The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-04-03
IconxveorLA, March e1.h, lsTs..

NTObIbtIouo ANhhAS ~ AhAA' $3.50
credit Is due tho Leopard. Company,
and especially so to- the untiring efforts
Of tho practical and energetic Gen.
Supt. G. II. Willard. for tho man"r in
vhicl, thoy have worked 10 develop the
mines unL, bring about the present
prosperous state of Affairs in this part
Of the country. n
Tho Leopard Company have mani
tested their fnitl Ivy their works. and
will. without doubt, reIp . rich reward
for their Outlay. Present shipments
ri million and tho recent important
deyclnrmcnts il ihe mine will bear me
ont i'm this statement. Tho mill is
kent steqdily running on leopard ore,
anil, under the very efficient manipula-
lion Of one Of the most successful and
practical nI~nalganltorS Of silver ore IN
the State of, Nevada. aashyrri j.; II;
Collier, the ore is bcing successfully
treated and worked up Ia II high per-
centnge. turning on. l~!ullion ut the
rate Of thirty 10 forty thousand dollars
per mouth, aud l reel stfn i'll saving,
from present Indications in the mine,
TINT the ] colayd Company will he able
10 ship ovcr one hundred thousand
dollars per montl; from t!inig ten stamp
mill OH Deep Creek hcfo:o the bowling
storms of gloomy ljIntcr falls again
upon tliis section Of the country. =.
o. IMPORTANT DEvrLpPl;ESTs i-.f
Our mining population are getting
excited and well thoy may. II has been
known for several days that The tunnel,
which is being driven in nnirr tho.
leopard mine. is closely guarded and
the Oft repeated warning no Admit.
lance" placed uvci the ~rnt;amce. Cu-
yious, pTyipg eyes and cars have been
on the alert to get i hint uS tu what il
going in inside. Wild stories arc
nilOat aud speculation as to what's M"
runs rampant MIR. l'IummGr, fore.
man at the mine has TO repeat very
often To the over nnXionS-Gnh lao Goes
1t too with Il very satisfied and pleas
mt nir-"GeHllnmun, yrn cant get in.
THE nIT sTNInE.
Your correspondent succeeded, no
matter how, III running the gauntlet
and passed in under the paw Of the
Leopur. and is now able to lay before
the readers OF llIo IHnrrExDrSr n
statement Of facts anil figures truly
astounding. About three hundred
feet from The surface nnl not iur from
tht center Of Leopard !iJ!. seemingly
below local disturbances. the miners.
under tio direction of Alr. plummcr.
hive Iaii bare Il ahurp-cut and we'll
defined ledge, trcndiIE south and dip.
ping to the west mt ~ angle f ~ dog.
enclosed i'll walls whirl. !.rcacu; all the
indications Of ii true ii-,IrG vein, a sol.
lid mass of differing ore, ,irh Cnon,h
to eat, as the saving j.. j. hYol%it 20
light, md is II perfect mivturc vf II tive
ruby and horn silver. IN, ~!v,lt:, il
three it,t Wide III s"luh ore. specimens
taken from wall "a wI.l give nj ayc=;,,
assay Of II .u:i9 - ia silver. nrd il -
safe Ia concln'in t1!at tbs u.1 ]cIvrieI Il
lArgc percentage Of gold. 5 j D.. IN
TIL: ~IMPomTA"GE or T!;Is sTrIrE. &
70 understand Thoroughly IA. yuluc
and importance, Of this strike it j. cal.
ncccssary 10 80 nP and measure the or"
breasts HOW being wUrEci in the upper
luvcls. Here VIZ iinI IN o.o breast of
over 2W feet, averaging three feet IN
width, and presenting Ike saline or like
Indications "f ilut in the lover tunnel.
yielding mn HLun'iancn Of h;~h Grade
ore, and milling hy the raw process
over 500 prr ton. Take o the dis.
tancc from tho upper levels To- the strike
III the lower tunnel, about lllrrr llun-
drrd feet, and VIC have something tan.
giblc upon which mining experts and
mill mon can base :liCir calculations
nnd R~pproNimnt" the value and Amount
81 ore cor;allrd by the Leopard Com
pany, and | think that they will agree
ilIni for quality an1 quantity oforr there
~ no better showing Tins side Of tho
COnlstOck. UIilIin tho bounds men
toned. mt n very low estimate. say two
!i'ltldr0d dollars I,Gr ton, wu can cIlcu.
late the very handsome amount Of
Jhb0ut two millions five hundred tlious.
md doll"rs in round Numbers. The
leopard mine is without Il doubt the
Comst0ck Of CornucOpia.
A peculiar kind of II magnrctic innu
clice seems to prevail in our midst.
Since Tho big strike ia tho IcppnrL
tunnel, miurIg do not walk M of old,
hcsltatingl.y, Int seem to harry along
ns II lmsscss rh If sonc weighing secret
md wanted to rush away Ia tell The
story to some TDck or free. that Tie
lnrds OF tho mir might carry the news
80 some dear friend. Tho merchants
jinldlo their goods more drrtly and NIL
seem TO say ~ plain Hs iooka and nc
lions ever sIy: Il told so soI'
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