Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-08-09

COMO IN the yearly
DAYS."
The District Resurrected-SOme
OF the Leading Claims-A Mill
to be Erected at Once-Etc.

10 nc ETecteu NJ Once-Etc.
The Como Mining District, which
is beginning to attract the attention
of mining men and capitalists, is
situated about twelve miles from
Dayton and fifteen from Silver. 1t is
a vest mineral belt about nine miles
long by five in width. In this stretch
of country there are probably not
less than twenty-five well-defned
lodges, whose groupings show promi-
nently on the surface, and on all of
which work has been done to
greater or lesser extent. In 1924
the district had population of about
5000 souls. and the surrounding hills
were literally alive with prospectors.
A newspaper was published at Como,
the ores found ready market at
Dayton, and the camps prospects
were fiattering indeed. But it was
about this time that the Comstock
began to yield its millions upon
millions of glittering wealth, the
mills were soon kept busy crushing
Comstock ores, and the impossibility
of getting mills to work the ores of
Como District, the expense involved
in hauling to Dayton over a rough
mountain road, and the many OBJ
stacles to be surmounted in all new
camps, soon put a damper on Como.
The district gradually lost its popu-
lation, until. in 1870, it was pretty
much given up to cattleherders and
Piute Indians, who found shelter in
the abandoned town. Several efforts
have been made to resuscitate the
district, but to no avail. Most of
those engaged in those efforts were
moneyless adventures who contented
themselves with making locations
and then holding their claims at ri
diculously high figures Latterly,
how ever, party of practical miners
have gone in in real earnest, and be-
gan the work of developing the dis
trict. All the old locations Except
two which were patented) having
lapsed, they have relocated some of
the claims, and are working them.
Two lots of ore worked by the Lyon
Mill and Mining Company having
given good results, more IS being ex-
tracted, and In couple of months
the district will probably have re-
ceived thorough test, and if there
is any promising body of ore there
it will have been discovered.
About dozen claims are now be-
ing worked there, and all of these
are either in ore already, or they
soon will be. The Orizaba No. 2 is
one of the best of these. There are
about twenty. five tons of ore on the
dump, which will mill about $50.
This rock has been shoveled from
the vein with scarcely any sorting.
This claim should pay from the first.
Recorder Crowninshields {" the
Pony'D who has lived in Como since
1861, owns an interest in this claim.
Another good claim is the old
Whitman. Over 100000 was ex-
tracted from this claim IN the early
days. But the partners quarreled,
with the usual result: the mine was
abandoned.
Three other good claims are the
Montgomery, the Monte del Rey,
and the Rey del Monte These
claims have shafts on them 200 feet
in depth. The Monte del Rey is
patented, but the other two were re-
located recently, and the re-locators
are already taking out ore.
The Eureka is another good claim,
with shaft fourteen feet long,
twelve wide, and about fifty deep.
One lot of ore has already been
worked for the present owners, and
another lot of about thirty-five tons
is on the dump, ready for the mill.
This company have made arrange
ments with the Lyon Mill and Min
ing Company to haul their ore and
reduce 1t for $12 ton. Tho Eureka
ledge Is about ten feet wide, seven
feet of which is pay ore.
The May Day is another very pro-
missing claim. 1t adjoins the Ecu
reka, but the ore is much richer.
The battery samples of lot of ore
worked recently went $50 per ton.
A few tons of selected ore now on
the dump will probably mill $500 a