Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-06
A New Mining District.
BROMIDE DISTRICT, Nye Co., |
New, April Is, 1881. I

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New, April %, 1851. :
EDITOR HERALD: Thinking q
brief history of this new and prom.
Using mining field might be inter-
esting to some of the readers of
your valuable journal has induced
me to attempt description Of this
almost unknown portion of the
country.
The district from which l now
write was organized last December
and was named Bromide district
from the general character of the
rich silver bearing ores found with
In its limits. It ia situated in the
southwestern corner Of Nye county,
Nevada, about eight miles west Of
the dividing line separating the
States Of California and Nevada.
Until December last but two mines
were known on the range Of noun.
tains in which the discoveries of
the past three months have been
made. The first location was made
about eighteen months ago by Eu.
gene Lander, of Los Angeles coun-
ty, and Albert Rowland, Of La
Puente. They are now the owners
and they have done some response
BILE prospecting.
The ledge is called the Blue Mon.
ster, from the i'm mense size of the
out.crop and color of the ore; and
we'll 10 1t named, for on the surface
is exposed thousands of tons of rich
silver bearing quartz, in some
places over one hundred feet in
width and one thousand feet in
length. This large body of ore car
ries black metal, or patanco, with
bromides and chl0rides thickly In.
terspersed throughout the entire
length Of the surface exposure.
This mine is only about one half
mile from water, is easy of access,
no building OF roads being necessa.
~ to place the ore upon Que Of the
most natural mill sites have ever
seen. Mr.. Rowland has been in
camp for the last few weeks busy
with q view to plant.
ing q mill, should the results justi.
fy, and In the judgment of all who
have seen the property he will not
be disappointed.
Subsequent discoveries were
made In the months of Decem Der, 1
January and February last by q |
party Of prospectors from Lake
district, Cal, consisting Of Messrs.
Hart, Casey aud Parker.
The lodges were found in q low
belt or range of mountains lying
on the east side Of the Armagosa
river and extend portherly and
southerly for q distance of about
fourteen miles, distant about nine.
ty miles northerly from Resting
springs and forty-five miles SOUTH
srly from Gold Mountain, Esme.
ralda county, New. Wherever the |
white belt or zone In which the ore
bodies are found is exposed, rich |
deposits show themselves upon the |
surface. Most of the lodges are
'arge and none go small that they
,annet be worked to advantage and |
profit. On last Christmas day
Hart discovered q large and rich
deposit at the southern point of the |
district. and named the find the |
Christmas Gift" in commemora-
lion OF the n0Iy uay upon which 1t |
was located. This ledge shows q
arge surface deposit of ore. carry
ng black metal and horn silver.
He ALEC discovered some four other
edges similar in character. With
n the next ten days some fifteen
,ther distinct lodges were found,
most prominent amongst which
we're the Paymaster, Robinson &
Hart and Parker & Casey mines.
Samples from the Pay master, ia ken
1t random from the surface, show
sssays as high as $3.50 per ton in
'ilver. These three last mentioned
mines have tons OF the Same char.
acter Of ore exposed upon the sur
face, which can be easily extracted.
Other mines near the middle Of the
belt. such as the Oasis, Bromide
Cliff, Daisy Gem and others, all
lhow large quantities Of orc which
assays up In the hundreds of dollars
per ton. I cannot now describe ell
If the thirty or forty ether local.
ions which have been made,
neither is it necessary, as they are
similar In character.
Az for the cheap and easy reduce
ion of ore, the facilities cannot be
surpassed. Water In the greatest
abundance for milling purposes
Jan be placed where the ore can be
milled at small cost Of transporta-
lion; and, IS Is the case with the
Blue Monster and Ventura mines,
The water can. by piping q short
distance, be placed in the mill al.
most Immediately upon tho surface
ground OF the mines. AS for tim
Der for mining purposes and fuel
Tor mills, the mountain range on
the west, but short distance away,
San furnish an inexhaustible sup |
ply, and the saw-mills Ia Charles