The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-09-13
OPERATIONS IN UNION DISTRICT
Bond and Lease of Bell Property
Taken Over BY Charles
MCGEE

CnarleS McGee, n OF the best
known and most successful mining
men of the Ely district drifted over
into the old Union district of Eu-
reka County about eight months ago,
says the Ely Record, and after a
careful inspection of the old Bell
property, which was opened up and
operated extensively about 25 years
ago by George Lindsay, finally Sc
cured a bond and lease on the prop
erty from the widow of the former
owner who now resides at Elko, and
has been steadily developing the
property since that date. During
the lifetime of the former proprie-
tor, he built a smelter at the prop
erty and took out 5000 in bullion,
but since his death the property re-
manned idle until Mr.. MCGEE secured
his bond and lease, which runs for
two years. In order to test the ore
from the surface groupings, Mr..
MCGEE shipped 90 tons which had
been cast aside as not of sufficient
grade to run through the smelter at
that time. From this shipment he
received net returns, after paying
freight and cost of treatment, of
S344.27, which gives a general idea
of the low grade ore of the property.
Union mining district is located
80 miles from Palisade, and nine
miles from the Eureka and Palisade
railroad, connected by a good wagon
road. In the early days, when the
smelter was running, there were
about 1900 people in the camp. In a
28-day run of the smelter SIS, 900 in
bullion was taken out. The ore is
lead-silver, and ideal for smelling.
The vein crops on the surface Is
feet in width, from which ore for
shipping is quarried out, the re-
turns from which average from SAT
to $50 per ton. Alta depth of 70feet
the vein has widened to so feet,
carrying about the same uniform
grade of ore as on the surface. Mr..
MCGEE came to Ely to secure sacks
and miners, who are very scarce in
that section. Upon his return to
camp he expects to ship an average
of a car of ore per week, which a
little later he expects to raise to one
car per day. Mr.. MCGEE is confident
that he now has one of the biggest
mining propositions in the State of
Nevada, and the best of it is that it
will pay its own way from now on,
and also produce a sufficient amount
of money to pay the purchase price
of the property within the limit of
the bond.
AT Mineral Hill, about five miles
from where Nh. MCGEE is operating,
there is considerable activity in al
mining way. The milling plant is not
running at the present time. Ma
chine drills are being installed, and
a large tonnage of new ore blocked
out in the company's mines. 1t is
expected that the mill will Dor be
started up again.
Ralph Kellogg, superintendent of
the Ely Con-, has a bond and lease
on property about 10 miles north of
Union district, from which he has
been shipping steadily nearly all
Summer. He has made one payment
the purchase price of the property.
Joe Flynn, one of the old-time
miners of Mineral Hill, is doing de-
velopment work one-half mile from
the MCGEE camp on a property
which makes a splendid surface
showing. Mr.. Flynn is driving a
tunnel which is expected to cut the
lead in from 500 to 600 feet, after,
which shipments will be commenced.
The old dumps at Cortez are being
cyanided and considerable ore is also
being shipped.
At Buckhorn George Wingfield has
been working from 60 to 70 men for
some time past. A large body of
soft porphpry ore, running from Sc
to 81 per ton in gold has been open
ed up, and the mill will soon be COM
pleted, when the camp will go on
the producing basis. The whole hill
seems to be ore of a milling grade,
has been opened by a tunnel
100 feet in length, from which cross
cuts have been run for from 500 to
600 feet without striking either wall,
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