The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-09-14
A PROSPECTING TOUR.
Notes OF Trip Through Northern
New ada and Seuthern Idaho.

Last FEBRUARY j. V. Lewis, H. C.
RAIDER and 1. Phillips, we'll mounted
and equipped with prospecting tools
left Wadsworth and proceeded in a
northeasterly direction, with the inten-
ton of visiting every mining camp in
Northern Nevada and Southern Idaho.
The following notes of their trip have
been furnished as by Messrs Lewis
and RAIDER, who arrived here few
days ago.
BY way of Blackjack, where they dis
covered no indications of mines, they
arrived at Bartlett Creek. Two mines
in that district. the Independent and
Badger, they report looking well and
rich in gold. Thence they proceeded
to Boggs' ranch, 20 miles from Varyyille
where theyfound good ores in mines
located in 1865, bnt since then aban-
doned. The ores are base and cannot
be successfully worked without roasting
At Puebla. the next place visited,
there is fine hooking copper mine, but
the ore will NIT pay for transportation
to the railroad, the distance being too
great.
At STEMS Mountain they discovered
some base ores and Mt Coos Hill, over
the line in Oregon, found small leads
with good ore.
They next struck South Mountain
where the ores are all base, and report
some OF the mines, particularly the
Golcondn, looking well and producing
considerable ore. Silver City reminded
them of placerville, but as the mines
of that section are we'll known it would
be useless to give their description of
them. AT Quicksilver Creek they dis
covered a ledge and Mr.. Phillips, one
of the party, remained to prospect it.
They travelled to Snake River. Rocky
Bar aud Bruno, in which place mining
is confined to placers. and are worked
principally by Chinamen.
Starting South they reached Bull
Run. in the future of which they ex-
press confidence. The Blue Jacket
mine they pronounce good. A rooster
is now being built for the treatment
Of the ore which is rich but too base TO
work as taken from the mine. The
roaster will soon be in working order,
and milling will be resumed when the
furnace is completed. There is a tram
way from the mine to the mill and
there is plenty of timber and water
convenient. Coal is said to have been
discovered in Bull Run basin, but they
did not see the mines.
They next visited Cornucopia, the
livliest place they saw on the trip.
They say there is plenty of ore, not
only at the Leopard but in several other
mines in the district. Fourteen miles
south of Cornucopia they looked at a
new ledge discovered by Thomas Rale
and George Cowles. This they con-
slider one of the best prospects in the
country. A contract was let to run
tunnel 200 feet to strike the ledge.
There is rich ore on the surface and
they think the ledge is permanent.
At Tuscarora the Young America and
Nevada came mp to their idea of good
mines. Both are being worked with
plenty of ore containing gold and
silver in sight. New discoveries were
being made in the camp which they
believe will prove equal to Cornucopia.
MIR. Lewis is an experienced mining
man and q close observer and those
brief notes give an idea of his opinion
of the many localities visited by him
this summer. He thinks the mines
near Boggs' ranch in the northern part
OF this county worthy of attention.
The district has been abandoned by
the miners who located the lodges in
1865. and of course they are subject to
relocation.
MILL RUNNING. Tho Arizona mill.
at unionville, which for some time has