Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-03-24
LETTER FROM WHITE PINE.
TREASURE CRY, March l6, 1869.

TREASURE CRY, March l6, 1869.
The storm which commenced on Sat
urday last still continues at intervals,
and outdoor work is wholly suspended
in consequence. It is showing steadily
rs | write. 1t appears to be the general
impression that the worst OF the winter
is over ; bat those who come here now
without funds, and depending on pros
pectiug to make u raise, will be apt to
get hangry, if nothing worse, and Will
probably wish themselves back again
in San Francisco.
NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
In the mines hear OF new develop
men,s daily, which not only surprise
me but puzzle the oldest inhabitants.
Yesterday visited q mine called the
Othello, at the lower or northwestern
point Of Pogonip Flat. 1t was pur-
chased a few weeks since by Joseph
Low, OK State Controller 0ulton, and a
third party whose anne | do not remem-
Der, for q few hundred dollars. They
have since purchased old titles to the
extent Of some $4,000. There was
nothing to indicate that there was u
deposit Of ore in that point beyond a
little stringer" of white spar or
quartz, perhaps halt an inch in width.
Had an old miner in any other district
been called on to express an opinion on
that subject, he would have undoubt-
edly pronounced the man who would
spend n dollar in sinking through bar
rem limestone in such u place, a regular
%lunatic. Nevertheless, that little
stringer led directly down into a bed
or ledge Of magnificent ore, second
only in value per ton to the richest
taken out by the Eberbardt. They are
down now about 20 feet, and the ledge
is pitching quite sharply into tire hill
to the southwark. Half q dozen men
are taking out $1,000 worth Of this
ore daily, and the ledge is widen
ing steadily. After seeing and care
fully examining this mine, | have ar
rived at the conclusion that | know
nothing whatever about the formation
of this district, and that the most scien-
tifc "cuss on earth is rs ignorant ms
myself on that subject.
1t is quite certain that no man can
give anything like n reliable guess even
on the value of any mine until 1t has
been fairly opened, and it is not i'm
probable that many a shaft which now
shows nothing but barren limestone and
spar, and is Justly classcd as wildcat
may yet lead down into deposits as val
liable as that | have described. II is a
queer country, anyhow.
also visited the Colleen Bawn, on
Bromide Flat, on my way back. They
| are taking out ore from this claim
which is almost solid silver, and can be
| Whitfield with a knife like lead.
ANOTHER RICH STRIKE.
| have Just been out in the driving
storm to see the fun on Bromide Flat,
where u rich strike has just been made,
An excited crowd were standing around
the locality Of tho strike, pulling over
| the ore as it came to the surface and
discussing the merits Of the case.
found no less than nine shafts SUM
through the dolomite within II space o
less than 100 feet square, and each
location claiming from Goo to GOO fee
on the ledge. From one Of these shafts
the Charles and Theresa, | saw mag
nifcent chloride ore being taken anc
from one within ten feet of 1.-THE
Acknowledging to n saloon-keepel
named Henley, owe 100 sacks Of extra
rich orc, valued at $1,000, were taken
out yesterday, and as is the custom
when titles are in doubt and lawsuits in
prospect, hurried away to the mills at
once. This new strike is right on the
southern end of the Gov. Bross Square
location) ground, and within $50 feet Of
their shaft. In the Gov. Bross they
have sunk already three feet into the
spar and quartz, with some ore al
through it, and they have every pros
pect Of running into the rich vein with
in FIVE or ten feet feet more ut the ont
side.