, 1879-02-26
.o,;o1 Of the Leading
Mines in the Dis
trict.
-.. supposititious Digging Ex"
'''' ,ad;tlon Of Messrs. Smith
and jones.
,,,.,u OF o Claim, Sinking q Shaft,
''S Reaching Porphyry, and Erik :.
Ing tho 0arbonates'
, ~, f,pt raralise.-.EasllJ.Herksd Ground,
w. and Orr that Aserages q Hundred
0uu.ts 10 Tho Tot.

Fna,n Our OA'n GofTFSFHH0fHss
,,nr,t,r. Colo, Feb, Ill now come to
L,.,n Tho position OF the mines In this district.
t,p'4sa at,,,rc. Or camp rs It Is Called lies on
tae 't.llIne gradually away from tic anglo
hess s.d lg the SUBMITS Of tho slcrEa-NcYada
:'a'.p.s .hs Mosquito RanRe,-thc hitter being n
.au ~ ~ ,hc Nevada. Btrlesly speaking, we aro
tpua ~ - rtrr top Of The Rocky Mountains, and
oo ss s,r that, but on top Of tie highest range,
'1s ~. Standards calling It the Sierra Malrc, or
,,sh.r NJ Mountains. "Tcn hfile,h new
s"a AO%> oulr scyeuteau milcs from here, across
ssDr q. rno,n ridge, 10 on tic Pacific Slopc,-the
4',.r. VIZ ali running west md south until they
."..n IN great ocean bounding Tho Western
.I ~. =; ihe Continent. AL tho principal mines
WITHIN EAsr WALE1N1 DISTANCE,
,..u, ooe milo to three miles, from tlir village.
i,s~, ns through this SLOPE Oh which 1.cadville
.,,nd.. , ,bcrc nrc thrco gulchrs, which arc
.tn,,, rashouts made bY streams running
do.n from tho mountains overhead. The most
,ou,be,ly IS California Cullen; cutting through
-. niid1e Is Stray-Ilorse Gutcll; while on the
so,,h is Eysus' Hulcll. Exactly speaking, tic
,},rs a,c northeast Of the camp. The ridge
k,gten California and stray-1Iorse Clutches
!. . continuation OF what Ia called Bald
uonn,.iu. On thIs ridge aro located The Iron
,1uc known also as the Letter., tho Adeaidc,
the Ccne-Abrosu, tho 1ahkee- -Dooa'c' .he Won"
To,r. the Monte Christie, the L,ttlc-Glant, tho
rtt,cspt tho Carbonate. tho Mornlng-Star, the
Es,utac.slar, audi others OF less note. Perhaps
lttopld hare begun with the ridge across Call
ioroil Gulch to tho soutf,, where ase located n
IITr numbcr 81 shatts, ~" u "hlcf' naYe rs
Ut reached orc, Tue hoeK Is !''e pesi-paS,nE.
a.Il farther souths across Httio sNslhc ca!'ca
lie Iowa aillcn' Is 'nc !.ouE ~ ne'.y M,ac'
Turning oaeK no" 70 u'o na,u."o"nl"!' i.oee'
te eamo to etray'florse tutclf' oouno1hs " on
The north. Tie slight elevation NtFcannot be
.,,ed r1re, between S,ray-IIorse and Eyanst
% o..s.. !. vro,rn "a Fryer Hnl. Ifcre orc
oasnss - Hu I,..," ,u...,,.,, a.. r,..1a c,.,a.
loaled inc Llst1e'IttsouiH, ''c Alttle'Su'eA
tknoHn also hs tile farwell), tho New-Dlscorery.
the ChrYsol]tc, the Vultrrc, the Eaton, md tho
R,ctexc. Across Evans Gulch aro several that
pu>"sls. .sa,aaoJ h,,t .ri,tn,, NV. tha ,,o.t
sE5et aaaeseaouea, oue "nlsa 1aHo ."e n'oAe
promIsIng 1dieations' AL Inc mlaes ahoVe"
mentioned
ARE PAYING,
aba1gh Of coursc, ihelr grades arc widely l,f-
i,tcst Nearly every day como reports Of SHIFTS
vhsh baye str1,ck mineral; md that, too, with.
