The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-06-02
NOTED ENGINEERS
lEAYEFOR NATIONAL

uufSudy from New I OTk, ana Elmer
| Pfonts, mining engineer of national
distinction, left this morning for Ma
tional by private auto. Mr.. Parish is
consulting engineer for the National
Leasing company and Mr.. Pfonts is
his assistant. This company recently
secured a favorable lease on the prop
erty of the Charleston Gold Hill Min
ing company, which joins on the
southern end of the National Mines
company. one of the phenomenal gold
mines of the world and which has to
its credit a production of many mill
lions.
Seen at the El Dorado this morning
and asked as TO his mission to Hum
bOldt county, Mr.. Parish replied:
Il am consulting engineer for the
National Leasing company, but as |
have never visited National, / am un-
able to state definitely what my plans
are. | can tell you more about that
upon my return from the camp next
week. However, we shall begin opera
tions on an extensive scale as soon as
miners and supplies can be secured"
Work VIII Start at Once
The last issue of George Graham
Rices Industrial & Mining Age con-
tains the following reference to the
property:
Active development on the National
Leasing eompany's ground will begin
Immediately. Chief Engineer George
T.. Parish has left for National, New,
where he will take full charge of
operations His assistant will reach
The property even a few days ahead
Of him, and there will be no delay in
getting operations under way. Mr..
Parish is under instructions from the
directorate of the company to begin
vigorous mine operations with the
greatest possible expedition.
Among mining experts familiar
with the situation at National, the be-
lief is almost universal that a strike
of gold ore as rich. if not richer than
the shoots from which more than
$14 ,000. 900 has been taken out of the
adjoining National mine will be found
before exploration work is concluded.
The vein on the property of the Char
lesion Gold Hill Mining company,
which is the property under lease to
the National Leasing company, is the
same as that of the celebrated adj
Joining property II is from this vein
that the richest gold ore in value per
pound that has ever been produced
from a single mine, according TO re-
ports of the United States Geological
Survey, has been taken. The high
grade ore from the National mine
averaged in value from S45 to $50
pound. depending on the amount of
quartz included. Streaks of solid metal
from 3 to 4 inches up to as wide as II
inches have been encountered, worth
over $100.0 600 a ton. Besides these
shoots OF solid high-grade ore. it is
reported that the National Mine COM
pany has also encountered shoots of
second-class ore in the lower levels
running from 81 900 to $4,000 in value.
Operations in the National mine are
now going on in that portion of the
vein lying in the southern part of the
eompany's property, close TO the line
separating that ground from the
Charleston Hill property at National
Leasing. This renders ii all the more
probable that deposits of similar high
grade ore viii be found in the early
stages OF development in the National
Leasing company's end of the vein.
Considerable development work has
already been done on the ground of
the National Leasing company. One
of the most attractive features of this
enterprise is the short time and small
expense, as compared with NEST min
ing ventures. that will be required to
prospect and develop the property.
"The extension of the White Rock
vein 700 feet by 100 feet which has
already been pierced to depth of 460
feet by the Kennedy Mcdonald shaft
on National Leasing ground. The cam
paign as planned includes drifting on
the vein from the Kennedy-McDonald
shaft and from the level of the White
tunnel. now 1000 feet in length, for
another 125 feet will encounter the
National vein in National Leasing
ground at a depth of 700 feet. This
will be used for prospecting a block
of the Rock tunnel to connect with
the shaft and drifting on the vein on
several levels from this raise"