New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-18

| and the
| STARR AND GROVE MILL
| LOCATION.
The property located Lewis Mountain, thirteen nil
from the town Battle Mountain a station on Contra
Pacific Railroad the Nevada Central Railroad and is
uected by wagon road ten OF the dis ance bn
level ami the rest easy grade The altitude Of the Rees
River Valley mile below thsM about $500 feet
at the Mil 900 feet while at the Mine about 1000 feet
The climate is very md-iree from all the year.
THE PROPERTY
Consists Of the Henry Logan Lode, being 1900 ffeeI
hundred feet il length by (60O six hundred feet IN width
and the Dusang Lode being $500 three hundred nJ
feet in length by G0U six hundred IN width
Both located the Starr and Grove Ven covering
ledge FOR the distance Of ,SjO eighteen hundred and fifty
feet also,
The -tarr and Grove " Ill., which is hteensamp amalga
nation mill of the capacity Of fifteen per twenty
four hours furnished with Buckner Roasers
IMPROVEMENT ON MINE
An house. boartiu2,&ose, engnclouse shaft.
house. blacksmith shop boiler engine Tor coudensng
an air tax aud IN air holster cars and tools.
GEOLOGY.
the Humboldt and Reese Rivers the
Of the Reese the south OF the Humboldt 4, the
Mountain Range which is located the starr AMI
property the mill being located the foot of The
Lewis Cree6 the mine being further mp the creek
miles, and the side Of the mountain about five
dred fee, higher than the creek
Tue mine IL a arge hssure ledge. some fifty or
sixty between tho walls with about three cly
rouge the hanging wall which the pay streak
pay ledge which five feet thick of Uniform grade
the pay Lodge the foot wall Is tne
ganque white quarZ that Will about
silver the ton being Of course practically worthless
The Of the ledge northeast southwest the
country rock being qUartzte
DEVELOPMENT.
The development OF the mine commenced by incline
shaft thyf ep cgop Of the Ledge and
following DIP Afterwards by incline shaft dro
the outcrop the surface sunk to lie depth of 400
hundred ami nnty feet following the ledge dip en-.
tire tsance the being Of very uniform grade thick
ness, being about five feet thick.
There three stope, opened up from this ncne one at
the surface the north side in which the to
feet thick about half side.
whh there five feet OF the north side at
OF the incline where there drift run eighty seven
fee north and hundred AMI sixty good ore
all the From here 10 the surface dnd body OF one
hundred aud ninety feet deep by two hundred length
and five feet thick. that is opened up.
From drift No there ncines sunk on the ledge
further depth Of eighty feet to drift which is six hun
dred eetlong and connects with tunnel which four
hundred feet long running at right angles The ledge ana
drift to the through which ore and timber are
taken
No tie body as now exposed is three HIM.
dred aud five feet long From here to drift body
OF eighty feet high by three and five feet In
leng and five feet thick.
From drtt No. there nc line hundred and
fifty feet At the depth Of oghtyfve IN this incline or
three hundred and fifty feet from the surface whore the in
cline the ledge there drift three hundred feet
he ledge all the way the ore From dnt No
to drt No find body Of now exposed that i.
eiehtyye feet Deep three hundred feet length and live
feet thick.
From DRIFT No the main incline follows hanging wall
Willie the ledge AT this point has dip there 10 ore
in this incline below tins point. but incline has been
sunk from drift No. following the ledge now forty
five feet deep all IN ore. From drift No bottom Of in
cline find body OF ore that ortve feet deep by three
hundred ct long ana live feet thick.
The pay ledge about the thickness throughout the
whole ore body not less than hreo feet thick any place
and m only few less han tive feet IN some places is
rom eight to ten feet thick and have but that n
iepth attained the will b, fount thickert
Ia my estimate you viii see that d. not couut ~, o,
value (bu; count only the In sigh AL
though think the prospective value as great I'm This rn
IN any mine thar / ever IN.
In he recapituladOn give the number OF cubc feet n, ~
also tn length depta thickness Of body "a cut by
The arifts and sha ts the value 1000 pound, M
per lost treatment mining and uilin
From assays found the value of ore in sight now
10 be The per that already mled 80 have ,n.a
The mil returns anu the battery for the two years
part Of this report They for thousand one hnprd
hree hundred and thirty thousand dollars There have b
about 200 tons Of orc ned that did get the returns
In my have counted silver at one dollar ana -,
,ents per Ouncc that being ths value at The mill
This based ASSAYS mazda nv
myself The assays we're made from samples Of taken
rom all parts Of the workings and in place the ledge
vas cut through in order to get average OF ledge
find IN sight t2200O 0J twenty-five Thousand TINS
ore Of the value gros and of net value OF
s5sS600 five hundred and eiehtyeght thousand and av
hundred dollars That the that be padout in div
lends from the I sight.
(signel) GEORGE W. BOUTWELL,.
'atuo Mountain. Nevada, July . 1880.
sncc The above report made the development work
as cncOuntereda bOnanzt the low south The on,
Sy wdens QUE to 70 feet and has been explored distance
ABOUT 100 ieet When nrst encountered
the ton 1T Il running loo which nearly double The
vcfugo vue of the bodies IN the older uarts 81
lac nne The superintendent expresses confidence i'm Tho
OF the ledge - 'N
REHABILITATION OF ORE IN SIGHT
boye first drift Cnhie Zoo, |
bOve second drift A'V'0VV |
boye thru drift '--'V'o
SJxSOUx5 - ................ ... ,o- .co |
GLOW third drift i-''OV |
HVAoIVAo
umber OF cubic feet per ton ...... II 4,,o ,oo
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nnner ~ tnns nu =" "a, 29.Ss2
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