Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1881-08-13
COMO.

We have no apology to make for
again calling attention to Come and
its mines, believing as we do that a
comparatively small expenditure OF
money will develop . mining camp
second to none ever opened, except,
perhaps, the Comstock 10 its palmy
days, and one easy of access, with
superior advantages as regards the
mining and working of its ores. Ii
we are right 10 this we certainly can
do NO greater favor to the whole
country than to do whatever we can
to attract attention to the Palmyra
and Indian Springs Mining District,
in which are situated what are COM
monty known as the Como mines. In
1868 some seven or eight hundred
people were congregated at Como
the excitement on the Comstock was
then ct its height; in 1864 came a
reaction, and the miners of Como,
not having succeeded in opening any
bonanzas, and being men of small
means, were forced to succumb to
circumstances, and gradually lett
until Como became nearly depopu-
lated, and its mines abandoned
but little wa. done in the District
from 1854 until about two years ago,
when several re-locations we're made
and work resumed with the result of
proving that the Como range of
mountains contains lodges of large
size, we'll defined, and with gold and
silver generally diffused through the
rock. The most prominent claims
are the Buckeye, Ohio. Rapidan,
West Rapidan, all of which are Gov
cred by U. 8. patents, the Eureka,
North Rapidsn, Mohawk and May
day. The North Rapidan, West
Rapidan and Mohawk are all in the
same range and show a continuous
ledge for distance of at least $500
feet, opened in places, with awidth of
quartz from eight to thirty feet; the
quartz being white in color, giving
assays of from $12 to $500 per ton.
The North Rapidan has been
opened by an incline to q depth Of
2l5 feet, with drifts and crssscuts at
the 1O4 and 1854. foot levels; on the
2f5.foot level drifts have been run
north about 80 feet and south about
40 feet, with crosscuts in each. The
ledge in the north crosscut is 14s feet
and in the south 10 feet wide, these
being actual measurements. The
average assay across the ledge is
about $14 per ton. Some 200 tons
of ore have been extracted, most of
which was sold on the dump and
mixed with other ores. so that no re-
liable estimate Of its yield can be
given. A small lot crushed in Day
ton yielded Gil 81 per ton. Next
south of the North Rapidan Is the
West Rspidan, a location 1900 feet
in length. Numerous prospect holes
have been sunk ON this claim on the
ledge, and near the south line is a
large incline on the ledge about 17S
feet deep, with crosscuts at the bot
tom showing body of quartz 38
feet wide, lively in character. carry.
ing a little metal, but not in sufficient
quantity to pay for extraction. At
various places in the incline, howev-
er, feeders and punches of rich sui
phurets have been found. some as
saying as high as $500 per ten mainly
in silver. The claim of the Mohawk
Gold and Silver Mining Company,
incorporated under the laws of this
State, joins the West Rapidan on the
south, contains 1900 feet, and was
relocated January 1st, 1881, since
which time it has been worked con-
tinuously. 1t is worked through an
incline 140 feet deep by means of
small donkey engine. 1t was the
intention Of the company to sink 200
feet, but too much water was encoun.
tered and sinking consequently sus-
pended until the water shall exhaust.
In the meantime drifts have been
run north and south on the ledge, at
the 130-foot level south 80 feet and
at the 100 and 1870 foot levels north
each about 40 feet. From the 1870
foot level a raise has been made con-
meeting these two levels, in order
that ore may be readily and chesply