The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-08-07
THE ,ELKO INDEPENDENT
,ATUItpAY. AUGUST 7. Is75.
, ELKo, New, Aug. 9th 1915. g.


Eds ISDEPESDEST:-At this time when
HE developments being made at CornG-
copia,. Bull Run. Island Mountain.
Bruuo md Tuscarora. are fnst dissipn-
t;ur tho absurd notion that nothing of
xniuc could be found north Of the rail
toad. perhaps All account of trip to
tho northeastern corner Of the State,
anil something in regard to the miner
nj rosources OF that hitherto terra in
roUnito may bo Of interest I have
inst returned from two weeks sojourn
}nEthc. Deluu0 and nisnamed Goose
Creek District (for Goose Creek is not
within fifteen miles of the District in
:na 7 bclicte not even within the limits
NJ the STATED and l was indeed astonish-
ed that such n large and promising
nortion Of the county should have ire
manned until very recently comparative
IL uudevelopcd. Upon examination
ihe cause WIS Obvious, aud the same in
f;ct that has retnllicd the progress of
;,Sany mining camps throughout the
State. Tho original locators, like most
,j;scoyercrs were men Of limited
means, und they made The very human
INT grave mistake Of Overcoming
fcw exceptions they have been able To
;o little beyond locating and rclocaiing
md while their monuments have pre-
rsnfed the enterprise Of others, they
have reaped Int little advantage them.
selves whereas il they had confined them
velvcs TO one or two locations AMI work
ed them vigorously with the means Mt
hand tie chances are that long before
-,
would Lavo been materially increased.
Goose Creek and DelaIO mining dis
tricts. originally einhrnccd in one dis
trict, are bounded on the west Ivy an
imaginary line running north from
Monticello Station on the g. L. II. r., OH
the north by Idaho. east by Utah and
south by G. j. Il. T.. ana contain near
" FIVE hundred square miles. The
mines OF Goose Creek mining district
yield principally smelling ores. very free
>. 10 work, md lie i'll sycnitc ana rorp! "
~ formation. The Eastern Nevada and
Elko, apparently located on the same
lode, eRch have Il shaft sunk Oh the vein
10 tho depth Of lightweight feet, with Il
rich seam Of mineral running from top
to bottom through the vein. with con.
siderable mineral intcrspurscd through
ont which can easily bc traced three
:. thousand feet on the surface carving
width Of from three to five feet, with
we'll defined wallis. Assays Of ores
from this vein run from $50.GO Ia
100000 per ton. and shipments of ore
worked have returned $lGS 0O per ton
In these two miucs large bodies of good
Orc are in sight, accompanied with all
the indications Of true iiSSurc veins. and
with good mill located ut some one of
the good mill sites within from three
to twelve miles distant, where an nhuu-
dance Of wood can In rot within on"
mile Of the mill, These mines are bound
s In become tirst.rln,S properties. And
the same might he said Uf sundrv other
locations in the sam" district which for
want Of space can Ice subject only to
general nllnSion at this time
The Antelope mine. owned by Mes rs.
. Carroll * Grogau. promises we'll md
carries high grad" ore in q nutiti"s.
shipments from same yielding s:Ii3 %
per ton. Silver llill. nrnr hy, wl.icn
embraces the Silver Point and susie To-
cations. also carries vorr high grad" or,s
running up into the hundreds on sur.
face ore ASSAYS The Terrace ~ badger
C0hS"l ilatel G. n y. VI. Go Under the
HIipurintcnhcnrr Of Mr.. .Inm"a Carroll.
flInVe fine prospects from th"ir ncvrral
mines, ASSAYS from rom" Of their select
ores running from SGn1.m to $40 60
per ton. Also thn Blue Jacket minc,
owned AMI worked by Mcssrs Marley,
Driver and others promises "cll, Yield
ing good quantity aud quality Of ore
ht twenty-five feet down.
Two md one half miles further north
nrc tho smelling ore mines in Drlunn
District which lie in lime formation
The Eliza mine, owned 10y Mcssrs.
Hearst X Co un,lcr the able surnrin
tendcncc of Mr.. L. d Kelley is yield
ing large amounts Of ore and large
quantities are on tho dumps waiting
RhiPmont or the erection OF furnace.
a short distance 10 tho north Of tho
, Film mine WE rcnch the mine of Mr. !
NJ. johnson who perhaps il the most
comfortably fixed man in tho ramu
lie has hundreds of tons Of good 0rr i'm
sight, and when hc wants Thousand
nolIaTS of pocket money all he has Ia do
bt0 ship II car loud Of ore and il is ON.
" ono year since he discovered thn
mine. 4 chr load Of ore recently shin.
ped from tho same. owned hy Josrnh
Bortrnm and O. G Brown Of rcro,nn,
sold for over fifteen hundred dollars.
r, onr worthy cx.asscmilymnm, j. A.
SaTago, Esq, Mr.. Samuel Friend and
. brother. Mcs~rs. Mckitrich aud McAfre
oil have good locations which promise
VOL. There are other valuable lora.
tionS which would like 10 refer 10 but
space will not permit. Yours truly,
CHARLES f.. Amor.