The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-12-16
OLD TUSCARORA
CAMP BOOMING

That Tusearora is about to enter
period Of mining activity, equaled only
by her palmy days when she gave to
the world millions of dollars from her
treasure vaults, now seems a certainty.
says the Elko Free Press. The old
camp is coming back and will again
be listed among the active producers.
Again the hoists will raise rich ore
from the bowels of the earth, mill
whistles will announce the noon hour,
and the old familiar sight of hundreds
of miners with lunch buckets in hand,
going to and from their work, will
| gladden. the hearts of those who have
elung to the camp in its years of ad-
versity
Tusearora is to be rejpvenated. The
words seems almost too good to be
true, but true they are. Already the
quickening pulse of new life is felt,
and this will be the merriest Christmas
in the old camp in many years.
Today there was filed with the coun-
| ty recorder a lease, given by III. s. Hos
kins, as receiver of the Tuscarora
Mines Co, to James f. Harrington, for
the Holden Smelling and Milling com
pany, on all the property in and near
Tusearora belonging to the first men
toned company, for a period of ten
years, or until August l, 1925. Tnclud-
ed in this lease are all water rights.
power plants, transmission lines, etc,
as well as mining property, machinery,
etc
| According to the terms of the lease
the lessee agrees to proceed Immediate
ly to take possession of the property
and commence, with due diligence to
carry out such operations or construc-
tion as will, in the judgment of the
lessee, place the property on a paying
basis at the earliest possible moment,
| by the installation of pumping plant
for the dewatering of the mines, or by
the erection of mill of not less than
100 tons capacity per day, for the
treatment of ores blocked out or on
the dumps, or easiy accessible, or bv
any other plan or policy of operation
which will, in the Judgment of the
lessee, produce the best results in the
shortest possible time.
And besides the taking of this lease,
Mr.. Harrington has purchased for the
Holden Smelling and Milling company,
the Rose group of FIVE claims, the w.
T. Dove group, which contains a large
number of claims, and the Chris Stef-
fens group of two claims
1t is understood that the Rose group
was sold for $4,000 with substantial
first payment The second payment.
$4,000, falls due June 18th, and the
balance will be paid in $4,000 pay
ments every three months
The Dove group was purchased out
right, but the consideration has not
been made public. It is understood,
however, that Mr.. Dove got his price.
| The Steffens claims sold for $4,000.
1t is understood that the new compa-
ny will proceed at once to construct a
mill of five hundred tons daily capaei-
| ty. Some of the old dumps are to be
worked over and the mines are to be
de-watered
Tuscarora was once the most active
and most important mining camp in
Eastern Nevada. The camp is credited
with record output of upwards of
| fifty millions, and from the Grand Prize
was taken some of the richest ore ever
| found. Samples of this ore are found
in cabinets all over the world, some of
the finer specimens showing more than
three-fourths pure gold.
But about the time that silver was
demonetized heavy flow of water was
struck, work was abandoned, and the
mines lower down the hill filed to
within a few feet of the surface. Twice
since then they have been de watered,
but each time they were allowed to re-
! Ell without tap of work being done,
on account of the companies lacking
funds with which to proceed. Old
miners, however, who worked in the
mines when they closed down, still
maintain that in the lower levels are
fortunes awaiting the energy and en-
terprise to go after them.
All Elko county is interested in Tus-
earora, and it is hoped that its former
glory viii be completely echpsed in
the period of activity and production
into which it is now entering.