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EOF COURSE THEY ARE “COMING BACK”
XJITE a number of mining journals are commenting, with appearance of
more or less surprise, and always with congratulations, that the old
Bullfrog and Hawthorne mining districts appear to be
■ing back” to the list of “live ones.” Of course they are coming back.
Even in the first boom days of Nevada, when the public was prone to throw its
money into stocks without prior investigation—and too often into worthless
stocks—few were started unless there was some basis for the foundation
of a cany>. At that the entire mining world was unfamiliar with Nevada
formations and conditions. Mining engineers of great experience in other sec
tions of the country were at sea when they entered many of the Nevada dis
tricts; many companies put hundreds of thousands of dollars into development
work, in honest effort to find ore, but the efforts were unsuccessful. With ex
perience came knowledge, and now the state is beginning to profit by that know?
ledge. On many properties men who were either “knowing” or who were
blessed by happy “luck” have found ore by shallow shafts where the previous
extensive operations had failed to find anything.of pay value.
During the days of the Sandstorm, the Mohawk and several leases on the
various Goldfield estates, it was thought that the greatest riches of the Gold
field district had been opened up. The Hampton stope discounts anything ever
discovered in those days.
Manhattan ■»»»"««< like a bubble which burst in a day and yet recent devel
opments there have shown that Manhattan has placers which are to draw the
attention of the world, and the new life which has come from opening the pla
cers has resulted in some rich discoveries among the lode mines—in territory
which has heretofore been regarded as not promising.
The chance thrust of a pick into the old stage road out of Hawthorne—a
bit of country over which thousands of miners and mining experts have trav
eled, revealed unbelievable riches, and t ie camp of Hawthorne has not started
yet.
The Bullfrog district was practically dead, save for the Montgomery-Sho
shone. Yet the chance discovery of high-grade ore at Pioneer, in the very out
side edge of the district, gave new heart to the district, and not only is Pioneer
a booming camp which promises to be one of the best in the state, but workers
around Bhyolite, disregarding the signs by which the early day “experts’*
worked, are uncovering veins of rich ora in dozens of places—ore which it pays
to mine under leasing conditions.
It is a trite fact that history repeats itself, and in the light of past events
it can but be assured that discoveries are yet to be made in all of the old
which will equal anything made in the past. Not only this, but that
re any new camps, as great and as rich as any of the old ones, are yet to be
founded. Startling as the information may seem, there are thousands of
acres of land within ten miles of Goldfield which have never as yet been more
than anally glanced over. The same applies to every camp in the state. This
fact appertaining to the central camps, what the thousands of square miles of
desert outside of the camps which have not been prospected oiler to the
future is beyond the *""»«" conception. Some day, Goldfield will have a rival
to the Fa,"rton stope; Tonopah will hare a rival to the Tonopah Mining; Bull
frog will have a parallel for the Montgomery-Shoshone; Pioneer will have an
^,,.1 0f the Bullfrog Pioneer, and so on. There need be no surprise at any of
the old camps “coming back.” They have not started yet.
NEVADA AND THE RAILROAD HAP
TUPg j... b«cn quite a little speculation regarding railroad building in
various directions from the camp of Ely, Nevada, and the more the mat
ter is -rr-AimA< the mere material is there presented for speculation, says
the Denver v«««"g Record. Xt begins to look very much aa though Ely as a
railroad point is tnir't to bo quite a factor, both in connection with the trans
eostbMBtal system, and also in the smelting situation; in the development# so
far tbs report! to hand, there is detected operations of the rival
interests, which are so much In evidence these days in things mining
and smelting.
qy^Ut M tar the report has not been confirmed, that in addition to the rail
road sires dr planned between Ely and Goldfield, another railroad is invading
the f~,A thef seems quite a likelihood that such a development may result.
In short tbs Renta Fa system, through the Tonopah * Tidewater Has, la behind
the reed planned; the *«nd«»g of this road means that the Renta Fe system will
^ 1_a aoam flalt Inks City; and with connections will be in possession of a
short route between the Mormon capital and polnta In Southern Nevada and
Southern California. Will such a rival a yitem aa the Southern Pacific permit
such aa advantage ?
It most be remembered alao that there ta talked of a line from Ely to
Tooele, where Is located the new smeltar sad International Smelting company,
and sock a connection as this for the Santa Fe system would give it an advan
tage, alao over its rival, between Ely and all of the smelters of the Salt Lake
valley. Here enters, therefore, still another factor for presuming that the
rival in question will build a line between Goldfield and Ely.
