New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-10
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RuuY CRY. CwyHrE County. ID,no.
Tburs0ay. Nov. 10. Iso5

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Tbufs0ay, Nov 10. roo
Rnbv City, six miles from the line OF oregon
g. aisn,dsrv MON, Of new frame and log buildings
on a wooded hillside sloIing to Jordan Creek Ihe
culch below once rich in placer gold. Is now so hea
exhausted thar only Cinnamon dig and saiee therein
rphv lies near the bottom of natural basin The sum-
it of six monnsios from 600 to 1900 feet above inc
TOWN surround IT, forming circle five miles In diane
Ter One is bare, solid GRANTEES another. naked S''e
psshed with cahons and pointed with turrels e fes
are dotted with pines aud lust white with snow
Gold Hill Immediately behind the town. is traYeTseu
by rich Quartz lodges Several tunnels are hesun' ~
bore through the base Of the mountain one ara ha
miles These enterprises are very cosby cu' very
promising TIE tanne.ers are entitled to all tue hihu
hedges Chose with "bossom or Groupings on the
surface-yery Gequent here. which they may strike
And Whenever they iuterseet lodges already CLAIMED
they can make arrangements for bringing out Tue
ouarz temunerative TO them and far cheaper to the
owners than hosting it to the SUFFICE 5O feet above
the tunnel The deepest gold mine in the United
States in Amsdoi County California, is already opened
nearly 1000 feet perpeudicu'ary. but only r!ch an"
abundant quartz viii for raising 50 far
On the other side OF town Is War Eagle. king OF oil
these mountains ats summit 1900 feet above the sea
and 600 above Ruby City 1t is the richest and most
wonderful deposit If quartz found in the United
States even eclipsng the famed C0nstock Lode Of
Nevada 10 this mountain only five miles in diameter
al the base upward OF 100 lodes have been Claimed
staked and recorded. AJOat twenty have been prac'
.aly deveoped-the Orc limo and the Morning Star
Iyfnrnishing mills with rich quartz for more than year
thu res; not by ASSAYS or culed specimens bnt by
taking from each tGns Of average rock. ana erus
sug In the neareer mill. All prove rich, and some
,narvelously so. All are nearly perpendicular, and
promise little opportunity for tho litigation which has
Utmost ruined Nevada and other mining regions AS
as exeavated neaiv all Stc IDLY increase in width
md in the proportion of gold. Old miners hold
the latter ind alton Of perm inence as silver mire
rove more Trustworthy than gold All predictions
re hazardous; nothing about any mine is certain ex'
ept the bricks Of gold and silver after they are ready
r the miut bat am confident that within the nex'
ven years War Eagle Mountain alone VIII add
1000 600 to the treasure Of the world.
The fame Of the Owyhee Region over the whole Pa
C. G slope is well deserved. have journeyed through
I'll the mining States and Territories save Arizonai
n have seen no ore equal to this in lentifuness rich
S. aud ease of reduction. The Morning Star Mill
first erected here, is OF San Francisco make with
ut 7JO-pound stamps. aud four Wheeler pans IL
/ s7OO0o In speee-about 40 per cent more than II
nd at present for there were no roads and lumber
'or and provisions were much higher than 1t is
ieved TO save about 80 per cent If the gold aud silver
la swarm Of Cinnamon fud lucrative employment in
lshing out gold from the "taiugs,' or powdered
SIX which has passed through the batteries The
commenced running Oct. g. ls6i but vas not fairly
operation for week afterward. Ga The Goth Of No
mberafter less than As days working-it had yielded
10000 in bulIioD
Messrs. Moore and FOCUS. the owners were not
pecuators. but miners Their unprecedented success,
,hile others in the vicinity failed was only owing
IL The fact that they conducted their business plau
business principles. First they spent almost year In
developing their hedges the Morning Star and Orc
Elmo and taking out quartz. Before erecting their
mill they knew that they possessed Mines when 1t was
ready 10 start thousands Of tuns Of rich piled
ND beside IT, ready for crushing The fatal mistake Of
most companies is undue haste TO erect mills faneying
that the moment which sees the stamps ready to run
will see their fortunes made. No mill should be CON-
menced until at tae least buusaDd tuns Of ore
ere taken out; then the owners know what they
depend upon. From the outset, Moore FUgus have
attended strictly their business. runuIng their mil
day and night with excellent results Thrust be pay
ing them iuy e. coo per day above oil expenses. In
addition, they now lease aud run two invest mp mills
and the Interests thy have accumulated here would
doubtless sell for ! i.JOO,OCO.
The ORC FIno ore has little arsenic or sulphur and
much cree metal One stan VIII crush two tnns per
day The average result nom ~ has been sls5 10 the
tun OF ore Ii yields metal averaging IS To the ounce,
composed If parts nvdc) gOd 10 one Of silver
NOrkmeu down 2DJ fcet on the NElcn
at that depth ranges from to ten fee. IN width.
Probably The cOsi Of tasiRg ont toe one delivering II at
the mill and ciusiigg IL does MT exceed $50 per tun.
The Morning tar mlne h"s yielded from $50 to 900
70 the tun OF Its product worth 81 tue ounce OF
meta-two parts gold To one OF silver. One stamp VIII
crush shout tun aud threeqnniter u the ore daily.
The workmen l2u feet below tie surface, and
find the feet vide. The cost Of taking out
and crushing probably does not exceed $50 10 the tun
Originally the paid only S.2O for their CLAIM
600 feet IN iengt the Morning oar anu about the
same for the Orc Fino Now 1t would be difficult 10
estimate their market value
have spoken detail of these two lodges. because
they are fully developed ha1 any Of the rest But
Moore e. Fogue, end other experienced mia.Is, are
saised that many Other l,des ID az Eagle Mountain,
and throughout the Owy hee district equally Iicn
and valuable. All the Owybee ores are easy Of reduc
tiop, none of them reqaiTe "rUasting.' One of the
new mills has been WoIking for week tue rock
Jennings, which is SOFT that one stamp brushes
from u to 81 tuns per day. lt Is claimed to be
rich, but the Superintendent has not yet Gle ned np
40 the result is not known. Many mills buiid-
ingnearly all by Eastern capitalists. few Introduce
the PROGRESSES but most adhere TO the old safe
system Of stamps, and buy machinery made III CaOr-
ola. This Is much the wiser course. San Francisco.
making quartzci FISHING maohi cry specially. IS three
or four years in adv Of all the Eastern cities In all
new Inv entions and IMP, Oyeme. Il which demon
ptrated and the general ch rscter 0f work
Is very high. Beside, the quartz mill should be
the foundry possible. for SHOES" and dies
out rapidly, and other new portions often required
at short notice. to supply breahaees.
The New-YOrk and OwyLee Company, 4 OF which
George Collier Robbins OF Portland oregon Supeiin
tendenf and N. Ii. X styles Of Brooklyn. Resident
Agent Is erecting fine 2O-stamp mil which wil com
mence runDng eaTly IN the new year. hoped tospeak
10 detail of other f. stern companies but NY limits viii
not permit Nearly all seem to have good properties
and promise we'll This region has Suffered less from
wildcat than other have visited. acre, Tor the
6rst time aud agents and super utendcns on their
arrival from the Fest satisfied with the properties tney