The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-10-02
From Wednesdays Daily

OF late your readers have been fcastine
ON news from Cornucopin ! thought II
side dish from this place would be rel
iShcd.
The town is Progressing rapidly. New
buildings are continually going MP antl
own lots are i'll demand, the Young
America Company having laid out and
surveyed u town site. We have now.
our regular streets and soon Tuscarora
VIII have quite II city appearance.
Everybody il busy nnd ms II matter of
course are corrcsp0mdingly happy.
There is 10 end of new discoveries.
some of which nre line prospects, rich in
10th gold and silver. About two miles
north Of the town n ledge has been dis
covered by Hugh Gallagher, called the
Mountain Lyon and those that are
posted III rock say il will go way MP.
\ rich strike has just been made in the
"Oradc," Col. DrFrccs mine, on the
north level. showing Il large body of
chloridcs and horn silver which is rI-
eer~h"yiyrich. The Young America holds
its noble reputation. The same Gun be
said Of the Warsaw and many others.
The future of this district il certainly
very promising md the trade OF the
place Of some Importance. ElLo mrr-
chnn.s should zee AMI not let it puss by
their doors.
y daily mail is soon looked for here
AMI all are sanSuinc il must come short
~; AS II is now II letter for Cornucopia
10y mail is obliged to go from here to
Elko. Some here wonId like to know
why is this thus? Tuscarora ~wonldlikc
to know, and 80 would yourS truly.
ELKo.
FoUND AT LAST.-Wc are pleased to
that Mrs. Pickering, the lady
who recently advertised with It's for her
missing son, received II letter from him
to-day Informing his n%nxiong mother
that hc has lust returned TO Kclton,
from which place hc is tcnIming, and
will return 10 her in the course of u few
days.
THE DREAD MI%E.-From Col. W. Il.
De Frees who arrived here from T'us-
carora yesterday we obtain some par
iIculnrH regarding this now famous
mine. Although IL comparatively recent
discovery, the extraordinary richness
Of the ore, together with very finttcriny
d"vel"pemrnta in other respects has
brought it consPiCuously into notice.
The vein was tapped with II short tln-
mel at II depth Of forty feet from tlc
surface, and II diift il now bcin. run
upon the lead Ia the north. 4 distance
OF fifteen feet from the point strucl; hv
the tunnel, the lead has increased to "A
width "f six feet bctccn we'll defined
walls. a foo; and II half Of this body
~ excessively rich chloride aud horn
silver, the balance; four and II half feet
will readily work 500 by mill process,
so that ut present there is no waste he
tween wills. Assays Of the chloride orc
referred 10, were ~ high as $GGI Ia the
ton, and The quantity of horn.silvcr, Of
which We were shown specimens in
solid chunks, il said 10 exceed ANYTHING
Of that character struck in the whole
northern country.
Sixty tons Of orc, thirty-fyc Of which
~ iirsi class, has already been taken
from the mine and is now upon the
dump. The property is about to be in
r"rp"rntcd with II capital stock Of So.
DOC, ono, the consumatiuu Of which,
constituting n part OF The ColpncI's
business in San Francisco.
y WAN CLoup.-.Our attention wns
arrested today hy the voice Of n man
who wns Etnuding in the middle Of the
street Opposite tho Depot Hotel arrest
~ soliciting another mau who stood in
tho doorway II Ill" binding referred to.
I" bring along his ''gum'" and exchange
II friendly shot or two with him for old
hrIuaintanc" sake. The invitation was
cordially extended n time or two hy
"J"rs"y," Int tho invited, "a man nam .
ca Gates, being uf MI unnccornodniinr
disposition, We were ouchcrcd ont of n
hrSt-cla"s local item.
OrH old Nevada friend. W. II. Root.
who has just returned from the BLACK
IillH krl..R. "