, 1865-11-10
summit District.

We confess that we feel proud when we take
our pen 10 hand to write about Summit District,
Madison County. Il is, we venture TO say, as
rich quartz district as eau be found in any
Territory, at this date, and few can compare
with u, except 40 manites: disadvantage. There
is 20 fense round it, aud we challenge all men
interested in lode mfning, TO a practical e1ami-
natioa Of lhe groubds % which we base our as
sertiOn. We pAida visit to this section, which
is "gridisoned" with hedges OF fne promise,
whose name Is legion, but il is our intention TO
;speak only of those which We actually saw on
that oceasion. 10 a greater or less state Of de-
velopmeuts =
The Idaho Gold and,silver Mining Company,
under the sble superb ftendence of Charles y.
Davis, have between lany aud ffty hands At
work, erecting their machinery wheE is being
placed at the foot of the far famed Lucas lead.
The Mill is to be worked by a forty horse power
engine, driving twelve stamps, and there are
forty Bartola pans attached. Mt. Davis tells US
that the Apparatus will be In operation in about
three weeks time. ,.....a . s.
+ The Upper Missouri Mining ard prospecting
Compdny which is composed of some Of the best
quartz men of the Territory, with large capi-
tai, have made some very fine discoveries, aud
are now employed In the improvement Of their
property. Early neat Spring, their forty-eight
stamp Mill will be ready to work We were
shown some quartz from the Joe Morse lode,
which is owned by this company. and is named
in honor of one Of the New York members of the
association. The gold was visible on number
OF pieces in large flakes. In addition to this rich
deposit, the Company own the Knox, the Hol-
mead, the Murdeli, and several other fine veins,
The Knox presents a crevice six feet wide; the
Holmead measures nine feet between the wall
rocks and the Gunboat four feet.
The Golden Gate Company have struck the
largest ledge yet found in the District-the cell
ebratSd CaYerone. This monster erevice is said
to be. .thirty-6ve feet in width-all paying ore.
The shaft now being sunk on it measures four
teen feet. . t...,f.
Ths only ledge which has been practically
worked so as to return a regular dividend to the
owners is the Orc Cache which for long time
carried the reputation of the District on its
shoulders. The creyice varies in width from two
and half to four feet; but descends perpcndic-
ularly. The whole length of the discovery claim
is opened to a depth Of from thirty-fve to eighty
feet. J. 7. Connor-the owner of part of this
claim-has Il straight shaft, 6xl0, and over 80
feet deep. But little work is in progress on this
ledge at the present time. The homemade lit,
tie water mill of the Summit Company, situated
on Bachelor Gulch, which has hitherto done all
thc crushing exhibits "a general flavor of mild
decay" Mr., COnnor will bring a mill with him
from the States, on hiSreturn next Spring, when
operations will be resumed with vigor On No.
(south) on this lode, the creviee has been
struck by W. Hughes, alta depth Of ten feet, and
the ore is apparently as rich as that taken from
the Discovery.
4 body Of twenty-five men, under the desig-
nation of the Seneca Falls Mill Company, aIe
erectinga twenty-iour stamp mill in the neigh
borhood Of THO little water mill in Bachelors
Gulch.
The Yankee Blade is another very fine lode,
tal ~ 1f1g Al
1t has a well defined creyite of paying ore, six
feet in width, and shaft ffty-one feet on the
Discovery. The lead is owned by the Chrysoite
Gcld and Silver Mining Company, and being q
"sure thing is much thought of-1OHtana
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