Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-12-23
Nevada DOUGLAS CONSOLIDATED NOW
EMPLOYS 300 MINERS and
MILL HANDS
nine HUNDRED ACRES MINING GROUND HELD
BY COMPANY FROM WHICH ORE EXTRACTED
WILL BE TREATED AT THOMPSON SHELTER
and BIG IEACHING PLANT AT LUDWIG

| the SulphurOuS smoke is effected will
copper extraction of almost 80 pei
cent (Which will be improved upon. J
| The low cost of the reagent and the
simplicity of the equioment requiret
enables the company to prohtably
treat low grade ores on compai a
lively small scale.
The cost when operating on Nevads
Douglas low frade ores is not ex
pected to exceed 6 cents per pounC
Of copper.
The Nevada Douglas Consolidated
Cooper Company's holdings are in the
Yerington district, Lyon County
Nevada. and embrace three group
OF mining claims: the Ludwig group
Western Nevada group, and the
Moore group. Th first group con
sists of thirtythree patented and sew
ersl unpatented claims, situated a
Ludwig. In the Western Nevad
| group. located three miles from Ma
son, are eight patented claims, and il
the Moore group there are fou'
claims. for which patents will shortk
be applied for. The Moore groul
lies eight miles east of Mason in
highly mineralized area, and from str
face indications proper development
should open considerable ore of me
dium grade, but at the present tim,
the deepest workings have reached
depth of only 200 feet. In addition
to the above mineralized land, total
ing 932 acres, the company has &C
| quired LIS acres of -mineralizeG
l-nd for milling purposes.
The property is under the dierc
control and management OF A. j.
Orem q Company, of Salt Lake Cit
an dBoston. and as it exists today j
the result of the consolidation of tnt
holdings of the Luowig Mining Com
pany and the Douglas Copper Com.
pany, the Western Nevada Copper
Company. and the Moore Mininl
Company, to which have been addet
by location and patent sixteen add
tional claims. The Ludwig ant
Douglas mines. forming the Ludwie
group, are by no means new proper
ties their discovery dating back t,
1904, from whic ht'me until they
came under the preesnt management
thy were worked only at.intervsls.
When the present company cam
into control in 1906 work on an ek
tensive scale was outlined. OWN,
to the extremely high cost of fue
the steam plant was discarded and
lo-mile high tension line was built
bringing electric power from III
Truckee river. An up-to-date elec
tric hoist and air compressor were in
stalled and the work of developin.
and blocking out the ore was com
nanCah 20 II
quantities of the ore taken out in de
velopment were shipped, but thi.
showed only more plainly the need 3
smelter and railroad for the econom
ical handling fthe ore, and it was
not until 1912, at the completion D.
these that any great amount of ore
Was mined. Owing to a shortage In
funds, the railroad and smelter might
not have been realized, but other
mines in the district felt the need for
them, and by arrangement with the
Mason Valley Mines Company, an
other large property, it was agreed
that the Mason Valley compan,
would build a smelter, under contrac'
to treat Nevada Douglas ores and
that the Nevada Douglas Consoli-
dated Copper Company would con
struct railroad that would serve
both mines.
The smelter is located at Thomp-
son, and prior to its closing in Au-
gust. 1914, it treated successfully all.
of the ores of the district. as well as
otheg ores from many parts of the
State. The railroad is AZ miles in
length, and does large business with
the farmers, and also for the camps
of Bodie. Aurora al d Masonic. Il
gives direct railway connection be
tween the Ludwig property and the
Mason Valley smelter at Thompson
also connecting with the Tonopah &
Goldheld branch of the Southern
Pacific at Wabuska. The Nevada
Douglas Consolidated Copper Com
pany holds nine-tenths interest in the
railroad
During the years 1912 and 1913
there were shipped from this section
som 100000 tons of ore averaging
between 5 IL and l-2 per cent cop
per, There is at present blocked out
btween tn two levels above mntiond
som 100000 tons of ore. although the
developed area is only 400 by 700 feet
in extent
During the latter part of 1913 and
the first part of 1914 some 10000 ton
of high grade ore from this section
of the property were shipped to the
smelter at Thompson. NThe yet unde
veloped portion of this section is very
great, and promises very large ton.