Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-04-01
LETTER FROM HUMBOLDT COUNTY.

WISNEAUCCA, NcS., Marcn 20.
EDrron News We haven't all gone
to White Pine, nor do we expect to go.
Old Humboldt is pretty good for those
who are willing to put forth a little hon.
est effort. We have got over being eaten
up by the Piutes aud San Franciscans,
and are going it on our own hook-with
what results you will learn further on.
THE WEATHER
Has been most delightful all winter,
with but two storms of any account, and
tho mercury up to a most comfortable
point every day. This mild winter has
been turned to good account by the
miners. Many an old shaft has been
looked into and preparations for work
in the spring been made. There are
lodes upon every hand on which some
work was done in the high old times of
'63, and then abandoned, that arc now
being relocated and valuable ore taken
out. Then we thought 500 rock Of no
value, and it vas not for by the time
it was mined, hauled and milled there
was no profit left. But this was not the
worst feature Of the case. Upon trial
il was found that We had but little ore
that would mill at all. We could not
pay eight ccu,s a pound freight TO Cali
fornia, so had to stop. The railroad
has changed all this. Now every pound
OF good ore We take out brings its value
when landed in San Francisco, and tho
freichts do not eat it oil up. Forty dol
lars per ton profit INT to the miner on
500 rock, besides the value of the base
metals, which goes a long ways toward
reducing expenses. Now, here are some
of the results of this new order of things.
Wen begin ut home.
wrSNENUCcA DISTRICT
Was located in the summer of Ca, and
any number Of locations made. Some
work was done on n few claims and
quite n lot of ore taken ont of the
Pride of the Mountain. This ore assayed
from $3.50 to $1,000 per ton, but when
was worked brought the owners in
debt. Various attempts were made to
better this result, but with no success.
Then came the Indian troubles, and the
country on this side OF the Hum
boldt was deserted. Four months ago
Buck 4 Kunkle began work on the above
named lode, and have steadily gone
They have shipped 80 tons of
ore and arc now hauling to tho depot
their second shipment Of 10 tons, and it
is ore. Horn silver is plentifully spat-
tered throughout the ore, and rich black
.sulphurets abound. The sight of such
ore maketh the heart of the miner glad.
On the same lode, another company
have begun work in earnest, and have
in their incline, down only GO feet from
grass, n fine looking lode two feet thick,
full Of excellent ore. Two other COM
pauies are just starting in, and VIC have
every prospect of being a busy camp
this summer. We don't fool with any
body's mill, but send our ores to Swan.
sea, where we get their full value.
BATTLE n
Is still giving out bullion at the rate of
$500 per ton by wet working. The
Little Giant lode don't appear to stop
in the original claim for the extensions
are daily turning out fine ore. What
the owners Of these extensions propose
doing with their ores | am not informed.
At
%GoLcoNDA
Ncgus is working away with an average
result of $50 per ton. He has q three
foot vein ut the present level. A shaft
was started down some time since, but
had to be abandoned at the depth of
so feet on account Of water. The lode
was five feet wide NJ the bottom, and
the whole splendid ore. Preparations
for working several other claims in
this district had been made, but the
owners have got into a law suit with
an old q never sweat" who claims to
have seen the ground since the food.
UNIoSvILLg.
Fall & Co. and the Consolidated Com.
are taking out 6ne ore. The orc
worked at the Consolidated ~ComPany's
mill, report says, works about S4s per
ton, ani the tailings assay $500. Fall
h Co.'s mill is said to be working out
$50 per ton from the same class OF ore.
some curious stories are floating about
in regard to this difference, but | know
nothing about the matter.
Just over the big mountain from
lies the Alpha mine, that
would appear TO be claiming The right
to be placed on the list Of first class
mines. The owners, three in number,
have said nothing to anybody, but
worked away for the past Two
years. No n paid any attention TO
them, and they were the sole inhabit-
Of that section. But now they
come ont of their CANYON with n road