The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-07-28
CIV olsTRIcT. ms MINES AND %PaospEcTs.

. face have as yet been conhned-thougt
prospecting explorations, with variable
success, have been conducted to a fal
greater verge in all directions.
i. H PIocHE PROPERTY,
As it is commonly designated, though
/, legally known as the Meadow Valley
Company's possessions, may in gen
eral terms be first described as fol
lowing: A series of locations on the
heart of the ledge deposits, lying over
the mountain from the company's office
down through the breast of the noun
tain side, occupying eight segregated 10
cations of 200 feet each. These loca-
} tions were thus made in the names OF
the eight locators, and each claim desig-
mated in its order from the point of COM
meneement-till reaching Number Eight.
OF these, all are now held by the Mea-
dow Valley Company, excepting Number
Seven. This, located in the name OF
Atkinson, has been held by the locator
until recently, when it was sold to John
Ely, son-in-law of the locator, who has
disposed of it to a company consisting
of A. II. and G.. W. Rutherford and
Lewis Hanchett. This makes a hiatus
of 200 feet in the line of locations. Some
dispute stands over Number Eight, but
the Company is commonly regarded as
having the best title to the location
thus making it 1,400 feet in the heart of
Ely. The Meadow Valley Company
is an Incorporation under the laws of
California, capital stock Sc, 1000, 900,
in GO, 200 shares of 800 each. Of the
character of developments in this ground
we can not speak fully at this time. On
account of p%retensions from the outside,
a surveillance is kept up, with an array
of arms and other warlike demonstra-
tons, which prevents a too free access
to the workings. We could have pene-
trated the military guard, having been SO
notifed-but as Major Fitzhugh did not,
on the part of the Company, ask an in
vestigation, and as an owner notified us
it was not cared for, we did not propose
to be an unwelcome jenkins in the case,
but preferred to leave it alone in its
glory. 1t is probably one of the greatest
properties in America. G. H. Light, of
this city, has a contract for the hauling
of 60 tuns daily of ore to the mill
in Dry Valley. The mill has a crushing
force of 20 stamps. 1t is, by measure
ment, 10H miles from the dump. The
ore assays from about $40 to $500 the
tun in silver, and the mill works it to IS
per cent. of the value--the tailings
being a mere accumulation of another
fortune for future working. Mr.. Lights
contract supersedes, when he gets fairly
to work, the business of a large number
of Mormon transfers, who have hith-
erto performed the hauling service. He
has now on the road, by the way of Bel
mont, 60 head of stock, for the service.
Meantime, he is employing the Mormon
teams on his contract.
THE ELY PROPERTY.
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the Phoebe possessions. The Burke
owned by Raymond & Ely, has a shaft
on the ledge down $50 feet, in fine ore
from the surface, and improving gradu-
ally as depth gains. AT the bottom of
the shaft, the ledge has a width of 8 feel.
The ore ranges, by assay, from $3.50 to
/ 41An tha tnn The frand &c tba 1aI0a
through this location is almost due east
and west. At a distance of 800 feet from
the shaft, a tunnel has been put in, pene-
trating the ledge at a depression of 60 to
20 feet from the surface. From this tun-
mel n drift has been conducted within the
castings, showing the sam character of
ores as found in the shaft. The ledge is
perfect, the walls being smooth and
finely cased. The Burke is perhaps the
best known of any of the leading mines
in Ely. 1t supplies a continuous stream
of ore to Ely's mill in Meadow Valley,
returns from which have been mentioned
in preceding numbers of this paper.
Other claims in this property will not be
particularly mentioned at present.
The Creole, 400 feet west from the
Burke tunnel, has a shaft so feet down.
Ledge, at that depth, from A to 6 feet
wide. Randall & Mansfield are now
occupying this excellent property, on a
lease from the owners-and we will have,
by next stage, some samples of ore
which Representative Randall did not
find time to put up against our return.
This ore goes with that of the Burke to
Ely's mill in Meadow Valley.
American Flag is the name Of a
ledge l 1000 feet south, running parallel
with the Burke. On this line are the
Dew Drop Richmond and 'Juni-
per'-the latter owned by Henry
Church, one of the most intelligent and
industrious gentleman in the District.
He has a shaft 60 feet down in the
Juniper and has a good bottom Of
excellent ore. These locations, happily,
are entirely free from all dispute of title
as presented by the Meadow Valley
Company. The Dew Drop we be.
r lieve, has been sold, recently, to A. H,
Rutherford & Co.; which will insure its
. richness and permanency.
'Bowery'-a ledge recently sold tc
Lent & Hearst for $25, OOO-has a shaft
Q 80 feet down-large ledge, excellent
walls. finely cased. and ore of fine
quality.
: Silver Peake is a good ledge, about
feet width, lying 1000 yards south of tn,
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