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. . V EKING TON, NEVADA, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 28, 1907. NUMBER 38
NORDYKE COUNTRY
LOOKS GOOD
While much publicity has been given
of late to the mineralized country imme
diately surrounding Yerington, little if
any attention has been devoted to that
part of the district in the neighborhood
of Nordyke, some eight miles distant.
Sunday last the editor of this paper
visited some of the holdings in the vi
cinity of Nordyke. That he was im
pressed with the possibilities of that sec
tion is putting it mildly.
The journey takes one along a road
bordered with the beauties of the field.
Farm houses and stacks of hay and
grain dot the landscape in all directions,
while the hills of sombre gray show evi
dences of much activity.
Nordyke itself is not of pretentious
proportions. That it claims the distinc
tion of an euphonious name is due un
doubtedly to the fact that the farmers
in that locality call there for their mail.
Besides a large flour mill that busies
itself after the grain is harvested there
are two stately homes occupied by Sena
tor Wilson and A. J. Wilson, respect
. ively.
A striking contrast to the mansions
just above are the tent homes of the
Crane brothers and J. E. Robison, min
ers. However, there dwells in those rag
houses a happiness that the miner alone
knows-a faith that tomorrow will bring
them to that station where “roughing it”
may be relegated to the past and ease
aim luxun hi.
A rather ha'stv investigation of the
holdings of Messrs. Crane and Robinson
would seem to warrant the conclusion
that with the expenditure of the same
consistent energy in the future that has
characterized their labors in the past, the
time is not far distant when they, all of
them, shall be reposing gracefully in the
" lap of luxury.
The J. C. Crane ground covers eight
claims on the continuation of the cone
from which such splendid copper values
are obtained in the immediate locality of
Yerington. The formation is identical
so tar as our judgment indicated.
Considerable work lias been done on
various parts of the group principally of
a prospecting nature to determine the ex
istence of the red metal and the contin
uity of the veins. Here be it said that
the main lead which shows at different
places on the estate has been shown to
be at least 1500 feet long. While con
siderable “gophering’’ has been done on
this particular vein, the main workings
consist of a tunnel driven into the hill a
distance of 117 feet, crosscuts at half the
distance in and others from the breast. In
addition a winze has been sunk from the
tunnel level to a depth of 30 feet. The
country is much broken up in the tunnel,
though at the bottom of the winze the
* formation is straightening up splendidly.
Streaks of copper appear at various
places in the workings carring flattering
values in the red metal.
The object of the tunnel is to tap the
lead at depth and which in its outcrop
further up the hill carries both gold and
copper. The writer picked from the
fiump a very handsome specimen.show
big free gold and copper sulphides. The
vein in its outcrop is not very extensive
but is certainly one that warrants pros
pecting.
Mr. Crane has employed the services
of two men here since the first of the
}car and intends to accomplish consid
erable more development work before
Ibe snow flies. News of a big strike
would come to us as no surprise. We
regret that lack of space forbids a more
extended write-up of this particular
bolding, but we will touch upon it from
bme to time in these Columns.
Adjoining the Cordove, which is the
"ame of the J C. Crane group, are the
holdings of H. A. Crane and J. K. Rob
1So,i- The work here is being done on n
Stampede to the New Diggings
Quite a good sized stampede set in
torn buckskin the fore part of this week
or Antelope valley, occasioned by tin
re<*ipt °f the news of finding rich gob
\a Ues bi the neighborhood. No an
'entic reports have been received as U
e exact locality of-the find or wbethei
or a°t it was exaggerated.
t GOLD FROM PINE GROVE 1
A beautiful gold bar weighing 24
! ounces vvas th^ result of the first clean
; UI) of tons of ore from the property of
the Drummond Mines company at Pine
jGrove. The gold in the bar was .966
fine, almost the pure quill and was worth
nearly >500.
Considering the fact that the ore was
run through a 30-tnesh and otherwise
worked under unfavorable conditions,
the result was truly remarkable,
j 1 hus it is seen that old Pine Grove is
awakening to the spirit of the times. P.
