Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-03-22
RESUME OF MINING OPERATIONS
IN THE DISTRICT FOR THE WEEK

Mason Valley-General Manager
Jules Labarthe of the Mason Valley
Mines Co, paid Salt Lake visit this
week and stated to the Salt Lake Tri-
bune that the company had just closed
the contract for the two stands OF con
yertcrs for the custom smelling plant
at Thompson IT will take between
five and six months to install this new
equipment, and the approximate cost
Of installing will be between $4,000
and %5,UOO.
The Mason Valley copper smelling
plant has been in successful operation
for about a year, and the copper matte
produced by the plant has been and i
being shipped to the Garfield. Utah
pIant OF the American Smelling & Re
6nine Company. By converting the
matte right at the Thompson smelter
the Mason Valley Company will not
only reduce freight rates and charge
now existing, but the Management, will
find itself able to smclt a considerable
tonnage OF ore now available. but
which under existing conditions, can
not be treated prohtably enough
Work of installing the converters will
be undertaken without delay.
Manager Labarthe stated that condi
tions at the Mason Valley mine and
smelter are very gratifying The com
pany is receiving very large custom
ore tonnage for the plant, which. busi
ness is steadily increasing.
Boy in Blue Van Bcnschoten
and George Barrett. who have been
operating in the old Cambridge dis
trict in Mineral county for some
-, the 'sItsr
gings" this week Their property has
have sunk shaft to depth OF Is feet
part OF this distance being through
old workings on the property. At one
point in the shaft they ran through
10 inches OF vein that was very rich.
the ore going better than 500 per ton
Al the bottom OF the shaft they have
a 6-inch vein of galcna. silver and gold
with considerable chloride in the ore
that is very rich. The property is sit
uated about 2S miles southwest OF Yer
ington The boys have secured 4
whm here and will put il ON the prop
erty To facilitate the work OF develop
ment. and will take out some ot the
rich stuff for shipment.
Nevada -Douglas-T h e y eva d a ?
Douglas gypsum output Is up to the
required daily contract.
The big incline shaft is going down
as rapidly as men and powder can sink
it. 1t is now below the SOO-foot level.
Development on this level is showing
wonderfully rich ore. Just how big
il is has not been determined aS yet
but as far as it is opened it promises
10 be big. The Douglas Hill section
j. producing larger tonnage than
usual The tramway is working like a
charm In fact everything Is working
with the usual energy and vim char
acteriStic of the management.
Malachite-The Natchcz section OF
the Yerington Malachite has had no
air for sometime back and production
from this end of the prooerty has not
been up to the usual tonnage. From
the north end the usual tonnage l.
pi ioduced through the Mason Valley
mine workings.
Bluestone-Things are unusually
busy at the Bluestone. Superintend
cnt Week has the concentrating plant
running AT full capacity. and from the
satisfied look on his face. ii is doino
splendid work IL is claimed that 9S
per cent OF the value of the ore i
saved in the concentrates. What Su
perintendent Week has done with the
magnetic process. which previously
had been little more than theory. has
worked a revolution in coDocr ore con