The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1876-03-04
LETTER FROM CoRNUcOPIA

t,ict Its Discovery and its
Mines Bridge Argument
Personal
CoRNUcoPIA, Feb. rs, 76.
Since my last, in which / gave you
the history of the business men in this
town, must "chop" "a little. In the
first place l will mention
one GRAND EVENT,
That is the arrival of Hon. J. o. Ivory
ESQ. and Mr.. Robert Hubbs, of the
committee to locate the Owyhee bridge,
ueni vidi uicS. The bridge is located at
feasible point on the Owyhee,
below Powers place, a good site. All
are now anxious that the works of the
committee will meet its fruition and re-
ward. When the honorable commit
tee left us the Judge had two babies in
his possession, which he had donated
to him by Sam and Lew Bionger of the
Palace. Adious, Judge; God bless
you. Now let us depart. and write
something about
AURORA,
The new mining district. This dis
trict is located west of here, and near
the Winnsmucca and Cornucopia road.
1t was first noted by sheep herder in
1871; but locations were not made, the
herder thinking there was nothing
in it. W. Il. Vaux, an old prospector,
well known in Cariboo, Idaho, Montana,
and the discoverer of the celebrated
Rabbit Creek District, in the Salmon
River country. Idaho, and one of the
party of five that travelled five hundred
miles on snow-shoes in the dead of
winter from the head Of Salmon River
to the head of Cedar Creek, and the
lucky discoverer of the Last Chance
mine Oh Quartz Creek, on the Missou-
liza River, in the same district, dis
covered this new district of Aurora.
In May. 1875. some other parties claim
they knew all about it; but it is all false.
Nothing was known about it until
Vaux i Co. prospected it this last sum-
mer, fall, and winter. and brought it
into notoriety. Billy Vaux and Bob
Hutchingson are indomitable; two of
the best prospectors in the country.
They have formed new district. and
called it Aurora" adopted mining
laws according to law and the Acts of
Congress of the United States. They
have located, first, the Aurora, crop
lngs of which assay S20l per ton.
assessment work all done; then the
Pride of the West, four assays as fol-
lows from the groupings, 81 ,007, 81, 0l2,
$3.50. 81, 900; next, the Savage, n well
defined ledge. no assay yet made, but
a splendid prospect is shown, next,
the Washington, the float assays $500
per ton. this is very large ledge
fac simile of the Leopard; next, the
Florence comes, this is similar TO the
Washington, which it joins on the
south; then comes the New Ell Dorado,
splendid ledge. and the same char
acter as the Washington, can be traced
for mile and half, and runs
directly towards Cornucopia. and is
IN the same belt or porphyry range, is
eighteen feet wide on top; then we
we sse the John Adams, which joins
the Washington extension, we'll
defined ledge; then the Thomas
Jefferson. well defined ledge, blind at
hrst, but it shows good ore of
ehlorlds character, and would astonish
the old chlorlders of Mountain CITY
and Cornucopia in their palmy days.
Thus, Mr. Editor, from the sources from
which L can CLEAN Information | must
say that Aurora stands at the top of
Inc heap The boys say they will ship
considerable of their groupings to the
HUMBOLDT REDUCTION WORKS,
ana then they think they can make it
pay,
Build the road, make it passable, and
you can bet that the northern portion