Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-04-13
MINING INTELLIGENCE.
Iocal and General News Relative
TO the Mining Interest.
4 Ramble Among the Spring VAL
ley Mines.


As quite number of new locations
have lately been made IN and around
Spring Valley, and old ones re-iocat-
ed and being opened, we availed our
selves of favorable opportunity to
visit that section and personally IN
spect them. The first we examined
was the
QUINN MINE,
Situated a short distance from the
Williams mill, and about one mile
and a half from this place, near the
road leading to Carson. 1t embraces
SO feet of ground, is northwest of
the South Star, northeast of the Haw-
lev and Memnon, south OF the sum
mers, and about half a mile south
west of the Daney. This is an old
claim, being located in 1879 by p.
Quinn, and worked by him for some
time. The first rock was taken out
from cut which followed the west
wall of the ledge to a depth of about
30 feet and 1870 feet in length. From
this cut quite large amount OF rock
was taken, and being of decom-
posed nature, rusty in appearance,
and holding considerable sulpburets,
it was thought to contain bat a small
percentage of silver. and wns worked
in an arastra for gold. yielding salts
factory results. In working the rock
a substance was noticed which resem-
bled
NATIVE SILVER,
And then, for the first time, after
being worked for some months, an
assay was made, which revealed the
fact that it went up into the hundreds
in that metal. Imme lately after
that, shaft was sunk some 20 feet
east Of the cut, which followed the
east wall of the ledge down to II
depth of over 60 feet, the vein show
ing at that point equally as well as in
the cut, and proving that it was be-
tween twenty and twenty-five feet in
width. At this time General Van
Bokkelen, who was a large owner in
the mine, died, and all work was sus-
pended. At the administrators sale
of his effects, his part of the mine
was purchased by other parties, who,
in conjunction with Mr.. Quinn, had
the ground properly surveyed, ap-
piled for and obtained a patent, and
will within the next ten days place it
upon the Stock Board in San Fran
cisco. The ledge is well defined,
runs almost Il orth and south, few
points to the east of north, following
its dip in that direction.
THE PRESENT COMPANY
Include spch persons as Frank F.
Osbiston, Billy Woods, DR.. Bronson,
H. SUNNI ers, p. Quinn, the original
locator, and Mrs. A. Edginton, the
first named gentleman being the
Superinte ndent. 1t is their intention
10 iuuM iiately start large shaft
somo distance east of the old works,
and erect such machinery as will be
necessary to properly develop it. The
'iollowing is the result of an assay
ltakep by ourselves from the ledge as
exposed in the cut, not over eight
feet from the surface: Silver, 1851 81;
gold, $55 Is; total. $407 OF. From
what we saw we are satisfied that the
ycruppiugs and assays indicate that
dhe mine will equal the sanguinc ex-
pectatlons Of its owner, and ii there
isa bonanza, Superintendent Osbis-
ton will find it.
THE ROCKY BAR
Was the next mine visited, which
embraces 600 feet of ground, joined
on the south by the Webber and
Daney mines, being, in fact, the
southern portion of the original
kossuth. The groupings of this
mine are very prominent, and cut
or open incline was started
on the northwestern portion OF
them, following the ledge down
about twenty-five feet. From
TINS some ore was taken last
summer and worked for gold alone,
and paid between S15 and SIT per
ton. The average assays show it to
contain about equal proportions OF
gold and silver, but worked as it
was, the latter was of course lost.
An assay taken about fifteen feet
from the surface by us yesterday
showed the following: Silver $22.12,
gold $l50.59, total $l71.S1. The
ore very much resembles that of
the Quinn, but containing larger
per centage Of sulphurets, which
holding the gold. accounts for the
larger proportion of that metal.
This mine has been bonded to a
company in San Francisco for the
sum OF SIS, 900 for twenty five days,
and if properly opened will no
doubt from indications) prove one
of real merit.
SUMMERS.
This location formerly belonged to
P.Quinn, but has lately been relo-
Gated by Mr.. Summers under the
name of the Summers Gold and Sill
yer Mining Company, embracing 7ao
feet. 1t is about 800 feet south OF
Quinn's house, on the Carson d Vir-
ginia Toll Road. and Joins the Quinn