Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-06-30
LETTER FROM UTAH.

LINCOLN, UTAH, June -, 1000
Ed RECORD: Since my return from
your place have been doing the duty of
a newspaper by answering the general
question of what is tho news in
Pioche," and now having satisfied every
body here, to the extent OF my ability, I
will do a little toward giving you some
of the news from Lincoln.
Firstly; Legal business is looking up;
several small suits on hand, beside the
great seduction and breach of promise
case just closed. This seduction did not
appear, but left the eager listeners in
doubt as to which of the two innocents
had been most ruined.
A duel was also a novelty of the camp.
The seconds fearing too much danger
left out the lead when loading the
weapons. The duelists after firing sew
eral shots at each other finally got dis
couraged and rushed upon each other in
bruiser style, putting mansard roofs on
their heads.
The town is improving. New build
ings are going up almost daily. One of
the newest is your old townsman J. H.
Dupaix's new store, which Is quite
house for new camp. The new Town
Hall, school house and general church,
also for social dances and other pur-
poses, 25x50. is under way and will be
both useful and ornamental.
The mines never looked better. First
on the list is the old Lead mine of the
Lincoln M. q S. Co., which is being new
ly timbered rom top to bottom and the
shaft Strengthened. At the bottom of
this mine, at depth of 260 feet, where
the water abounds, it shows vein that
has been followed to the right and left to
the distance of about 20 feet. On this
vein is the great chimney of ore, which
at the water level is about % long by II
feet wide of solid ore, and this has contin-
ued down of this size for $50 feet, until
the water was struck, which caused
suspension of work until pumps and
hosting works could be procured. The
hosting machinery you are aware, was
procured at your place, consisting of the
Caroline works, tie first installment of
which are now on hand. The steam
pump of 200 gallons per minute will be
here In few days. This is the first
steam pump and steam hosting
works erected in southern Utah.
The Lincoln furnace is being repaired
and rebuilt. The little boiler and engine
giving place to a new twenty-five horse
power, to which it is intended to attach
5-stamp mill as an experiment on the
non smelling ores of the district, of
which there are great quantities that will
pay from $40 to $40 per ton in gold and
silver, the Red Lead mine having about
2,0OO tons of such ores now on its
dumps.
The Coral Reef is looming up as firsi
class mine. The vein is now full five
| feet between walls of silver ore that will
average over forty-fve per cent. lead and
over $40 in silver. The vein is very reg
uler, we'll defined and strong. The Day
ton mine, at depth OF 100 feet, has a
regular and strong vein OF galena and
carbonate of nearly two feet width.
| The Quincy has good vein of carbon
ates, well marked and strong with in
creasing promise that cannot fail to pro-
duce good and valuable mine when
sufficient depth is obtained.
The Galena, Hercules, United States,
Wasatch, Forest Queen, Ontario, Creole,
Granite, Little Neil, Typo, and many
others are very promising prospects that
work will turn into valuable mines, as
each has large Qutcrops of that which is
sure indextU1 bodies OF ore beneath.
In the north portion of the district are
some prospects that verge on to mines.
The Cave mine is now down over 100
feet from the bottom of big cave, where
abounds tremendous output of crop.
pings and iron rock. They have now
struck good body Of ore that promises
a good big stake to each OF the fortunate
owners.
The May Flower, Mountain Maid.
Alaska, Cheney and Palmetto. are each
claims with big groupings and out-put.
and good veins OF galena or carbonates.
A great deal of work is being done on
old claims and much prospecting with
nattering results, as every day heralds
the striking of some new mine. Lincoln
has now become the live camp of South
ern Utah, and promises to stand a COM
panion for Phoebe as mining camn.
mere are great many very excellent
claims here that are not being worked.
because their owners have not the CAM.
tai required to open them out to a condi-
ton OF being. paying mines, but make
liberal oilers to any one who will do it.
Many OF these claims have produced
good pay ore, and will again by proper
development and are splendid induce
ments to the operator who has the funds
to invest. WELLS SprcEe