Weekly journal-miner., 1913-12-17
RAILROAD TO TAP
 THE NELSON CAMP.
(From Thursdays Daily.)

lhe building or narrow SduSS ! -ailroad from Crown King to the holdings of the Nelson Mining
 Company, 1000 feet distant, the in- italling of a twenty-stamp mill at ;he mine and a vast amount ot ether surface improvements was the important announcement made yes terday by General Manager George P. Harrington, as the outcome of over one year of active exploration of that group. The move is war ranted by the thousands of tons of ore ready for blocking out and on the dump.
 Mir. Harrington further stated
 that his trip to the city at this
 time is to close negotiations and purchase material necessary for the
 building of the railroad. The grade | from the mine to the station IS partially built, as we'll is excavat'
 ing for the big plant also going
 ahead. The mill is yet to be select
 ed. however, and the type of reduc-
 ton will be taken up later. At any
 rate within the next six months, Nelson ores will be treated on
 the ground, and from the tonnage
 available there is no question but
 what it has a flattering future.
 Electrical power is to be gen
 erated at Crown King, by gaso- iline or oil burning engines, to be
 decided later, this point being SC.
 lected from the accessibility of the
 railroad and which will prove an
 economical source in handling the commodity selected. The founda- ton of the mill is nearing compile ton and is of great magnitude, re- quiring several thousand cubic
 inches of heavy granite work. The
 ore bin of 1,5OO tons capacity is already built, as well is other ex- I.cavation ready.
 To support the heavy outlay ot
 capital necessary for the building
 of the railroad and the installing of
 the large amount of machinery at
 the two points, mine development
 of the past year has demonstrated | one of the most attractive gold :. mines in the State. The lower or main tunnel has been driven to- . ward the apex of the range for distance of about HOO feet, and lwhen its destination Is reached lat
 CT. depth of 1000 feet will be at - tained from the surface, or where r the croppings are in evidence A . this main work goes ahead d cross n cut was started some months agi t at a point about 600 feet from th' $ mouth from the west to the east d which has encountered hne bodie i of ore. Drifting north on the ven It has been going ahead toward tn It old tunnel and when it Is reache' d the depth will be 23O feet unde lf that working. From initial explora is ton the old tunnel carried such at " tractive values in the large or :S bodies exposed, that the driving q '' the long or lower tunnel neces k sarilv followed and which in result In has proved the wisdom of Mir. Ha' ld rington in authorizing and success ;;I0 fully carrying out the work.
 d. The drift north has about < ey feet yet to be driven before the ol ne workings will be passed under an nd nd to greater depth than formerl e- given.
 he Speaking yesterday oi the gener nd outlook at the Nelson, MT. Ha to tl. rington stated that production up no date has been only of secondary IT he portance, and the principle Of ed straight line of development h 'rs 'IL been the sole motive of the cor iii. pany. The Nelson situation gene
 d ally is very interesting one . the problem of mining i'll this hel
 It lay dormant until about two yea
 ago. The first picE, ill the grou ~6 proved it as worthy of the eXpen'
 turc of capital From the gra roots practically it has assumed ny distinction i'll mineral rating that a,,. pronounced as an attractive inve de ment and which supports the co rty sideration to be extended 1t m ,i' near future ill the manner decld ,ct- upon.
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