Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-11-22
THE QUINN MINE.
A GENUINE BONANZA OUT IN
SPRING VALLEY.

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Property.
The readers Of the TINES are fam.
illar with the name Of the Quinn
mine, for 1t has been referred to time
and again in these columns; but they
have heard 90 much about It's pros.
poets without seeing any develop
Inents, that they have probably be
gun to look upon 1t as a failure. Mr..
Quinn kept at work, however, and
being supplied with means by DR..
Bronson and Colonel F. F. Osbiston,
he has succeeded In proving the value
OF the property. During the past
week q large number of mining ex.
perts have visited 1t, and all are very
favorably impressed with its merits.
The Virginia Chronicle and Enter.
prise have published lengthy de-
scriptive articles about it, from which
we quote. The following is from
the Enterprise:
The vein has widened from three
or four feet at the surface to twelve
feet at the bottom of the shaft. From
the very surface it has well.defned
foot and hanging walls and the reg
ulsr Comstock pitch to the east.
The hanging wall is very handsome
ly shown in a tunnel that runs under
the main road leading to Carson. In
an open cut to the southwark the foot
wall is shown, and ii is well defined
and almost vertical. Next TO this
wall, from the very surface down, 10
to he obtained fine milling ore.
DR.. Bronson is now sinking a new
shaft to the northward Of the old one
and to the eastward of the vein.
This shaft is of two compartments OF
the usual size and is neatly and sub
stantially timbered. II is the first
work that has ever been done on the
mine in anything like shipshape.
The shaft was started on the first Of
tho present month, and yesterday had
attained depth of IS feet. 1t will
be sunk to the depth of 100 feet,
when crosscut will be run west into
the ledge, though we are of the
opinion that the ledge will so widen
that the shaft will cut through the
hanging wall at the depth mentioned.
10 the bottom OF the shaft we yester-
Gay observer a 'eeoer over q Ioo' 10
wh;ch e. metal h.sr;ng asssv;na
from SO to IS.
Day before yesterday the mine was
visited ny considerable number OF
s, ,sn u;,h NO., snp ~ ,tra oI sup
paper men. We believe all we're fa-
vorably impressed with what they
saw, ann KNOW mar i se w., were a
,s;ned The ore does M, ,nor ., all
like the ores at this end of the Com.
stock. 1t varies in color from dull
yellow 20 rusty req ana LOOKS IKE
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Inc Enterprise theh gives assays
obtained by various parties who have
visited the mine. Thew are as fol.
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10" 1870 W. ~
VA "a, ana sos' 'o' ny oupe''n-
tencent Sam Jones, sos Al, $444 SO,
H90 and x1OO 40. nv Mark Strouse.
90. .o.. n. ,e Gill;.
@o' 20 ~ 1' "1 "s''"' '" o'e'
S33 "a; by James II. Fle'h' $500 80;
by H. Crandall, $785 43; by Mr..
MCGOWAN. of the San Francisco Post
40. m "a a, J., ooo.,,a.s 40
o' ~ ~
Ioilo"s:
From these samples it will be
seen that the Quinn mine is not only
remarkably rich, but also very rich
in silver. At depth it will undoubt-
eddy be found to contain a large