The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1877-09-29
OSCEOLa GOLD FIELDS.
OscEoLA. New. Sent. 20. 1877.

OscEoLA, New. Sept. 20, 1877.
Ed REconD:-What has become Of oil
the mining experts and sharps We used
to zee around the country few years
ago? II they be not al! dead to the place
where silver and gold troubleth not, some
of them can ind field Of operation in
this little district. Could We say we
were in SONS other State or Ter
ritory we might attract more attention
from the outside world with our rich
gold lodges; as it is, we must wait for
time to make this q permanent camp.
our placer claims will help to do this,
out of which many an ounce OF dust has
been taken and escaped newspaper
notice. Our shallow diggings have been
in part worked out by white men and
become the the prey OF Monaghan buzz
yards who will not leave many specks
Of gold behind tnem nevertheless, other
shallow diggings have been found in
most unlikely places, and are yielding
fair wages to the hand The Schoteld
placer mining claim ID turning out con-
siderable money, and is now the best
claim in the district. j. Jones, an old
Csriboo miner, hos sunk u shaft in q
ravine below town and claims to have
found an older channel some tbirty-fve
feet below bedrock in the gulch. 1t ID
in big wash running for the valley and
may be the cause of other work being
done and rich diggipgs found. Our
quartz mines, which will be our main
stay in the future, are not attracting very
much attention from the fact that our
little ive-stamp mill has had to be
idle for some tina for want of castings
from San Francisco, completion OF good
roads 10 the minea, etc. The mill COM
pany is also waiting for the completion
OF tunnel communication on the
Golden Eagle mine, owned by j. Mate
son, from which they propose to get
their future supply of ore. The shaft is
down over Il hundred feet aud exposes
ledge from eighteen inches to three
feet of rich ore that will work up to $40
per ton at the least calculation. Mate
son = Crescent ia down 40 feet and yield
ing good results. j. Blair's Exchange
is being rapidly pushed ahead and is
down 70 feet; the ledge is wide and Of
good quality. The Cumberland, belong
| ing to the same owner, can be traced 400
| feet, and is from three to giy feet in
width. The Monroe ledge is also of
great width aud value. l understand
that some Of the owners are Phoebe men.
Our old friend Kelley the Cook" has, I
believe, one of the finest mines of the
district. 1t is called 80, ye Gods!"
The Mary Ann ledge is looking very
fine. have seen specimens from this
ledge that would cause defunct '49er
to come to life again if some of the rock
was placed over his body. There are
other mines, too numerous to mention,
that are of value when tho poor devils
who own them can get outside help to
develop them. There are yet two mines
of too much importance 10 be forgotten,
to.wit: Osceols mine, alias Nugget mine,
belonging to J. Blair, and the gilded
Age, the property of the Watson
Brothers. l have assays from the last
named mine of $3.50 in gold per ton.
Most of the the claims 1 have mentioned
will 20 from $50 to $500 in gold. 1t only
remains for our mill-men to save the
gold and we will astonish the world one
of these days, although we are in Ne
vada. Il. G. s.