The mountain Democrat., 1864-02-27
NM MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT,
RSsss River items.

Rssse River items.
". elip the following from the Reese
River Reveills
GotD BEARING QUARTz.-J. z; Sargent
.vhIbited to Hs yesterday some oeautiiui
snAc,msus Of gold bearing quartz, the best
have ever seen in the Territory. They
w. We t,ken from the Shamrock and Wild
r";rrant lodges in Union District, and
.hont one.half mile from lone City. These
sI.;ms we're among the first locations In
sSa District. but little or no work OF con.
seouence has been done upon them until
LAST week, when the respective companies
commenced operations and struck &c r'en'
r. g alao Informs us that placer diggings
h.vs been struck just north Of lone City
:" +. tract n country hitherto deemed en-
.;,slv devoid Of mineral, and as high as .
~, ~ the pan obtained. The same gen.
a'"msu als6 had some fine looking rock
S.Cm a number Of lodges, among which
HO "r.-s named the Silver Noon, Vicksburg,
Vanderbilt Jane James, Sargent and
cSnuer. al Of which have been tested by
OSTr S~;1I process and ranged from $3.50 to
emo Der ton. The Union mill is now en-.
csred in crushing two tons Of rock from
The latter ledge.
R1cH.-We were shown yesterday 4
-orv rich specimen from the Atlantic
iodSc situated in Veatch's canon. 1t had
been burned, and was ON one side almost
completely covered with coating of sill
cor II was extracted, too, only few
foot below the surface. The ledge is well
defined and shows a width Of twenty feet
on top. II was located only short time
since so that very little work has as yet
been done on It.
CuEFrAIN Tunnel AND MINING Cow.
PAyY.-Tbe claim ofthis company was To-
Gated 4 short time since by Charles Dex-
Ter. II is situated in Coral Ravine, Am
ador District, near the Rough and Ready
ledge. This company is organized upon
A new and very good plan, no owner being
located for more than City feet, so that it
will be very easy for them to pay the as
sessments which il is necessary to levy
oettv often on all tunnel claims. The
company are running for ledge called
the Chie(tain No. 2, which they own {;
situated above the Rough and Rra 1v, ard
also for all blind ledgeS within their loca.
tion. As this hill contains some Of the
riches lodges located in Amador District,
the prospects Of this tunnel are unusually
encouraging.
DAcorA.-We' were few davS since
Shown large button Of silver which had
been obtained from twenty pound OF ore
from this ledge, worked by hand, The
Weld was ut the rate Of S255 to the ton.
The rock was Of the average quality, not
having been selected. We were also
shown q specimen OF the select ore which
had been burned in a forge and was al
most covered with a coating Of silver
The piece from which it was broken had
asSayed over four thousand dollars TO the
ton. A contract has been let to sink 100
feet on the Dacota.
ARAGo. We have heretofore mention
cd this as one Of the most promising lcdgcs
10 Big Creek, or in fact any of the districts
since our last notice Of it much work has
Oeen e0Np upon It,1Hu t"c P'VSI'rN'S nav
now boeone much better than even the
most saRgaiNe at first anticipated. The
ledge is splendilly defined. and has now
increased to. Abe full width Of five feet
More Of the rock has yet been crushed
but it has been submitted 10 numerous
tests and always xith the most satisfactory
results. The Arago is situated about one
half mile Earth Of Canon city. y five
foot ledge situated aS this is, where wood
and water are abundant and the rock
froAa all Of which will hurn eat silver, af-
fords about as good a chance for fortune
as any desire. Stock in the Arago is al
ready held at pretty high figures.
TIlDALG0 TrSxEL. This tsnnel is-nOw
in about one hundred aud thirty feet, and
the company are expecting every day to
strike the ledge. The IIidalgo is situated
in the vicinity Of Yankee Blade.
Wao SAID TmAr?-We find the follow
inv in the GAINESVILLE Aurora