The mountain Democrat., 1864-04-16
THE I10ENTABa DEMOCRAT
Reese RAVNrhAteWS.

Reese f4ANSEEE
We clip the following from the Reese
River Reveille ,-5 ri
RICHER. AND MORE or Ir.-The Original
North Star is destined to obtain as great
. ndeOriety % that Of the Gould 8 Curry
n VIrainia. A few weeks since re ex
ncasssd che opinion that it could surpass
n bess chains Of that far famed locality,
h ~ produstion Of BFst class ores And
;ts HTss class tEas Of q rate that the Vir'
riais sinners had. no idea Of. This the
Enterprise thOught wes Wild enc ex'
erpsrsteS, ass.a<~.~t Wv ilianded To-
state lSCta a the time, and, however ex.
sray1rNit II may seem, what We stated
49, ia ar surpassed By later deyelOP.
vreNts made IN the mine. The ore Of the
NORTH Star mine may be estimated by
th1Iv peuesntsge of silver, rs are the ores
n COPPER or lead, rather than by the
dollars Il viii pay per ton. The lode is
cuita narrow, less than three feet, but il
4 nearly o pure black snlphuret, or at
IrAS, 20 intermixed with the gangue that
Il is a. taken Us ore, and as carefully sack.
Al AZ would be the dollars into which it
wiN be coined. The facilities for working
these ores At the mills are not such as this
class require, SIN the Oregon Mill Com
DanV, to whom the mine belongs attempt
ID On Monday las; they worked fifteen
hundred pounds, by the new process Of
bouation and lixiviation the result was
one thousand two hundred ounces valued
At sixteen hundred dollars. Rich as that
vas Il Is said much richer is taken from
the claim. The Oregon Mill Company
besides owning the North Star are also
owners of the Oregon, and we believe Of
others. The late success Of this and 9th
er companies has created quite nm excite
msnt among oil classes G people in this
vicinity, and has determined others TO 60
on and develop their mines equally as
well. There are but few claims that do
not appear rs well 1t or near the surface
as did the North Star OF Oregon; in fact
both Of these claims At one time presented
very discOuraging appearances, and in the
hands Of most Of miners would have been
absMdODed, now however, beneath the
hands OF men energetic and determined,
%heT indicate . wealth. seldom, if eTer
surpassed iO mining adventure, 49,
Tue MxociE.-A great denl Of the un-
dercurrent Of excitcmrnt prevailing among
al classes Of the community who pay any
attention to our mining interests, is at
tributable IN recent developasentR madvih
tba Ma9gle to1e. 1ahke bodies or thr
most bes 1tiful OF ores are taken out, and
the depth reached is bot Little below the
water line. A tunnel has been run, ard
drits made which show that the ledge is
Of extraordinary width, and the bonanza
in which they are now working Of large
and unknown extent and of value thst
only the mines Of Reese River can pro.
duce. The Maggie must Of course rise to
distinction as mine, for there is certain
" luck in % pretty 4 uanie. We have
lately heard of some important transac-
tons in the sales q ores from this mine,
that, although We are not at liberty to
give the figures, VIC can state were at
high rates, very advantageous to the stock
holders, and We trust, equally so TO the
purchasers.
ETHAN ALLEN.-Mr. Clark is still push.
ing ahead very energeticslly and sa,i>iac-
to:iy on the Ethan Alien. The incline
has now reached to . perpendicular depth
beneath the surface Of about forty feet
and il now ten feet below the water line.
At this depth the ledge is about three
feet thick ~isA pay streak Of ab"ut eight
inches, aud this pay streak csntans
vein Of about three inches in width Of
nearly a pure SIiphuret, ,KhoSiug spanges
ofCystnIizrd silver II lies among the
riches claims in upper Austin. and in
sinking below tlse Waaer liMe. .the ore bears
the same character as all others At the
same d,pth.
RoUGH AND READY LODE or ANApoR,-
Since the commencement Of the tunnel
upoa the Rough and Ready, the beautiful
rock discovered, has raised quite an ex-
citement. Yesterday we saw small bar,
obtained from fifteen pounds Of rock from
this claim. The rock vas worked by B.
Elliot ina. hand mortar and amalgamaied
in a common wash pan. The atnalgam
obtained was Ne.ted Ind ASsAyed hy
Thea'i and valued at 81 A. Mr.. Elliot
revoked The resiLnM Of rock and oh
tanned little over one dollar. making
about So so for fifteen pouuds Of what
was taken as average rock. Mr.. Elliot
who has some skill as an amalgamatnr,
expresses his belaef that the ore (rum the
Rough and Resdy will pay at the mills.
one thousand dollars per ton.