The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-03-19
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NOUS1AN crI. March Is. lsTe.


The stage arrived this morning. two days BE-
lind tine, but even then its arrival Vas IS IN
expected - il Was pleAsursble- Fer the pas
thrss days the s.nEn has besn unparalleled
II hs-ueness, AID cd no1ntsinee-s p-unOunes
II -iihO1; eq1.l on this eoAs. We have had
secession :. violent Storms With eortiu-
usd an Of snow, the Temperature averaging
from ten 20 sixteen degrees below zero al
The Ehiie- YOa can therefore form 81 idea Of
Ozr situation for the past eaghi or ten days
The violent winds have h.d the eject Of esIs-
ing the snow TO dria on ths divides to
such Al e1tea; that il Is impossible 20 keep
Communication open IN Euy quarter. Too
much credit cannot be gwen 20 '.Dzieh
John" (ths original Idaho read b-eAksr,) 70.
his faithful Efforts IN boldly facing the storm
and breaking the ro&i; TO him more than any
one else are ~e indebted toE the opening Of
Communication As natural consequence
the camp has to some extent suffered fru-, the
storm and has caused the p-oprie1ors Of some
mines 10 shut down on Eork fo- The present
thereby increasing the members OF the stove
brigade" TO an alarming extent: bet Il Sill be
OF short duration, ALREADY the sap@rIn;en-
dents Of the leading Iainss have put iheir men
to work again. and II fs- days everything
will lie in full blast. Es Of yure. Even whilst
! write, one can distinctly hear the fearful dis
charge Of giant powder II al the surrounding
hills, with each successive blast giving flesh
evidence Of the unparalleled richness Of the de-
posts. You ha-e already heard the result Of
the hFSt crushing Of the C4nty mill On Ores
cent ore, and so far a. ! can learn il i very
satisfactory 10 all parties. The mill : nov ..
york on Argents rock. from which We expect
great results, but owing 70 the impossibihty Of
procuring wood the mill has not been rur-
ming regularly for the las; three OF four days
past, but a. every effort Is being made by
Messrs. Sellers, Savage aad other prominent
contractors 10 open the roads 10 the ranches
where there is an abundance Of wood. il Is 20
be hoped that within the next day or two there
Slll be supply equal 10 the demand. Mr.
I Canty Is untiTing IN his efforts 10 keep things
moving, and has the confidence OF al With
whom he has business relations, and i wOr-
Thy Of the support o: all pioneer prOsp@c:ors
and ninsrs, as he has hatiled faithfully 20
overcome every obstacle, and so FIR has sue
ceeded.
Some new and rich mines that are worthy Of
mention have been discovered since my last
letter; and among them might be mentioned
| the Shellback, by StOddArd, HAinss f. Co.,
! tour Nose, in which am informed are inter
estsd also your tOvnsIneu, John Eplsy, Cap.
| Thomas, Frank Rogers and Others. This
mine l. about the best defined Of our recent
discoveries, and work Is nov progressing on
1t. shaft being down fifteen feet, where the
/ ledge is found TO Be two and a bali feet in
width. Three assays made by Sir. Mcdonald.
Of whom you have lately spoken in such just
| commentator. shows an average OF 500 per
/ ton IL silver For a specimen OF the ore. re-
I fer your readers to liOse Haines' cabinet. I
! Ton!d also mention the 81, Lawrence, owned
/ BY Johnston, Slack K Co, lJ-TOme. Of HO-
! gen. ledge worthy Of notice. 1t is stu
a;ed just above the Crescent mine and is one
| and a half feet in width and On which there
| Is shaft twenty seven feet deep. the ore as
! saying $500 per ton in silver. Extensions ON
a nVmb.r OF leads which have already men
| TONED have been taken up ami the lodges dis
covered, but not having ben Informed as 20
J results will not risk my opinion in relation
/ to them at present. 1t would IT, well for me
I to mention that continuous labor, with good
results, Is being performed ON the following
mines, namely: ATgeuta, Crescent, NdmTBOth,
Great Republic, Capital. E,;e!l, Excelsior,
Tiger. Sapitandi. MoGntlineeE,. Congress,
| Mountain City, Sultana liOckiefellow, Cocoa
nut and California.
The Mammoth company is especially wor-
! thy ofcomment This company, composed OF
| Fuller. Ferguson, Patterson. Tom. Estell. and
Pete BnTkett-who has recently taken unto
himself wife from among the fair ones OF
your town-was the first in our camp, suf.
pioneer life, has labOred faithfully and
has now obtained its reward, in being pos.
sessed of such mines as the Mammoth, Is
tell and others.
So far as my knowledge extends, / have Civ.
EN- you q truthful statement Of mining affair:
In our district. I must admit that matters
pertaining to commercial affairs by nc
means as satisfactory as they might be. Mer
chants have at the present time an eye single
to business; cash or approved credit Is the or
der Of the day, which causes the honest work
ing man no uneasiness, but to the rustler for
grub it is extremely trying.
The health of our camp is unusually good,
whereat the doctors complain.
Fresh beef, heretofore unobtainable, is now
abundant, and to their credit be il said, the
merchants have made no advance on Fal
prices, being DESTROYS of giving all chance
Your worthy agent, Geo. Hanley has moved
into new and improved quarters, where he so.
hcits n fair share Of patronage. From Hugh
Mcmillan, who arrived in town this evening
from Bruno, learn that work is progressing
favorably upon the Miners Delight, Madison
and other prominent leads, and that there arc
twenty-five or thirty men in the camp work
ing on the Sonoma, st. Jerome, and others
Grub-beans and -four straight; ingress anC
egress, snow shoes; with lively faith Of grea
success in the Spring
| In Murray district the fnw miners who have
been for the past Ave months working some
| valuable leads have ceased operations, come
| into camp and intend remaining till .ht
| weather moderates. ....
From Bull Run district nothing Of q rela.
BILE character has been received for some time