Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-06-17
THE STRIKE IN THE AMAZON
NINE.
The Bonanza Of Lyon County.
rally One for this End Of the
M COmstOck.

In our issue OF Tuesday, we gave
a brief notice Of reported rich
strike in the Amazon mine, which
was the topic of conversation on
the streets Sunday and Monday.
Desiring to give our readers q COR
rect and reliable account of the
mine and the strike which was
made on Saturday, we sent. our
reporter to the mine on Tuesday
afternoon to make an examination.
and can now say without hesitancy
that the reported strike is one of
the most important mining devel-
opments that has ever been made
in this county, and second only to
the development of the richest
silver mines of Virginia City and
the Comstock lode.
THE MINE
Is a development which for years
has attracted much notice by ex-
perts, and which, in the hands of
poor men until lately, has received
every inch of development by the
hard labor of one or two of its dis
coverers; but which, latterly, has
been purchased and has fallen into
the hands Of prominent San Fran
cisco capitalists. A report by an
expert ended in the formation of
company, of which J. A. Pritchard
is President; John Miller, J. l..
Sharp, J. A. Pritchard, J. w.
Phillips and Samuel Miller are
Trustees; A. Caldwell, Superin-
tendent; and r. W. Townsend is
Secretary; and
WORKING CAPITAL OF 10000 SHARES
Was placed in the treasury. De-
velopments were at once put in
progress, and have progressed
steadily and quietly since the for
nation of the company. The en-
terprise was commenced as strict
ly legitimate one - entirely free
from stock iobbing imputations,
without a share of stock thrown
upon the market for sale, and
therefore progressed without the
aid of assessments, and strictly
upon the merits of the enterprise.
The lead is situated on the opposite
side of the long ridge from the
Daney, runs northeast and south
west, and is in exactly the position
in direction and bearing of vein as
the famous Consolidated Virginia
mine, and having dip of about
As degrees. Our reporter was first
shown to
Which is covered by a neat and
substantial building, and putting
one foot in the bucket, descended
through a splendidly timbered
shaft to distance of 209 feet. At
tlLs depth a crossdrift has been
run to tap the vein. Through this,
candle in hand, he carefully
walked, at each step noting the
gradual change in the rock forma
ton for distance of about sixty
feet, where the drift has cut strata
of blue clay, fairly glimmering
with sulphurets, and as perfect an
indication of the mine beyond as a
mineralogist could wish. Through
this, with occasional stringers of
quartz, for a distance of % feet,
and one is face to face with
THE VEIN
Proper of the Amazon mine. Our
space is too limited to go into the
minutest details, though the sight
here exposed would justify the
giving of every particular. The
appearance of the ore body so
abruptly cut by the drift is one
that would fill with admiration and
wonder the underground expert,
and to the miners themselves is an
Indictment to vigorous and enthusi-
astic work. The hanging wall is a
model of perfection, the assure
and castings defined to nicely, and
the vein presents a body OF ore
such as has never before been I'M
covered in this district. Already
the drift has been driven into the
vein o distance of ten feet, and
yet there are no indications OF
reaching the opposite wall.
THE VEIN MATTER
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