The mountain Democrat., 1864-01-30
EaE NOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.
Reese River items


River Reveille
A.. mseting Of the stockholders Of the
csr.rd Company, the following officers
80 - elected for the ensuing year: Pres
;isrt Jas. Mckinley Trustees, S. Mar.
Il" David WiIes, Joseph O'Neil; Secre-
49, and Treasurer, Isaac Titus.
Rr~vrv 4 ALEXANDER is the name Of
. ledge recently located on Lander Hill,
h~ Wsxrz8 NeCe%~rek & Leon. Speci-
s:.,a 81 the rock show rich chiorides, and
.ho~. -h;ch had been burned were GOV.
sr~d With silver. There are 800 feet in
the location.
r, DoRADo.-D. W. Levan, superinten.
A.nt Of the Placerville Company on the
shove ledge, iu Big Creek District, in
Sorms us be has let contract for tun.
~sl which will thoroughly prospect their
~round. The ledge crops out the entire
;surth Of their claim, and is some four
faet vide. Bob Hunter is the contractor.
Sr. ALBAN's LEDGE-This ledge is sit
mated near the Flora, short distance
south Of Yankee Blade. It was discOV.
ered and iocate1 G&St Ucs~Irer, oy' 41s ID.
Savtelle. An incline upon it is now near
IL down to the water level, at which depth
he ledge is we'll defined, and about three
f.et vide. The rock looks very well,and
prowises to turn out rich.
MARY AND EMxA TCxNEL. under.
atand that q good looking, well defined,
lsdee vas struck in this tunnel few days
since. The tunnel is now in near TIVE
hundred feet and runs into the hill short
distance east Of Cedar street.
REESE RIVER CANAL.--Work upon this
enterprise Is being pushed forward finely,
and the prospects now are that 1t will be
finished considerably before the lSt OF
April the time fixed in the contract
Speed the work.
SAVAGE LEDGE-A comfortable little
house has been erected over the mouth OF
the incline sunk upon this ledge, and
work is being vigorously prosecuted
Some fine looking rock is being taken
out.
HILDRETR's MILL During the latter
part Of last week this mill WAs engaged
10 crushing rock Fo,n the North Star
ledge. This week, we understand it will
work some from the Union, No. l.
NoKrH SrAR-.Work is being vigorously
pushed forward on this ledge, and a large
quantity Of fine quartz is being taken out
daily. A considerable amount Of it is al.
90 being crushed, AS fast as extracted, at
the various mills.
CICERO. understand that one Of
the owners OF this ledge is now IN San
Francisco, from which place he will start
in few days with pump to be used in
the incline sunk upon this ledge When
il arrives work will be Immediately re-
sumed, and wc may then expect some re.
turns from this promising ledge.
OEEGoX MILL.-We visited this mil the
other day and found ST. am up and the
stamps rattling away. A number of tons
OF rich looking quartz were on hand. -
The foundation OF the battery in this mill
is upon the bed rock, and it is Of c"ur>y
as solid as il can be made. The tImbcrs
used are also very strong. Everything
about the mill is arranged for convenience
and endurance:
KEEP IT CP.-Frou conversation viii
mill men and asSayerS We feel rea>surri
Of the truth of the statement We madc
last week--that il the present activity
continued throughout this month, more
bullion would be shipped from here dur
ing January alone than has been >hipptd
since the discovery OF our mirc>. InIs
being the case, wc hope that none Will
slacken their energy. SelSi your rock L"
the mill and make Your minc pay tiom
the surface.
WILDWOOD TuHNEL. We are informed
that few days since large ledge vas
struck in this tunnel at the depth "G neii
two hundred feet bel " the surface. This
tunnel is situated near .Ahaiur. We havt
been shown some Of the quartz taken from
thiS ledge, which looked qnite vel. re.
sembling very much the blue >nphurate>
which are taken out o! the Com>tock.--
This strike has made considerable stir
for some days past.
THE Fountain mill at Jacobsville iSnoW
lying idle for want Of rock to cru>h.--
This mill is capable Of crushing and ANAL
gAmating eighteen tons in t~rRty four
hours. AS great quantities If rock is ~
ing at the mouths Of many shafts in this
and the neighboring districts. that will
pay crushing, it is hoped that enough
will be brought forward to keep all the
mills constantly running.
EASEA-A quantity Of rock from the
Essex was lately crushed, yielding at the
rate Of 1920 per ton. This was from
rock taken below the water line, and was
worked by crashing and amalgamating.
1t is supposed that it would have worked
and paid better had it been previously
roasted.
New DIsCOvERY.-We we're shown YES
terday fine looking piece Of quartz from
ledge recently discovered in the Smiths
Creek range Of mountains, about eighty
miles to the southward Of here. The ledge
is said to be forty feet wide and crops out
fifty or sixty feet above the surface.
ANOTHER STEP.-It is a curious circum-
stance that the statue of Liberty, which
has Just been unvnied on the top Of the
Capitol at Washington, represents , col
ored woman! For fear of discolora'ion,
the excuse is, an acid has been employed,
which stains the surface Of the figure, and
makes the color weather. proof Y.
World.
The above is another proof that the
present delusion has reached its culmiua
ting point. France reeIed on in madness
until she put up prostitute as the God
dess Of Reason. We have clapped the
ctimAx Of our insanity by raising upon the
dome Of our Capitol, statue Of freedom