, 1860-10-27
narER FRos1 THE GOLD REGIONS.
New Silver NIfnc Discovered by CttizenS
or Evannton, 11iInots.


MOUNTAIN CITY. ]. r., Oct, I'd, 1860.
= Thinking you would nkcto hear from the
different parts Of tue mines, and having never
seen any notice Of our new discoveries In your
columns, have tnken The liberty Of Inform
Ing yon Of what / think you ought to know,
viz: the cxistance Of new, extensive and rich
1--WE think) silver mines, within twelve or four
teen miles of Mountain City.
About The first Of July last two Of my part
ncrs {Mcssrs. W. H. Hill aud S. II. DcnsmoFc
Of Evanston and myself, while out on pros
pcctiug tour, found wlat VIC thought to be
signs Of rich gold leads, on a stream ut the
basc Of the snowy range We built hut of
boushs, md went to work to test them by sink-
Ing a shaft on the top Of what is now known
as Silver Hill. Our work progressed very
slowly owing to the fact that We had no carf-
tai to employ help to nssist us, and were obllgg-
cd to pack our tools, provisions, bedding,
arms and everything else on our backs to and
from Mountain City, over high mountains,
without even trail to guide Us, Our ine1pe-
rience In mining and having to leave there aud.
60 to work In the gnlchcs to procure means Of
supplying ourselves with tools and provisions
from time to time, has delayed the develop
ment Of the mines very materially, and 1t is
not until this late day that We are willing to
say VIC lavc something good. We are SO con
f1dent Of ihis TINT VIC have determined to win
ter there, and risk another years. time. There
Is already town Laid of, and known through
out this region as Silver City. We have form
cd District, mud there are already hundreds
Of Claims made and recorded, and would be
worked extensively this fall and winter If VIC
had smc1ts to convert the orc into available
means to carry on the work. but the fact is,
The miners generally arc men without money.
They cannot work without eating. Provisions
are high, and wages arc very low. Many cali
lists are us scarce in the mountains as nosqui-
toes In winter.
: We hare had the ore tested in Denver City,
In Gregory, in Spring Gulch. Lake Gulch, Ne
vala, Ureka aud Russell Clutches, in Central
and Missouri cities, by professed chemists and
assayists, and by private individuals, All say
VIC hare big thing. Dr.. McFatricA Of Illinois
told me that he had tested near twenty pounds,
and the yield Of silver was all the way from
ten cents to six dollars per pound. Professor
Valley, Of Gregory, formerly Of st. Louis, i
am told, gave MI. Wheaton Of Nevada,
certificate Of an assay made l,y him Of five
grains Of pure silver to the ounce Of Orc
This is the lowest assay that has been made to
my knowledge, We haye had assays that
would double and treble it. But as to the
truth Of them cannot say. We have sent
some of the ore to Chicago, New York City,
the mint at Philadelphia, 10 st. Louis, Du.
ouque and several other places, to have 1t test.
ed, Which we expect to hear from immediate
ly. We have taken care to select an average
Of the ore SO as to yet a fair test. We have
compared 1t with tho ore fr6m the mines or
the Blue, and from the Washoc Mines. II i
pronounced superior to either BY all who pro
fcss to know anything about silver. We hayt
tried not to be dupcd in the matter, and IT vi
arc, there are hundreds in thcsam boat. Ser
eral men, and those, too, who look and act likt
honest men, and appear to know what they art
doing, have made claims and secured lots ii
Silver City, and made arrangements TO hayt
houses built this winter, and have gone, Or art
going, to the States for their families, to re
turn carly in the spring, Some are going tt
bring smelts and other machinery, If they car
make mise Of some means to do it. If It IL
your wish, We will let you know the results o
the tests from different places, from time II
| time.
| Business Of nil kinds Is dull In the noun
tains. There is but little money being realizes
from the mines as Jet. Hundreds arc leavin!
daily for the States, OF, America, as they call II
some to return in the spring, but many G.
disappointed in the realization Of the hope
with which they crossed the Missouri in til
| spring As for us, nc have not paid expense
MS yet; nor nrc VIC ready to give up in dt
| spair Of final success. Ne intend to hang o.
10 the willows until something turns up to GU
advantage, or We are forced to lcaye by starya
ton. We have thrown our big card, and vii
either lose tie saddle or win the maui.
Yours, truly, n. IL JCDsoS,
Formerly Of Evanston, Cook Co., Ill.