P. Jaquette, superintendent of the prop
erty, states that the next run will be
even more satisfactory.
contact of granite and porphyry which
[ shows up strong. An incline shaft has
been driven to a depth of about 30 feet,
at the bottom of which the copper show
ing is reassuring. 2V brownish red talc
clings to one of the walls, resembling
limonite very much. While no assays
of this material have been made, it
might be found to carry good values.
Just over the hill the McGowan broth
ers are yvorking in similar stuff, which
is said to run well up.
Locations have been made recently
in the neighborhood by Goldfield
parties w ho are soon to inaugurate an
active campaign of development.
Nordyke looks good from a superficial
standpoint. It is a country that should
open up splendidly at the command of
capital.
HIGH-GRADE ORE LEAVING
LUDWIG DAILY
Traction Engine Makes Trip CveryOther Day’With
Forty Tons of the Rich Stuff
1 hat the world may know Yerington !
is not even seriously considering the'
copper slump, it is well at this time to '
| inform the people on the outside that '
shipments are daily going forth from '
this district. It is a diversion which
will relieve the monotony of the daily
news which brings to light the infor
mation that in various parts of the land
mines are closing down.
From the Nevada-Douglas properties
a traction engine and train are busy
handling as much of the output of that 1
great property as can be accommodated.
In addition, large teams are also on the
road between the mines and Wabuska
; transporting the high-grade to the rail- j
road.
The traction engine makes u trip every !
other day. Each trip forty tons of the 1
red metal are sent to the smelters.
It is but the matter of a very short
time when other properties will also be
sending forth their output. The Mason
Valley could at the present time be
shipping large quantities of the red
metal. In fact, the company intends to
soon enlist itself with the shippers. The
Bluestone, as everyone knows, has mil- ;
lions of dollars worth of high-grade!
| copper ore blocked out. This company, |
'-" '■ i- - i iiB.i arm
however, will treat its ores on tl»e
ground, a plant for the purpose being
now in course of construction.
Yerington Copper has encountered the
rich stuff at depth and is blocking out
ore preparatory to sending it out for
treatment, while others are sending forth
news of a most optimistic nature. Com
menting on the settlements received by
the Nevada-Douglas company, the Salt
I^ake Tribune says;
Just for the sake of illustrating the
character of settlements the lochl man
agement of the Nevada-Douglas Copper
company is getting each week for Lud
wig red metal ores, there could be seen
Wednesday at this office a cli^ck for #1,
357.U6. This check represents the
amount smelter-net the Nevada-Douglas
company got for the last car received in
the local market. The car contained ore
that averaged 16.11 per cent copper to
the ton, with the silica and iron just
about evenly balanced. This rock does
not represent by any manner of means
the richest ore had in the Ludwig at
Yerington. All the shipments now com
ing in are the result of development
work only, thus making the record of
shipments all the more unique and grat
ifying.
| CAPT. TIBBITTS TALKS j
Captain O. A. Tibbits, who is in
terested here in the Mason Valley and
Yerington Central properties, arrived in
camp this morning from Salt Lake City.
Captain Tibbits has lost no faith in
Yerington on account of the decline in j
copper. From his genuine enthusiasm
j we would rather believe that he shares
! with the Times the opinion that Yering
i ton will be benefitted.
“To show you how Yerington is
{looked upon on the outside,” said Mr.
■ Tibbits, “it is only necessary to state
\ that of all the stocks affected by the j
s'utnp in the red metal, Yerington
I securities alone held up. That certainly {
| is a straw which shows the way the
wind is blowing.
“With copper at 15 cents, the op
erators here can market their product at
a profit of from SO to 90 per cent. That
should satisfy any company.
"Salt Lake is of course, alive to the
I possibilities of this great camp, as is
evi lenced by the vast amount of Utah
capital that has-been and is being in
I vested here.
“Don’t you worry, young man, about
i Yerington. The camp is making his
tory every day.”
| During his stay, Mr. Tibbits will in
spect the Mason Valley and Central {
properties. On the former, an enor- |
mous strike was made last week which j
was recorded in these columns. The |
well known gentleman will remain in !
camp about one week.
