The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-03-18
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si.ss pIsEiksa = sE.seIg .s 4 i aSsso Is
Gold md &ilssrs Ninss efI Ilahoah which
some our toypsnen. n. Raplss, ~ .stAers
were larssay'ntssssesa ~ @ssA
We notice II Dc New Ysrk 1Lissss !. q.
ticae from their regular cptss( ptiundsnt a. b.
Rchardsen, dassdes Rally eay, OsShssCs.,
In plAcs. where The nina abo1s lrsebrred u
are located, which No consider Of Sufficient
gssena interest, 70 Warrant h piblieAsioa il
our paper. Or at least = mnch Of II q our
spaos viii psrnis, and more especially %, ..
20 large ID interest u ha& rich region, il
hssd y or own citizens, and may jet mater.
ally add . the general wealth and prosperity
e TN essnAuAiyys ~ asgss.S
RS1T Orr; OsYHsr Co., IDAHO, |
80 % 49ss Thursday, Nov. Is, 1865. j
1u9y az, nix miles from the line Of Oregon,
p Gsnrdery group Of ssv frame and log
eeitdinga on wooded hiliside slipping to Jor-
dan Creek. The gulch below, once rich IN
placer gold, 10 now SO nearly exhausted that
only Chinsmen dig and sluics therein. Raby
hes near the bottom Of natural basin. The
summiU n SIX mountaiss, from 500 70 GOO
feet above the town, surround II, forming .
circle Eve miles in diameter. One Is bars.
solid gfasite another, naked slate, gAahed
rest are dotted with piues, and Just now.
whiee vita snow. Gold Hill, Immediately
behind the town, is trsveFsed BY rich quartz
lodges Several tunnels are begun, to bore
through the base Of the. mountain. one and q
half miles. These enterprises are very costly,
but very promising, The tunnelers are en-
titled 70 gil the "blind Lodges those With
no blossom OK cropping Ipn the surface
very frequent here,l which they may strike.
And wheAever they intersees hedges already
chained, they can make arrangements for
bringing out the quartz, remunerative to them
and tar cheaper to the owners than hoiatin1
It to the surface, 1850 feet above the tunnel.
Tbs deepest gold mine in the United States.
IN Amador County, California, is already
opened nearly 1000 feet perpendicularly, but
only rich and abundant quartz will pay for
raising so far.
ID ~ cther side of town is War Eagle.
KING OF all these mountains, its summit 5000
feee above thes and Z. 600 above Rnby CITY.
~ the richest and most wonderful deposit
OF quartz ever found in the United States,
even eciIpslng the famous Cumstock Lode Of
Nevada. IN this mountain, only FIVE miles
have BEEN claimed, stsEed and rrrordaJ
About twenty have been practically deyelonad
-tha Gro Ein0 and III Morning Star ~ r..
nishlng mills with rich quarts for more than a
year-$Ae rest, not BY assays or cuiied speci.
mems, o1t by taking from each some tons of
sverige rock, and crushing It in the nearest
MN. Al prove rich and some maryeIlcuslv
%. AH are ussAy perpendicular. and nrom.
use little opportunity fer the litigation which
mas almost ruaued Nevada and other mining
regions As far As excavated, nearly ail
STEADILY increase in width and in the nronor.
ton OF silver to gold. Old miners hold me
hitter an indication Of pernanence, As silver
mines prove more Trustworthy than gold. All
predictions are hazardous; nothing about AN :
mine 70 certain except the bricks of GOLD ana
SILVER sitter they are ready for the mint: but
am confident that with the next seven wears
var Eagle Mountain alone will add SO. 600.
oO0to the treasure of the world.
ne lame OF the Owyhee- Region over the
"hole fae1ne slope Is well deserved. have
}ourneyed through all the mining States and
Territories save Arizona. but have seen no
ore equal 70 this in plentif1ness. richness and
ease ~ reduction. The Morning Star Mill.
the hrst erected here, is of San Francisco
make, sith eight 760 pound stamps, and four
wheeler pans. 1t cost SO, 900 in specie
ABOUT 4Oper cent more than it would at pres-
ent, ior there,werN no roads, and lumber. la.
Dor ana provisions were much higher than
now. 1t is believed 70 ave shout 50 per cent
OF tne gold aud silver, and swarm Of China
men ma lucrative employment in washing
out gold from the sstailnps,'' or POWDERED
rock which has passed through the batteries.
ne mil commenced running Oct. Sd, 1884
DM was not fairly in operation for q week
sIerward. On the 10Th of November after
s cess t nnn 70 Gays workng-it had yielded
tended strictly to their business. rnnn;nc thor
mill day and night with excellent results. Il
must be paying them fully 5000 per day
above all expenses. Tradition. they nov
lease and run TIVE Eve stamp mills: and the
interests they have accumulated here would
doubtless sell for 81 ,O0O, 600
Inc uro FnoUse has little arsenic or sul.
pnur and much free metal. One stamp
WI crush two TONS pr day. The average re.
suit frt m it has been S1S5 to the ton Of ore.
1t yields metal aversging So TO the ounce.
composed OF seven parts I'm value pold. to
one Of silver. The workman are now down
200 feet on the vein, which at that depth
ranges from three 10 ten feet in width. Prob
ably the cost of taking out the ore, delivering
It at the mill and crushing it does not exceed
$40 per ton. The Morning Star mine has
yielded from $3.50 to $500 to the ton of ore.
Its product Is worth So to the ounce Of metal
two parts gold - one Of silver. One stamn
will crush about . ton and three quarters of
the, ore daily. The workmen are now 100
feet below the surface. and ind the vein seven
feet vide, The cost Of taking out and crush.
ing probably does not exceed $50 TO the ton.
Originally the govnerJ paid ouly 6 200 for
their claim 500 FEET III lengthy on the Morn.
ing Star. and abedt -sass same for she Orc
Emo. Now it would be difficult to estimate
their market value.
have spoken in detail Of thsse tvoaedces.
because they are more fully developed than
any OF the rest. But Moore L FOCUS, and
other experienced naiaers, are satisfied that
many cthsfa lodea ia Nae EaSk N0nnta;n.
and thro1ghoatSAhe 0sss - 49, are
equally RI Sa1nsbic. Al ~ f1..hae
ores areseal odu1soa; ncne g. thensss "a =
been wahe n = = % az FL Toy T. I 50
nings, wticA = 1DS1 ltese ss1mr 1900
from n to 334oes u Il = ci1amed q
vs, 49,, - ~ go; Vi s.s - 49, not