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VOL. L. YERINGTON. NEVADA, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY i, 1908. NUMBER 5
GOING AHEAD
VERY RAPIDLY
Yerington Must Be Allowed An Important
Place Among the Greatest Copper
Camps of the Country
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1’nder the heading. "Yerington and Ely," XV. I'. IJoericke $
of Reno, Nevada, staff corrcs(>ondcnt of tlie "Copper, Curb and «
Mining Outlook," published by Messrs. (), F. Jonasson iY Com 4
p.my ot New York, writes his paper of January 15 as follows: 4
both Ely and Yerington, subject lo the conditions w hich )
govern copper, are in delicate conditions. Our northern camp 4
has been secretly flourishing, ow ing to the suppressed reports J
that large fields of oil have been located in the nearby territory. 4
The work which has lately been undertaken was continued |
without interruption in many cases, even through the financial J
flurry. The erection of the smelter seems to !»• the chief eon- £
cent, its completion being the real birth of the camp. Com par- «
atively little home interest lias been taken in the market, as J
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manipulations are now reg aided as disinterested with the pro- «
grcssjve conditions of the < amp. The usual w inter conditions £
have to be contended with, and in consequence the operations J
are con lined largely to the perpetual workings. •
I11 Yerington the prospect ot a smelter has put fiber into 4
the mine owners, and, regardlissot the possible objection Irotti «
the farmers in the neatby districts, the work is promised to 4
rVmnit nec witluu 60 days. The parties behind thy proposition «
are those • interested In the Nevada Douglas, barked by New 4
York capitalists; Nativ< Coppvi, behind whom are J II. Rhodes 4
an I 11. Pennington of the west coist, ♦
Some encouraging stiikes have been marie on ground near 4
tin proven properties, and several new companies have lately «
been incorporated. No action as to tin-disposal of the stock has «
been taken. Xmong the yuugr camp-. X erington has been *
forging ahead of late to n sitiprising dr gree. It is in an advau- «
tageotfs position, bcing adjacent to n productive farming conn- *
try With the erection of this proposed smelter, Yerington will 4
he allowed an impoitant | lace among promising copper produc- 4
ing settlements. ♦
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IT IS SAID BLUESTONE
HAS PLANNED ACTIVE
CAMPAIGN
The air is rife with rumors concerning
file great Hlucstone. Since the visit of
Mr. I It Her, this paper li is hern besieged
witli inquiries concerning the future
plans of Captain I>cl,mil,ir and his asso
ciates. To all of them we have been
compelled to raise our rwbrows and
shrug pur shoulders to signify our uitac
quaintance with the subject.
one re|H>rt gained a widespread circu"
loti<>11 to the effect that arrangements
are Wing nmile to increase the present
force to 4'Hi men. start the smelter and
tear thing* up generally. I'ndoiibtedlv
il it is the intention of the Hlueslolie
people to resume, the report has been
greatly exaggerated, which is too often
Hie case. Again, the electrolytic plant,
in its experimental stage, is successfully
treating the milestone product; there
fore, it hardly probable that the company
intends to smelt their ores.
The Times can only sav that it is next
to impossible to get any information con
cerning the great mine. When the
titue gomes to start, the start will he
made. Del.atnar is a man who mines ill
an individual fashion; he asks no
questions.and answers just as few
We have a right to guess, however,
and if we were asked our candid opin
ion we would sav that we believe the
mine will resume before very long, or
just as soon as experiments have been
concluded so far as they regard the
treatment of the ores. It is not likely
that Del.atnar or any one else for that
matter would allow one of the greatest
copper properties in the world to remain
' lb-. With a tonnage conservatively cs
ti tinted lit $10,1X10,000 blinked out,
u-.idv to lie broken down and hoisted to
the surface, it would appear to a man up
a tree as though he would he eager to
convert it into cash. And so he is. The
lime is not yet ripe hut is drawing to a
head. That’s our belief.
