The mountain Democrat., 1864-05-14
THE MOUNTAIN DEMOCRAT.
Reese River Items.

MessrS Shay ana Dlxon are now at WoTh
s;nkinp the incline, which is now down
20 the depth of about forty feet. Within
the last few feet the lode has widened
verv much, and the several StrSe.4 III 4ah.SE
veins have nearly consolidated into one,
which from present appearances VIII soon
take place. The lode is now near iour
fpet in thickness and presents a most ex-
ceedinply favorable appearance. 1t is
Tho determination Of the proprietors to
nroceed with the work without lntermls.
c,on until depth of one hundred and
ffty feet is reached, or that water should
nreyent the further sinking without the
a;d of other, appliances than at present
need. The very fine promise Of the ledge
ssnow developed is q strong inducement
for the greatest exertions on the part OF
the officers of the company to fully pros
nect their claim. 1t was quite fortunate
that the ledge shows so well at the pres
ont time, as, it being owned IN part in
San Francisco, the Secretary of the com.
nany, Mr.. Leddcn, happens to be here on
a tour Of inspection, and we are pleased
that he will have an opportunity to make
a favorable report.
JosEPHINE LODE, BIG CREEK. The RI
valry formerly existing between Austin
and the ambitious towns and surrounding
districts, cngendered very improper
preiudice against each other. This has
been fostered. principally in districts out
side of Reese River proper, and the injury
has reboundcd upon those who can see no
good elsewhere than in their own locality.
The Big Greek country has severely in.
iured itself by attempting to be the great
city of the country, neglecting its real in
terests to swell upon pretenSions. There
is hardly more favorably located district
in this Territory than Big Creek; it con
tains wood and water in great abundance,
and lodges Of large size and undonbtcd
worth. We occasionally see specimens
of rock from the lodges Of that district
that are no: inferior to any shown us Of
the most Aighly praised localities. One
lot of these specimens were taken from
the Josephine lndr, and had been burned
in a black smiths forge, and were literally
covered with globu'os Of silver. bright and
sparkling, presenting 4 remarkable and
most beautiful appearance. We have
seen great many specimens from Big
Creek that indicate Gar greater wealth
of lelCcS than it usually has credit for
possessing.
SAVAGE LODE. S\H AXrdNio. We Of.
ten hear very favorable reports Of tn"
mines, or at least of the loleS Of San An.
tonic. There are, undoubtedly, n great
number of good claim in that district rs
We have seen naUy specimens uf ore from
these Of the very iiLc>t quality. On lucs-
dav last two tons Of rock from the Savage
lode arrived i" town, and will be work q
at the Pioneer Mil. 1t was taken from
near the surface, md appears to be m al
most pure ch,or;lc ore. We anticipate
that the result OF the working viii he very
large. We cXrrct soon to have rr-ninr
correspondence from San Artonio, and
then the mines Of that rich district w,ii
receive the notice the desc!yc.
FLoKIDA, OF Aus.IS lILL..-A few
month, since We Ir-naturrly g"noun'ed
that the Florida Company hal s;ru',
water in their incline. Su,nr wet rock vas
struck, hut it did not tnrn!,h = rm4ueat
SnpIy OF water. As the For. IA had far
u,si,cl some excellent rock. wc ly't rpH.
til,nt that when water was rra'.,cd tin
ore would he surprisingly rich. ThiS
however, had not then become an cS,lb
hShcl fact, and our announcement that
water had hcea reachod. raise lite a
breeze anon 5>t the Fiof Inns. Iiut.how
the Company most jryir1v clai'n that
they have struck water, aui prtSent th"
rock filled with black Sulnhurrt>. ruby
and native silver, aua clu;cnl tiat they
now have better rock than the North
Star, Of the Oregon Company, which is
nov the standard "( comparison. lestrr.
day Mr. u. Oror, Snpcriu'cn'.cnt OF thr
F,Oril hroush; Is ,t!ur specimens Show-
ing very richly in native silver and black
Sulnhurcts He saws the ledge Of surl,
ore is fourteen inches in thickness, AMI
is growing richer as they descend. The
incline is now in TO the depth Of eighty
feet, and is ten feet below the water line.
As some ch!ordes are vet found, it is
supposed that water is not permanent at
the present depth attained. As the sricn-
tfc miners Of the Florida, bitterly com
planned Of our former report. we can now
turn the scale little upon them. llry.
ing such fine and valuable rock we asked
the superintendent why it was not hau,cd
TO the mill and crushed to which be re-
piled that he would not give pound Of
ere to the mills until they gave assurance
that they could work it successfully
How is it mill men of Austin, cannot the
ore be we'll worked here?
MARIETTA LoDE OF SAH FRANCISCO CAN
on, ANADoR DISTRICT. - Yesterday we
were shown bv Mr. Geo. Lcet, n beautiful
specimen Of rock from the above named
lode, that was exceedingly rich, showing
bright pieces of native silver pcrmeating
the rock throughout. The ledge of the
Marietta is about four feet thick, having
rich pay streak of two feet in width. -
The lode lies upon the same hill as the
Fort Wagner Sumter, Double Eagle,
Highland and other claims, all showing
native silver more profusely than in any
other section with which we arc acquaint.
cd. These are on the southern slope OF
the hill on the northern is Coral Ravinc
and the groupings of the Old Hickory
Rough ( Ready, Zaidee, Coral and others
OF known value, all bearing a strong re-
semblance to each other. A shaft has
been sunk upon the Marietta to the depth
Of forty feet, in the last eight Of which
the rich rock is obtained. The lead is
owned and worked by number of Ncva-
da county boys, and we wish them joy in
their good fortune.
CRGsus CoNPANY.-This company have
again resumed operations upon their
miAe. The work is superintended by
Frank Schoonmaker, and considerable
progress has been made upon the incline,
which is now down about 90 feet, reach.
ing the vein at perpendicular depth Of