The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-11-03
MINING MEN VISIT
IN LOR|Ne DISTRICT
Especial Correspondence


vein which w. II. Shewan has been
driving for in the tunnel on the Ten
nessee claim was broken into during
last week at a point 200 feet from the
portal. 1t has not been gone through
yet. so its full size has not been de-
termined, but Mr.. Shewan is elated
at the showing so far. and believes
1t will prove one of the most import
ant strikes that have been made in
the Loring district for some time.
Though it is known as the silver vein
being a cross fracture in which the
white metal predominates-it carries
gold also. and paintings indicate that
the gold values have increased great
ly with depth, and it is believed that
the silver values have, also, though
there will be no assaying done until
a cold FLOODED sampling of the whole
vein can be made.
On the surface this vein is eight
feet wide and assays as high as sixty
ounces silver. After the vein is gone
through it is Mr.. Shewan's intention
to continue the tunnel for about forty
feet to the junction with the large
gold vein, and then begin drifting.
The most beautiful specimens of
free gold ore which have yet been
found on the Mangors were brought
to town last Friday by Thomas Owens
and show that the vein is getting
richer with depth. Mr.. Owens says
he is in no great hurry and will try
to determine the length of the ore
shoot before he puts on more men to
open it up to depth.
The Jose & Davis Company has a
showing on the Bankers Dream
claim that would attract more atten-
ton were it not for the fact that it
is overshadowed by the much richer
ore on the Sheepherder. The vein
on the Bankers Dream is four feet
wide and there is now on the dump
about forty tons of ore which, as in
Dictated by paintings, will run from
$40 to $40 per ton. AT the bottom of
a fifty-foot shaft the vein maintains
the same width and values as on the
surface.
Among the distinguished visitors
to Loring last week were: R. B. Har-
din of Boston, a member of the firm
Of Hayden. Stone & Co., than which
few banking and brokerage houses
stand higher; R. R. Sherwood, who is
associated with the New York Stock
Exchange house of o. j. Brand & Co.;
and J.. C. Weir. of Weir Bros. & Co.,
leading stock brokers of New York.
The gentlemen were piloted over the
Honey Bee, Treasure Hill and May
days by William j. Loring and gave
evidence that they were favorably i'm
pressed with the surface showing and
have confidence in the management
of Mr.. Loring. Mr.. Hardin said he
has known Mr.. Loring for a long
time and believes there is a good
chance that he will repeat at the
camp which bears his name the sue
cesses that he has made elsewhere.
Mr.. Weir. whose firm financed the
Honey Bee, was even more ~sanguine.
He said: "The developments are
most interesting from the standpoint
of surface showings of gold and sill
yer. and with such veil directed de-
velopment plans as are being carried
out by Mr.. Loring there would seem
a better chance than ever to make a
mine. The leasers have certainly
done their part in u%ncovering min
eral at widely scattered points and
it is now up to capital to take hold
where the leasers left off,"
Colby Dodge, a mining engineer
from Los Angeles who represents
substantial Eastern interests, has
been looking over Pershing county
mines for some days and is expected
to take vel one or two properties
shortly.