, 1869-04-24

, strated the Little Phil Sheridan; this Il btoad
md y,e1ilct,ned ledge Of about ten feet In width
mining po,tht .iy and southetiS, and dipping cas-.
IRE from iris ledge worke? III: EG1 .EM aoi
..chty.hye tt:uars per ton, n tat E'l !. HIr1';-
m. This valuable mine his lic!j hAe1 nlz. ,a.eI !
y san Francisco COMPANY, T.to are aeiYc.J cl.
aged in developing 1t, With nattcrng prospects Of
success Near this mine Is the Poco:eo. also Late
= sold to San Francisco COMPANY, who have
,nened It out and developed nrst-c,as mine,
rhls ledge is nearly twenty feet In wii.a, and
;a11ies ore the entire width, worth from $3.50 to
l.A0O0 per ton Some little distance
above these mines Is situated tho
John Dare, broad, massive and we'll
defined ledge Of low grade ore. This ledge |
can he traced for q distance Of sixteen hundred |
feet upon the surface and upon it the John Dare,
Ohio and Pennsylvania companies, are working |
with very tar degree Of success.
North Of this ledge Il sltuatesi the Emersly upon
which the Emersley aud Charter Oak Companies |
are located, and from which these two coI12anlea
are extactlng large quantities Of very rich orc
This ledge Is thirty feet In thickness and shaft
O. incline has been sunk to depth Of 1fty feet
showing rich ore Of 3 similar character to that
they have been extracting from the surface. Ny
space viii not permit me 10 dwell upon the
Dakota, palo Alto, MountaineeE, Deronshtze aud
many other nlnea Of lesser note, IN tue immediate
vicinity OF those have spoken Of but the eastern
slope Of Treasure Fill presents marked contrast
To the western slope for while on the western
slope OF the hill, the ore Is generally found In
punches, packets and horizontal deposits, On the
eastern slope 1t occurs only Ia welt defined aud
regular veins and lodges. In this brier sketch,
hare Of course been able TO mention but
a few Of the many rich and valuable mines Of
this district. nnd consequently have only named
the most prominent and best known mines Of al-
mi1ted value. 1t Ii the opinion Of well informed
practical miners, that the reln5 or Lodges Will con-
tinue down through the limestone, but what the
effect Will Ike Of the contact OF the veins with the
underlying slate, Is get matter Of conjecture.
Whether they will be at once cut OF, or whether
they will increase IN richness remains to be seen.
Whether there will bc sufficient orc to last for
many many years, sh0El! the veins prove to reach
no further down than the slate formation, and
like unto the mountain Of Potosl, which, in many
rspec,s it bears similarity to, hundreds OF years
helce will still large anil prosperous mining
community about thu sides anu blse OF Treasure
lliIL
NEW DISCOVERIES
DnriuE the past two weeks, very rich orc has
been found III a sag OF hollow. alluinlng Chloride
Fiat, on The north, III the c. D., Colleen Hawu,
Yubrick, and several other claims, and new loca-
| tous ate being made laty. Ore IN large
| bodies, assav1ng from two hundred to i've
| thousand dollars per ton, has ben fOuni In
different portions Of the locality, which has been
named Bromide Fiat, About d week ago SOME
| men In working m old location in the Base Met d
| Range, struck mass Of orc almost equalitnK in
purity and value any ever toun! Oh Treasure lIlll-
Some Of the orc waa brought to Treasure City. nat
| upon assaying was fOund to he worth from two Il
| three thousand dollars per ton. When the dls
co7cry became generally known, it caused greA
excitement, and next Hay rush Of prospectors
! srccuiators, surveyors, And town locatOrs tool
| place for the new discovery, anil still continues
hundreds tlaly making the trip. This place 1
nbout one all half miles In an a4r line northwe5
Of Treasure City, hut by tho road 1t Is about thre
miles distant anil has becn Known fudi1efently b.
the name Of Central Ill., Northern Light Hill
Chloride Fiat No. ), and the Rasc Ransr. Hut
town has been now laid OFT there called Babylon
and 1t IL more generally known by that naue. On
| OF the most Important discoveries ever made Il
this State was made about ten days ago, o.! a hc
OF coal, or bitnminous snale about slx miles east
Treasure Hill. Two veins ur bels IRE said to nav
been discovered, ono one hundred an
fifty feet In width, and one 1itee
feet In width. The formation Ia ca1t,ouiferou
limestone underlying sandstone. and In this fol
nation the discovery OF good bosiy Of coal
highly probable, Bltllmlnous shue Of very val
uablc character has also been recently found |
the Uase Metal Range, about two miles west c
Treasure Hill, In the foot hits OF the main Whit
Pine Mountain In my next letter may, perhap
SPEAK at greater length on the subject OF thes
new discoveries.
THE B1aE METAL RANGE
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,,nca hoya srsr,>a1v rcrp,yed their meritri sbar
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