A
STREET
SCENE
IN
YERIN6T0N.
PHOTO
BY
ED GRAHAM
MOVING
TO
MAKE
ROOM FOR
BIGGER
AND
BETTER
BUILDINGS
i
Back From Zion
J. J. Beatty is home agdfti from Zion,
! having returned to Yerington this morn
j ing.
During his sojourn in Salt Lake City,
: Mr. Beatty conferred with the directors
of the Yerington Central com pan y. It
| was the unanimous opinion of the board
' that work be started on a shaft to be
5 sunk to a depth of 600 feet. To that end
j operations will begin at an earlv date.
The work done thus far on the \ er
ington Central has been for the purpose
of securing a patent to the estate. How
ever, the work has proven the acreage
to be one of rare promise. Further de
velopment along the lines mapped out
by the directors will unquestionably
place the Yerington Central in the lime
light. ,
The compan> holds the extension of
the rich Ludwig vein, which in itself in
sures success and big production.
Visitor From Alaska
Harrv Warren of Alaska was an ar
rival in Yerington Wednesday evening
and will likely decide to locate here,
i Mr Warren joined in the first great
I rush to the land of the midnight sun.
! He has had perhaps as much experience
,» Alaska as any man who ever brain
! the hardships of that dime.
! Certain'!' he likes Yerington, who that
1 sees it does not? He expressed himself as
greatly pleased with the possibilities of
the camp. the guest
During his sta\ hei
cram «1» l»«b'W ^
bgen. who U li.a.f.11 , <■'
1 much experience.
1
YERINGTON’S SURFACE SHOWING THE MOST
WONDERFUL IMAGINABLE .
t Frank S. Smith, who has been making an inspection of the ♦
4 Yerington copper district in western Nevada, has reached the a
♦ conclusion, as many others have done, that this well known J j
♦ district is going to become one of the great copper producing ♦ j
l regions of the United States. 1
♦ “It has the most wonderful'surface showing imaginable,” f
4 said Mr. Smith. “There is not a doubt in my mind that Yer- ♦
♦ ington is going to be one of the biggest cities in Nevada when 4
♦ exploration has developed the full extent of the great copper *
♦ deposits. As you travel about through the immense section, *
♦ little dumps of green copper ore meet your eyes on all sides. 4
♦ There seems to be no limit to the extent of the mineralized }
♦ zone. Roughly estimating. I should say from my own knowl- ♦
4 edge that the district is fifteen miles in length and twelve miles 4
♦ broad. All this great territory is staked, and I know of no *
♦ property where any work at„all has been done that does not ♦
♦ show copper ore close to the surface.” $
♦ Mr. Smith is interested in a group known as the Sunset ♦
♦ group, which lies close to the great holdings of the Nevada- ♦
4 Douglas, which latter company now owns and controls the fa- 4
♦ mous old Ludwig mine. f
4 The last report of the Nevada-Douglas company gave a *
4 very flattering account of the finances of the company, and t
♦ declared the company’s intention of erecting a 1000-ton smelter ♦
♦ in the near future. This big plant is to be put up at the edge ♦
♦ of the dry lake in Smith Valley, about four miles from the 4
♦ mine. The water has been obtained at a depth of 40 feet. *
t The Truckee Power Company’s line is already in and*crosses ♦
♦ the ground of the Douglas, so the power difficulty is already J
♦ solved. The railroad company has already surveyed a line j
t from Wabuska, seventeen miles away, to Yerington, and this ♦
♦ passes close to the Douglas. Altogether, the outlook for the a
. t rapid development of the section is very good. I
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To Wcrk Old Mine
I/. II. Bartholomew this week shipped
a number of men to the old Bob Math
ews mine at the south end of Black
Mountain, which property was recently i
acquired by Mr. Bartholomew.
The mine is characterized In a strong
ledge carrying gold and copper of com
mercial grade.
