Yerington Prospect Sells for Enormous Sum in Nevada Camp
Prospect sold for $50,000 includes Eagle No 1 Eagle No 2 Red Top and Rawhide claims near Mason Pass in the Yerington district. Buyer HM Sonne, mining leader of Malachite copper mine, plans immediate work and predicts high gold output with surrounding claims reporting promising samples. Local chatter says the vein runs four feet wide with graded gold up to 750 per ton.
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Morgan Cloud
Sum State
Richards
Mr. Cloud
Masem Pass
Werington
Sone
Sonne
Malachite
Tum
Por
Yerington
Nevada
Mountain View Miner Camp Shows Rich Vein Potential
The Times confirms Mountain View as a budding mining camp near Walker River with two townsites growing rapidly. Reports detail Wilson Gold Mines and Red Crow group prospects, multiple ledges, and shallow to deep workings showing ore values from $100 to $150 per ton. The piece praises the vein system, surface showings, and lease activity.
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Mountain View
Exch
Mae
Wilson Gold Mines Company
Wnder- Rtwal
Brooks
Walker River
Yerington District in Fine Shape Promising Ore Developments
Yerington district shows high activity with miners on every property in the made mine class. North-west Wabuska Copper Mines Co reports a large copper ore body with a ledge nearly twenty feet wide and copper content over 7 percent. The developments suggest Yerington will become a major producer as more mines break into production and draw world attention.
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Big Twenty
Emerson Ground
Hillygus Bros
Wabuska ‘Copper Mines Company
Yerington
Mason Valley
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C. H. Sonne
Noors
Mapes and Murphy
Mr. Sonne
Charles Wishart
Jack Christenson
Oakland
Richards and Cloud
Mason Pass
Comstock Lode
Lee
Lamkin
Taun
Barrett
Lofts
Davis
Hayes
Monnette
Tom Kendall
Billy Douglass
Frank Golden
Billy McDonald
Montana-Tonopah
Diamondfeld
Mount Davidson
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