Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-02-28
,,u TO MAKE MINES AND
,,uJS PAY HANDSOMELY.
From the Scientific Press. !

va desire to call the attention Of min
., N an example which merits their at
,sotion. showing the good results from
w.. economical and practical manage
ment Of mining property. = 1t shows at
,ha same time that large c0mpanies with
ANY officers cannot do as well with
ines as few owners can who devote
.har personal attention to their business.
The Gold Hill mine, owned by David |
congbanour and Thomas Moultrie. is on
Granite creek, three miles from Placer
vile Idaho. They have 25-stamp mill,
/ Of Hungerford's concentrators, 4 |
Wheeler pans and 2 settlers. The mill |
rms night and day, Sundays and all, and
dnripg the past three years the total stop |
nors Of the mill has not exceeded 10 |
5aps The miners do not work on Sun |
days. but have plenty of ore out for the
mil to crush. The mill is situated in a
rnyiue and tunnel has been run in on
the ledge both ways, so that the quartz
never sees daylight until after it has been
crushed.
The tunnel running each way from the
rayine is right in on the ledge and is
1000 feet long. The ore has been
stoned ou. to the surface, rs the ledge is
well defined the whole length. The deep
eat place from the surface is 300 feet.
The quartz vein is very soft and the
walls hard, so that they seldom have to
do any blasting, which of course is a
great saving. They crush from 36 to 4O
tons of ore per day. and the total cost of
mining, milling and all is only $4 per
ton. This gold mining property was for
mery owned by several other parties, all
of whom made q failure of working, and
abandoned 1t. The mill itself originally
cost, at the time Of high freights, $780,
600. At the time David Coughanour, an
old miner, but ship carpenter by trade,
was whip saving in the neighborhood.
He and Moultrie, when the mine was
abandoned by the former owners, sue
ceeded in buying the whole property,
mostly ION time" for S25, 900. At the
time he got the mine he was down to
bedrock but by untiring perseverance
he has developed splendid mine, and
made it pay handsomely at the same
time.
They have at work now on the prop
erty about fifty men, whom they pay
sixty dollars in currency per month, and
board, during the Winter; and, in the
Spring, when there is water for the placer
mines, they pay seventy-6ve dollars IN
currency per month and board. wood
is bought and stacked up for four dollars
per cord in greenbacks; and they have
plenty of water for steam purposes, etc:
In the coming Spring, the owners intend
to sink on their ledge where it crosses
the pulch, and where they will have
breasts both ways. The boiler they now
have has sufficient capecity for the new
engine. hosting works, etc. The iedgt
has been worked continuously the lengtf
of the tuunel-three thousand feet--ant
they have not come to the end OF the pa.
rock. They have now on hand nearl.
five thousand tons of sulphurets concen
trated, which they intend to work up q
some future time. They have neve
worked any sulphurets, and they nav
accordingly accumulated at the mill
Mr.. Coughauou the principal owner, u
the manager of the property. he WORK
as hard as any of the laborers, and coui
not be distinguished from them IN dres
and appearance at the mine. lie Is niue
liked by all who know him, and Is
plain, practical man.
VIM. Coughanour. his nephew, forn
erly a school teacher, looks out Tor u
finances and superintends the mill. I
is handy with tools, has rugged up
lathe. etc, and turns off the old tappell
makes repairs, and is handy man !
such a place. Mr.. Moultrie, iormerl
we believe, a drayman, is an inyahd, a
resides in this city, visiting the m,
occasionally. Any one who VISITS u
mine, will say that it is the best manae
one he ever saw. Everything goes u
clock work, and in systematic mann
1t il worked on economical busln'
PRINCIPLES. as mine should be work.
They buy their provisions, supplies,
in this city in the Summer when irel' =.
is low. and pay cash for everything u
get. Their success shows what lnous
and perseverance,, combined with g
common sense, will do. They n
merely brought into the business
mining the same methods pursued
ordinary business, which few people,
We don't believe there is anotner thli
the country that has not stopped m
than ten days in three years. ihey ci
up FIVE stamps at time ana keep
rest running. There are plenty OF o'
mines in this State, and others on
Pacific slope. that would pay TO wor
we'll as the Gold Hill, if they were u
aged as we'll. We wish we could rec
more instances of the same kind.