The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-12-04
BIC ASSAYS FROM
COLD CIRCLE MINE

John H. Miller has just returned
from another trip to the Gold Circle
district. He was accompanied on
the trip by w. E. Sharpe, mining
engineer. He says that he is start
ing work on the Colorado Grande
property, now known as the Noble
Mining Co., Inc. Engineer Sharpe
is making an exhaustive report on
the property. He has sampled the
tunnel and other workings OF the
property. The samples taken by
Engineer Sharpe have not yet been
assayed, but Mr.. Miller took mum.
Der on his own account. Some OF
these samples run very high. In
order to fully test the values ne
removed part of the track in the
tunnel and removed portion OF
the dirt below in order to obtain
samples from a new face. A rich
streak was revealed by this work.
Samples from the streak showed
values of $6172.50 and another
$5521. Other samples taken, and
not including the streak, showed
$3.50 across four feet and another
taken five feet away showed 5000
From an 18-inch streak across the
bottom of the Wine from the tun-
mel he obtained values of $140.50.
This winze is down 80 feet and a
raise has gone up 80 feet. The
raise will be continued to the sur
face. Assays taken some time ago
showed values of from $3.50 to
$4,000 along the raise, while as
says from the walls Of the Wine
show as high as $4,000 per ton in
gold.
Mr.. Miller also visited other prop
critics in the camp. He was down in
the Red Hill workings and states
that the faces of the drifts are
now showing, as he puts it, Zone
hundred per cent better than at
the point where cut by the crosscut
from the shaft. If the values at
that point were S12, then they
must be fully $25 in the present
faces" He also visited the Reco
claim on which the Red Hill is do
ing some surface work. The shaft
was down then about Is feet and
ihowed some wonderful values, SO
he says. He took samples across
IL inches and obtained assays of
$500. He also brought in very
attractive sample from the shaft
work on the Reco, which he left
at the office of A. H. Howe, Inc.
in this city.
He was also at the dump of the
Eastern Star and secured several
samples from various points. One
sample taken from a considerable
amount of dump ore averaged $27
Samples taken in smaller quantities
from other places on the dunn
carried from $500 to nearly $280t
per ton.
With the Red Hill and the Nobl,
Mining company working, the camp
is reported as having taken on ,
new lease of life. James Monahar
is also. reported as about to in
corporate his properties, known a
the "Three Jims," which claim
on the south of the Eastern
Star. Mr.. Monahan and associate
also control the "Pay Shoot" an,
the bud" claims near the Elk,
Prince. He is credited with having
these properties also in line TO
and will start worl
on these claims at an early date
In addition there are a number o.
claims on which some development
work is being done by prospector
and others who have stuck to tn,
camp through the years of depres
sion.
The Gold Circle district was jus
getting into the limelight and hat
reached an interesting point of de
when the Elko Prince
mill burned. At that time tn,
Mobiles were about to ship some or,
10 the mill from the property re
Gently taken over by John H. Miller
and now Incorporated under the
name of the Noble Mining Co.
Reno Journal.