The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1873-03-29
Ward Beecher Consolidated.

Through the energy Of Capt. Turner, Superin-
tendent of the Ward Beeeher Consolidated. the
road from Treasure to Hamilton has been opened
sufficiently to admit Of q conveyance going up
without imminent danger TO ones neck, and,
availing ourself of this state of affairs on We'd
nesday last, we made a brief visit.
A THEORY PROVEN.
For a long time many miners have argued,
among whom is Capt. Turner, that the pitch Of
the ore body on Treasure Hill was ~easterly, but
until the work done ON the Edgar shaft, one Of
the locations embraced in the Ward Beecher Con-
solidated, the majority would hear to no argu-
ment or reason ON that proposition, but steadily
adhered to the theory that the lead pitched west.
Their conclusions were founded entirely on sur
face work., which showed a broken mass Of lime
stone evidently laying IN a horizontal position,
that plainly was the result Of some great up
heaval, which at some remote period has broken
up the immense mountain, leaving a mass Of
debris or broken rock on its outer or western
slope. The fallacy of this theory has been fully
and fairly demonstrated by the workings of the
present season. Entering at a drift below Main
street, due west from the Edgar shaft, we pass
through first the broken masses of limestone,
mentioned above, which lay fiat, and thence In
through this formation q distance Of 20 or 30
feet, We came to rock q little more solidiied,
where we notice the layers or seams pitch to the
west further on the rock begins TO assume a
permanent and solid character. when we COM
mence to discover patches of ore here and there,
with the ledge pitching due east, inclining down
ward at an angle of from 20 to 80 degrees. Fol-
lowing down an incline we strike the first level,
a distance of III feet from the surface, which
leads us into the
EDGAR CHAMBER.
This famous chamber Is some 40 feet In hight,
and a vein of ore has been found TO the width of
from 40 to 80 feet. The Big smoky mill was run
on the ore taken from this chamber during last
summer, and the amount Is not yet exhausted.
This presents n grand scene the gloom of dark
ness reigns supreme, relieved only by the dim
and uncertain light of the candles, the rays
from which are lost in impenetrable mystery.
Going down from this level is the
EDGAR SHAFT,
which commenced at the surface, III feet above,
and has been sunk to the depth of ISL, cutting
in its downward course one of the most perma-
nent appearing veins of ore ever found ON Treas
ure Hill. Work Is still being prosecuted in this
shaft to a lower depth. Proceeding due east, we
arrive at the
FIRST WINE,
sunk now a depth of 20 feet, and revealing a
body OF ore Of the same width. 40 feet, az found
In the Edgar Chamber. Here is evident truth Of
the theory advanced at the commencement of
this article. that the ore bsly or channel pitched
east instead of west, or in other words, run into
Treasure Hill instead of out OF 1t. The Superin-
tendent is steadily working downwAr and east
erly III good pay ore, and will continue 50 to do
until he fully demonstrates a fact soon to be
worldwide, that the wealth Of Treasure Hill has
hardly commenced to be prospected. much less
revealed.
ORE, Ere.
There il now a large dump Of hrst-class ore,
averaging $50 aud $40 per ton, which is only
awaiting good roads to be transported to the
mills for crushing. Work ON the Hidden Treas
ure and other mines belonging tn this company
Is being pushed forward with energy and good
results, Ia conclusion, We can say that notwith-
standing the want Of faith evinced by many,
White Pine will, Phunix like, soon arise from
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