Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1876-03-23
BONANZA GROUPINGS.
Weekly Summary Of the DEVILS
Gate District Mines.

they did at our last report. The Sill
yer City is crushing ore; the Buck
eye, Cosmopolitan and Vivian will
soon follow suit, and we will con-
tribute our ratio OF the $50, 1000, 900
pyramid with which Nevada intends
to astonish the world at the expira
ton of our centennial year. The
new locations being opened are look
ing exceedingly favorable, while the
older mines are almost daily i'm
proving AS the drifts and cross-cuts
extend further into the lodges, and
the shafts and inclines deeper into
the earth. BY the first of the month
it is expected most of the mines
now idle will have commenced their
labor OF crushing the ore and ex-
tracing the silver. The following
summary will give a correct state
ment as to the condition and other
information relating to our mines:
Since this mine has been placed
upon the Board we deem it worthy Of
more than a mere summary of the
yield and appearance of its differ
ent workings. 1t is situated on the
west side of Niger Ravine, about
one mile northeast of this place.
and although incorporated last Au-
gust. with the following directors,
A. X. p. Harmon, Edward Fry,
Robert Morrow, A. j. Ralston and
d. L. Bliss, with Sec .etary w. f.
Dean, it was not placed on the San
Francisco Stock and Exchange
Board until the first of the present
month, since which time the stock
has been in brisk demand,
ranging from two to three dollars.
For about ten years previous to fall
ing into its present Management, it was
worked by private parties during
which time it was self-sustai ing in
every respect. The claim embraces
1000 feet, of which only so feet
have been opened or developed, ieav-
iny IA large scope Of ground yet to he
worked and made to Weld its ratio II
the preciors metal. To give the read
er and those who may be interested
in the stock better idea of the mine,
A brief sketch of the work already
done will probably he acceptable.
The main tunnel, or adit level strata
il the east side of the hill forming II
part of the western boundary of Meg
ger k,vine, is at present in about $40
feet, following an easterly direction
until it strikes the ledge, which ruas
a most due north and south. AT II
distance of 500 feet the main incline
i, reached, which is II double COM
partnent ten feet deep. No work is
being done at the bottom on account
Of water. In the incline, sixty feet
down from the main tunnel, a drift
has been run both north and south,
which on the north has has been
stopped out for distance of 40 feet,
al in good pay ore. 1t extends
eighty feet further, but the brcasting
out of the ore has not yciy been
commenced. The sine dit run
ming south from the incline extends
ninety four feet, OF which thirty feet
have been stopped out, also being
good ore. The next drift or cross
cut is To feet deeper, and extends
north along the led &c $40 feet, sixty
of which have been stopped ont,
yielding god milling quartz. On
III, sout / the same is in about TWEEN
ty-iivc feet, but no extensive stopping
has heel done. Ga either side of
incline, WINES / and . have been
sunk to depth of 120 feet, but are
only used for the purpose of ventila-
ton. These WINES and the incline
all follow in sinking the dip of the
ledge, which is about So to the
east. The quartz from the incline
and the drift extending therefrom is
raised by an engine placed in the
tunnel ut the head of the above
mentioned incline, and is done by
the usual mode, cars, &c. AT dis
lance of $50 feet in the tunnel a
raise of about thirty feet has been
made, from which ore is being
stopped out north and south, the ore
is conveyed to the track floor by a
chute. There are other places in
the mine where work has been done,
but we deem the principal interest is
in the present points of operations.
The ledge is quite large but varies in
width from four to ten and fifteen
feet, but the amount of ore in sight
is enormous, and some idea may be
formed as to its richness when the
official returns for last year are
known to be $124,O00, all of which
was crushed at the Excelsior mill, a
short distance below town. That
this mine will continue to pay
as well, if not better, in the
future, there is not the least
doubt, as the ore slopes and
drifts are all looking well
and nearly 1000 feet of ground yet
remain to be developed. As it now
stands it is the best and really the
only dividend mine in the DEVILS
Gate District. AS the roads are now
in tolerable good condition, it is ex-
pected to start the mill up on the
ore by the last Of this week.
DAYTON.
Everything Is progressing very Ia
vorably in this mine. Since our last
Thursdays report the 7O0-foot sta
ton has been cut out and timbcred,
while sinking the main shaft has
continued, being at present about
fifteen feet, the bottom in fair work
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