Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-05-11
BONANZA CR0PPISGs.
Weekly Summary Of the DEVILS
Gate District Mines.

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ingly well, and some of them show
ing a marked improvement since our
last report. Thoscrecently troubled
with water have-that troublesome o.
ement under CONTROL and are rapidly
removing this main obstacle to fur
ther and deeper development. Be
low will be found the summary, as
gathered from personal inspection;
\ ahas WILLIAM PENN.
| This claim was located in 1859.
The Groupings can be traced in
lnoftherly direction from the mine for
a distance of at least two miles; they
are large and bold on the VIM. Penn,
Wis a Wis and Pride of the West,
which are parallel leads a, d are in
the same Incorporation. There is
another lead running nearly at right
angles with those above mentioned,
known as the Bonita, which also be
longs TO the VIM. Penn incorporation.
These different leads have all been
surveyed recently for the company,
VINO have added to their already val
liable property Il mill site, consisting
lot eleven acres of ground, on which
1t is presumed will be sunk a work
ing shaft ut some future time. This
mill site will leave ample room for
waste dumps and milling purposes.
In the meantime the company are
running tunnel, which will cut the
different leads at d depth Of about
500 feet, leaving ore Slopes for years
to come. Considerable ore has been
milled from the groupings, but it was
several years ago, when milling was
high and we We're not rs familiar
with the working of ores as now. 1t
is safe to say, however, that the mine
will pay handsomely, US it yielded
in former times about $50 per ton,
a large percentage of which was
gold. The company have had an
eye to business in making surveys
and perfecting titles, and it is our
opinion that If they should sink q
good working Shaft inside of their
mill site to a depth Of seven or eight
hundred feet, they would have prop
erty comparing in value with any
in the country, as it is probable the
parallel leads will all concentrate at
about that depth. The company is
composed of experienced mine and
mill men, and they are sure to make
the VIM. Penn valuable property.
There has been Sluicing for gold in
the canyon all winter. This gold
has evidently come from the VIM.
Penn groupings, lying north and SIX
hundred feet higher than the ravine.
The rock in the face OF the tannel is
| extremely hard, but work is being
pushed ahead by contractors on eight
hour shifts.
The south drift on the 500-foot
| level is in 4S3 feet; the. north drift,
same level, 4S2 feet. Both are being
| driven ahead at the rate of about
four feet per day. They are parallel
with the ledge but outside of it. The
south drift on the 300-foot level has
laid the ledge bare a distance of $50
feet, ready for prosecuting, which,
however, will not be done until prep
| arations for the same ere ready on
the 500-foot level. The east drift
on the 7~0-foot level, running to-
| wards the ledge, is in g. feet, the
face being in fair blasting rock.
Sinking in the shaft, until few days
| ago. has been suspended since April
| LIST. That work will now go ahead
without delay. The depth is T42
feet, the bottom being in ground
much softer than that heretofore en-
countered. Quite stream of water
comes in from the north end of the
shaft. This mine, taking every
point into consideration, is one Of the
| neatest and best managed on the en-
tire loGe.
SILVER HILL.
Both east and west cross-cuts from
| the north winze near the Justice line
| are progressing satisfactorily, in ia
vorable mineral. They are cutting
out for new station on the main in
cline. t. he called the 550-foot sta
| ton. No further work will be done
in shaking the same until this is fin
ished. There is quite 4 heavy flow
of water. but the machinery works
effectively, the pump running at nine
strokes per minute.
GLASGOW.
The south drift on the 300-foot
level is in S. feet. the entire face be-
ing in quartz rich in sulphurcts
This DRIFT is following the hanging
wall, A cross-cut will soon be ran
to determine the extent of t.. ledge.
The water causes no Inconvenience.
A finch pump is ready to be placed
in position for thls mine and the
Amazon Whenever necessary.
AMAZON.
The work on the 30O-foot level is
in 81 feet, following the hanging
wall In few days cross-cut will
be started toward the foot wall, which
it is expected will reveal good body
of ore. The face of the drift is par
tally in quartz of a good grade, con,
| tanning high percentage of sui