Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1920-05-01
Rand District Active

+ With a 20-ton amalgamating mill
operating on high grade ore At the
Cold Pen mine and other properties
| getting under way, the Cold Pen dis
triet, formerly know as Rand, III
/ the Cabs valley range, Mineral
/ county, enters new era of produc-
ton. Three properties are now OPP
Grating and two more mills are also
planned.
The first diseoery in the district
was made by a. ] Bovard in 1907
and there followed stampede that
| almost depopulated Rawhide. The
! effects OF the 1907 panic retarded
! development and the thriving camp
! of Bovard passed away. In later
! years the Gold Pen mine was de.
veloped and shipped much high
grade gold ore. The last stage OF de
vciopment started about two years
ago by discoveries in the Nevada
| Rand mine, two miles northwest o.
the Gold Pen, which shipped eighl
| cars of orc in 1919 that averaged
! S57.o2 per ton In June of the same
year w. NJ. Mainland, of Los An
geles purchased the Cold Pen mine
and work has been under way-for
! the past eight moths under the di-
rection of J. Carl Bray, consulting
engineer. The Gold Pen Mines Co.
added materially to the ore reserves
and opened high grade i'll several
placs, some OF which was shipped
as safety first precaution.
The 20ton mill which has latel,
been put in operation was construct
| ed for the sole purpose of milling
the rich ore exposed i'll the mine
The first eight-hour run produced
! $500 worth of bullion but the tria'
! run is not measure of what may BIZ
expected from the operation of the
MILL as the ore treated was of lower
/ grade than the average mill head
will be. The company has struc'
! hot water in we'll three and one
/ half miles below the mine Pump
will be installed to convey the water
! 70 the camp and larger mill vii
be installed later.
In December, 1919, Mr.. Bray, il
story written for the Nevada Min
ing Press stated that the company
had developed $4,000 tons of bette
than $40 ore and two shoots of high
grade estimated to contain 100000
in ore will average better than $50t
per ton.
Bovard Returns to Old Camp
A. j. Bovard through all these
years retained the claims he located
and which recently have been incor
porated as the Gold Pen-Rand Mine.
Co. The property joins the Cole
! Pen on the southeast and is said t.
be on the same vein. 1t is develop
cd through shaft 400 feet deep witt
levels at 100, ZOO 800 and 400 feet
Mr.. Bovard was in Reno last week to
! purchase an air compressor, hoist
and machine drills for further devel
opment
Nevada men have financed the firsi
work ON the Gold Pen-Rand. Jane
l.. Boyd. attorney of Reno, is presi
| dent; D. H. Updikc, mining engi
ncer and assayer, vice president ant
George Lewis, secretary and treasur
er. The officers OF the company
are A. ] Bovard, general manager,
w. H. Thomas and j. Carl Bray
form the board OF directors.
Nevada Rand Plans Mill
The Nevada Rand mine is two
miles northwest OF the Gold Per
mine and is credited by engieeers
with 10000 tons OF devcopcd ore
which samples from SIS to $40 per
ton. Shipments have been discontinu
ed and the company have bought
mill which Manager w. V. Rud
derow plans to erect at a convenient
| site. Nevada Rand ores carry
4 higher percentage of silver than tn
Gold Pen and notable quantity O
manganese which is not present il
Gold Pen ore.
Adjoining the Nevada Rond min
on the south is the Lone Star which
has the deepest shaft in the district
This shaft is down 500 feet and ha
inferred the primary sulphide zone
The sulphide ore is rich in silver
which occurs as stcphanite and ar