The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-08-12

A correspondent of the San Francisco
Mining and Scientific Press writes as
follows about mines. and mining along
the Humboldt. There are some inaccu-
racies and mistakes as to names and To-
calities in the letter which was evil
IDENTIFY written by somebody unacquaint
ed with the country:
From Wadsworth over the desert to
the head of Humboldt sink, no discov-
cries of valuable mines have been made.
But few miles above this sink, at
Lovelocks, fair mines are spoken of to
the south in the first mountain range,
but undeveloped, waiting for capital to
work them. At Oreana, IL miles more,
are others of the same character. Ten
miles more, at Rye Patch, other mines
again appear only three miles south in
the mountains, and have been worked,
with good results, in ten-stamp mill,
for some years, but are now shut down.
Again, at Mill City, other mines appear,
but entirely undeveloped, while from
this the very rich mines of Unionville
20 miles to the south, are reached. But
30 miles more, and one comes to Win
nemucca, from which place, to the
north So miles, at the head of Paradise
Valley, mines are worked, and are de-
veloping exceedingly rich. They are
generally known as the Paradise mines.
They have but one mill running with
l0-stamps, the Mount Rose, with Su-
perintendent l.. Rawlings, where the fine
work done ensures the truth of the rich
ness of the claims. Another mill, the
Spring City, of l0stamps, to be run
mostly by water, is being built to begin
work this fall-G. +. Williams, Super
intendent. The Mammoth claim is the
one more fully opened than the others,
yet this is down only 20 feet, with a
clear, distinct vein widening gradually
to over five feet, all good working ore,
averaging 500 and so to the ton.
Other claims are being opened nearly
as favorably, with increasingly favor
able prospects.
Some eight or ten miles west of these
are the Willow Creek mines. There
immense developments are asserted to
great to be fully credited at once abroad,
with true wide assure veins, the largest
of which is the Ethan Allen. Its tun-
mel is six and half feet high by four
feet and half wide, al in the regular
wide vein, and assaying at an attempted
average over 5000 per ton.
Twenty miles south, ON the west side
of Paradise Valley, Mr.. j. r. Whit
taker has discovered and opened very
promising claim, descending on regu-
lar quartz vein over 60 feet, four and a
half feet across, and assaying some $50
per ton. We could not visit all these
mines, but from careful inquiry from
different ones, as well as the owners,
we believe these estimates below the
truth.
Above Winnemucca II miles is Col
conda, south of which, again a few
miles. are different claims, the Harmony
and others, which did promise well, but
are lying idle for want of capital for
their Development.
Forty-five more and Battle Mountain
is the depot for large and prospecting
mines. This is at the mouth of Reese
River valley, on the east side OF which,
only IL miles from the depot, at the
foot of the mountain, are the Lewis
town mines. The Starr and Grove, the
Eagle and the Bette O'Neil, are the
principal ones; and, surely, on our
carefully visiting their works and OBJ
serving the clear, distinct and rich veins
running into the sides of steep noun
tains, easily worked from tunnels, it
did appear to us that ten millions OF
dollars are here to be taken out. The
veins are miles in length, and, most
evidently, permanent. A fine town is
here growing up.
On the west side of the valley, Is
miles from the. depot. are the older