Strike is Msde
On Property at
Slack Mountain
Black Mountain c&tues to the front
litis week with a strike of big propor
tions. At the 1311-foot let el in the shaft
of the Northern bight company, a body
of sulphide ore has been uncovered
which runs up to jltKJ in gold.
b If Bartholomew, general manager
for the company, vi-itid the ground this
week and upon returning to Ycrington
hetraved evidences of having something
good up his sleeve. When pinned down
to the issue, he admitted that a good
strike had been made, although lie did
not wish at this time to give the matter
much publicity However, the news is
too good to keep, consequently wc are
going to circulate it.
Ill the Not them bight, Mr. Bartholo
mew and his associates have an excel
lent proprertv. l ew claims could boast
of a superior surface showing, the ore at
the grass roots carrying gold and copper
in big values.
Black Mountain will certainly make
good if the earmarks of a big proposition
can be relied upon.
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Deal Pending
There will likely be a change in the
ownership of the Nevada Rockland mine
before long, bos Angeles capital is ne
gotiating for the property and it is more
than likely that it will secure the hold
ings. The Rockland is a gigantic gold
proposition having been a prolific pro
ducer up to the time of the panic, when
the owners were caught hard.
There is still owing the miners a large
sum many <*>( Whom were never paid for
their labors. Should the transfer take
place this matter will undoubtedly be
settled. ^ ^__
Parties desiring masquerade suits made !
will do well to call upon Mrs. McKeu/.te
ami Mrs. Ilriset.il, who are prepared to
make them at reasonable rates.
McConnell has
BIG STRIKE
Rich Ore in the Deep
Workings
Company Issues Orders to Allow
None Except Employees to
Enter Shaft
A new and wonderful strike has been
made at the McConnell mine, in this dis
trict. l,a>t week this paper recorded the
finding of ore in the shalt at a depth of
340 feet. At the time of that strike the
ore seemed not to lie in place and, while
the find was taken to lie a forerunner of
greater things at further depth, it was
not out of the ordinary.
Hut this week we are able to inform
our readers that copper ore of an except
ional high grade has been encountered
in a well defined vein that is so far as
known at present as wide as the shaft.
Orders have been received from the of
fices of the company at Goldfield to al
low none other than employees down the
shaft. The Timks man could learn little
lor nothing at the property. Superinten
dent Harlenll was as silent as the tomb
when approached, hut this paper is in a
]M»sition to state definitely that the strike
on the McConnell is one of the l<est in
the history of Yerington.
Wallace MacGregor, field representa
tive of the company, visited Yerington
this week and sampled the new strike.
It was the result of assays made from
these samples that orders were issued tc
I keep the inquisitive from satisfying tlieii
| curiosity.
The McConnell is owned bv the Neva
da Goldfield Reduction Company. The
' force at the mine now numbers il men.
The present equipment makes it possible
to sink tiie shaft to a depth of 1,000 feet
which will lie accomplished as fast as
men and machinery can do it.
YERINGTON HAS
THE GOODS
Great Improvement
In a Year
Ed Hoffman, Mining Man, Says the
Camp Is Entitled to the Praise
It Receives
Ed Hoffman, a Salt Lake City mining
man, sj>ent several days of this week in
camp. During his visit he inspected
several properties and went away with
an enthusiastic opinion of Yerington.
“The showings here are truly wonder
ful,” said he to a representative of the
Times. “I visited your camp a year
ago but so great has !(een the change
during that time that a person can hardly
realize that it is the same place. The
past year’s developments have resulted
in the opening up of vast ore tonnage
in many of the properties.
“My visit here primarily is in the in
terest of the Nat C. Goodwin Brokerage
company, which concern is negotiating
for a large block of stock in the North
ern Light company. 1 have just returned
from the property and can only say that
it looks like a winner.
“But to return to Yerington: The
camp certainly looks fine. Your claims
that it is one of the greatest high-grade
copper camps in the west are, I believe,
well founded. I understand that tbs
slump has affected the camp but little/
btlt,' then, that is easily accounted for..
You must remember that Yerington on
the whole is mining an exceptionally
high grade of the red metal. On the
outside the camp is always favorably
spoken of. An acquaintance with the
district would only convince anyone that
no other opinion could be honestly en
j tertained.”
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Advertise in the Times.
Mountain View Continues to Be
The Center of Attraction
Tlie wonderful showing at Mountain
View at this writing i" almost beyond
Ik lief. The ore laxly in the property of
the Wilson Gold Mines Company has
been proven for a width of 25 feet with
no apparent signs of its pinching out.
