Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-08-15
MORE SAN FRANCISCO CAP
ITAL IN LYON COUNTY.
The CrOmer Mining COmpany's
Claim..What has been done
and what Is TO be.

The vigorous developments that
have for months past been put in
progress on this end of the Com
stock, are beginning to tell in favor
of the prospective wealth of Lyon
county. Among the other loca-
tons visited by the reporter for
the TIMES the past week is
THE CRoMER MINING COMPANY S
CLAIM,
Located Just to the east of Silver
City, and of which but slight men
ton has been previously made in
this paper. The mine was former
" owned bv Messrs. A. NJ. Gro
mer, A. d. Smith and H. J. Mat
thews. of this city, but has been
recently purchased by San Fran
cisco parties, capital stock set
aside, and a company organized
for its further development. The
lead has the general course of the
important mines on the upper end
of the Comstock, running n. E.
and S. W. on the great mineral
belt, of which it is undoubtedly
one of the true fissure seams.
THE DEVELOPMENTS
At present consist of shaft sixty
five feet in depth, and levels run
ming short distance both ways
from the shaft along the lead. The
position of the walls from the sur
face to the present depth of the
mine is very nearly vertical. Both
the wall and casing is of a charac-
ter Enthusiastically evident of their
permanency, with the hanging wall
presenting as smooth and regular a
surface as that of any mine we
have yet visited. The vein ct the
bottom of the shaft is about eight
feet in width, and is astonishingly
free of foreign matter, as the ore
on the dump abundantly testifes.
THE ROCK
Is quite easily extracted, being of
a reddish and yellow character,
and darkening in hue as it is ex-
posed to the air. The "Cromer
is one of the very few lodes the
rock from which will pay to mill
from the groupings downward.
The ore on the dump assays, vsri-
ously, from $50 to 5000 per ton. The
latter figure is, of course, obtained
from picked rock, but result of
from $50 to $40 has already been OBJ
tanned by
ACTUAL REDUCTION
in the mills. The per cent of silver
is about one-third, TO two-thirds gold,
but these quantities will, as in most
mines, likely be more nearly equal
lied as developments progress. The
dump-pile now contains about $50
to 800 tons of ore that will pay
profit on the cost OF reduction, and
which it is the intention of the COM
pany to put through the mills as
soon as work on the mine is recon-
menced. This will be done as soon
as the
MACHINERY NOW ORDERED
Can be brought to the mine and
erected. Supt. Babcock, whom we
had the pleasure of meeting yester-
day, informs us that the machinery
for hosting will be first-class, about
the same as the Niagara, and of suffi-
Gent power to supply all the wants
of the mine to depth of 1900 feet.
A new shaft will shortly be COM
menced on the west line of the ledge,
in order to secure more systematic
plan of sinking, and for the purpose
of prospecting the vein. But little
water is now in the shaft, at least
not any more than can be very easily
handled with the new machinery.
1t is fortunate for the mining inter-
ests of the county that this valuable
mine has been placed
IN THE HANDS OF CAPITALISTS
Who have the means of bringing its
wealth to the surface where it can
speak for itself. 1t has long been
admitted the locality of the Cromer
contained a bonanza vein, and the
indications now point strongly to the
fact that this company's shaft has
pierced it. We have no desire to
place undue importance upon any
of our mines, and havetherefOre new
er made report without first having
made a personal examination of the
mine whereof we wrote. Moreover,
it gives MS satisfaction to know that
our reporter has SO far written moth
ing about
THE MINES OF THIS COUNTY
That the subsequent developments
did not more than justify. 1t will
be found that the CrOmer mine is
as we have described it, and that
future developments will bear us
out in saying that 1t is one of the
best prospects on this end Of the
lead. A list of the officers of the
company have before been pub
lished.