Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-11-30
wH1rE PINE

Ome OF tue lunkuehuo WV
here and returned to the "whitc settle
ments," and for it some Of them deserve
to be tarred and %feathered, if their I'M
reasonable and fabulous stories have
been instrumental in inducing any poor
man to emigrate here under the suppo-
sition that twenty dollar gold pieces
grew in abundance on all the mountain
mahogany bushes on Treasure Hill.
Treasure Hill is six or seven miles in
length, and four or Ave miles in width /.
and I think labor and money viii. estab-
lish the fact that it is a want mountain
of ore that will, at no very distant day,
pay for mining and milling; but at
present an area Of q mile BY u half mile
will cover every inch of territory now
Welding up what is here termed pay
rock. Within that scope Of territory
are to be found the E%bcrhardt, Rich
mond, Keystone, Defiance, Blue Bell,
Aurora, Hidden Treasure, and a few
other mines of lesser note than those
enumerated above ; as we'll as Treasure
City, Chloride City, and Chloride Flat.
On this fiat the claims are so numerous
that it would be impossible to enumc.
rate them. The Hidden Treasure is q
mine on the east side Of the mountain,
near its summit aud center, and the
others above mentioned are all in . clus-
ter about q mile south of the Hidden
Treasure, and on the southeastern side
Of the mountain, while Chloride Flat is
on the southwestern side, near the sum-
nit of the mountain, and about midway
between the Hidden Treasure and the
other mines.
The rich specimens that 60 abroad
| from here are from tho Eberhardt and
the mines in that vicinity. 1t is n fabu'
lousy rich mine. But little work ha.
been done in it, aud yet there is now IL
| sight many millions worth Of ore.
was through the mine to-day ; saw i,
all F.; but it's no use for me to describe j
to you, for | can't do it and if coult
it wouldn't do any good. 1t would onl!
make you feel like l felt when ! came
| out-mad because we don't own it. Blu
I'll tell you what I u do l can pros
pect for another one just like it, and
am going to do it. | believe the hill
contains other places just rs rich, blu
none can be richer, unless n man find'
silver already coined. No gold has YET
been found |; the ore is all silver
bearing.
I will now 90 over to Chloride Fla.
This is on the western side Of the noun
tain. In size it is halfa mile in length
by a quarter in width. The pay rocl
underneath 1t is covered by q layer O.
limestone, varying in thickness. Som
fortunate prospectors struck rich or
near its surface and near the center o
the fat, and from that location hole
rsdiate in all directions, with varying
success. Some have it, and some have
it not. No respect whatever is paid t.
other locations ; when q man wants Il
make one no starts in and goes for it
When he gets q blast ready to set off
he halloes sire" and everybody within
reach of the flying rocks runs until thu
danger is past, when they return to IA
Dor, and continue until some other fel
low halloss "frs," which is general,
about a minute, more or less-some
times moro. On this fiat there are a
least 100 shafts. 1t looks to me rs i
there are bout 500. Many of them ART
taking out rich rock, but not all Of them
are doing so by any means. As sale
before, the cap of limestone varies IL
thickness. All who have gone through
it have reached pay ore ; but oil have
not gone through it. Many have be
come discouraged and quit. The pa,
ore appears to run up in chimneys, ant
lucky 10 he who strikes ono.
The value Of the ore obtained OF
Chloride Flat is somewhat exaggerated
but still it is very rich. think the fla.
will yield a vast quantity Of ore tina
will pay at the mill from $75 TO $40
per ton but when It is set away nbov'
that, choice rock is selected. II is yer,
expensive getting at this orc through
the limestone, and very expen
sivs getting the ore out after getting "
it. The limestone is very hard, and re
quires a great deal Of blasting, and 81
it does to get the ore ont after reaching
it. On au average it requires the labo
Of at least three men to obtain one toi
Of pay ore per day. Then it costs so
per ton to get it crushed, and from 5!
to 81 to have it hauled to the mill, Il
say nothing of tho expenses of sacking
etc. So you can see that nothing bu
very rich rock will begin to pay the frs
cost.
This is the queerest region that an.
white man ever boheld. This whole
hill, after going through the limestone
seems to be a body Of si~lver-oearinG
quartz, and it seems to make but LITTLE
| difference where q man goes for it. Ht
is about as liable to get it at one place
as another. To-day, when we cam
upon the men above referred to, md af
ter viewing their large ledge and splen'
did ore, and seeing nothing above
ground to indicate that q good ledge
existed only about two feet beneath the
surface, I asked one of the men upor
what indications they started in there.
He said, I" None at all, but simply wen'
in on general principles, and found
good thing"
Nobody is prepared for winter, and
operations of all kinds will almost en-
tirely cease after another storm or two,