The mountain Democrat., 1864-04-23
nm MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT'
Reese River items.

ROANOKE LODE.-AS Ino OaSo VI NOuuh
D.ometheus are situated . succession OF
rnOrtz Iodes that are fast rendering that
iHc..litv one Of great attraction, and will
U.s.,e a sensation throughout the coun-
~ or these are the Oregon, Manhattan,
pc.ooke, Ethan Allen, North Star, Nor
~,n and Muncey and others, Yesterday
"a visited the tunnel Of the Roanoke, and
~sr. highly pleased with the prospects.
The tunnel has been run to the depth OF
nenety feet, piercing two veins Of ABOUT
Twelve to sixteen inches Ia HiniN, Ano Is
.unposed to be within few teet OF the
Orincipaf ledge Of the claim: An incline
-" been sunk upon the main ledge to the
S.n,h of sixty four feet, finding well
Sssned and good paying vein.
Tn ,hs tunnel at the depth Of fifty feet,
.he first vein was struck. Upon this men
.rs re engaged in sinking an incline, and will
.on,;n1e il until water is reached, and
,Ssre can be no possibility Of doubt as to
,hs existence Of . ''true vein, and good
n.ying one. At present We have no
5oubt Of il, and would prefer to commence
onerations for a permanent working, than
~ continue prospecting. The last incline
- now down below the level of the tunnel
~bout twenty feet, and is sinking at the
,.te of six feet in twenty four hours work
mo Mr.. J. S. Brewer ID superintendent
nftbe work, and the rapid progress max
inc. with the neatness Of the work, shows
.hst his part is well done. At the depth
.t prescnt reached, the lode is about six
teen inches in width, an unmistakable
vein. showing the usual ores existing
above the water line, also considerable
black sulphuret and ruby silver ores the
ledge stands at higher angle than is
usual in that vicinity, being at an angle
of fifty.two degrees, as ascertained by
measurement A quantity OF rock taken
from different parts Of the vein and work.
.d at the Pioneer mill By the process Of
Mr Estes, paid from one hundred and
,hirty to one hundred and fifty dollars
Der tun, while another lot from the in
cline on the main lead has paid as high
as two hundred and seven dollars per tun.
There is lying between the main lead
and the casing, 4 peculiar substance call.
ed by many, rotten granite, which II much
resembles, but upon ana ysis proved tu
be quartz, and paid in silver upwards OF
one hundred dollars per tun. This had
previously been thrown away, and Mr..
brewer informs us that he has thrown
hundreds Of tuns Of the like away it will
now be carefully saved. The Roanoke
lode lies nearly midway bat~een the Ore
eon and North Star, about hundred and
hftv to two hundred feet from each, and
we have every reason to expect that il
will prove equally as good.
KELLY LEDGE Some time since a tun.
mel was commenced upon Lander Hill,
near the bead Of Cedar street, for the
purpose Of prospecting the Lady kenne'
DIV ledge. This tunnel is now in about
one hundred feet and is supposed to be
very near the ledge for which it was driv.
en-. In running this distance a number
of small veins Of quartz, or, rs they are
in derision termed, razor. blade ledges,
we're cut. One OF these. about seventy
five feet from the mouth Of the tunnel,
presented such favorable appearance a.
TO induce one of the wOrkmen, Mr.. Kelly,
to sink a shaft upon it, in doing which il
was found to increase gradually in width,
and at depth of but thirty feet irom the
surface it has assumed the proportions as
well As appearance Of we'll defined lode,
being two and a half feet " ide, with splen'
ded looking quartz. The water line has
Just been reached and We doubt not that
when greater depth is attained, it will
prove to be another Sich and valuable dis
covery. 1t has been located, and in hon
or Of its diScoverer. named the Kelly ledge.
All that is requisite to make our "TazOr'
blades" create astonishment is the april
cation Of well directed labor.
OxE TnorsAND Six llvNDRED DOLLARS
PER TrN.-We made short visit to the
North Star lode yesterday and found them
working away very quietly for SO rich a
claim. Two large wagon loads we're TAX
ing out that morning that were worth
sixteen hundred dollars per tun. The en-
tire ledge is over three feet in width, and
all Of the same value. What district can
equal it: