The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-10-29
lFroui Sundays Dnily.1
PItOSI TUSc.AROIsA.
Eprrou ELKo INDEPENDENT :

Nuines. iMcSAlly, O'Driter aud Nc
! Cain Of the Hornet, Young America.
Grand Prize, Young America South,
md OPhir, who courtcousiy showed me
! over the mines, aud We'd with cach
other In showing MO all that could pos
rising slope from independence vnlley.
md could be driven over with a tenn ut
nearly nll points. 1t has more the ap-
penrnnce Of prairie land, and O miner
would NJ soon look over II plowed field
:: Tor groupings as TO look over the dis
a trict for them. And Il Is owing 10 their
b. absence that tho district has simply
q boen known as a placer gold camp.
The Young America Company first OBJ
tanned ledge, bcaring gold, with some
silver, and even after that was dis.
covered some years elapsed before nu.
- other ledgewas found. About fourteen
p months ago, Col. DE Frees while OH n
trip TO CoruucOpiA stopped ut Tusco-
t6ra and was taken by the nppcnr,iuce
of the camp, went out prospecting. and
noticing SOME float rock on what
WAS called Porphry Hill, sunk for
= the ledge. niii struck il. Tho peculiarly
, Of the ore puzzled him aud others.
md they tried II In forge, and found
+. TINT II readily blisteretl, showing
silver at all poiuts, they then hnd as
Rays made which run up in tho hum
: ,lreds. and surprised the best miners.
Prospeotors locked in, nnd one disroy-
cry quickly followed another, ill to-
day Tuscorora has a brighter prospect
chan White Pine had. Its lodges IRE
well defined, walls regular, and are be-
SOnd q doubt true assure veins. The
Hornet, Young Amcricn, aud De Frees
lodges run little east OF north and
vest OF south, with a westerly dip. The
COnvis ledge upon which is situated the
Granl Prize aud the Grand Deposit
ledge both run little north Of east and
south Of west, having also n westerly
Zip. The walls in all cases are we'll de.
lined. composed OF granite and aicnito.
and carry down without break. The
lcdses vmy from four to six feet. Tho
phy streak runs from six inches To the
full with Of vein. The writer saw many
places In the De Frees, Grand Deposit,
Hornet and Buckeye where il showed
over Ave feet Of orc. There Is not
leh3o struck In the district that does
not show HON silver, It appearing with
% In two fcet Of tho surface. aud the for
mHiion 81 the country il such TINT large
ure budies must certainly be discovered.
1t il only n question oi time. The
Grand Prize, Dc FtecI, Hornet nnd
Young America are evidence of this
view. Thcto arc mrny mines that lnck
capital to open them 10 fully demon
S:..to their thorough merit. The
loun3 America aud Grand Prize have
both erected h0istin3 works md Rro MI.
'ler the superintendent OF thoroughly
coI"petcht men. The former is putting
In tiInbcrS In their working shaft, and
preparing for the winter, having nj.
ready laid IN their wood. The Grand
Pri2e is sinking working shaft in a
Thorough mcnu5r (bGiny docblc CO.
pnrtment onr.j The DE Frees will PIT
donkey engine in their tunnel. c.rry
their shaft down QUO hundred and fity
feet from their lower level and run a
drift north expecting 10 strikc hcnry
body Of orc, II showing rich In the
north dift OF the second lcvul. Tho
lodges nil carry hcnvy clny sclycges,
aud wlero the ore body pinches out arc
easily traced. Tho camp is lively ono
umd discoveries arc constantly being rd.
corded. tho hardy prospectors maxi
ing Time connt. The roads ARE IN good
condition and tho probabilities nrc vii
he nmtll tho frat 81 December.
The elevation OF tho camp IL about
1890 feet H6ovo tho sen level, AMI the
Tnscor0m Mountains hro about ], 100
nb0Vc IL. Tho nsccnt IL gradual, 10
trees and Groupings diSccrnnhle at n
lew points only. Lpdyos nro s,nins found
twom lies west OH Tho slope md par.
nllel with Tuscornrh, Tho orc
cn'rioa gold, silver, ryritcs Of iron
nnd manganese 4; Is FREQ milling orc.
easily worked and mined, ljclow tho
~ntct level no doubt snlphurct ores will
10 iUind. s... $751;.
Wool Il ton dollrrs per cord do.
Iivorcd, and sage brush hYo dollars nor
ore, w"iet rlch;y.
Tho llorhot OF which i. L. T,aines,
>FrNnk Hamilton and Jddgc Ec,ry nro
Tho owners Ia sucking took which goes
mp In tho hund,cda. Tho icn.lcmon con.
template c.cciihg wiihii nirc , days n
ton s@,mp mil. NJ. E.ihc IL bnsily
cu8rJcd grading for lho zoe 81. ion al
diving tho wo,k with vii. Thoic IL
plenty Of wo!k rwri;iIg iIom, being
fully exposed f.om $40 DO ices, Young
America, 0sahd p,;;c rid other mines,
two thousand iohc, OF 90. , he ufnnd
Priao G"l;inaG1 IL bh' nnnrs OF no ono
hund'ed :ons spoken o; before. TLo
DO T.ocs will r'so ok /. Id hG;r some
Of Is ich 90 10 S.,I ~ lg.sco fos wo Il.
jo3.E h. ...,,, ....... .-
. Tho camp In well woT;i visit, rud
ehodld DO osnmihOd closely md tfili.
cally I Any oiio LUira NO cAn fo.m but