Any line between Goldfield aad Ely would tup a prospective mining field
where tonnage is likely to bo developed, bnt as a rule railroads do not pioneer
a section in this way unless there are advantages of s shorter mileage on long
hauls. We most, therefore, consider this redaction of mileage as well as the
question of mining and smelting at the different points. At the same time smelt
ing is likely to be a big factor, for the mixing of ores, sometimes coming from
far distant points. Is necessary in reducing the cost of producing bullion. The
mixing of the ores of Ely with those of Tlntlc, Utah, or those of Goldfield and
tributary camps in Nevada, would be very advantageous from the standpoint
of the cost of production.
The most interesting phase of the r>robable railroad development is aa it re
lates to trans-continental lines, particularly those between Salt Lake and Los
Angeles. At the present time the Clark road has the advantage, but with the
Santa Fe system invading Salt Lake City, it la a question if the Southern
Pacific would not take a hand in the competition with its rival. The various
routes through Ely cut off hundreds of miles between tbe points in question,
even though there is not considered the passenger business from the camps
along the routes, some of which are quite populous. The Clark system, and also
the Santa Fe, are already In Goldfield; It is but a short distance into Ely; and
the lino between Ely and Tooele—which is practically a line into Salt Lake
City—is by no means beyond the probabilities.
There is a bid on the part of the railroads for the ore tonnage between
Nevada and Utah, and further eastern points: and this competition has evolved
interesting speculations as to the shortening of the trans-continental haul,
which bids fair to make Nevada quite a factor on the railroad map of the Paci
fic slope. Ely bids fair to become another Butte in point of being an important
railroad center.
NEVADA’S “BOOM” IS WELL STARTED
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1*rMT.Ttfgr. mining projects for Nevada are coming so fast that it is hard
to keep track of them. Following upon the Brown Wingfield combina
tion which is to figure largely in the development of the mines of Pioneer,
comes the purchase of the Aurora Bullfrog group of 18 claims, just to the
east of SpTingdale, by eastern capitalists, and the announcement
that it is proposed to build a huge mill for the reduction of the immense quan
tities of low-grade ore which are already in sight on this property. A French
engineer has recommended the construction of a 200-stamp mill in the Tybo
range, in the vicinity of the Bellehelen and Silver Bow districts, and one of
the properties at Bellehelen has already arranged for the construction of a
small mill. At Tonopah the Tonopah Extension is building the first unit of a
100-stamp mill and word comes from that camp that the West End and Mac
Namara properties will build mills.
Down in Death Valley a London syndicate represented by Philip Bon
bright of New York—the same syndicate which owns the famous Indepen
dence mine in Colorado—is negotiating the purchase of the Big Bell property,
with the idea of constructing an immense mill and reduction works which will
not only the ores from the Big Bell, but will treat custom ores from
the surrounding district. That the Death Valley country is a rich mineral
zone is well known, but lack of milling facilities, transportation and water,
have been the drawbacks which have kept this section to the background.
All over the state, from the Rosebud country above Winnemucca, to the
Arizona line, new properties are being opened up; old properties which have
remained in idleness for years are being prepared for renewed activities. Even
the old Comstock lode bids fair to revive to some extent the early days of
Virginia City.
Men representing tremendous financial interests are coming to Nevada
almost daily, quietly looking over ttae various camps and taking trips with engi
neers to various properties, and as quietly returning to their homes, after
having commissioned their engineers to take up various matters of import for
them. These men are not here for mere curiosity. They are taking the lead,
and before the end of the year, when the deals upon which they are working
are made public, the small investor will follow their lead and buy stocks indi
vidually, or will combine purchase properties and prospects collectively.
The man of millions is the bell-wether in the mining game, and where he leads
the public is going to follow.
And in this connection The News reiterates the statement that some of
these days, in the not far distant future, the small investor is going to wake
up, when stocks have begun to soar, and ask himself why he did not buy
when stocks had dropped to their lowest notch. We now have the unique
spectacle of Nevada breaking and rebreaking all previous records of produc
tion of precious metals, while at the same time Nevada stocks are lower than
they have ever been before. The investor is ignoring the chance of his life
time—one that will never come again.
