The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-06-28
FROM NEKAD4.
A Mining To,on- Camp and Shdnty Life
Governor Bradley White and ChinGmGn,
Whisky and Death,

TUscARoRA, NEVADA, June 8, 1877
Mr.. EDIroR--I arrived here May 2lst,
have been looking around and examin'
ing the mines and wish to give you an
idea of them, and camp life in general.
Tuscarora is situated on the owyhee
river, so miles north from Ellis, 1000 feet
above the sea level in Independence val
lev, so.called from soldiers camping
here. Quartz was found here last spring
and ever since that time there have been
men working or testing the ores.
The town is built up principally OF
shanties las they are called here). There
are six stores, six saloons, b restaurants,
two blacksmith shops, one wagon shop,
one cabinet shop, and an ore assay Office
The population is about 900 white men,
go Chinamen, fonr colored men, plenty
of dog, and about 200 Indians camped in
and about the town.
The Governor of the State, Mr.. Brad
lev is here now, along with Professor
of Geology. The camp is not a very
healthy place at present, as the weather
has been SO disagreeable. The valley
in which the camp is situated is 10 miles
wide. and is covered with the best OF
grass, even in extremely cold weather
the cattle look very fine.
The Owyhee river and McCann creek
flow through the valley, and meet the
Snake river, which empties into the 20,
lumbia. There is very fine trout. .caught.
in these streams; they form the food OF
the Indians in the camp.
On the 9Th Of June | started up the
South Mountain, just back of the camp.
On the top there is snow from TO ~
feet deep. and the sun at noon is scorch-
inc hot The crust of the snow was lit
ersllv covered with little red crickets,
skipping about quite lively. Messrs'
Baldwin, Vallelee and Upham VIII no
doubt question the veracity OF that state
ment, as they did some few other state
ments ] made last Writer, nevertheless
the cricket story is true. The mines are
looking very nice, and promise to be ex'
ira There are numerous prospects, but
as vet the Young American and Grand
Prize are the principal ones. There Is
one 10 stamp mill running the ore out OF
the Grand Prize. 1t is thought not to be
large enough, SO 20 stamp mill is to be
erected soon at a cost of SlO,O0O. Ihe
10 stamp mill averages $4,000 a day, The
stock in the panic of the broken down
stock market of San Francisco is selling
at six times the cost.
The Defries mine has shaft down lSO
feet with ore assaying per ton $9O to $l'
500 A mill is being erected to work the
ore. The Young American has hosting
works, the shaft down is run down 200
feet in good ore, 400 ton on the dump
that will work 500 per ton. The Young
American North Extension has shaft
down 100 feet in good milling ore. The
Hornet has a shaft so feet They have
shipped 100 tons to Winnemacca, which
worked $500 per ton. The Navajoe mine
on the same vein has two shafts; one
down so feet, the other %. There is 10
ton of ore on the dump that will assay
$500 per ton. The 0phir mine has three
shafts. 1t is also on the same vein; one
shaft is down 40 feet, with a drift 5O feet
on the vein; the others are apouI ~ leeI
in good milling ore. These are the prin'
cipal mines, yet there are prospects for
the others that are very good. Forty
Cinnamon are working on the Placer
mines with an average of $500 a day to
the man. Twenty whites are at work in
the Eureka Gulch that get $40 a day to
the man. good wages are paid laboring
men here. The men are very rough and
a good bit of shooting is INDUCED in.
Shortly before l came, there was man
murdered. The jury made it case of
self.defence, and the murderer is running
at large, expecting his time is to come
soon, as three shots have already been
fred at him.
The same cause that creates all the
misery and trouble is tie cause Of it
here. The whisky devil reigns as su-
preme here as there. There is no esca-
ping It, 20 where you may. For fear |
tire YOU with this long description, l
close as ever.
Yours respectfully,
II Nc.