Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1919-10-25


large shipments Of silver ore were
made by mule team to the nearest
railroad at Wadsworth, a distance
of 200 miles. From the Black Hawk
claim one mule team load netted the
owners $4,000.
Today, on account of the high
price of silver, the owners of several
arge groups of claims in the Marietta
l.district are vigorously digging to pro-
duce more silver.
The MERGED group of claims, recent
ty taken over by San Francisco cap
itaists, is being stocked with supplies
SO as to do extensive work this
winter. Manager E. B. Sheppard
has crew of men erecting an office,
boarding house, and bunk house on
the property. As soon as these build
ings are completed the work on the
silver deposits will commence.
Captain Whiting and associates of
the Black Mountain Silver Mining
company have taken over Abe Wolfe's
holdings and are sinking shaft on
three-foot ledge that runs from 500
to $500 in silver per ton. Mr.. Whit
ing recently returned from Reno with
three-ton truck to be used in haul
ing ore to the railroad and bring sup
pies to the mine
Adjoining the MERGED claims are
five full claims owned and operated
by the Silver Center Mining company.
Ten years ago R. c. Miller and associ-
ates shipped ore from this property
that brought returns of 800 ounces in
silver. The vein is about five feet in
width and traceable for 200 feet The
walls of this ledge are we'll defined.
which makes it one of the most prom
ising properties inthe Marietta dis
trict.
Superintendent II. K. Skinner from
the Silver Gulch Mining Company re-
ports everything progressing at his
mine. A carload of highgrade galena
ore is ready for shipment to the
shelter The company intends to sink
shaft to the depth of 500 feet.
A group of five claims known as
the Rockies" adjacent to the Endow-
ment Mines company and owned by,
the Miller brothers, in doing the To-
cation work discovered two feet of
of highgrade ore that runs away up in
the hundreds. They intend to sink
on the ledge at an early date.
The Venture group is also owned
by the Miller brothers. This group
consists of three claims lying east OF
the Silver Group. Judging from the
large size of the galena ore pile the
company is not losing much time in
getting out the highgrade. This prop
erty has produced in the neighbour
hood of $4,000.
Some twelve years ago Mr.. A. A.
Bass discovered the hex mine, To-
Gated about six miles southwest of
Marietta. The production from this
mine is estimated at $4,000. Another
shipment on the dump is valued at
$500 ton in silver. The ore comes
from the 4OO-foot tunnel.
| John Ruddy, the we'll known ranch
man from Marietta is negotiating with
a Tonopah concern for five-stamp
quartz mill which he intends to erect
on his Golden Arie mine. Half mile
north of Marietta there is an album
dance of $40 free milling ore on the
dump.
James Plant, who had lease and
bond on the Lucky Boy mine at Haw-
thorne, twelve years ago, is now op-
Grating the Foster mine, northeast
from Marietta Mr. Charles Dodge
is associated with Mr.. Plant in this
venture. They report that everything
IS moving ahead in workmanlike
manner at the mine, on which they
discovered ledge 80 feet wide with
fair grade ore, with several strcaks
of highgrade galena running through
the ledge.
| Last week organizers of the Silver
Tone Mining company arrived in
camp with crew of men and sur
veyors to start work on their prop
erty and have their claims surveyed.
Mr.. H. M. Hamlin, general man.
ager of the Nevada Black Hawk Sill
yer Mining company reports late de-
velopment work on the property
which has shown up pay ore in sew
eral places on the surface. Prepare
tons are being made for extensive
work to get under the rich ore shoots