The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1873-04-19

Since our last report we visited Treasure Hill,
and made an examination of = portion of the
workings In the North Aurora, above the level
Of the Peerless chamber. The openings and
developments passed through are all to the
North of the deeper workings described in our
last issue. The drift running from the Ladies'
chamber, South, l4 feet, strikes a body Of ore
30 feet below the Central Shaft, which runs
across the main channel. or East and West.
The vein has been followed East a distaAce Of
some thirty feet, discovering 3 fine body of high
grade mineral. 1t was not the plan of Mr..
Potts to run for ore when engaged at the tunnel
above spoken of, but to effect an opening from
the surface by way Of the Central shaft. Now
the most complete and healthy ventilation has
been obtained, giving opportunities for the foul
air and powder smoke to find Its way out and
not retard the working Of the mine. The body
of ore found, however, will more than repay the
expenses of running the drift through hard
limestone. Situated between the Peerless and
Ladies' chambers, II is not unreasonable to
suppose that the mineral will be found to
consolidate in one grand mass, which would
leave work In sight for all the mills In the
district for two years to come. Returning along
this drift, the Ladies' chamber is reached, from
which a drift is being run East. Here another
and convincing proof of the downthrow which
has occurred on the Hill, Is manifested by a
wall IS smooth as paper. plainly showing the
immense friction which at some period Of time
must have ground the solid wall to its present
condition. 1t is neither a fool or hanging wall.
simply the dividing line between the solid
mountain and the broken masses which abound
on the North. At this point We saw two brawny
miners busily engaged picking down huge
punches of ore which chung to the smooth sur
face described. with the usual reportorial
assurance, we interviewed these men, who
proved to be possessed Of good square common
sense, and practically demonstrated the theory
of the Hill as we see 1t. One man said he had
just come back to the = old stamping" ground
from Phoebe, where he had been engaged three
months at work in the Raymond Il Ely, and
remarked he liked the looks of things here better
than anywhere he had ever been. and should
stick to White Pine. A piece Of ore taken from
this drift. which looked rich. prompted us to
have an assay male by our friend Towne, OF the
Manhattan mill. The result was 81, 36l so and
quite a respectable button was returned to
us from u OF. of ore. We did not endeavor to
pick out q choice piece, but knocked it out at
random from a vein IL feet wide. Teams are
constantly at work hauling the ore from all the
workings of the company, and the Stanford mill
is pounding away with its thirty stamps. Town
at Eberhardt. Shortly the bullion tpure stuff
will to find its way to our banks, and
make things lively. There are now $50 men on
on the pay roll Of this company, and more being
added every day. Ere the snow flies again, mat
tiers will be 30 far advanced, and facilities for
transporting ore so much improved. that work
can 60 ON uninterruptcdly the entire Winter.