The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-02-26
STATE HAPPENINGS
BRIEFLY REVIEWED

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New mill in Bluestone district will
be ready to operate March l.
State Line mine in Copperfield dis
trict yielding $3.50 G ton ore.
Rye Patch.-Agnes mine shows
three feet of 60-ounce ore.
Virginia City.-Union Con. mine
showing free gold and picture ore.
Pioneer-Mayflowe mines shipping
to Kennett smelter.
Tonopah mines increase output to
II, 900 tons a week.
Dixie Valley.-Potash salts have
been discovered in dry marsh here.
Goldfeld.-Red Hill-Florence mine
discovery to be strike of great value.
Tonopah.-Bullion shipments in
creasing. Ore tonnage expanded
1000 a week.
Dillon.-Copper Canyon and Basin
continue activity; 20 tons day ship
ped.
Battle Mountain Southern Pacific
company finished new section house
here.
prings.-Peeuliar ore found on
Piute. first of its kind ever discovered
Prospecting work going on on Red
Streak copper mines; good showings.
Goldfeld.-The discovery in Red
Hill-Florence mine, yielding assays OF
several thousand dollars per ton in
gold brings interest of early days.
Red Hill showing five feet high-grade
shipping ore including fifteen to
eighteen inches. assayed $4,000 pei
ton.
Mason Valley district new plant be-
ing erected. Bluestone mine shipping
100 tons per day. When operated ful
capacity will be largest single pro
ducer in district.
Lovelock.-Bullion shipped in Jan
uary from Rochester mine $4,000.
With completion of Saroni cana
100 new homes will be added to dis
trict and $1,000 acres of arid land
will be placed under this project.
Roekland.-The Rockland Mining
company has incorporated, capital
stock $975.000.
Tonopah Divide now cutting station
at 270-foot level.
Hawthorne.-El lights install
ed throughout oldest town in county.
Bullfrog mine shows much activity
and gives promise of being heavy pro-
ducer
anhattan.-Working shaft of Con-
solidated, three shifts miners en-
.pl)yed.
Lovelock Valley.-Sale 5000 acres
land; extensive storage reservoirs
planned.
ore discovered may reward owners
for years of waiting and investment
of half million dollars.
ko.-Distributing plant being built
to cost $4,000.
Tonopah. at Searles Lake
interests experts.
Comstock-Five bars bullion ship
ped to smelter worth $4,000.
Hawthorne-Electric lights and
power supplied by Nevada-C California
company.
Elko.-The Sheridan Mining COM
pany incorporated. capital stock $780,
600 Elko Shale Oil company incor-
porated, capital stock S250,O00.
Mill City.-Three cars tungsten
shipped past week; new machinery in
stalled.
Willow Creek-Strike of gold run
ming several thousand dollars per
ton.
Las Vegas.-Manganese business as
suming greater importance daily; 2S
cars shipped TO date; to increase out
put 200 tons per day.
Atlanta working on 1900-foot level;
station being built; deepest point at
tanned in mining in state.
Electricity to be installed
Immediately; estimated contract is
worth $1,000.000 year to power com.
pany securing right to deliver.
Reese River.-New Pass mill run
ming steadily; forty men employed at
present.
Humboldt county awarded contract
for river bridge to Lovelock company.
Amargosa Valley,-Nye county has
only date farm in Nevada.
ashington.-Permit issued to es-
tablish asbestos mining industry.
Las Vegas.-Net profits Yellow Mine
Co. 100000 for 1917. Many improve
ments. new ere bins, water system
and grinding machines being installed.
Comstock mines showing good re
suits in deep work.
Las Vegas.-opening up June Bug
fifteen miles from here.
Goodsprings.-Fr A. Hale Jr. o
the Prairie Flour Development com
pany makes a report showing abou
SIS, 900 spent on the mine in 1917.
Monarch mine forty-eigh
miles southeast produced $250.000 ir
1917.
Tonopah Times wants a law to dis
courage the loafing industry.
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