The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-03-06
ELK0 INDEPENDENT
SATURDAY. MAncIt @. 1878.

= From Charles Adams and L. Burner
who have Just returned from island
Mountain We have received the follow
ing item i'll regard to the new gold
fields in that vicinity:
ave arrived at Russell & Draaloy's
store OF Saturday, ut one O'Clock pelnE;
two DAYS anl Il half ont from Elkp, nnd
wrro Welcomed by some eight or zen
miners, n~nxiously waiting for niail mat
ter. After having, oIr cayusc3 com
fortably stored away ia. the ow!uee
Com,rnnv's stable, we proceeded M Che
~ul,.h 20 Norton II Browns quarters,
Whore wc were heartily welcomed AID
nroy;dcd with all things ncedtul. Aftc:
Manner in rompany with Frank Gcod-
nr,u we went down to the tale race,
which was half full OF snow, leo AMI
.,I;rt That had fallen into it. wlioro We
procured Il couple Of pans "t Ilft, nli't
washed il out, working turn hhout, n'
:, was too cold for one man 10 wash III
tLo sunw water any length Of time.
M w~;tI,c.anding al tho difficulties W.
succcrIcd in getting = cents I" !i!c pan.
4; Thc next morning we proceeded 10 Cap
tain KidA's cabin. md af:cr cif.ckinS Z.
. fcw Jokes were invited 10 walk upto the
tnnncl that had !ccn run to prospect
tho Victory mine. We observed they
had struck the ledge GD or 20 feet below
the surface, 8ud had followed il SOME
% feet, proving it.n true assure vein
from two Ia four feet wide, with Il hcau-
tjfnl foot wall, dipping into the Hill Ut
an angle Of 10 degrees. Tho ledge
seems TO br lccompuseI granite u!l
quartz, in which can he seen small
spccks of gold. We procured som ten
pounds of the ledge matter from four
different places, and from APPEARANCES
it will assay we'll. We than went into
Kidd's placer ciuim, immediately below
the ledge, nml lanncd oit some dirt,
finding from eight 10 ten cents to tho
pan. From tho next claim above, "
cd by Sonthwick, Brown. Fox and
Hickey, W succeeded in GGt,ipg several
pans Of dirt, which yielded aGput tho
same. Our party nest explored a tun-
mel that han ECrn rnn in ~ feet Cor the
purpose of testing the locality of the
bedrock, and took out some dirt which
washed from 10 CENTS to II hit per pan.
We then proceeded tu Whitc, Howe X
Coz claim. in which we funni about
The sane result. After taking dinner at
w &NN't . ~ NEohlIl i''ANNltAl ~ III =
other place in Brown 4 Eortun'a claim,
and commenced Ia prospect, hat were
driven buck by the storm. In the even
ing wc succeeded in washing ont = u.ns,
which yielded Il hit each. Owing to
Il storm We were prevented from lrav-
ing tho camp tho nest morning. Bring
81 isvornhly impressed with tho Victory
mine we visited it again, aud secured
more ore fiom it for exhibition anil
testing.
Favorable reports were received from
n~ciShhoring localities. aud Judging
from the "Ppear.uca of :l:a surrounding;
mountains there is n large field set 10
prospect.
The new gold lieldS are easy Uf access
with large teams, and good lcCGmm0-
dHtinns on the rO.d. The great draw.
back to the camp is The scarcity 81 tim
Der and water. i preliminary survey
has shown HAT the lrunn can b..
brought in by a;aan. q; . ditch L. or
10 miles in length.
We arc not E.Uf"a,ional miners ~
many Of .y0ur readers ~" aware. but
think VIZ know Hoi;l Hhcn We see il
us to via. the mines will pay we DON'T
pretend to sIy, bnt va beard Professor
Hoover say that he would give brown
AZ Norton twenty dollars Ignr day i"r the
lii. iirgc Of running i%n r"rh"l, on
t!Irir claim. Hoover IL al experienced
miner OF - FEARS, nu,l iIiq pGo-rr,tc,i
the ground; hnH thc utmost roG.iinaro
i'll tho camp, or at lra,t in Hope gnlcl!
and vicinity.
The miners are yaluing their glcund
ut from 5000 to 81 ,!Eo per acre, and y
full clnim consists nf - acres