Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-10-07

From the discovery OF the silver mines Of
Washoe, on the eastern slope OF the Sierra
Nevada, discovery and settlement have made
giant strides to the eastern border Of Nevada.
From Virginia to Austin, from thence to
Egan, near the eastern border. At both
these have exceedingly rich mines been
found, and it but remains to fill up the inter-
vening spaces to make a complete chain OF
mining settlements, from each extreme limit
of the Terri tory. This succession Of mining
districts, is not narrow line along the Over
land road, but consists Of series Of parallel
ranges of mountains or hills, that corrugate
the surface of this elevated plain. In these
ranges are a great number of metalliferous
veins, bearing in the greatest profusion, sill
yer, copper, lead and iron, with considerable
gold, and many other metals.
From Austin, the line Of districts radiate
like the spokes Of wheel. North and
South, ranges the Toiyabe, two hundred
miles in length, nearly every mile Of which
is rich, as never hill or mountain was rich
before. Southwest are lone, Union and
Mammoth. West are Augusta and Cold
Spring. Northwest is Rayenswood. North
east, Cortez. Southeast, Jefferson and 9TH
ers. East is Mountain, Timber, Eureka,
Diamondand Gold Canon. There are dozens
of others, but enough are mentioned to fill
the wheel. Eastward, the new districts bid
fair to equal the rich ores of the Toiyabe.
One of the latest Of these discoveries is at
point about ninety miles east of this, on the
western slope of the Diamond Mountain, and
ten miles south Of Diamond Spring station,
on the Overland stage road, and twenty-five
miles southwest of Fort Ruby. The first
discoveries of metal were made in it about
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lately organized into a district, and laws
made. The laws are similar to those gene.
rally adopted throughout this section, with
the exception that each location on ledge
entities the owner to one hundred feet on
each side Of the lode, and to all veins or mi.
nerals within those limits. A certain guam
tity Of work done on claim will hold it until
next July.
The district is about twenty-four miles in
length, and takes in the whole body Of
Diamond mountains for that distance. The
geological and physical features of the
mountain are very similar to those Of Mount
Tenabo, of Cortez district, and the ores re-
semble those Of the latter very much. The
western side to near the top, is composed Of
limestone; this is heavily covered with
timber the balance is slate, grows no timber,
but produces an abundance of excellent
bunch grass and is well supplied with springs.
In the Diamond Valley, at the foot Of the
mountain, and. about one mile from the
mines, well has been dug, striking large
supply of excellent water at depth Of four
teen feet. The valley is about fourteen miles
in width. is generally covered with sage
brush, contains some bunch grass, and APP
pears to be full of water at but a slight
distance from the surface. The accessibility
of the mines, and the many conveniences of
wood, grass and water, will render this district
a very easy and cheap one to develop. One
of the discoveries OF these mines, Mr.. Ely,
brought with him several hundred pounds OF
ore from the different lodes, that shows un-
mistakably their value. Among those that
appear exceedingly rich, are the Ely, Hid
den Treasure, Buckeye, Cumberland, Colbert
and others. These are from ten inches to
three feet in width, and show rich sulphurets
of silver, copper and lead. Only slight ex-
cavations have been made. but the rock
taken out, being in a great proportion ore,
indicates that upon further developments,
they will turn out mines that cannot be sur
passed in Nevada.-Reese Rirer Reueike.