Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-18
TIE ISLAND MOUNTAIN GRAVEL
Dl0l.I NGS.

The Elko Independent has reliable in
TO- nation from, the placer mines Of
Island Mountain, and epolts as follows
concerning the same:
Hoover & Co.. l. cated at the head Of
Hope Ouch, are woIl ing our men and
are In King out an on.ce day to the
man. They ound sluiced down to the
Ssavei ana are now engaged shoveiing in.
Southw icl & Co., below and adjo-n-
ing Hoover l. Co., aa~ EMPLOYING ten
IL, en-, ard are also NAL ing an ounce per
day to tie man. After erouod sluicing
off the ton di lan o, fou- days was
made, SIX men wo, ling ten hours
each per day, which resulted in clean
up, in Goa sc GOLD and nuggets. Of 1917
ouoces. assayinS at the Mint $1S per
ounce, making the snuc sum OF 1888.
Severs; cieces we're ob.a.ned we.shing as
high as $40 each.
Next in orde.. is a claim Of twenty
acres, belonging to William L. Kidd. 1t
ia well opened, and siS Or eight men are
employed, who are taking out IL ounces
per day. average.
The twenty acre claim of Brown &
Norton comes next. A run of s. DAYS
slu.cine with ten men engaged, pro-
duced 921l ounces, worth 1.G65. The
best yield for one day was S435, with i've
men shoveling into the sluices, the -ver-
age being $S7 to the man.
Next is . twenty acre claim owned by
French & Green, who are doubtless
getting good returns for their labor e Q
this, as everything in their works was
ready fof active opelations last Tues
day.
Kelley = EnrIs, owners Of tie ten
acre Gain adjoining, were also Just
ready to commence sluicing. and as
their g.ound prospected equally well
with the balance it is presumabls that
their first cleanup will be equally salts
factory.
Perirod & Mayor. prop,ietors of the
sixty acre claim next, are working two
sets of sluices, and are running night
and day, making SIS to $50 per day to
the man.
A fractional claim, owned by three
persons. whose names we did not lean,
comes next. The parties have thus far
displayed an energy in prosecuting
labor on their claim which. if continued,
will shortly place them on the same en-
viable footing with the possessors of the
older locations.
The Owyhee Gravel Company, just
below, are working their claim to ad-
vantage with an hydraulic. ThisCom-
pany brought in ditch last Fall, which
is now running 60 inches of water. This,
with fall of $50 feet, through Little
Giant nozzle, does fearful execution,
melting down the Is to 20 feet bank like
snow at distance of 60 yards from the
Judging from the fine pros
poets obtained from this ground, the
fist cleanup. which will take place in a
few days will produce something well
calculated to surprise unbelievers in the
existence of free gold in The Silver
State.
Besides the above on Bush creek and
Poorman's gulch, number of claims
have been located by different parties
which are yielding much better than
was anticipated, some making as high as
S25 per day with a rocker. 1t is also
believed by those familiar with
that immediate section of country that
there are other gulches not far distant
in nowise in terior to those already being
worked, and in consequence much pros
pecting will be done in that vicinity this
A rumor is even now afioat, to
tne effect that o rich tliEs has recently
been made some Is miles to the north
ward, but we have not been able to trace
i to any reliable source.