The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-06-10
old GEM mine TO
BECOME ACTIVE

The old and the new Gem develop
ments in the Sunshine mining district
are evidence of the importance and
opportunity which Nevada OF ~ TO
the prospector and capital. TIE Gem
group of claims are owned and con-
trolled by II. H. Sheldon ami Cliff
Kershaw. The property in ca. .ly lays
when silver was $1.29 producer so.;e-
thing like s2S0,000 in silver bullion.
With the decline of silver mining, Ike
most Nevada silver properties The
Gem remained idle until Sheldon and
Kershaw got possession Of It The
surrounding section including tile ST.
yer production of the Gem mine, cro-
duced under the old time mining
methods, millions of dollars worth of
silver and gold bullion.
Two miles west is Barber canyon,
from which fortunes in placer ea.d
were taken. Northerly is the AUD
Lang Syne mine, which has millions
to its credit The Black Hole nine,
the mine which in short while maze
Ed Chafey such fortune, is within
an hours walk of the Gem property.
other properties nearby are rhe 81
Branch gold mine, which with the
support of Boston capital is proving
| its profitable quality. Another is The
Taylor Noteware gold property at
Rock Hill. Immediately in close sl-
proach is the Taylor Superlatiye
mine, upon which a mill is in opera
ton turning out gold bullion in res
ponse to the energy of the owners.
Adjoining is A. B. Cousins Diamond x
group and from which the owners are
taking shipping and milling ore,
while developing one of the large low
grade gold deposits in the west.
The Gem group of claims is part of
this rich mineral area and embraces
the like mineral conditions. 1t is
crossed with the veins that make up
the big mineral zone and from which
millions of dollars worth of the pre-
cious and base metals were taken and
out of which great profits were and
are being taken and distributed to
owners.
The showings and early production
of the Gem are always stimulant to
the prospector and the men who make
mining a business and through intel
ligent work make mining such a pro-
fitable enterprise. Under the iLtelli-
gent prospecting of Cliff Kershaw the
Gem mine property is proving its
quality and presents today an evil
dence which suggests practical devel-
opment and exploration with the con-
| fidence that such work will produce
richer results than any prior produc-
| ton from the property The property
Notwithstanding its antecedent pro-
duction is hardly scratched yet. The
strong evidence made by the Kershaw
prospecting on the number of veins
shown is such as to impress that the
| Gem property with adequate mine
work will make big producer and
with the installation of local treat
ment plant to handle the lower grade
ore, will make substantial profits for
owners and operators.
Six distinct veins are defined and
show at various points silver-gold
values of grade to give profit with
working same and reducing the ore
into bullion on the ground, thus over
coming the high freight and smelter
charges.
| The old workings show ore of a
class in place and on dumps that
could not be worked in early days to
advantage. Col Tom. Ewing in the
early COS bought the Gem ore and his
statement is that they advanced $500
a ton for the ore and that his firm
bought S250,000 of the Gem produc-
tion. Besides these old workings,
there are three distinct veins cutting
the formation. The showings on these
are of prospect order. but show suffi-
cient that with miner-like develop
ment that they can be brought into
the producing class. At different
points pay ore is exposed of from
to IS inches wide with a lesser grade
ore of the ultimate milling variety
The middle vein has 30-foot shaft
on it. This shaft shows a vein clear
to the bottom and an Is inch streak
of ore sampling SIS per ton, mainly
silver, small streak samples show as
say returns of 263 ounces silver and
50 in gold
On the Gem Five recently the most
work has been done. Here vein is
proven on surface trend for over 1000
feet up over and into the mountain.
The strong feature Of this vein is
that the vein filling and metal content
are similar to where the deeper work
has been done The shaft on this
vein 25 feet deep shows 3 feet of mill
ore and selected stuff that will ship.
1t also has a $50 foot tunnel on the
vein and shows ore in the face. The
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