This vast kidney of ore in its entirety
will pay to ship; in fact, it appears at
this time as if the property would be on
a dividend paying basis before the close
of the years. The great quantity of ore
is such that it is quite likely that work
w ill have to be temporarily suspended in
order to build a road to the mine so as to
be able to transport the pay streak—par
don the word to the mills.
The company has in mind the erection
of a mill on the Walker river to treat
their ores. Already there is enough in
sight and extracted to keep a mill busy
continuously for over a year. Now, if
that is not the most wonderful recoril in
the state of Nevada, taking the age of
the camp into consideration, we have
spent our best years in Nevada mining
camps to learn nothing.
Mountain View, at its present rate,
will certainly startle the world as a gold
camp. The mineralized zone is between
2 and 5 miles long and in the neiglibor
h«xxl of 5,IKK) feet wide. Not very ex
tensive you may say, but this is a case
where good things come in small pack
ages. The Wilson Gold Mines Company
alone has a mine that will support a
thriving community. Hut it is not alone.
The Big Twenty, which is traversed by
the east extension of the rich Wilson
vein is being opened up by leasers, one
of whom struck high-grade immediately
after beginning operations. Indications
nre favorable that every leaser on this
properly will be handsomely rewarded.
Another property, the Shirley C, has
a splendid showing. It, too, will make
good if it has not already done so.
Thad Hoppin and Harry Beers are
working the l'iute and Shoshone claims.
They are confident that their labors will
be rewarded. Both are mining men of
ability and place the greatest confidence
in Mountain View. The latter was for
years in the employ of Chas. D. L,ane.
He does not hesitate to say that Mount
ain View is one of the biggest things he
has ever seen.
Eil Graham has taken a lease on a
block of the Carydon claim. He is al
reaily at work opening up the ground.
If this new camp does not add a few
more names to Nevada's list of million
aires there will lie some capable mining
men greatly surprised. Every leaser in
that section stands an excellent chance
to come out of there well supplied with
wealth.
A Ixiom may lie looked for any time.
Just now the attention of the public is
being devoted to Rawhide, itself a won
derful camp. Withal Mountain View has
a showing which the great Rawhide can
not duplicrte. Mountain View will soon
make a bid for supremacy. It is entitled
to become one of Nevada's greatest
camps. The Times believes it will.
Mountain View Town
The Mountain View Townsite com
pany lias been formed, several well
known substantial business men being
interested. George Drysdale and K. II.
Wbitacre are local agents.
Mountain View is to be the name of
the new town, and as predicted by the
. imes a few weeks since, a splendid
camp, teeming with activity, will spring
up. It will be of great benefit to Yer
ington, ns it will draw greatly upon this
valley for its provisions.
The Red Crow
The mammoth vein which traverses
the Red Crow group of claims at Moun
tain Vie* was sampled this week giving
excellent returns. The lead which is 50
feet in width, showed an average value
of #7.351-3 in gold per ton.
The Red Crow lies about 2,000 feet
from the property of the Wilson Gold
Mines Company and is regarded as a
very promising acreage. It carries the
same lead as the latter on accouut of
which it is more than likely to encounter
high-grade with development. It is an
other property that promises to keep
Mountain View before the public,
NOT TO INJURE
THE FARMER
Nevada-Douglas Smelter Will Be Isolated
From the Rich Agricultural Section of
the Yerington* District
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i The Nevada-Douglas mines have been described by one
£ man as ‘‘another Anaconda,” by another as ‘‘the most stupend
I ous copper deposit ever discovered,” by a representative Mass
J achusetts visitor to the properties as “a veritable mountain of
\ copper ore,” by a former Cole-Ryan mining engineer as having
$ surface showings seen by him nowhere else save at the great
J Copper Queen mines of Phelps, Dodge & Co., at Uisbee, by an
J other veteran mining engineer as “the largest copper proposi
| tiou in the world today,” etc.
$ Nevada-Douglas has an unsurpassed smelter site of about
$ 85 acres of ground on the Dry lake of Smith valley.
