Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1913-07-19
ACTIVITY AT OLD CAMP OF
PINE GROVE,
Mill, Power Line and Telephone Line
Now Building.

There is much activity at the old
camp of Pine Grove, about Is miles
south OF Ierington, at the present
time. and the old Wilson property at
that place promises to again be a~pror
ducer that will be heard from. The
company of California people who
now own the property have spent
lot of money on it in the past three
years, and have SO thoroughly exam
ned it that they are convinced that
from the ground AT the present time
there are yet millions to be extracted
"A telephone line from Pine Grow has
about been completed to connect with
the line which runs from Yerington to
River The Pine Grove Mines Co.
the Fallon ranch. on the East Walker
has also contracted with the Truckee
River General Electric Co for electric
power. and this line is under construc-
tion from the Bluestone substation of
the power company Work on the
line has been delayed some on account
of material not arriving on time. main
ly poles. but these are coming in now
and the line will be pushed to compile
ton as rapidly as possible The com
pany is also grading site for 40
stamp mill and cyanide plant, and the
material for these is going in by wagon
from the railroad every three days.
The company is III hopes of having
the mill in shape to operate before
the winter months. A pipe line has
also been constructed from fine
spring couple Of miles to the south
west of the Grove. which furnishes an
abundance of splendid water for all
purposes The mill will stand a short
distance below the site of the old mill.
which burned down over year ago.
The company has made thorough
sampling of large ore dump that
came from the mine in early days and
it is estimated that this dump will
yield $40 or $l2 per ton in gold. The
mine has also been developed con
siderablv and shows sufficient ton
mage of ore to warrant the expendi-
ture now being made for mill. power
line. etc. A large drain tunnel has
been run into the property which it is
expected will allow the working to be
carried on without pumping much
water However, the company is GO
ing to have everything up-to-date in
its new arrangement with plenty of
power to operate mine and mill. even
if pumping is necessary
All old-time Nevadans know the
Wilson mine at Pine Grove. Thev
know that it has produced $5,000,000
in bullion no 70 the present time. and
that it has never been operated be-
low the water level. which is less
than 800 feet below the surface A
history of the property would read
like romance and would be quite
lengthy In all likelihood the present
owners have demonstrated to their
satisfaction the fact that the mine
has not ''petered out with the depth
so far attained 1t would seem un-
reasonable to suppose that piece of
ground that has produced such values
to the water level would not produce
ut least as much more below this level
and possibly many times as much
more
The news OF what is now going on
at the old camp sounds good to the
residents of this district and it to be
honed that the Pine Grove Mines Co.
will meet with the success it deserves
bv restablishing the old camp as a
gold producer of importance