The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-04-05
KNOXVILLE MAY
Be A BOOM CAMP
Greatly Increased Mining Activities
Started, With Prospects Good
For Big Developments;
Other Old Town News

UNlONVlLLE, April 3.-Un1on-
vile is looking forward to busy
season this summer. 1t is con-
fidentially expected that at least
three enterprises will be under way
very soon. Two Of these are al
ready in operation and the third
is promised early in the spring.
May success attend them all.
The Arizona Mining Company has
installed additional equipment in
the hope of saving higher per-
centage of the values in their ore.
No single process has been found
that will handle these ores satis-
factorily, so the management is
trying to find some means of COM
bining processes that will do the
work. Such persistence is worthy
of success. Nicholas Smell of Ne
vada City, California, who is in
charge of the Ross Tailings Com
pany here, has had men at work
since early in March getting their
plant in readiness for the season s
run. New material has been hauled
in and it is planned to double the
capacity of the plant so as to finish
up their work here this summer.
Last years work was very salts
factory, l am informed, hence the
additional facilities. This company
employs eight or ten men.
Word comes from Salt Lake that
the Unionville Mining Company
will soon have a cyaniding plant
under process Of installation. This
company's property has lain idle for
many months owing to unsatisfac-
tory milling facilities, we are told.
Experiments have shown that cyanid
will handle the ore successfully.
We hope such will prove to be the
case.
April showers began to fall
promptly on the first of the month,
and very welcome showers they
were. Grass on the range was
much In need OF moisture. This
rain coming so opportunely insures
a good growth.
Our farmers are feeling the call
of spring and are getting in readi-
ness for the busy season. But
little irrigation has been done thus
far, owing to the cool weather
prevailing. Snow on the mountains
has melted verey gradually-an ideal
condition.
Squirrels are numerous and bid
fair to save the farmers some
harvest work-not an eminently de-
sirable situation.
Mrs. Carrie Ross, widow of the
late John Ross, with her grandson,
Ross Borden, has arrived from
Sparks and resumed her residence
here after an absence of year or
two. Mrs. Ross spent many happy
girlhood days in Unionville, so it is
always "home" to her.
George dollhouse and family
were visitors from Fallon on the first
of the week. Mr.. dollhouse has a
son working at the Arizona and
remarked that his son represented
the fourth generation of their
family that had worked in or
around this mine.
j. I. Bolam, who recently left
the employ of the Arizona Company
Is another old-time resident who
found his way back after MANY
years. Mr.. Bolam resided in Union
VILE when small child and this
was his first visit to his old home in
forty years or more. Many of the
old places looked familiar to him
and recalled happy by-gone days.
Mr.. Bolam is nephew of Mrs.
Jane Thornton, who has lived in
Unionville over fifty years. Come
again Joe, but don't wait so long
between visits.
II. f. Davidson and family have
moved in from Sparks and Mr..
davidson has entered the employ
OF the Ross Tailings Company. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Davidson are strictly
at home in Unionville for both
spent their childhood here. Some
Day they all wander back, "back TO