The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1924-03-26
Mining Activity
In This County
Several Properties Now
Under Bond; New
Districts Snow
Up Values

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years. Mining men have been at
tracted to the several districts that
have been opened during the past
| few months and hunt for afsenfcal
and other base metals continues.
Lead-silver, zinc ores and arsenic are
pie and there is every indication that
this county will be among the fore
most in supplying the needs.
Among the recent transfers Of
property that negotiated by George
Edison Porter is among the most i'm
portant. The old Gold Crown prop
erty situated some 75 miles north
east of this city has been transferred
to the Cascade Mining & Smelling
Company of Los Angeles. Two pay
ments have been made on the prop
erty and they are to erect small
smelter on the ground to handle the
arsenieal ores tAat have been de-
yeloped. This property, worked in
the early days, has been abandoned
for q number of years owing to the
arsenic that prevented mill treat
ment on the ground. Thousands of
tons of arsenical ores were left on
the dump which will now be put to
commercial use.
Ii is the intention of the company
to start development within the next
few weeks. The old drifts and
slopes are to be opened up and the
big base vein will be explored. Sew
eral thousand feet of work was done
in the early days and only the free
ores were shipped or treated. Mr..
Porter leaves for Los Angeles some
time next week to complete arrange
ments for a reduction plant and plan
a mining campaign on the property.
High Assays found
The property belonging to John
Hellum, about 35 miles northeast OF
this city, and under bond to George
Chapman, is attracting more than
ordinary interest. Some assays that
show better than milling values have
been taken from several of the veins
and outerops while the development
work has shown one of the largest
low grade properties in this section
From time to time high grade ore
has been mined and shipped from
this section but little attention has
keen given to the big veins that are
the outstanding feature of the dis
trict. There is every promise of an
active campaign of mining at this |
section of the county.
Goldbasin Activities
The development at Goldbasin |
continues to be the center of attrac- |
ton locally, as many of the claims
are owned here and considerable To-
cal money has been advan ced in what
promises to be the next gold camp
of this state.
Recent assays from the Muleoy-
Riddle property were most satisfac-
tory and the two have returned to
the claim to continue development
The knight property has been fur
nishing some excellent ore and those
who come from the camp agree that
there is every prospect for a real
mine on this holding.
Ace Robinson, who expected To go
to Elko on an oil venture, has found
that work at Goldbasin is more at
tractive and recent developments ofl
the ground seem to carry out his |
belief. Assays showing better than
mill grade ore continue to be taken |
from this ground.
The finding of picture rock on the
Inman-Clinton ground has resulted |
in more thorough search for the
source of this vein. 1t is the general |
production that this vein along with |
others will be picked up before the
summer work has finished.
The Wilson placers continue to |
show the same character of gold |
bearing sands. 1t Is admitted that
Wilson has a fortune in sight in the
gulch and that with the introduction
of modern dry washers that he will
be shipping to the mint.
Other districts are coming in for
attraction to the mining people. The
Bell Mountain group of claims own
ed by VIII Stockton is under bond
to eastern people who are expected
here during the next few weeks. Dur
ing the winter Mr.. Stockton opened |
up some high grade veins which add |
materially to the value of the prop
erty which has extensive develop
ment. This is one of the few prop |
critics in this section that is equipped |
to start and there is a general belief |
among the mining men that this |
property will be among the produc-
ers before the year ends.
Several silver-lead properties are
under operation, the most notable
being that at Chalk Mountain, under
management of Il. w. Dawes. De-
velopment continues at this r~aperty
and shipments of silver-lead ore have
been made for the past year or more
The fact that shipments have gone
forward from development work Is
one of the unusual conditions that
have been noted
Several other silver-lead proper
ties are under development and will
add to the metal exports from this
section this season. Churchill county
seems to be destined to furnish much
In the metals in the near future and
is at present the center of mining
attraction to the men who are fol-
lowing this line of business.