The mountain Democrat., 1863-12-05
mn MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT,
Reese River items.

We clip tue I''O"o
River Reveille
Irv,oN DIsrRICr. George F. Bliss came
3-orD Union District day before ycSter.
u md gave us some interesting items
uAy, uAy.,srnIne that section, and also showed
co come fine specimens from various
s.Sc.s L in that vicinity. The lone ledge
e. Situated two miles north of Rock Can
70 A hole has been sunk on it TO the
eth Of three feet opening the ledge to
uP;J,h of six feet. The rock is ofa
@-osn;sh color, showing some chlorides,
ga looks rich. The ledge has not yet
In opened to its full width. The
T.I;ns. III is len inches wide. Work had
;"s, heen commenced and they were down
n onlv about three feet. The rock at
.h.t depth looks well. The Tvec IL sit
.,.tsd about five miles south of Rock Can
- and was located three weeks since. -
M ledge is two feet Wide. Tie shaft
m the Union is now down my 'ect, aud
drift is now being run to strike the
isdce. This, it was thought would be
ro.ched in very few days when Mr..
Miss left. A number of other good lclg.
- have been discovered among which We
nav mention the Clyde t~O feet wide,
The Columbus fifteen inches wide, the
Onsida twenty inches vide, the Cashier
,wen,v. four inches wide, the Snow Storm
tb;rteen inches wide and Il Bn'iy Boy
hotueen two and three feet wide. Ah at
thirty or forty persons are in ia" Ir>'''t',
and three camps are h,ins built >"a> T."
remain during the Winter. Pro>itctlrg
is being vigorously carried on. "nd al
think that they have their cter''aI lof'n"',
A party Of Capitalists were out ihc'' 7"
Gently, and were so well pleased With the
prospects that thev purchased fifty feet
in each of seven different hedges for which
tbey paid $4,000 This District is near
the head Of Reese River. and there i
GOOD wagon road to il the whole !i>tr"rc.
Parties going there take provisions f''n
here.
CLYDE LEDGE. This i.dge j. ,t,a;c
about two hundred ya'd> rr;h oi t't.
Union No. .. 1t was di>rovcr'i '">t Jr
IL and a location # loco f,,f mnu hV
Morrison, Hall, J"u,> Erbj. "n, i.ud
Stearns. A. incline has hrc'. >'l "a; ''
il 10 the depth If twc''y >iN e. I, and
contract has hren let I" run it tNci,tv fr.f
further. There are two VEINS of qn,rtz
to he seen in tie incline; one about ,I"h
teen and the other six 'urhc> wide, tnr
ming parallel with each "tl,r. AMI hutl'
pitching into the hill - an rr.'r "i n''.I'
FORTY five degrees VA,v "',i - ! 'In'.
as il is supposed, unitr - = 'iti" -irl'"'
depth fnminn4A 'tr OF ur,r'i 'r' 1>' !
size The rock, p'in,ira''y II "A hir'N
color, looks web. and improves iH ail' ~
ance aS they 60 down. Wrk i hin.
vigorously prosecuted under III. contract,
CNArILLA LEnGr. SrGAE>> CoNrA\Y. -
This ledge was discovered a"d l"cat'i
last June by Grove. Iiucv, D. ihy ard
Stparns 1t is situated on tine side "f the
hill about three hnndr' d yar1> ca, Of tie
Union No. ,, and Eclipse. Qpite num-
Der Of prospecting HOLES have been
sunk upon il, and it has been traced f,r
a distance Of lour hundred feet ln IA"
whole Of that distance III" h.!- j. f'Tol
to be regular, well defined, and # t.,
average width of one foot. thougt in >"'rr
places it is fully two feet wide Thr
quartz, though SO near TIE >uiiacc, looks
like it is rich, bu; It has Mt yet been
submitted to working test :" as 10 d..
termine its full value. We uTc.iIst that
it will be found. hp~ever. To pay wc.l.-
Work will he prosecuted upon this dur-
ing the winter.
OSCEoLA LEDGE This edge is an old
ocation, and is situated Ahout ore hun'lrcd
feet above the Manhattan. \ Ia me is
being run on the ledge, and i Low in
about forty feet. The irhgc is bctween
three and four feet in WIDTH. and pitches
at an angle Of about forty.iivc degrees -
The rock taken out is principally blue
sulphurets and is improving in aprcnr-
ance with every foot. Qnitc a large quan-
tity Of the IRE has been extracted, auI i
now lying at the mouth Of the tnnnc'.-
1t much resembles the Cnm,t ok ore, and
will undoubtedly pay well. Arrangements
are now being made to have ~ Of it
crushed. If it does not yield rich appear
ances are certainly very deceptive. There
are one thousand feet in the O>rcoa oca.
tion. Col. Williams is the Suprrinicud,
ent
The AMApoR. .-Pro>pcctin in the W.
cinity Of this ledge continues to he prose-
cuted with undated vigor. The hills are
every day covered with people, turning
over stones, and digging holes, wherever
there is the least prospect of ledge, so
that the surface ofthe ground thrrvahon'>
is beginning to resemble the top Of hinge
pepper box. There are no Sleeping ar
eating accommodations there. 81 that pros
pectOrs must carry grub with them. or
return to some town at night. We Hope
that the boys will all strike it rich.
PIONEER Mill. AThiS mill is rapidly mp.
preaching complexion. THE north and
west walls are now mp, tht boiler has been
laid, and the high chimney hoi>trd really
for operations. The builiii is fine
and substantial one. being CONSTRUCTED nf
granite and will be quite an Improvement
to the city. All Of the machinery winch
We saw seems to be Of the first class. and
we do not doubt that the pruprirtors will
make this as it should be tine working
mill.
FLORIDA LEDGE. .-EXccedin rich
chOrideS is being taken out Of this cdS"
at the depth Of forty feet in the incline. -
II it continues as rich aS it was dlv hr
fore yesterday, it will take hnta few days
and few tons to get very respectable
number of thousands. The ledge i Scv-
en- inches wide of pure chloride and hrom-
ide ore.
ITEM FROM ESMEKALDA- -ihc CortrZ
Consolidated Company have II spcniid
lode on Silver Hill, near the Utah. They
have already sunk q shift SrycnlN live