40 to $50 feet per month. It is intended that
sinking operations shall be carried steadily for
ward and that drifts will be started both ways
from the shaft Sn the 300 level; also on the 400
when that level Is reached, and block out the ore
to put the minei in position for early production.
The ore is free milling but plans for reduction
works will not Ie determined until the shaft has
reached a DEPTH of 600 or 700 feet, in order to
fully determinethe kind of plant necessary for
the reduction 0tthe ore.
? There is no doubt but that there are many
properties in NJ heral county that wonld develop
into ig-paying proposition if machinery equip
ment were installed and systematic development
carried forwardsto 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
ualIy make it second to none in the State of Ne
vada. -
The above artide, which recently appeared In the
Western Navada Miner, published at Nina, Mineral coun
ty Nevada shoudb Of great interest local
especially gratifying to those who purchased
this company.
The great minis Of Nevada paying millions Of
dollars dividenfs every This especially
Of the great cams Of Tonopah and GoIdfied.
judging from .he best information obtaInabIe, the
purchase Of QUE.N REGENT MERGER MINES COM.
PANTS stock fc 7R cents per share at this time will
probably result good profits to the purchaser,
only the lncrase in value Of the stock bot BY
dividends. z E
Great profits lave beer made In mining by those
who bought share in the beginning at price, and
In Comparatively short time found their shares sell
ing many doIars per share. Such advances ~
laid the foundatia Of many substantial fortune.
Shares Of this company be secured from