LET MEMORIAL HAVE FULL SWAY
•
MAY the thirtieth is the nation’s mourning day, sacred to the memory
of the men who wore the grey and the men who wore the blue, both
striving for that which they believed was the right, and giving and
willing to give their lives in defense of those principles. The history of the
world shows not such another war in point of brave deeds, of loss of life, of
wounds, of families torn apart, father in arms against son, brother against
brother.
The tens of thousands of men engaged in that war were patriots, and
heroes, all of them. That they cherished differing beliefs does not count at
this date. The survivors are growing very few. Each day some of them answer
the last roll call; some are maimed, some are halt, and blind, and deaf, some
are on sick beds. It is but their just due that'on one day in the year, May 30,
the nation should stop to drop a tear on the grave of the blue and a tear on
the grave of the gray alike, and breathe a silent prayer that the hosts which
struggled in that great conflict so many years ago be again united, but in
peace and full understanding; that the lesson of that war be such that never
again will brother be arrayed against brother, or man against man; that the
wounds then will never be reopened and that the north and the south
daily grow into more complete understanding and amity until north and south
| cease to exist. It is well that the nation take one day of the year to remem
; ber, in order that it may forget.
WINGFIELD AT THE HELM
GEORGE WINGFIELD'S election to the presidency of the Consolidated
Mines company undoubtedly means that the company will henceforth
be more aggressive in its operations than ever before—and that is not
hinting that the Consolidated has ever been in the least “slow.’’ Senator
Nixon, however, had made a study of banks and banking rather than mining, j
and in his mining operations was slow to start innovations or new development 1
—conservative. Mr. Wingfield, on the other hand, has studied mining, rather i
than hanking, and has made his successes by quick decision, and by always j
grasping every opportunity to increase capacity of output or reduction of I
costs of operation, even when the initial cost of these changes was seemingly
large. The Goldfield Consolidated is now the greatest gold mine in the world,
and yet Mr. Wingfield will be constantly on the lookout for means by which
to improve the productive efficiency of the property. He is the largest indi
vidual stockholder of the company, has been with the property through all
the stages of its growth, and a better selection for the presidency of the
company could not- have been made. Congratulations to the Consolidated and
| to Mr. Wingfield.
Los Angelos seems folly awake to the importance of the American Min.
Lng congress which is to be held here this fall, and already is making prepara
tion to not only send a large delegation, bnt a fine exhibit to Goldfield. Those
Los Angeles people are boosters—made one of the greatest cities of the Pacific '
coast by persistent and well directed boosting. When they come up here they
will be boosting for Los Angeles, for the southeastern California mining camps
and for the Nevada mining camps. They are becoming enthused already, and
it is well that the people of Southern Nevada take the hint and enthuse
likewise. Time is short in which to prepare a representative Nevada exhibit.
What is being done about it 7 What are you doing about it 7 Whatever you
are going to do, do it NOW.
OUERIES AND ANSWERS :
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apondence, often to elicit the deeired f three weoka’ »«-»» for anawere. Wo anawora by mail. 4
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E. I*., Sau Francisco, Calif.—Very 1
full reports on the Combination ir:n
tiiin have been given out by the com
panv lately, and extended extracts
have been printed in these columns.
The annual meeting was only recently
held ami a statement of receipts ami
expenses, ore mined, etc., was issued,
(ieorge Wingfield holds a very lari-. :
con trol anil completely dominates the
policy of the mine. There have been
many reports circulated about Consoli
dated absorbing Combination traction,
but nothing has developed rectntly to
indicate that such a consummation is
likelv to occur. We do not know where
you got your information that the
mine is *‘a hollow shell” as it is ship
ping a large tonnage right along.
R. T. V.f Salt Lake.—Wo un«ier»iar»«i i
the Mogul Consolidated, eight miles
north of Tonopah, is in good physical
and financial condition. Reports of a
•strike of very rich ore were received
it tnis office lately. The ore was found,
on the north crosscut at the 180-foot
level in the shaft between a lime and
quartzite contact in a rhyolite por
phyry filling. A rich strike has been
reported also a considerable distance
west of the shaft—probably 300 feet.