Black Mountain has come to the front
rapidly of late, Among the properties
of importance, the Mathews mine is
reckoned one of the best. Mr. Bar
tholomew feeis that with consistent de
velopment it will open up into a pro
ducer of no mean proportions.
To Drill For Copper
M. Ryan has placed an order for a
churn drill capable of sinking to a
depth of 12n0 feet. Mr. Ryan will
use the same to determine the depth of
the ore bodies on his property in the
east end of the district as well as op
erate it for the benefit of other property
holders.
It is understoo 1 that the Nevada*
Douglass people have already made
arrangements with the gentleman for
driving a bore into the earth on their
estate, while others will employ the ser
vices of the drill.
ill addition to prospecting for cuppyr,
Jlie drill will be used to tap artesian
flows which are believed to exist in thi~
section. __ __
C. K. Petersen, the local jeweler, has
moved to quarters below the Owl saloon.
Mr. Petersen is an accommodating,
i courteous gentleman and a thcroujgh
workman/
ANOTHER BIG FIND
RECORDED
And still another Yerington property
conies forth with a good strike. The
Wabuska Copper Mines company has en
countered the lead for which purpose
the main tunnel has been driven a dis
tance of 300 feet. Operations have been
going steadily forward on the company’s
acreage for some time past, the main at
tention bring devote 1 to the Minnesota
claim. It was on this particular parcel
of the company’s territory that the tun
nel was driven and here also where the
find was made. The lead was tapped at
a depth of 1.50 feet. *
A winze is now being sunk in the ore
1k><!y which assays 15 per cent copper.
It will be continued to 100 feet before
drifts or cross-cuts are run to determine
the extent of the shoot.
One of the finest iron croppings in the
district characterizes the surface of the
company’s estate, being over 400 feet in
width.
Superintendent and General Manager
J. K. McDermott is naturally highly
elated over the discover}-. His jubilation
is shared by all the people interested in
this district. It means that before a
great while another producer shall have
been added to the list.
The company represents large Tonopah
interests, Key Pittman, an attorney of
the Nye county metropolis being presi
dent.
Mr. McDt riiiott informs the Times
that the work thus far done was more of
an exploratory nature than of a per
manent character. It is now propose*!;
due to the recent strike, to determine
the most feasible locality for a develop
ment that will have for its object the
opening up of the acreage in the most .
systematic manner.
Wilson Gold Mines Company
The Wilson Gold Mines company will
shortly he organized for the purpose of
leveloping some promising ground in
.Mountain View district, located four
vears ago hy George Willis, N. W. Wi -
lis and otliers.
The property is located on the fdge of
what was formerly the Walker Indian
reservation. Because of the fact that
some rich ground adjoining the Wilson
company’s property and lying within the
boundaries of the reservation was de
sired to he brought into the fold, little
if any work was done until the opening
of the reservation.
Now, however, since it has l>ecome a
part of the company’s acreage it is the
intention to develop lx>th estates exten
sively.
prom all reports some very fine ledges
of gold-bearing ore are exposed on the
surface, which it is presumed will pay
from the very start.
The Mountain View district is tribu
tar\ to Yerington. It has been exam
ined quite carefully by mining men who
pronounce it one the comers. •
Arrow Head Coming Up
Arrow Head is making good very
rapidly judging from reports which have
reached Yerington from that section.
An assay of the ore recently uncovered
in the property of Kockel brothers shows
that it runs >997.64 to the ton in gold
and silver.
Development is progressing rapidly on
this estate and the owners are extract
ing a shipment of ore which will likely
be treated indite mill at Pine Grove.
Adjoining the Kockel holdings. Win.
McKwen has uncovered some splendid
gold ore in his shaft at a depth of 70
feet. The owner is still sinking on the
vein and expects to open up a big shoot
at depth.
Arrow Head was the scene of con*
I .siderable activity last spring. The sum
! im*r, however, witnessed a decline, only
j the faithful remaining. It now seems
that they are to be handsomely rewarded.
*
Progress on New Road
Splendid progress is being made on
j tin new cut oft between this city and
i Yerington. Work on the new bridge
which is to span the Walker river will
I soon commence.