Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-03-29
RESUME Of MINING NEWS IN
YER|NCTON DISTRICT FOR week

Nevada -Douglas-That the Nevada
Douglas mine is full OF surprises |.
being demonstrated every day as de
yelopment is pushed ahead. On the
lOO-foot level the los stope IS produc
ing fine grade of ore. This sam.
body of ore is opened i'll the AO0-fbot
level for So feet. with breast stii
in ore that will average better thai
FIVE per cent This same ore is open
ed on the 300-foot level, where it i
29 feet in width, and gives an average
of per cent. There is malachite
azurite. cuprite, glance and sulphides
On the 400. opening up the big stopee
as everyone who has kept i'll toucl
with the development knows, has beel
held back. is showing the body of ore
to be much larger than was expected
The grade of ore is above the average
even for the Ludwig section. AS Ii
is broken in. the stope it has value
OF 5 per cent. On the 9th level, at the
70O and 7l3 slopes, the usual amount
of rich ore is being mined. This con,
tains great deal of native copper
By prosecuting it has been shown
to be rs feet in width and will run, or
an average. 13 per cent. How long
this body of ore is on this level ha
not yet been shown. as the face IS IL
the same kind of high-grade stuff. Or
the 9TH level the Wine is now dowr
25 feet below the drift level, beine
sunk on the hanging wall. A great dea'
of native copper and chalcocite is con
tanned in the ore. AS this ore has beer
opened from the surface to Is feet be
low the 9TH level it shows that it Is
an immense lenze of ore of untold
value. The winze is being pushed
down as rapidly as three shifts car
sink it and is expected to reach the 9Th
level within 80 days. 1t is a 2-compart-
ment hole and will connect with the
drift on the 9Th level. The big incline
shaft is below the 9Th level and is go
ing down as fast as the contractors
can sink it. The big station on this
level is completed and drifting will be
pushed to a connection with the Wine
from the 9TH level On Douglas Hill.
in the Pearse drift, the slick stope is
breaking Is feet of of 9 per cent ore
The face of this drift. several hundred
feet from this stope. is i'll full breast
of ore. The tramway is working per
fectly. and in short time will be hand
ling a much larger tonnage. The gyp-
sum pit is PRODUCING the usual ton
mage with very small force of men
Everything is running smoothly i'll
every part of the big workings
Blue Jay-The work of cleaning out
and retimbering the first, or l0O-foot
level of the old Blue Jay property, now
under bond to the Thompson,
people. has been completed, and the
large ore chamber that was opened
up on this level some ten years ago
has been entered. This chamber is
about 420 feet from the shaft. and was
found to be just as represented by the
former operators on the property, 4
Pugh and John Sommers. The cham
ber is all in fair grade of ore and it
was cut as station for the diamond
drill machine used on the property un.
der Mr.. Sommers' administration. :,
drift running north will be started i'm
mediately. following diamond drill
hole formerly run, and which is. said
to have cut 40 feet of commercial
grade of ore. Other drifting will be
done on this level in order TO deter
mine the extent of this body Of ore
As soon as this level has been thor
oughly exploited development will &C
ahead on lower levels. So far the Blue
Jay is holding up to what has beer
claimed for it. The DEVELOPMENT Is
most gratifying and all the ore taken
out in this work will be sent to the
smelter at Thompson for reduction sc
that a better idea may be obtained "a
TO the average mine value. Shipments