The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-09-29
Local MINING NEWS

ton Nos. 1. 2 and 8 mines in Mt. Hope
mining district by Ben Repetto,
Julius Minoletti and d. Ferovini.
Recorded Sept. 25.
j. w. Nyce and C. L. Osterlund,
mining men of Hamilton. spent
several days in Eureka this week ar
ranging for Winter supplies and for
hauling ore from Hamilton by team
after the first storms compel the
trucks to quit.
August Bodine, who has been oper-
ating a high grade copper property
in Lee Canyon. about IL miles south
of Palisade. for the past two years.
came up to Eureka Friday and will
look ove several properties in this
district during his visit.
Austin jackson of the Nevada
Press Printing Company of Reno has
been a visitor in Eureka most of the
week. The Jackson family are own
ers of several mining claims in this
district, with interests in others. that
it is thought will pay to operate
under the present prices of silver,
and Austin has been looking over
the ground with a view of starting
work on several of the properties.
H. A. Culloden of Los Angeles,
owner of several mines and the mill
ing plant at Phillipsburg. was an ar
rival the first of the week and has
since been engaged in looking after
his interests here. He was accom-
panied by John H. Smith. a mining
man of Miami, Arizona. who will re-
main here and make a thorough ex-
animation of the Phillipsburg proper
ties.
The Duplex truck commenced
hauling Stag from the furnace dump
in Hamilton canyon on Thursday and
made the round trip of SO miles DUR
ing the daylight hours. 1t made the
same trip Friday and appears to be
running smoothly. The truck has
not attempted to haul its trailer as
yet. but will probably make use of
it later. The truck is now being
driven by r. H. Holmes. who ar
rived the first of the week from Salt
Lake.
D. States, in charge of the Lucid
tuffa mine on Prospect mountain,
was feeling pretty good Tuesday
after he had received the smelter re-
turns from his last shipment of ore.
The 80 Ia tons of dry ore Melted
S2l0O.49 or $685. per ton. after pay
ing freight and smelter charges.
The silver In this shipment was set
tied for at $1.08 1-2 cents per ounce.
He says he is not taking out ore
just now but is doing develop
ment work. and reports having 60
feet of stopping in a drift in ore from
Is inches to 8 1-2 feet in width. The
mine is working five men.
M. S. Gilmer, son of the late j. T.
Gilmer, and one of the owners of the
Goddess & Bertrand mines at Secret
Canyon, was an arrival from Salt
Lake last Monday. He was accom-
panied by Henry Lewis. an expert
enced mill man, and the object of
their visit here was to decide upon
the feasibility of erecting a milling
plant on the property to reduce the
5 1000 to $1,000 tons of tailings on
the dump that are estimated to carry
values of about seven dollars per ton.
Before leaving on their return We'd
nesday morning Mr.. Gilmer stated
that everything now appeared fav-
orable for erecting the milling plant
and he thought the mill would be
erected at once and be ready for OPP
Grafton within the next 80 days. He
further said that the tailings had
been tested years ago. but that until
the recent pronounced raise in silver
it had been figured they could not be
reduced at any great profit.
ORE SHIPMENTS THIS WEEK
Three cars by the Lincoln Mining