Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-05-27
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The Silver Bend Reporter has tho fol-
lowing in regard to tho mines Of Hot
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ga correspondent from Hot Creek
furnishes tho following items: Tho wy
omiug ledge, at Rattlesnake Canyon
still improving. At the depth of thirty
feet from the surface, the shaft is seven
feet in diameter and entirely in pay ore.
How much wider the ledge is canuot
now be told, but may be better known
shortly, as the ownors have started a
drift from the present depth cached
upon it, and intend to cut through to
the south wall. At the bottom Of the
shaft tho orc Is discernibly richor than
Mt any point abovo-being literally Il
mass of black sulphuret, tied and held
together by threads Of native silver
In NIL tho fractures Of tho vcin.stone
there is much horn silver. Some beau
tifnl specimens Of wire silver have also
been found in the seams mud openings
Of the gangae."
Also the following in relation to "
remarkable deposit of ORC
"Upon Leon & Co.'s 81 Dorado South
there occurs, probably, the most extern
sive deposit Of chloride orc that has
ever been found in the State. Tne
width of tho great vein between walls
is perhaps near thirty feet, and 1T is
composed of several strata. The stratum
upon the foot wall, about two feet
wide, seems to DO q hard, yitreous
white quartz, and thence to the hanging
walls quartz alternating with particles
Of slate or tale friable in character, con-
tanning vast amounts of chloride ore,
and an occasional bunch Of sulphuret
ore, which latter is, however, tiecked
with horn silver. II shows itself upon
the surface for q length along the lode
Of fully 800 feet, aud though IL had
been repeatedly worked over in tracing
the ledge and cut into in order to nscer-
tain its full width, it was not until quite
recently that its richness and immonsity
became known. Several lots OF q few
tons each sent t Austin yielded about
$500 per ton. Hereafter it will DO
worked here and will not be so closely
sorted, but will probably work near
$500 per ton. The deepest opening
upon tho surface will not exceed fifteen
feet, but tho main incline sunk by the
company shows that it is continuous to
the lowest depths in the works-over
100 feet. The ore ut present is mostly
extracted from the surface, mud the eS-
tent Of this immense bonanza upon the
surface indicates what we have stated
above, that it is probably tho most re-
markable deposit Of ore of equal quail
ity ever disclosed in any mine OF the
State. It is easily mined, and there arc
hundreds of ions in sight aud oil easy
access"
The Reporter says that tho bullion
product Of tho Combination mill for the
next twenty days, has been estimated
at $4,000.
We also CLEAN tho following from the
same source: a
awe hear n painful rumor coming
via Hike, that Mr.. Charles \. Lenkc, n
former resident Of this place, had met
with death Mt the hands Of the inhab'
itants of one Of the lower Mormon set
Elements under the most revolving cir
cumstances. II may be true, but rs the
IN lacks authenticity we are 10th Il
believe there are any whites who wear
tho human form so barbarous and bru'
tai as to perform deeds of such atrocity
as report attributes to them, and thore
fore will await q confirmation Of the re'
port before giving it further publicity
A piece Of selected orc from forty tons
Of rock, taken out Of the Silver Queer
ledge, gave S4Gl "a ofisilvcr to tho ton
John Jet has discovered another 81
line deposit near Smoky Valley, en-
bracing about 100 acres.