Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-08-03
Excelsior Items.

EsACCLnAoE AbouAns
The snow being pretty much melted
off from Excelsior District, considerable
attention is being attracted to the mines
in that elevated section of the Sierra.
Many persons wintered there last Win
ter, and a great amount Of work will
be done there during the present season.
Among the claims most prominent, both
for intrinsic merit and material devel-
opment, are the following:
The Lake Company, on tue Lake ledge.
about five hundred yards southeast
from the Excelsior mill, and not over a
mile from the town of Meadow Lake,
have a vein Of excellent ore about three
feet wide. 1t runs nearly east and west,
with a dip toward the southwark. They
worked nearly all Winter, and explored
to the depth Of thirty feet, but the melt
ing SHOWS Of this Spring gave them Sc
much water to contend with that they
had to quit work for a time. They
will commence work again soon, how
ever. There are 700 feet in the claim,
and the ore is rich in free gold, with
but very little silver. 1t assays as high
as Sl75 per ton, and some Of it worked
in an arrastra yielded an average o.
over $50 per ton. The claim is owned
by Ravell, Steiner, and others.
The Empire claim, owned by Maggie,
Couley 4 Co., vas also worked all Win.
ter, and is still in course Of develop
ment. The ledge lies about a quarter
Of u mile northwest from the Excelsior
mill, and very near the Excelsior ledge.
II is about FIVE feet wide at the depth Of
thirty feet, and the general average Of
the ore yields $50 per ton under the
stamps. Independent Of this, there is
q very rich strata of ore Of a somewha,
different character, which lies next to
the hanging wall of the ledge, and
which will give u much greater average
yield. 1t is only six or eight inches
wide, however, but we have been pre-
sented with some very rich specimens
from it, two Of which can be seen al
our Office, perfectly ';lousy" with fine
particles of free pure gold. The ledge
runs northeast and southwest and stands
nearly perpendicular. The first south
west extension is the San Francisco,
and the uext is the Pennsylvania, both
of which are presumed to be fully as
good rs the original. They are being
worked.
The Emigrant Company's claim, on
the Emigrant ledge, at the north side
Of the hill from the Lake ledge, about
q mile from town, is also being actively
worked. The shaft is down forty feet
and still being sunk deeper. Consider
able rock is being taken out for milling,
which will be worked ut the California
mill as soon as it starts up again.
Some of the ore from this mine yielded
an average Ct as high as S2s under the
stamps last fall. The ledge is about
four feet wide, and the ore Of u very
promising character. The claim is
owned by Cornell, Bradley and others.
Like the two other claims we have
mentioned, this was located only last
year.
The Pacific ledge, located some two
hundred yards from the south line OF
the town, has a shaft seyenty-fve feet
deep. The ledge is about six feet wide,
and the ore rich in free gold some Of
it, worked at Grass Valley, yielded as
high us S72 per on. The company are
about having q run Of the ore made at
the Wiu,on mill, below the dam, which
mill is now owned by Treadwell, Of San
Francisco, who likewise owns largely
in the Confidence claim. The Silver
Prize adjoius it on the south, and is q
very excellent location. 1t is owned by
Ravell, Scott, aud others. The Grant
and Keutuck companies, nearer town,
have each struck some very good ore
within the past week, and their pros
poets never looked better.
The famous Mohawk & Montreal
mine, situated at Old Man Mountain,
three miles from Meadow Lake, shows
an immense amount of work done, more
than n other in the district. Plenty
of ore averaging over $50 per ton is
developed, and the new ten-stamp mill
of the company is about starting into
operation crushing it. The fortunate
stockholders in this valuable mine will
receive dividends this fall. This mine
also was worked all last winter, not
withstanding the severity OF the
weuther.
The Enterprise mine also n Of the
most extensively worked in this district,
laid idle all last winter, but is now
again being worked. 1t is about six
miles from Meadow Lake, and near the
railroad. The company W II hne
new mill of ten stamps, and propose
setting it to work crushing their best
ore which is very rich, some OF it
having yielded from 500 to $500 per
ton under the stamps. They are out OF
debt, and have recently levied an
assessment Of four dollars per foot to
start up work with. This is doubtless
the last assessment which will ever be
made on that claim, and stockholders
will receive dividends hereafter. Both
of these last mentioned claims are own
principally in Virginia aud Gold Hill.
From present prospects we do most GER
taiuly anticipate good news in the
bullion producing line from Excelsior
before the SHOWS Of next winter shall
pile themselves up there.