Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-31
Amazon and Glasgow.

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sary. When impressed with the
necessity of obtaining greater power
to cope with this obstacle, the
superintendent, Mr.. Caldwell, lost
no time in going to San Francisco
and ordering snch machinery,
pumps, etc, as he deemed best
suited to assist in developing the
mine. Itarrived during the worst
of the spring weather, but energetic
perseverance overctme all obstacles
and in remarkably short time
steam was issuing from the new
building. At the time work was
suspended the ore vein on the third
level had just been reached and
some five or six tons taken ont,
enough however to prove that 1t
was rich, and if extensive, the com
pany's labors had met with an early
reward. Desiring to be first in
making public all marked develop
ments in our mines, and knowing
from specimens good body of ore
existed on the third level, a reporter
was dispatched to the mine early
Wednesday morning and was among
the first to examine the lower levels
after the water was below the third
level, going down on the large water
tank, as the cage had not been placed
in the shaft. The first level being
only fraction over a hundred feet
from the surface, but little work has
been done, and it consists of a drift
running east 1909 feet, at the end of
which Wine sixty feet deep has
been sunk, following the dip of the
ledge at an angle of As the whole
distance being in vein matter OF av-
erage quality. On the ID level we
fad the ledge we'll defined, and we
are almost forced to believe against
our opinion that hanging aud foot
wall exist, little over 200 feet from
the surface. Some good ore was
fou ID here and saved for milling
purposes, but as the main object was
to test the ledge at IA greater depth,
it was not worked. On the third and
principal level there are two drifts
running from the main shaft north
and south. 1t is well to state here
that both claims are worked through
it, the Amazon on the north and the
Glasgow on the south. The first
named drift extends fifty-two feet,
and the south thirty feet, both par
allel with the main ore-body, whose
general direction is about north and
south. In the north drift the ore
body is exceedingly good, and to the
time when forced to quit work, a
distance of nine feet had been cut
into. The ore is white, Of decom-
posed nature, and will, according to
the assays, little more than average
$50 per ton. Near the hanging wall
seam of reddish quartz is seen
which is very rich, assayiug as high
5000 per ton. This Is small and will
probably soon be absorbed by the
white ledge. On the south the same
formation exists, but has not been as
extensively worked, From the shaft
there is croSs-cut running west for
thirty-five feet. A pecuiarity no.
ticed in the ore vein on the second
and third levels is this: On the for
mer the ledge dips u the west, and
runs higher in gold than silver, aad
also contains large number OF
seams of red quartz; while on the
third the ore-body dips to the east
and predominates in silver. This is
similar to the formation of the Com
stock on the northern end, where it
dipped to the west, and was suppos-
ed, before deep explorations proved
to the contrary, to run under Mount
Davidson. AT the time of our visit
work had not been resumed at the
different points, AS it was deemed adj
visable Ii drain the different levels
well before commencing operations.
But as it now stands, without the
ledge having cross-cuts sufficient to
determine its width. it is one of the
finest prospects we ever saw at that
depth, and there is no doubt that on
the fourth level large body of mill
ing ore will be found. After coming
to the surface we visited the old
Glasgow tunnel, some 400 feet south
of the main shaft. One hundred and
sixty-two feet was run in hard rock,
Al L.