The Elk Mountain pilot., 1880-12-30

burSh and Elk Mountain in RUBY
basin are good prospects.
Queen Of the west, in Ruby basin,
has 100 # tunnel and IS # shaft, with
vein s # wide, showing good mineral,
viii resume work in 4 few days, when
shaft house is finished. it i, one of the
Oldest locations in this district and is
owned BY Joe Selig 4 Levi Bros.
Robert Emmett, in Ruby basin,
has 20 # shaft on vein carrying ruby
silver and zinc blend, assays IA, OF.
Maude Muller, extension Of the Rob-
ert Emmet, has shaft "a fl showing
ruby silver and zinc blend, assay. O.,
OF. Latona and Diadem, in O-Be-
Joyful, assay 43 ounces silver and 46
per cent In lead. Is owned BY NJ
Mccormick and John McElroy.
White Wolf has 10 # shaft, s in
galena, assays 13o or. Ursa Major
has 10 # shaft, ore galena, vein eft
wide, owned by J D Meyers & Co.
Mabel Cleer, in ODE Joyful Basin,
10 foot shaft on 5 foot vein bearing
native silver, which assays IS ounces
per ton.
George Bell, in the same basin, has
10 # shaft on S # vein, bearing native
silver and assaying 80 ounces. Both
of these claims belong to Turney Bros.
Mollie Van, in Peeler Basin, has a
cut showing 17ft vein carrying native
and brittle silver, which assays 70 to
80 ounces. Jessie B has 10 # shaft
on same vein carrying the same. Ecli-
pse in Ruby Basin has 80 # open cut
on 4 # vein bearing ruby and native
silver which assays $50 ounces. The
first two belong 20 Van Ostern and
the latter to Clark, Smith and Van
Ostern.
Johnny Dwyer lode, Redwell basin,
has drift on crevice seven # wide,
showing green gangue carrying galena
and gray copper, which assays 8. ozs.
Collins, Dausherty & Co., owners.
S. G. Joyce, and DR.. ]. L. Prentiss
of Canon, own the Tilda, Glendale,
Lakeside and Silver Deal. Some of
these are very valuable. These gen
tlemen drove the first wagon which
ever came into Irwin.
The Independence, situate in Inde-
Pendence Basin, Is one of the " big "
mines of our camp. 1t is owned by a
New York stock company and is be-
ing vigorously worked by night and
day shift under the superintendency
of Walter Graves. 1t has an immense
vein with large bodies of pyrites OF
iron and galena carrying from lao to
I6o ounces of silver per ton.
Milwaukee, in Ruby basin, has a
4o-ft tunnel. Native silver. O'Du-
buque, owner.
Miners Delight, Ruby hill, has an
IS-inch vein of white quartz bearing
native silver. Fifteen foot tunnel on
vein. Pierson, Perkins & Surcamp.
owners.
Sandwich has 6 inch pay streak and
has ore on the dump. Curtis 4 Co.. =,
owners.
Jersey, on Ruby hill, has 1o-ft
shaft on 3 # Of quartz carrying black
sulphurets. Assays 80 ozs. B. F.
Carey and Others, owners.
Little Johnnie, south of Coal creek,
has ] # vein Of quartz with 18 inch
pay streak, showing ruby silver. Shaft
10 #. John Scott and others.
Home of the Friendless, in Elk ba
SIN, has cut 3o-ft and shaft 1s-ft on
three veins. Fine quartz carrying sui
phurets assaying 80 ozs. Shurtleff,
& Co. owner.
Eureka, on Ruby hill, has a ,6-ft
shaft on II # vein. Pay streak, IL
inches assaying 1900. Shipped ore
during summer.
Fountain City, in o, Joyful
Basin, has 1o-f. face showing 6 inch
pay streak assaying 500 ozs. Riley &
Trowbridge, owners.
Hancock, on south side of Ruby