£ In view of the costly litigation and other friction and trou
J ble that the smelting trust and the independent smelters of Salt
t Lake valley, the Amalgamated at Butte and the Guggenheims
♦ near San Francisco have had with neighboring farming inter
$ ests too much stress can scarcely be laid on the fortunate posi
J tiou of Nevada-Douglas. It has amply anticipated and pro
\ vided for the conduct of the smelter it will instal.
$ Over the mountains and the hills, through Mason valley on
\ opposite side of the range and even in the lower part of
i t Smith valley, bisected by Walker river, the largest in the State,
1'« almost unsurpassed conditions exist for intensive and bonanza
'l farming, horticulture, dairy tug, apiarying aiid cattle raising.
But the official map of the government surveys in the Truckee
J Carson irrigation project shows the exact formation of Smith
l vallev, at the extreme northeastermost portion of which the
f Nevada Douglas smelter site is located. The location of this
J site is shown to be remote from the irrigable territory selected, '
♦ as it is likewise amply removed from all dry farming and all
♦ posssible agricultural operations in the future. Not only is
1 there a stretch of barren country around to the north, west and
t south, but to the east the mountain range interposes an impass
l able barrier to flying smoke and fumes, so deadly to vegetation
| and crops.
Will Advise That
Butte-Yerington
Resume Work
Operations will begin on the Butte
Yerington early the coining week. This
week a representative of the company
arrived from Salt Lake City to inspect
the ground and to report to the com
pany. Before leaving camp he stated
that the mine was looking well and that
he would advise an immediate resump
tion of operations.
The Butte-Yerington is an east-side
property, located in the vicinity of the
Yerington Copper. An incline shaft
has lieen sunk to a considerable depth,
at the bottom of which there is a splen
did red metal showing.
Other east side properties will inaug
urate campaigns of development at an
early date. The Yerington-Copper has
in mind a proposition to greatly augu
nient its present force, due to improved
conditions resultant from development.
The Yerington Copper Mountain is
looking exceedingly fine. The contract
for sinking the shaft has lieen finished,
which proves the estate one worthy of
considerable attention.
The Western Nevada
Morris M. Johnson, chief mining en
gineer and expert on the staff of Samuel
Newhouse, returned from Yerington
Sunday, where he had lieen to look after
the resumption of work at the Western
Nevada Copper company’s property. He
stated yesterday that a number of men
had been put to work before he left
camp and that, during the present week,
the force would lie recruited to the full
number required at this stage of develop
ment in the ground. The new com
presor plant and power drill equipment
were in perfect working order, and Mr.
Johnson savs that the fur will be made
to fly from now on.—Salt Lake Herald.
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Born—Near Yerington, January 21, to
the wife of Win. Richards, a 11-pound
'son.
M’LEOD BROTHERS PAY
VISIT TO GAMP OF
RAWHIDE
Mason McLeod and C. A. McLeod ; r
rived early Sunday evening on an auto
■ rom Yeriugton. accompanied by Clia'rhs
Holman, who was the one who christ
ened us “Rawhide.” The McLeod
brothers have the distinction of having
arrived in Rawhide on February 14 of
last year ami on February 15 located
15 claims, and there were only two f iber
locations in camp at the time. Of the
15 located, Van Lorn and his associate?
secured 8, which takes in the pres nt
townsite and the famous McLeod Hill.
These 8 claims comprise the following:
Happy Hay, Happy Hooligan, Sunbeam,
Guess It, \Yil 1 West, Silver King No.
1, 2 and 3, and some of the richest and
best property in the district has been de
veloped in this section, among which
may be mentioned the wonderful Owl
No. 1 lease, the Miller, lease und the
Sunrise owned by Mr. Cross and Hr. E.
A. Wheeler of Goldfield.—Rawhide
Rustler.
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Flyer Group
Superintendent Pringle is in receipt of.
a communication from. President Gelder
of the Flyer that the company intends
to resume the development of the prop
erty at an early date. The .physical con
dition of the property is such that big
things may be looked for once consistent
mining is well under way.
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New Bridge
Lumber and material for a new bridge
across the Walker river near the Craw
ford ranch has arrived at Wabuska and
will be immediately transported to this
section. Engineer Coleman will super
i intend the work of construction.
The last rails have been laid ou the ore
j railway at Ely.