The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1917-06-16
TYPO AND HAMILTON
MINING DISTRICTS ACTIVE
(By James F. O'Brien)


Nevada, which will be traversed by
the new railroad which is to be built
nv the Louisiana Consolidated Mining
Company, shows increased activity
as the Summer approaches and the
roads get into condition for hauling
in necessary supplies and taking out
of ore.
The greatest activity is at the camp
of Tybo where the installation of
much heavy machinery for the power
plants is practically completed and
many of the new buildings and sur
face improvements have been made.
The unwatering of the main shaft is
proceeding steadily and President
Trent announces that the company
expects to be mining and shipping
ore from the fourth level by the 18th
of the month.
Col. Thos. L. Wiswall, who was one
of the first to use the cyanide process
in this country, has started work on
some claims in which he is interested
on Morey Mountain not far from the
old Morey mine. 35 miles northeast
of Tybo. This is in addition to the
work he is doing on the Keystone
group in the Rattlesnake section.
At the camp of Hamilton work has
been resumed on several more prop
critics and others will become active
in the.present month. Because of the
heavy rains the roads have been near
ly impossible, which makes the COM
ing of the railroad of increasing In
terest.
R. A. Dean. who has five claims in
the silver belt at Hamilton which he
has been developing for the last ten
Summers. has returned and is hard
at work. In one of his tunnels the
whole face is in ore, but on account
of the snow he is unable TO get at
this yet, but is developing another
promising showing on the property.
Other properties in the silver belt
are owned by Alex Muir, of Hamil-
ton and William Read. of Capitola,
California. They have large ton
mage of low grade silver ore both on
the dumps and in the mine. Mr..
Read has already had parties in look
ing over his property and it is ex-
pected that active operations will
soon begin.
In the silver-lead section of the
Hamilton district the Nevada Lead
Company. which is controlled by the
Bambergers of Salt Lake City, have
made arrangements to put ten men
to work on their Ne Plus Ultra mine.
This company shipped all last Sum-
mer by auto trucks. but when the
snow came there was still 200 tons in
the ore bins which had to be hauled
to Eureka by big freight teams at
cost of SIS per ton.
The Nevada Mine. owned by Carl
F. Muir. will again be good shipper
this Summer. Last year it was oper-
ated by leaser who made profit
Of $4,000, but this year Mr.. Muir will
work it himself and take out from
ten to twenty tons day.
Edward McEllin also leased his
mine last year but will follow Mr..
Muir's example and work it himself
this Summer, shipping at the rate of
about ten tons a day.
A letter which was recently issued
to the stockholders of the Louisiana
Consolidated Company by President
Walter E. Trent contains the follow
ing information which will be of in
terest to the general public:
1T has been determined that our
ores can be sorted to great advantage
and. therefore, commencing about
July 1st, we will mine approximately
l50 tons day from the fourth level.
From this amount we will sort and
ship forty tons a day. which we esti-
mate will have a value of $IO0 per
ton.
I'VE estimate that our earnings
from shipping ore. commencing July
LIST. will be at least $50. 900 per month,