The new ledge on the 300 foot level
running north and south is continuing
to improve with development and some
very fine bad carbonate ore is com
ing in now. There has been a vast
change in the north crosscut, which
is now out nearly 000 fcit, and the
company can expect to cut the big
Horseshoe hanging wall almost any
day. This is one of the property's
most prominent veins and is said bi
many competent mining men and eu
gineers to be the place where the com
pany wil get its large ore bodies. In
the last few feet there has been a de
cided change in the formation, which
is similar to the casing where large
ore bodies have been found.
T. M. P., Philadelphia. —Recently a
bill in equity was filed against the old
board of directors of the Tonopah Bel
mont as well as the company itself by
disgruntled stockholders, who claim to
have exercised their option to purchase
treasury stock to the extent of one
twelfth of their holdings in July and
August of 1907 at $3 a share, influenced
by false statements issued by said di
rectors. Next week this action will be
thoroughly and exhaustively reviewed
by the writer together with a copy of
the aforementioned bill of equity. Bel
mont insiders upon learning of this ac
tion started to bid the stock up in
order to counteract the effect on the
public of this news. Cal Broughcr, who
owns personally some 53,000 shares of
the stock, in addition to what his
friends on- the coast have, has beeu
endeavering to secure proxies, fearing
that the old Brock regime was getting
back into power. He wrote to Clyde
Heller, secretary ot the company, re
centlv, asking that any blank powers
around unclaimed might be forwarded
to him. Iieller replied that all the
powers of that nature had been claimed
and that he could not help him. dust
now Mr. Brougher is in no way con
nected with the suit against the old
directors, and it is hardly probable that
he will mix in later, it is certainly too
bad that the iuternal affairs of this
company are in such poor shape, espe
cially as from a mining standpoint the
property is looking better than for
some years.
L. M. 8., oaison City.—The 'Touopah
Consolidated Mining company has a
capitalization of $1,000,000, with the
same number of shares at a par value
of $1 each. The incorporators are:
p. K. Pittman, P. C. Fistler and H. 11.
Twining, all of Touopah. The original
subscriber for the capital stock is Key
Pittman. The main object in the or
ganization of the corporation is to
take over, acquire and operate a group
of quartz mining claims in the Tono
pah mining district, owned by Key
Pittman and known and described ami
recorded as “Golden Anchor, “ Trip
lett,” “Black Mascot,” “Salvation”
(or Salutation), “Limerick No. 2,”
“Sky,” “Sky 2,” “Sky 3.” The
corporation will accept au agreeuu nt
of sale executed by the Touopah Bank
ing corporation to Key Pittman for
the Golden Anchor, Triplett and Black
Mascot claims, it is thought that the
company will resume work on these
properties in the near future and prob
able through the Golden Anchor shaft.
I The claims are situated near the Gold
\ en Anchor ground and part of them
| are in the Midway Extension group.
H. C. 8., Wasco, Texas.—The King
Solomon Miniug company is making a
good showing in a new shaft with a
small vein of ore whieh leasers follow
ed to a depth of twenty-live feet. The
pay streak in the bottom is now one
foot wide and the leasers feel sure
there is something doing and that a
producer is about to be added to 'Ne
vada’s list. In a distance of 550 feet
six shoots of ore have been found which
will pay to work, while quite a lot of
concentrating ore is to be hail as well.
Some of the ore gave returns of 510
ounces silver, #12 gold and 14 per cent j
copper, while the lead values are about 1
40 per cent.
3. H. W., Beaver Falls, Pa.—We do
not know the man in person, and do
not recall in what way his name was
used by this paper. Tell us in what
issue he is spoken of and in what con
nection.
