Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-30
BONANZA GROUPINGS.
Weekly Summary Of the DEVILS
Gate District Mines.

to the newest recruit, there is cheer.
ing news that has ring of the ST.
YER dollar in it. The yield OF the
Con. Virginia will be about SO. 600,
600 this month, exceeding thst OF
any former month. The California
will commence crushing on the LIST,
and by the LIST Of May will pay her
fortunate stockholders a dividend.
The Ophir will in short
time be shipping ore to the mills.
The Mexican, Imperial, Alpha, Overs
man, Chollar and Yellow Jacket are
all prime tavorites, and all are full
of rich promises. On our end of the
great lode, improvements and devel-
opments are progressing rapidly aud
favorably. The Dayton, Vivian and
Kossuth are all looking first rate,
and the Amazon and Glasgow will
soon show an ore-body that will sur
prise the skeptic as to the permanent
cy of our mines. The stock mar
ket is strong, and while some
of the stocks are weak and
"little off," the general tone is up
ward. The feeling is that we are to
have good spring market, and ev-
erything indicates the truthfulness
of the calculation. Below will be
found an accurate, impartial account
of our mines.
ATLANTIC con.
We visited this mine the other day
and personally inspected the old and
new works, that we might report ac-
curately upon its condition. The
mine is situated a short half mile
from town in westerly direction
The original Atlantic consisted OF
1900 feet, but last fall consolida-
ton was effected with the Cadiz, en-
bracing 1900 feet, and lying east of
their claim, which now gives them a
total of $500 feet, under the name of
the Atlantic Consolidated Gold and
Silver Mining Company. In early
DAYS considerable work was done. A
shaft was sunk west of the groupings,
some 200 feet west of the mouth of
the present tunnel and on much high
err ground; but when a depth of 50
feet, was reached a cross-cut was run
to the west to test the edge, it being
apparent that a great depth would be
necessary before striking it in sink
ing; but upon reaching the ore-body
such a large stream of water was en-.
cDuntered that all work was suspend
ed. As these labors of former years
in no way affect the present con-
dition of the mine, further mention
i. unnecessary. The main tunnel
starts in the side of II steep hill, about
700 feet east of the big bend of the
V. IL T. X. X. The measurement of
the tunnel yesterday was $50 feet,
running for .62 feet in westerly di-
rection, at which point the ledge was
tapped. After that it follows the
ledge in southerly direction. To the
time of reaching the lode, the work
was in hard country rock uutil within
"A few feet Of it, when streaks Of clay
and quartz were encountered. After
following the vein for sixty feet,
cross-cut No. was ruin, which is in
a distance of thirty-tive feet, almost
the entire distance being in ledge
matter, portion of which does
not contain II very high per-
centage of gold or silver, but
there are several streaks varying
from one to five feet in width which
assay high, and taken with the other
will make a fine average for milling.
At the end of this cross-cut Wine
has been sunk to depth of twelve
feet. To this point the ledge is COM
posed of the same nature OF rock as
found at a deeper depth in the Com
stock mines, but the breast shows
what appears to be the "red ledge"
or surface vein, the same AS found in
the Kos nth, Daytons and other
mines. The top of the winze shows
a 4-foot vein of very rich ore, which
at the bottom has widened to seven
feet, averaaing in assays from $50 to
SIS per ton. We believe this is
where the "red ledge" joins with the
white, and to sustain us in our opin-
ion we will state that while the red
predominates in gold, the white does
in silver, which is characteristic OF
the two lodes, the whole length
of the Comstock. From cross-cut
No. / to No. 2 is distance of lie
feet. No. 2 runs cas- from the main
drift seventy five feet, showing d
good body of vein matter. For oyel
200 feet the main tunnel follows the
white ledge, varying in assays from
average to low grade ore. We be-
lieve that when a greater depth is at.
tanned IA fine, compact silver-bearine
ledge will yield sufficient ore te
keep in constant operation a fifteen
or twenty.stamp mill. This We
Judge from present indications, but
it may open far beyond our calcula
tons, for as it now stands there il
some milling ore in sight, but it viii
require developments before the
mine can really show its true merit
which we feel convinced can b'
done under the efficient management
of Mr.. Haynes, the Superintendent
CosMoPOf. TAN.
Eighteen feet has been added t.
the main tunnel, making the tota
length 8l8 feet, still in ore. Thirty
Ave feet from the face of the drift