Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-01-01
Published Every STU DE-

Nothing Of greater importance mining in western and
central Nevada and California has occurred OF au
years than the issued by * Gartne interstate COM
commission examiner directing the Western Pacific
and Southern Pacific institute OF 3o3 ton on
SOO and from eastern California points to
the abuska the order is sustained by the
commission, and there is every to believe 1t VIII
be- the Mason Valley lines Company will install reverbera
tory tic plant in addition to its blast furnaces
and will be in a position all kinds OF ore.
1t assumed that the smelter matter OF business
will establish charges that fair to the producer
and which will permit the production Of owgrade II
this done and railroads play fair there will be wonder
iul awakening Of the mining industry the western central
and southern parts of the where there is much ore in
developed mines thai cannot pay the long haul to Utah
suclters.
The copper mines the Mason Valley district in Lyon
County and OF the Lunng and Nina districts in Mineral
County will profit largely and the newly developed Peavine
district Reno, The from Peavne ought
81 per with much crude
already developed could be pro6tably shipped providing
the charge for smelling is exorbant. Peavine
high in iron suphdes making the product valuable
huxng With such outlet for ow-gradc ores, devel
opment in the district would be stimulated
The Mason Valley district has hotaon MILL idle for
several months and another projected The Copper Belt
railroad connects the mines and the smelter The Wabus-
ka smeer built the of these mines and for
several they the sole OF supply The de-
veopmen of large deposits of suphde of low grade
made reduction works for profitable operations
ates hence the decision OF the smeter company install
reverberatory furnaces
In New York canyon, short distance from Luning on
the southern branch OF the Southern Pacific large
posts OF low-grade oxidzed copper No process of
reduction for this ore has as vet been per-
fected and operators have been forced to confine their
work to sorting and shipping better grades and this
has been possible only when copper commanded an alb
normal price
Inc operation OF custom smelter in this locality,
therefore, is of the Importance The direct and
indirect results will be the employment Of large forces of
men, the reopening of idle mines, development of pros
poets and the general quickenng of business every
kind--Nevada Mining Press
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Many rumos being spread the effect that when the
new Republican administration is installed at Washington
of the first things will be done will be the renea
OF the Pittman silver purchase act
The fears expressed by ceduou people are silly in the
extreme There will be repeal the Pttman act for
one very important reason viz:
The Pitnan solemn and sacred contract and OH
9ation between the government the United States and
It's citizens that the silver and bars which backed the
SILVER certificates and which taken of the treasury
TO Keep down instruction and rebellion India during the
war will some day be replaced The act does not snec
any particular time in which transferred silver shall he
placed back in the treasury but it does speey the ,ra
Whch the government has obligated itself to pay for the sill
yer UNI" the run amount which sold Great Britain for
INDIA account shall have been replaced the treasury
The silver certificates each had dollars worth Of col,
Naue behind them It is known what the reserves he
nd the Federal Reserves certificates which were issued IN
eu OF the silver certificates is today but it will probably
be around 40 per cent
The government has SO far kept Its faith with the Aner;
can people and its minis have taken all the domestic nroduc
tons OF SILVER that have been offered 81 90 Der ounce les
'e nhthg And there can be question thar q f,,ure
administration VIII dare to undertake the reDudiaton ri a
DS covenant between itself and its people such as the
iunh act any more than would repudate an ob;oa,;on
o' uept to foreign country its citizens
ile ocean contains about S020O0O0O cubic miles of
N"leE aeeordlng 10 the lnted States Geolonral S,-