L. G., Alleghaney, Pa.—You have a
wrong idea of the Pittsburg Silver Peak
suit. This suit involves only that |>or
tion of the holdings of the Pittsburg
Silver Peak Gold Mining company'
known as the Silver Peak mine, and j
has no bearing upon the other holdings,
of the company, towit: Mohawk Apline
company mines, the railroad, stamp
mills, etc., of the company. 1 he mn. j
ing claims in controversy are own" »>>
the Silver Peak Gold Mining company, I
a corporation, all of whose capital sto. . j
is held by the Pittsburg Silver P' ak ,
Gold Mining company. In 1V-’4 1 "
owners of the property in controversy, I
know n as the Glairs, gave to one L. J- ;
llanchett an option to purchase th< ■
mines, to be exercised by December,
1*94. The option was subsequently ex
tended to 1X96. Hanehett failed to ex
, rcise his rights under the option and
i the Glairs brought suit against him to
recover royalties and for possession of
, the property. This suit was decided by
the United States courts in favor of the
Glairs. G. A. Gamble, a plaintiff >»
the present suit, which was brought
| in the state courts of Nevada, claims
that he was a partner of Hanehett;
| but the Glairs deny this and have of
fered in defense of the Gamble suit the
I judgment previously obtained by tbuu
in the United States courts, which, it
j is claimed, was a full and complete
settlement of all controversies. Not
withstanding the decision of the l uited
States courts, one of the district courts
of the state of Nevada, at Heno, in
: February, decided the Gamble litig.i*
tion in Gamble’s favor. 1 he Glairs
i will take an appeal to the supremo
court of the state of Nevada, and if it
becomes necessary, will take an appeal
to the United States courts ou no
ground that the controversy has been
litigated before. When the property
was bought the Blairs entered into an
agreement to protect the company
against any law suits over title, lhis
contest in no way affects the Mohawk
property, nor does it affect the railway,
nor the mill, nor any of the oppni
tenauces of the plant. While litigation
is always unfortunate, my advice to
the stockholders would be to not get
unnecessarily alarmed in view of the
fact that there have bten previous de
cisions of the United States in favor
of the Blairs, where the case must fin
ally go. The improvements to tiiis
property are about finally and fully
completed. June 1 will witness the
completion of an underground tram,
1,400 feet in length running along the
base of the ore. The operating cost of
the mine for February, 1909, was $4.32
per ton; for April $3.52 per ton, which
includes $1 per ton for development.
E. E. O., New York City.—The Ne
vada Counties United Cold Mims com
pany owns the Austin mine, located ir.
Willow Valley, near Nevada City. At
the present time no work is beiug
done, but the managers state that ope
rations will be commenced at an early
date. The miue has a good record,
and it is understood that considerable
ore of good grade is developed. lh-‘
property is well developed and is equip
peel with some machinery. The ore is
free milling, and when everything has
been placed in shape, the enterprise
should prove remunerative to the stock
holders. The officers are: Fred Meyn,
president; W. W. Rose, treasurer; VV.
S. Heard, secretary; F. E. Ware, man
ager. The latter two are in charge of
the property.
L. H., Philadelphia Pa.—For the past
liftttn tlays iu May the total bullion
production of the Round Mountain
Mining company amounted to about
$17,000. This is at the rate of approxi
mately $35,000 a month. The May pro
duction is in excess of that for April
by at least $4000, and the chances are
that the total will be increased as soon
as the corporation commences opera
tious with its electrical equipment. The
power and light will be into Round
Mountain by the first of the coming
mouth, and the development work be
prosecuted upon a more extensive scale
than ever before, and at a less cost
than heretofore. The new machinery
for the company is nearly all on the
ground. It has been computed that the
average value of the ores treated of late
by the Round Mountain Mining com
pany is not far from $12.70 per ton,
and the total tons treated each month
will not be far from 3000,
L. T. a., Lynn, Mass.— We cannot
say what the status of the Keane Won
der litigatiou is at this time or what
will be the outcome, but it looks as
if the company had the best of Rickey
and Mackenzie, and that it will have to
pay only the indebtedness owed to the
bank and not the bank’s indebtedness
to Mackenzie and Rickey, all of which
Hickey attempted to saddle on the
mine, it also appears that certain large
stockholders have come forward with
sufficient money to pay the bank and
that the tangle will be straightened
out ami leave the company's indebted
ness at least in the hands of its friends.
The mine is doing better every day, the
clean up averaging about $18,000 per
mouth which leaves a profit, and the
profits are expected to increase as the
milling cost diminishes by the perfec
tion of the mill and tanks.
F. A. B., Birmingham. Ala.—A lease
is working on the (loldfield Souvenir,
but no ore has yet been developed. (5!)
We are investigating the Diamond
Queen.
