Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-04-28
THE WHITE PINE MINES.

of the precious metals has been made since
the discovery of gold in the tail.race of
Suffer saw-mill at Coloma, California,
in 1S4S, as has been made here. So far
the discoveries extend over section of
country about six miles in length by four
in width. The metal extracted from
the mines is not, however, gold; neither
is its silver mixed with gold, as is the case
in the famous "Cornstock Lode ;" neither
is it gold and silver in combination with
the baser metals-copper, lead, arsenic,
sulpher, iron, antimony, etc.-rendering
it difficult and often impossible to work the
ores with profit, even when they contain
large proportions of the precious metals,
but silver, so pure that the ore requires
but to be submitted to the process of pull
verization and amalgamation to turn out
95 per cent. of pure metal.
THE MINES.
On Treasure Hill, 5000 feet above the
level of the'sea, ON what was but yesterday
marked on the maps as the "Unexplored
Region" lies the silver. By invitation of
the Superintendent of the Eberhardt mine
[ stepped into the tub and descended to it's
lowest depths, being let down the vertical
shaft by common windlass, the only ma
chinery for that purpose used here. The
width Of the ore deposit, or ledge, where
drifts have cut, is about fifty feet (from
the surface about 1873 feet), with we'll de-
fined smooth walls. Every foot of it con-
sists of fine milling ore, yielding $500 and
81 600 per ton. Mr. Crawford, one of the
owners OF the mine, informed me that the
first l 900 tons of ore milled from the
''Eberhardt" gave gross yield of over
Isl 900 per ton, while great masses are
found which yield $4,000 and $4,000
per ton. A piece of this kind has been sent
on to New York, and is, believe, now on
exhibition at the banking house of Messrs.
Fisk & Hatch. [ was also informed that
So per cent. of silver has frequently been
extracted from the ores. The ingots run
to $40, 800 and 994 degrees of fneness
| The production OF the Eberhardt mine du-
ring the three weeks ending March 2,
with ten-stamp mill, was sos, 1851, 33.
Nor is this the only mine discovered.
They may be numbered by hundreds,
many of them producing oreJ of equal
richness with the "Eberhardt." With the
present limited facilities for reducing
ores, [ find that thirty-fve different mines
averaged, during the month of December,
| 1920 each.
Up to the present time no gold has been
found.
THE CLIMATE, ETC.
| Snow seldom lies on the hills to exceed
a foot in depth, and it has not prevented
work CT travel during the winter Notwith-
standing the cold and the snow, mining,
prospecting and building have continued
with undated zeal ore is extracted and
transported to the mills; rich and impor-
tant discoveries are made, new mines
opened, labor of all kinds continues in the
open air, the streets are thronged with
business men; and even stone masons,
with hammer and chisel, mortar and trow-
ell, ply their trade without hinderance
from cold or storm. Such facts are sufh
cient to prove that no great storm has
visited White Pine, and that the climate
is never of great severity. Constant ad-
vice has been given to those desiring to
go to White Pine to wait until spring
pens, but it seems the advice has not
been generally needed, and every avenue
leading hither is crowded with people, and
every conveyance is filed Many rich
and important discoveries have been made
by these hardy adventures, and fortunes
IN mining locations, mines, city property
and speculations have rewarded them
1t would be difficult to restrain the mi
| grafton when such chances for sudden
wealth are offered. The town Of Treasure
City, the seat Of the new county of W lite
Pine, which has just been created by tie
State Legislature, is growing rapidly, as
wei! as the neighboring towns Of Hamilton
and Silver Springs. A letter of Mach 10
informs me that ''lots in Treasure City,
which sold for 500 and $500 fortnight
previous, were then selling at $500 and
l,500, and next week may be doubled
again. Six and eight thousand dollars are
now demanded for choice locations on the
Main street. The ty is spreading, and
buildings Of an improved and quite impos-
ing character are now in course Of con
structlon."
The town site is on the western slope of
Treasure Hill, and in full view of the val
ley to the north and south for near 100
miles in each direction.
HOW TO REACH THE MINES.
The time consumed in reaching these
mines month hence, when the Pacific
roads are connected, will be but six days,
as only about hundred miles Of a gap
remains to be closed. Then persons from
New York can reach Elko, over the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad, some three hundred
miles west of Salt Lake City, in five days,
while one days staging down Railroad
Valley, as tits called, for distance of ITO
miles, brings you to the richest and m ost
extensive mines in the world.
The time to go there is now, or what is
better, when the connection of the Pacific
road is made. The cost of living is but
little greater than in New York. found
very good board to be had for 81 per meal
and lodging ST per night. 1t takes four
days to reach the mines from San Fran
cisco, and will take six days to reach them
from New York. Tt costs S1OO (coin) to
get there from San Francisco. and will