The Elk Mountain pilot., 1881-04-21
MINING BRIEFS.

Mr.. Brown has started new work
ing shaft on the Ruby King mine.
X There is new shaft being sunk on
the Ruby King, force of twelve men
being now at work on that and in the
tunnel. Ore is being taken out of the
mine now richer by far than any
hitherto taken out.
Quite a number of our citizens
went over to o, -Be-Joyful Basin dur
ing the past few days to commence
work on their claims in that locality
The snow has now melted sufficiently
to allow the miner to travel the noun
tains Ger.
4 Mr.. Copley has received orders from
his company to increase the working
force on the Venango just as fast as
possible. The chances are that this
mine will have large quantity of high
grade ore en the dump for treatment
by the time oir mills get into opera
| ton.
| 1Mr. Ira Brown has on exhibition at
his Office some of the ore recently
taken from the Forest Queen. The
ore is black sulphurets, looks very
rich and is we'll spotted with ruby as
usual, and contains much native silver
There is now force of twenty men
at work on the Queen and the ore
house is being rapidly filled:
| ATwo master mechanics from the
east arrived in camp Monday evening
to arrange the new machinery in our
stamp mill. Messrs. Webb and Jacobs
will also be in camp in a few days.
Eighty thousand pounds of freight
for this mill is on the road. The
name of the mill has been changed
from "Good Enough" to Center
prise" Wei}ffspeaAk Wef speak more fftsllly fully Of
this mill e,ee~esk.
* The Anglo-AmericaE has let con-
tract on the Anglo-Ameriean lode in
Ruby basin to A. P. Smith and Sam
Powell, to sink ten feet deeper,
making the shaft "a feet when COM
pleted. If the mineral shows an i'm
provement on present appearance, a
large force will be put on next month.
This company has also put force to
work on the Silver Star. This claim
has 14-foot tunnel on a 3-foot vein,
the mineral of which runs 161 ounces
silver per ton. 1t will be worked
steadily.
During the last twenty years the
Comstock VEN has given sixteen boz
nanzas, from which $500, 900 tons Of
ore have haw~ been extracted. The
average assay of this large mass was
$50 per ton it yielded in the mill,
$4I8o; and from the treatment of the
Isluices, $5-total $4,000 per ton.
The total value Of the ore extracted
was s363;SN COS, yielding net sum
from the.mlllssrd sluices of s3s3.o71,-
Cos. The average proportion Of
precious metals in value is 46 per cent.
gold and IS per cent silver.
xwith the opeas sof spring the fa-
miliar reports of thesblast is heard on
all sides Of our camp. 1t reminds one
of the bombardment of a fortress to
hear the canonading-like reports every
three and FIVE minutes day and night.
1t is sign that our miners have gone
to work with determination, and
inside Of Sixty days our mills will be
ready to turn out silver bricks; so that
at the end of this year, when bullion
statistics are being gathered; we may
be able to stand out in front rank,
along side of camps of many years
standing, and "don't you forget it. -
The new town board have declared
war against our canine population and
it is likely that Bro. Mayer, the
butcher, will have some fresh suasage
in the market. The dads have also
declared that the merchants Shall
move their powder to place Of safety,
which IS a move in the right direction.
whpp 'emup.
On last Monday evening a very
pleasant and enjoyable dancing party
was given At the residence of Ms,
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