The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-18 00:00:00

THE LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING,_JUNE 18, 1868.

2111N/At INTELLIGENCE.

The Siicer Bend Reporter, May 9, Nevada, says :
—" A year ago Manhattan District was visited by
eager prospectors as the place above all others in
this vicinity where rich lodes were to be found and
speedy fortunes made. Daily for a period of several
months were excited men to be seen g tthered to-
gether upon our streets in little groups examining
rare specimens of rich silver ore, and listening to
the tales of the exhibitors as they pictured the
wealth and facilities of Manhattan District whence
it came, and hundreds went thither who worked for
a season until some other excitement carried them
to more remote localities, and for a time only those
directly interested gave to Manhattan a single
thought. But though a suspension of work occurred
from lack of capital the district was by no means
abandoned. There were those interested who were
competent to judge of the great wealth of the silver
veins coursing through the hills, and who were de-
termined to develope them. A few men purchased
the principal claims, and consequently were enabled
to handle them, and they offered inducements to
capitalists to engage in their development One of
the very best and most promising veinsof the district
upon which work has been done is the Ophir situated
upon the crest of the hill at the head of Silver Spring
canyon. This lode, together with others, became the
property of Messrs. Bauer and White. The former
named gentleman, Mr. J. C. Bauer, left here last
fall, went to England and formed a company for the
purpose of developing the Ophir, and the prospect
at present is that a company of English capitalists
will soon have an agent at Manhattan who will
commence extensive operations there. Mr. Bauer
arrived here during the week, and is now engaged
in surveying timber-lands, water privileges, &c., i❑
the district for the benefit of the company. Mr. J.
H. Boalt, a 'well-khoWn mining engineer, will
shortly arrive and report upon the property. The
district certainly presents many advantageous fea-
tures, and any company that commences operations
herein and adopts a thorough system of develop-
ment—as our English cousins are always in the
habit of doing—cannot fail of success. The dis-
trict is magnificently wooded, there is a fine mill
site close at the mine, and the surface indications
promise much for deep explorations. We are
glad to learn that our section is attracting the at-
tention of which it is pre eminently worthy, and
can promise those who invest ample returns for
all expenditures they may make. In another
portion of the paper will be found an account
of the discovery and organisation of Sheridan Dis-
trict furnished us by a correspondent. Since that
was writteo we have seen and conversed with one
of the original locators, who has shown us some of
the ore, and also imparted additional information.
The discovery was made about the middle of April,
and several claims laid by John Ely, Benj. Evans,
Henry Raymond, and others of Pahranagat. The
principal locations are respectivaly named Nevada
Giant, 10 feet wide ; Potosi, 6 feet ; and the Evans
ledge, the two first named running parallel and
cropping boldly for a distance of five miles. Along
the immense croppings at intervals, large ore chim-
neys occur of such magnitude that thousands of
tons of rich ore are said to be revealed to sight.
Many persons have rushed thither from different
places until the immediate vicinity has been pretty
generally overrun and a great many locations made.
The ore assays from $lOO to $3OO per ton. The
location of the new district is about 10 or 12 miles
south-west of Penoyer's spring on the Pahranagat
road, and perhaps nearly 45 miles south-east of
Reveille District. -Water and timber is not plenti-
ful in the immediate vicinity of the mines, though
there is a plentitude of both these commodities
upon Timpiute mountain, which lies about 12 miles
from the district in a south-easterly course. The
fortunate locators of this new field for enterprise
are sanguine that they have the big thing of East-
ern Nevada.
" GOOD ASSAY.—Yesterday an assay was made
by Cahill Brothers of a sample of the chloride ore
taken by Leon and Co. from the surface of their El
Dorado South, which gave the enormous yield of
$19,365 67c. of silver per ton."
NEW MINING DISTRICT.—A correspondent, who
signs himself L. S. T., thus writes us from Iliko,
under date of April 28th, concerning the discovery
and organization of a new mining district at the
South-East:—Within the past two weeks some of
the finest lodes of silver-bearing quartz have been
discovered and located that exists in any portion of
this State, and will give rise to a new district that
will not have its superior. The district has been
christened " Sheridan," and is about 35 miles west
of the town of lltko. Samples of ore are now on ex-
hibition, which excite the admiration of all old pro-
spectors. It isof slate formation, with well-defined
appearances of true fissure veins, with .a width of
sixteen to forty feet, and a northerly and southerly
course. Wood and water of easy access. The
principal locations made have been by Messrs. J.
H. Ely, H. Raymond, Ben. Evans, and W. J.
Haynes, and their immediate friends. The first-
named gentleman is one of the original locators of
the Pahranagat District ; Mr. Raymond is inti-
mately connected with the development of this
camp ; Mr. Ben. Evans is so intimately known that
those knowing him will feel certsin that there is a
" big thing" found when he assures every one that
he has not seen its equal anywhere ; Mr. Haynes
is a practical and experienced miner, and he asserts
it is the " best thing" he has ever seen. Assays
are being made from the samples, and as soon as I
ascertain the results I will communicate to you a
synopsis of the same, with such particulars as will
appertain to the district."

A NATIONAL SCHOOL OF MINES.—Tbe American
Journal of Mining has the following upon this sub-
ject :—" Such an institution would increase the
production of bullion in three ways ; first, by send-
ing forth educated engineers, able to meet and
overcome the growing difficulties of gold and silver
mining and reduction ; second, by affording infor-
matio❑ to thousands who are too old or too busy to
receive thorough instruction, but who, being actively
engaged in mining, most urgently require that
counsel which will save them from unnecessary
losses and disappointments ; and, finally, by making
the capitalists of Europe, as well as America,
acquainted with the mineral resources of our coun-
try, and drawing to our great mining regions that
capital which (next to knowledge) is their prime
necessity."
The Reese River Reveille, April 20, remarks :
" Reveille district, about 150 miles south-east from
Austin, will in all probability become the scene of
considerable activity in the course of the present
year. Negotiations are on foot between some of
the oldest loe dors in the district and a New York
company, which may result in the transfer of a large
amount of valuable ground. If the sale should
take place, it is the intention of the company to
erect an efficient mill in the district next fall. The
district has produced large amounts of ore from the
surface of a quality rarely equalled, and an efficient
and well-managed mill would make it a valuable
bullion-producing region. Heretofore nearly all of
the ore produced in that district was hauled to the
mills for reduction, and we have yet to hear of the
first instance where the ore did not pay all the ex-
penses of mining, transportation, and milling, and
leave a substantial remainder for the miner."

There were shipped by
Wells, Fargo, and Co.,
of Austin, Nevada, during April, 187 bars, weigh-
ing 13,411 pounds, of the value of $189,959 24.
Since the burning of the Keystone Mill the Man-
hattan has been the only mill at work in this sec-
tion. The bullion product, under the circum-
stances, is better than could have been anticipated.
John A. Paxton and Co., of Austin, consigned
$52,089 22 of the above amount, and Paxton and
Co., of Belmont, $22,352 55.

Among the reports from Nevada is the following
curious statement of footfalls upon the rock;
In Carson Valley, Nevada, near the town of Day-
ton, there are many curious and interesting geolo-
gical vestiges of ancient fauna and flora. Petrified
palm trees, coniferx, and many extinct tropical
plants, are found in abundance, but the most
notable object in that region is the " foot-
printed rock." At the mouth of El Dorado
Canyon, on the north-east side of the Carson
River, a waggon road passes over a plain of naked
rock, which lies nearly horizontal, and is appa-