The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1870-05-30
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For ts.o Week ending May 80.

For t;se Week esiiing May 80.
The free mines of Treasure Hill are
not being as vigorously worked as their
appearance and prospects wonld seem to
warrant. while our base metal mines are
doing little more than prospecting. The
causes of this lethargy are many-chief
among which are the lack of mechanical
appliances, the high price of labor. and
the lack of economical and expeditions
means of transportation. The success OF
the diamond drill on the Montgomery
mine bids fair to secure to the Hill that
which 1t has long needed-deep prospect
ing. Our bullion shipments for the past
week fall considerably short of the pre-
yious week. being but 800, Oh. 16-of
which 1924, LOIS. "a went West, and S.
O5S. 90 East. OF this amount, the Orig
iEal Hidden Treasure shipped 50, 0S9. %,
fhe South Aurora $5,e5S 90. and the
Mammoth 81, 5S7. 90. OF base bullion
the White Pine Smelling Works shipped
for the week 527 bars, weighing AZ, 957
pounds. the Alsop Works, 1879 bars
weighing ~, 293 pounds. and Wieland
Furnace 2eS bars weighing %, 1872,
pounds-total. s3i bars. weighing 85,-
$50 pounds.
Outside Districts are looking well;
particularly Pinto, Eureka, Robinson.
Silver Park. Ely, Cooper. Shoshone,
Clifton and Bald Mountain. Work at
Egan has been temporarily suspended,
to give time to change the new mill from
wet to dry crushing. The mills at Ely
are being rapidly put together. Those
of Silver Park are working admirably.
and the furnaces ct Eureka are turning
out large quantities of bullion.
MONDAY hns been active before the
Board, opening at S3H and closing at
$3M. The nine now gives employment
TO between 25 nm 80 men. chiefly en-
gagged in prospecting. but about 10 tups
of good milling ore is boisted daily.
Two hundred TINS of ore was sent to
mill last week. and there are still ubont
400 TINS on the dump. As work pro-
crosses in the lower level the ore i'm.
proves in quality and quantity, and mnch
of that now being extracted will easily
mill 5000 the TIM. A large shut is being
sunk to top the vein works opened by
the east drift.
TRrAsuRE Hill NJ. AID NJ. Co. Is tax.
ing Is TINS of ore per day from the
north cut of the Summit. Tile body
appears to be extensive and the ore j. of
high grade. The Posthole and Nevada
(being worked by contraetors) are also
yielding fine ore.
EXCELSIOR has resumed operations,
and several tuns of fair ore have been
taken from each of the northeast drifts
from the surface cnt.
DOMINGO, on Blne Hill. has out 800
TINS of ore, the first class running from
$50 TO SOS the tun by mill process. and
the second class $50. This ore WAS ex
tracted and escorted at an actual eost #
two dollars and twelve cents per tun.
An open cut. IL to Is feet deep. has
stripped the ledge for a distance OF 100
feet, showing "a mass of ore from wall to
wall, varying in width from % to 81 feet.
The east wall has been stripped 20 feet
further. LAYING a fine boly of ore bare
for n distance nf 10 feet along the ledge.
fMLDGh AND WABASH N NifHllilR Aiit !
usual amount of ore, but of higher grade
and from new ground. The east breast
between the Wabash chamber aud Dell
shaft has b"en temporarily shut off and
fhe workmen transferred tn the Hem
lock ground, whore. in cutting Own the
roof Of the sonih diff. n large body of
high grade ore was found barring away
10 the west. This is now heing breasted
in. and six men took ont 80 iuns of rich
ore in the last three DAYS of the past
week. The Hrmlock drift has pene-
trated the Constitution chamber, and re-
xealed mn extensive ore deposit alang its
entire length. A shaft commenced south
of the Wabash dump had cut into n body
of ore of great richness on Saturday.
SourH AURORA is Welding large qnan-
titles of good ore from the south works.
The new frquIyay hns been comnleted, |
and the mine is now in condition for the
most economical and expeditions work
ing,
AURORA CONSOLIDATED IL shipping ore
from the south tunnel. aud the orehouse
OF the Earl is kept we'll Tiled,
MoosLIoHr, on Pogonip Point, has re-
sumed operations. A drift. ten feet into
the hill from the bottom of the shaft,
shows a large body of fine ore. aud the
owners feel confident that they have "A
first-class mine.
SILVER WEDGE never looked better
than at present. and the vast quantity of
high grade ore in sight IN the various
breasts of the 63-feet level places the
mine on a footing with the best mine OF
the Hill.
MosrAucK is storing rich ore in the
east chamber and cutting into a fine body
of it in the west breast.
DOUBLE EAGLE, which has yielded as
fine ore as any on Treasure Hill. has
started ~, and the ore now being hoisted
is as good as that taken ont last Summer.
WEsrronD, on Blue Hill. has n shaft
down IS feet in a large body of low grade
milling ore.
ORADELL, upper end of Pogonip Flat,
will start up Tomorrow. This mine has
been thoroughly prospected. and proved
itself tn be n valuable one. A shaft was
sunk 81 feet. at which point considerable
drifting was done. and 800 tuns of ore
taken ont. part OF which was sold on the
dump and the balance. ran through the
Big Smoky mill, yielded sos the tun.
MEaCA has seen started up. A shaft
30 feet deep was sunk through low G AIDE
ore last Summer, and now IA breast has
been commenced under Pogonip Flat,
and the ore is steadily improving IN
quality.
UNCLE SAM, 400 feet west of the Do
mingo on Blue Hill, was started up on
Thursday last with n large force. There
is an abundance of ore in sight.
Fp.rurpsroNr which WAS npe of the