The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1924-11-12


tions of Churchill county is In better
condition than in a number OF years
Mining interests generally over the
state are on the upgrade and the
results of the past in tt g section are
being used as the criterion of the
future. There is today more proper
ties being worked in quiet and busi-
ness like manner than in several
years, or since war times.
Chalk Mountain is at present the
scene of the greatest activity. e. NJ
Dawes. general manager OF the Chalk
Mountain Silver-Lead Mines Com
pany, Is preparing for an intensive
campaign. During the past week
work of building a road from the
present site of operation to point
where the new shaft house is to be
erected has progressed fayorably.
Material for this new development
will be on the ground within short
time and the work of sinking a
double compartment shaft will be
under way.
OF high grade silver-lead ore is being
extracted from the original shaft.
This ore Is more than paying its way
and in addition to the shipping ore a
considerable amount of mill grade ,s
being placed on the dumps. This, 1t
Is calculated, will be treated sep
arately at later date through a
concentrating milling plant. This
company Is In position financially to
carry out the work that has been
mapped out and under the advise of
one OF the best engineers of the state.
This mining company during the past
two years has carried on steady
development program that has given
every indication OF making one of the
big going concerns of this county.
The Salt Lake people, who recent
ly took over several claims in the
neighborhood of the Dawee property.
are showing up some excellent re-
suits. Shipping ore has been found
In several of the shallow workings
and II Is the belief that with the same
treatment that has been given the
Dawes property that additional ship
ping will come from the district
Quartz Mountain continues TO pro-
duce high grade silver-lead ore. -Tnis
district is now attracting attention
from outside capital and undoubtedly
some transfers of property will be
concluded this fall.
At Broken Hills there is every in
dication of opening up new and sub
stantial ore bodies. as the leasing
program adopted by the company un-
doubtedly will result in finds that
were overlooked by the operating
company. Walter Browder. who re-
Gently took a years lease on a por-
tion of the ground. has some shipping
ore In sight and those who have
visited the ground declare that he
and his partner stand chance to
make very handsome cleanup.
Goldbasin
While Goldbasin has had some
hard shedding owing to the failure of
different parties TO make good on
options and the tieing up OF claims
for periods that held up development,
IL is slowly coming to the front.
Work on the Miller-Hunt ground
goes on steadily and all reports from
this property are most encouraging.
This property with the development
that II has received at the hands Of
poor men shows one of the best de-
fined ledges opened in the district
and there Is an abundance of milling
ore now in sight. High values have
been encountered in spote, but as
whole II has been shown that this Is
a milling gold property of more than
average value Several operators
have made offers to take over the
ground. but owing to the experiences
that the claim owners have had In
the past they are bit gun shy and
IL will take some real money to do
business, as the ground is too well
developed to go on prospect basis,
The Gold Basin Mining, Milling &
Development Company, manager b.
A. l.. Robinson, seems to have re CHI
ed It's objective in the long tunnel
that has been run this past few
months.
At the 260-foot length of the tun
mel the ledge was cut late last week
and some excellent assays have been
run In thie city and elsewhere. The
first sample brought to Fallon gave
assay returns of $121.05 per ton.
practically all gold. Panning across
the ledge shows that the entire face
is In a good grade milling ore. and
should this value continle on the
drifts that have been started both