The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1869-10-06
Mineral HUI ana Railroad District.


putaton. Well might President Gran; call
this portion of our country the vast Treasure
Box of the nation, for il is "A treasury tina,
generation after generation will fail to deplete
Long after we shall have passed into oblivion
will these everlasting hills" continue to dis.
close 10 perseyering labor the secret hiding
places of natures great storehouse. where are
stored the ores which. reduced and fashioned
by the hand of man, become such a power in
the worid for good and evil This State alone
yields almost every variety of mineral known
to commerce and the arts The Central Pa
cific Railroad has done an immense good in
! opening mp vast portions Of this State hi;hcr-
to almost inaccessible and unexriorei, besides
affortiing more convenient and quicker way
of transporting the products Of the mines,
even at the present high rates of tariff on the
railroad. than by the old method Of mule
! teams. ...... -...
/ Some of the richest districts. it is true
/ still have TO employ the mule trains to a great
/ degree. White Pine, for instance, is l2U
miles from the railroad. Districts have been
/ formed, however, during the pas: season.
which, although not second White Pines in
the richness Of their ores, possess so many
/ other advantages over that renowned locality
as TO make them of equal value and impor-
lance. Mineral Hill. II district formed "A few
months ago, 40 miles from the railroad, pos
sesses some very fine silver mines Quite
town is already established there and il
has line of stages running tri-weekly from
! the railroad.
Another new district. which has the Central
Pacific Railroad for one of its boundaries.
/ bids fair 10 soon become rs impor;antus any in
the State. Early last Spring large deposit
! of rich iron ore WAS discovered. about II miles
/ from the railroad. Shortly after, good indi-
cations Of coal were found only six or eight
miles distant, which, OF course, added greatly
! to the value Of the iron. \ district was
J formed under the name of Railroad Mining
/ District, and but little prospecting was done
until quite late III the Summer. On r1umin-
/ ing more thoroughly the region Of the iron,
which is situated III the vicinity of what i
known as Dixie valley, it was found to
: be the most extensive bed Of various metals
ever found in the State, if not in the world
/ There in close proximity To each other are
! louutl Nfll!HlNH VI utihhLlNf litputllC
: iron OIes; copper ore which yields fUrty-fyur
per cent. copper and seventy dollars per ton
{ III silver, and silver ore Of various richness,
none quite equal To the famous Ebrrhurt.
! but all rich enough to WELD an ample prDFt
| even were the cost of transportation and mill-
ing greater than II will be at this new district.
! Already is this new discovery making quite.
. AN excitement: pro~pectUrs are huckjmg in and
daily new mines arc being iouud. The first
settlers are making preparations t. ahIhdon
their rude camps and erect substantial houses.
10 send fOr wives and sisters. AMI establish
homes in the wilderness. recently the un-
disturbed hGhitdtion OF Sh0>hun-> and CO.
votes. These men realize III" fact iht, this
Is TO become permanent addition TO the min
| erul Importance" If the Stat. and il il safe To-
predict that before Spring there viii be "a busy
and thriving town in Dixie valley. Even
We're there no silver t. hc found la tn. dis
trict. yet its ncGrn-es I" tia" railroad renders
the base metals, which before the completion
! of this great outlet were almost worthless, cX-
! tremely valuable. Copper has now become
one Of the exciting elements in mineral dis
cOvcries, and there has recently been a CON-
puny organized i'll San Francisco to purchase
| and work iron ore i'll this State and CulifDr.
mia; the first ever formed on the Pacific Slope
for that purpose and we may expect soon To
| rival Pennsylvania herself III the Importance
of our iron mines.
The Railroad district possesses, too, the al
most inestimGble advantage Of having plcil-
| ~ of good pure water. "A very article.
i'll many portions of Nevada, and AN unknown
luxury ut most of the mining regions that are
situate mt as high nh altitude. Nature gems
to have selected this ~ the choicest spot of
all Ill which to carry on mining operations.
| with plenty of wood and water ut hand for
milling purposes, coal near for furnaces aud q.
good natural outlet to the railroad. Palisades
| is the nearest station. but the unaccUnmodat-
ing spirit of the Railroad Company. which re-
fuses to establish IA depot or freight Office Mt
that point, renders Carlin the nearest avaimblc
station. Palisades would bc the most cunvc.
nicnt point for Mineral Hill district also, and
we think the managers of the railroad must
soon zee that IL would be greatly 10 their own
interest To- establish regular depot there.
The mines Of the Railroad district are be-
coming known and are creating nn excitement
i'll mining circles solely through their own
merits, without being pulled or pushed into
notoricty. Btoadheud n Co.. the PRINCIPAL
owners are quietly and steadily developing
and improving their property and preparing
To send their ore To market. The mines and
their location speak well enough for them
selves to all who choose tn examine them.
Let us bid the new district godspeed for
every mine opened will bc nm advantage Ia
Elko. From that place, for some time ut
least. must come the supplies for the army of
wurkmen that will soon be employed in Itail-
rond mining district. T..
CoSvIcrED.--Charles U. McClucr has been
convicted in the Lander county District CouTt