J. M. OO., Dulnth, Mina.—w, are
gradually getting together the evidence
vhich will prove whether A. L. Wis«*r
k Company of New York or the t>old
Sold News is telling the trutu about
:he lieorgcy group of claims, which
ire claimed to be owned by the Man
liHttan Nevada Gold Mines eompaiv.
of which Wisuer was the promoter. ]n
ane of his letters to you, W isner says;
•Under date of March 24th, 1909, We
have a statement from the Manhattan
Nevada property that they have
mired United States patents on their
holdings which protected their title,
and if this paper (The News) knows
more about the company which has the
patents in its possession, we should
like to have it proven to us,” etc. We
will have no trouble proving it to Wis
mr or to yourself. We have before us
a letter signed by Clyde Leavitt, dis
trict forester, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, District No. 4,
which says: ‘‘Your letter of March
19 to Expert Miner B. L. Wheeler has
been referred to this office (Ogden,
Utah), for reply. Mr. Wheelur made
adverse reports on Nos. 3 and 4 of the
Georgey group of claims on Januarr
30th, 1909. The report states that
these claims are clearly invalid as lode
locations, since no discovery of a lode
or vein has been made and no develop
ment work has been done. On Febru
ary 2, these reports were submitted to
the commissioner of the general land
office. As a result of these adverse
reports, C. A. Humphrey of Manhattan
located two claims for placer over the
Georgeys. Mr. Humphrey at one time
tried to lease the gulch claims of the
Georgey group, but when he “found
out they did not own the ground,” as
he states, he located the ground him
self. We understand the Cowboy is
patented. We will get still more evi
dence to substantiate our previous as
sertions and see who it is that is “ped
dling trash,” as Wisncr calls it. We
want to be fair all around and to every
mining company trying to do business
on the square, and in this connection
will say that the Manhattan Nevada
still has some good property left; some
of it, we are informed, is good placer
ground.
T. M. G., Garden City, N. Y.—We
have had many queries and complaints
about the Consolidated Ked Top lease
and its management, and so far is we
can see they are mostly based upon a
misunderstanding of mining and mine
chances. The management cannot he
held blameworthy for not having paid
more dividends. The lease at one time
looked as if it were going to be a
bonanza and some rich ore was ship
ped, but unfortunately the vein pitch
ed out of the leased block into adjoin
ing ground and work had to lie sus
pended on the ore body at the boundary
line. Since then every effort lias been
made to get the ore in other parts of
the mine, but only ore of a medium
grade was found. Exploratory work
takes money and the treasury reserve
was fast depleted and more dividends
were impossible. Reports were sent out
when the lease was in rich ore, ami
those reports we have seen and can
confirm. They were true as to condi
tions at the time. The managers could
not see better than anyone else what
was ahead of them. It must be remem
bered that a mine may be in rich ore
I today and in “borasca” tomorrow, or
vice versa, aud all a mine manager
can report is upon conditions at the
time existing, reaching his conclusions
as to the future of the mine from the
logic of the situation. We have had
access to all the reports sent out by
John Donnelan & Co. and to the mine
managers reports and we say that they
were conservative and truthful and
depicted conditions at the time exactly
as they were. The lease has been a
great disappointment all around.
G. W., Albany, N. Y.-I11 last weeks
issue we stated iu answer to your query
that the Coldfield Reliance, among other
claims, owned the Rex fraction. "e
have a letter from J. M. Harden, Colo
rado Springs saving that this is an er
ror; that the Rex Fraction belongs to
the Sandstorm Annex Cold Mining
company. In the statement of their
holdings given us by the Coldfield Re
liance, the Rex F'raction was included,
therfore there appears to be a con
flict of claims, although the Sandstorm
Annex claims to have a receiver s re
eeipt for this fraction which was for
merly known as the Tom Thumb.
Among other holdings of the Stand
strom Annex, are the Last Dollar, ad
joining the Desert Rose of the May
Queen company and the Rubie, adjoin
ing the Blue Quartz company property
Their claims, comprising about 30 aens
in all, are practically patented.
R. J. 8., San Francisco.—An up'”
date standard custom mill for tbe ”su‘ll
of Kamsey has been fully decided upoa
The plans and specifications f°r
first 100-ton unit axe now being Pre
pared by A. G. Kirby of Reno f°r 1
Wire Gold Mining and Milling e0,n
puny. Stamps, amalgamation, d“e
grinding, roncentration and cyanid^’fc
with a complete sampling mill, so
t he ore can be purchased daily from 1 *
different properties now being 01*®
up, will be the order of things.
Kamsey-Com stock mill will be eo®P*e
ed within a few months—Pfr*,*P*
weeks.
F. C. F., Indianapolis, "f .
Goldfield Noble ground was relo<at
this January by A. G. Fleming. l"’
field.