M, ,.n. -, r., ,oc,,,tv
oua a1tsau ~ ,ossl'9' a.,
AaaS theories nase heon aaVaucca Us 10 tno
odgIn Of this Yast bed nf silver, which seems to
uud.dc the entire triangle at the base OF which
Il. ViIl,rc NJ Lcoi1vt1,, IL s,tuntr1. ErnrrIenro
~. ,honT ,osta,n ,oota ,,,,rovor ,,t,o,. nro not
~, 1uo"n .s, salu 'a..s .'v"a'.' "eH NV ,'oS
tobe contradIctea, aud which servo as guide
the bowels Of the corsh, tu order to explain
mc,. fu,1r n.on,.o thnt tho reo1or occomnunv
S's,s .u5, p,upoao ''A' 'A' aS~'p'"'
sa'geihs e1pea'tloh'
Let US suppose that Smith and Jones' become
"p.rds," 4nt start out On prospecting tour.
new. tbev ioor for s,,rfncc. indications. 'rhrv
know int in eycrv mineral dtstrlrt the,a mr..
oj,re, whcr1 thc hof1v ~ Nm crnna nnt' ~ II
il ilcjr wanferin,rs ~ fhcv cnn,c ncross thc Iii
noues known as torhapotca' md rrat1iiv Iis-
,ingutthabIc, tlcy k,,ow ihat tl,ey arc at ono Of
1ieaJtY Of Icatiyiiie thr nrrsenro Of silver i,ns
ben a. ciearly catah,si,cH ,1at thcsr fndirat
nc uot "a tn,;rf lnntr,I oftcr The univ nnricty
bto cct ns 1lear ~ rnsa,hIc r. a ,ninn yhIi, Ia
lfcady pro,lurei rnnd m,ncroi.
Smith ami inns hnvi,,r .1ertdcf1 ,,pon toco,
w. ''A., .s, " s"a'.' NV u. '.oe''S :"
rb,ch r,1o, ,,,'. 80 . ' ~.
~ @ by l50 fcet i, anY 1ircrton WIKI d' isv sv
ehoatc Thsy ~ ~ y iena,. s .,t1ea " = .
10 this claim iutfI tI,cS havs rcschc.i tnI,,urai
Adv ono rIs" ran "ot,n III s,n. sh"ft nnnM
hde oi them: hut M 40" soon ~ m " frn u nortY % has
1eached mineral frnn. lceI or ,tiv"r, tl,ey t nrc
legally entitipI r. tf,c ciaj,m ND ~" ;,thsr
party must Immediately vecntr THcn IN It1a Ind.
efs must survry mi stntn IN main. n for In,
tft survey il nnfy tnfnrnni a,,H ,'nt r.,so1n,saJ
ty Inv, i j, nronrr IN .,nts h"," tha, n,,nn~
regular miners tSn r,,ic {. nrarat or,a tn,nr.
tefcuce: un,I. II Ssntt,, mn innes i,orc Hcr,,"
SHAFT aud 6takcI ti,rir rini,n ronnrnhIn 1,,incr.
keep clear ~ linn IL ~. "n,,,,, Iow"rnr
there is sueh n viii crrit cn,"nt sIst' vnev Wt1n
attchton n not.t ~ ,ninor., oti"m,,tn5 MI y
man can now hardly heHin n shnft ,,mvr,.r" hu1
some other parties cou,S mt alous ~ aml ,lic bc.[is
him. In tbs Hans n eiti,cr b"a,,nr h,,,, i,nwn ~
nlnernl ~ ~ hotnr+ ~ I1. w ia wv ~ ~
good ltai nj uin,n,inT j a,si a., a.so aTto,,
appealed 10 n nriss' H s.a''s ~, $1,000 -,
rights, Only n FAM ;ose 90 t,us. ~" ,,',', MI y
retr wnrklny sSaft H., +hts ,,i,,n,- ,.ss ~
upon by marry ~ -e,,,si,s ,.5,,, n-iio-"i to,s
lxay, bfoc tbStr ,iiiS' , "u .t'a ,.,,.,.o.s ue
doHa, and th"n cair,iv t% aae " t1o
dlim Occ,,rr.,cc. ~ ,tto ,J eoa ,t =. .n,',.
non; but thc n.,,Isn, soI nm - "'o m"L su
upoose !orrc to fnrss ,r,a, s,,, a.t.aa "no
Smith n,,d .ionos barI.. Jus' s1,. t.ra,,na ,,
taked thsir cIui,n' ""''"s os'H''' s'S'Ao "''''
,
r.. RRdIN TO DIG.
!!le ground Is usually casly worked for the
~ .en or' twenty fcct,-consistinr Of loose
t,.. w. slta Granite l1oulders. 4 rude wtudass Is
rtn5sG "'Ss tlle aole, alti Two buckets arc stls-
deblt an. Gnn'a uso y .ae 9Inef ataMs up tne
down NV fsct r ha.,. ~ n"sa'ue. te. te..'ts y
Ioea ~ 70 prevent tue walls from falling III
1,,tsu ats caslY QltatRlbtE, US this who'll