The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1875-05-19
CORNUCOPIA DISTRICT.
A Lively Campfire Mines Flour
ishing Bullion Shipments - A
New Mill to be Erected-Roads
in Bad Condition.

i'm Bad Condition.
Bishop Luther and J. r. Granice
left Winnemucca about week ago for
the purpose of visiting the Cornucopia
mining district. They have just re-
turned, and have kindly furnished US
with the following information relative
to that promising camp:
Cornucopia is entitled to be ranked
as the leading mining camp III Elko
county. It's bullion shipments are row
of considerable importance, but mere
nothing in comparison with what they
are destined to be. when the immense
ore deposits which are known to exist
there become fairly developed.
THE TOWN
Comprises about thirty buildings at
the present time, including six saloons,
three general stores and two butcher
shops. There are some $50 miners
employed in the district, besides TWEEN
ty or thirty engaged at the Leopard
mill; and altogether the camp boasts
population of upwards of 200 persons.
Good board may be obtained for So
per week, but the lodging department
seems to be a branch of business which
the Cornucopians have paid little at
tention to. Strangers DESTROYS of test
ing the efficacy of tired nature s
sweet restorer," are told to shift for
themselves, and do the best they can,
as such thing as a lodging house has
no existence there. The payroll of
the entire camp amounted last month
to the sum of 500, 600. Some incon-
venience is experienced from the fact
that this money is disbursed III the
form of checks drawn upon the Elko
bank, but arrangements are in progress,
we understand, for paying the men in
coin.
THE LEOPARD MINE
Is the champion claim of the district.
The vein varies from three to five feet
in width, the ore ranging in value from
$500 to 81 900 per ton. A shaft has
been sunk on the ledge to the depth of
| 105 feet, which connects with a tunnel
driven into the mountain distance of
1870 feet. The quantity of ore being
taken ont is greater than the mill is
capable of reducing. The weekly ship
ments OF bullion amount to 5000.
There is pile of ore on the dumps,
estimated at $50 tons, now awaiting
reduction. In the face of the utter
inadequacy of the existing milling ia
cilities the Leopard Company contem-
plate putting up a new 40-stamp mill
during the summer.
Work in the Hussey mine, adjoining
the Leopard, is being vigorously prose-
cuted. Much excitement prevails over
the claim; men are kept working night
and day, and the owners are in hourly
expectation of striking the ledge.
THE GREAT DEsIDERATUM
Of the camp is a custom mill, There
are eight mines in operation, besides a
number of prospects, and no means af-
forded in the district for reducing the
ore-the Leopard mill refusing to work
| the ore from outside mines.
Cordwood has to be hauled distance
of fourteen miles, and is sold in Cor
nucopia at $14 cord, and scarce at
that.
Messrs. Bishop and Granice returned
by the Elko road. and report both
roads in bad condition just now. The
.Winnemucca route they declare to be
much the preferable one, and the ex-
penditure of few dollars by the mer-
chants here would certainly secure the
bulk of the growing trade of Cornu-
copia.
NEEDLE GUN.-W. Ct. Alexander,