Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-16
MINING INTELLIGENCE.
BONANZA GROUPINGS.
Weekly Summary Of the Devils
Gate District Mines.

Since our last Thursdays report
some of the mines have improved
but owing to the bad weather and
roads, there is less to report in that
particular than there otherwise
would have been. Even the little
time which has been lost by the
mills and mines seems to have bad
its effect with the stocks, as they
have made quite halt in their up
ward march. But the appearance
of the different mines, with their
fattering prospects, are such that
stockholders don't by any means
feel discouraged. In this District
particularly the mines are looking
as we'll, if not fur better. than they
have ever before shown within our
recollection. The best evidence
that mining men have faith in the
mineral wealth of Lyon County,
and particularly this portion, is the
number of new companies being
almost daily incorporated. and that
too by some II the most expert
enced and heavy operators on Cali
fornia street. We also have un-
bounded faith in our mines. and as
the deeper developments reveal
large lodges Of white Comstock
looking ore. bearing at compara-
lively small depth, fair quantities
of silver, it assures us that after the
"red" or surface ledge has been
worked out--in almost every case
paying all through--we will strike
the white. which will certainly in
crease in richness going down,
making it only matter of time for
them to become regularly dividend
paying mines. We may not pos
sess Con. Virginia or California
(for they are among the wonders
Of the world-and comparisons OF
that kind are particularly odious,
and only excite the ridicule of
m ming men. But we have within
sight of town as good lodges, as
fine prospects as these silver chiefs
possessed q few years ago, and the
future may turn over for us leaves
of "solid silver" We dare say by
the time the sage-brush buds in the
spring, there will be at least seven
or eight new companies in full
blast, while others. at present being
worked upon a small scale. will en-
large their machinery, and in some
cases replace it by that Of more ex-
tensive and heavier character, their
prospects assuring them this course
will be the most economical in the
long run. Then Silver City will be,
as it once was, the liveliest mining
camp outside OF Virginia.
AMAZON AND GLASGOW.
These mines have their machinery
nearly all in place, although much
retarded by the continued storms.
1t is expected they will start Satur-
day the 18th, and with their power
full Blake pumps free the mine Of
water within twenty-four hours,
when the work of developing the
mine will continue with greater
speed than heretofore. To insure
no delay in this respect, Super
tendent Caldwell has on hand
some burleigh drills to use in the
drifts and cross-cuts, besides new
cages, etc, etc. From the last look
we had of the mine, we will not he
surprised to he called upon to chron-
icle some important developments.
The superintendent deserves great
credit for the rapidity he has shown
in getting this new machinery up and
in working order, during the worst
part of the season.
COSMOPOLITAN.
The drift at the bottom of the
mine has been stopped for the pres
ent. Work in the tunnel is progress
ing satisfactorily. In our last we
spoke of the last so feet being in
favorable vein matter, with streaks
of clay and ore. Within the last
few days they have concentrated into
a good body of ore, the d.
mansions of which are not yet
known, as no cross-cuts have
been run. So far the tunnel
IS some ~ or Is feet in it. This is
probably the best ore yet found in the
mine, and assays equal to any in the
district. The ore dumps are nearly
full, and Superintendent Eagan is
trying to obtain mills to crush it.
Under the able supervision of the
above Superintendent and foreman,
Dennis Callahan, we look for this
mine making splendid record in the
future.
SILVER CITY.
No important developments have
occurred in this mine since our last
report. The ore is being stopped out
north and south from both raises,
Nos. / and 2, which are looking very
we'll and yielding their usual
amount, with the average assays.
The ore has accumulated on the
dump until there is not much more
room, and ii it doesn't storm before
Sunday, the Ramsdale mill will be
started up reducing it. They have
not been able to get any wood there
to the present, and from the appear
ance of the sky they won't for some
time to come. But for this unavoid-
able detention, the ore would have
been crushed, and the mine proved
equal to the sanguine hopes Of the
stockholders.