The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-03-09
THE BRUNO MINES.

Attitude of Bruno city The
Mines and What is Being
Done to Develop Them.
BRUNO CRY, Feb. az.
EDITOR SILVER STATE: This being
Sunday and work, of course, being layed
aside for the day, I thought that you,
as we'll as some of the Winnemuccans,
might be some interested in what is
transporting in this portion of the
globe. Here, as we'll as with you, it is
winter, only great deal more SO here.
There is
FROM -FOUR To EIvg FEET OF SNOW
Upon the level, aud, suppose, you
will think it next to impossible to do
anything like work under these cireum-
stances, But such is no. the case with
US, for although we cannot do as much
as in the summer yet we are oil at
work. and times are beginning to look
up with AS. Perhaps it will be we'll to
give a slight idea of what and where
Bruno City is. 1t is situated in
Wyoming District, upon the head
waters OF the East Fork of the Owyhee
river, about eighty miles from Elko, in
the northeast corner of Elko county,
with an altitude of over nine thousand
feet So you see, when you speak of
Winnemucca being away up it is no
where compared to this place. AS re-
CARDS what is being done here
IN THE WAY OF MINING
/ will state. there is Chicago COM
pany, of whom Mr. H. G. Cattin is
President. have bought the Mardis
mine. There is estimated to be now
on the dump five hundred tons of ore
that will go from SO to $50 per ton.
They have sunk shaft about one hun
dred feet upon the ledge, which
averages four feet wide. There is u
streak of about eight inches that
assays 81 900 per ton, and the balance
of the ledge goes, as 1 have before
stated (from $40 to $500. The south
extension of this ledge is owned by
Messrs. Mardis and McGloughlin, and
they claim to have fully as good ore 70
the Mardis mine has; but on account
of the deep snow have been unable to
examine the mine to any extent. The
Mardis company have put up five
stamp mill, the engine used has the
capacity for ten stamp mill, and the
other five st amps will be added as soon
as required.
THE MILL Is ALL COMPLETE,
And in running order, with the ex-
ception of the furnace (Which will be
the same as the one used in the Hum
boldt Reduction Works., and it is
drawing towards completion very rapid
ly. There is a full force of men a.
work getting out rock for the stack
The dry kiln is completed, as well as
the tius, which is two hundred feet
long. If they have no bad luck every
thing about the mill will be in com.
plete running order in about six weeks
There is plenty of good wood and
water. and everything bids fair for O
first class mining camp,
BRUNO CITY.
There are about twenty men in this
camp, and report has it that in a few
days there will be another one added
to our number. j. S. Akin is here,
and as superintendent of the works
gives good satisfaction. Tim O'Flaher-
ty, our worthy mason, is doing good
work on the furnace. Henry Akin is
first engineer, and your humble servant
second. Besides the men mentioned
there are four families and about
fifteen Cinnamon in camp. The Hon.
G. w. Mardis, the great untameable
Bruno man eater" and his fair young
wife are keeping a frst-class boarding
house, and they dish up the neces-
saries to the boys in fine style, for SIS
per week, single meals to stage passen.
gers 81. The other boarding house is
kept by Commodore Mutt, regular
boarders 81 per week, stage passengers