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


be only a spur from the main ledge.
Groupings on the surface indicate
that the main ledge lies about 70ft.
west of this spur, and that it is some
80 or 40 feet in width. A crosscut
was run from the 130.foot level for
the purpose of cutting the main
ledge, and is In sc feet, mainly in a
heavy blue clay, carrying stringers
of white quartz containing consider
able iron, but fearing an additional
influx of water work In this crosscut
has been suspended for the time be-
ing. This heavy clay wall is regard
ed by experts as most promising
indication.
1t will be seen from the above
that there are now three claims
opened on what may be termed the
West Rapidau ledge, all showing ore
and indicating permanent ledge
carrying gold and silver in quaint
ties of from SO to $500 per ton. The
general course of the ledge is from
north to south.
East of the Rapidan lies the Eu
reka, on which much work has been
done, and from which many tons of
ore have been extracted and worked,
yielding at Dayton some SIT per
ton and at Welter's mill at Como, as
high as $24. This property has
lately passed into the hands of San
Francisco corporation, which it IL
hoped will shortly proceed to deyel-
op it.
The Mayday is situated north east
of the North Rapidsn, and has ore
in its groupings assayiDg from 800
to 81 200 per ton, the ore, however.
is base. A shaft has been sunk 100
feet and drift run 40 feet. Work
was suspended before the ledge was
reached, but is shortly to be re-
sumed.
About a mile north, on Star Canon
is the claim of John Lawson, on
which he has expended much work,
but for want of means he has been
compelled to suspend for the present.
The work done consists of an incliI G
on the ledge SO feet deep, the ledge
being the full width of the incline
and carrying ore in punches asssying
as high as $500 per ton, mostly silver.
Being satisfied with the prospect
Lawson then began, and has run
single handed bed rock tunnel 100
feet, which when completed will cut
the ledge at depth of about 1870
feet. He estimates that he has 80
feet more to run before cutting the
ledge.
1t has been said that Como pre-
sents superior advantages as a mining
camp, some of which are as follows:
The lodges are large and easily
worked. The ores are generally
free in character. Ore worked at
Dayton has yielded about 70 per
cent. OF its assay value, and it is
claimed that ore from the Mohawk,
recently milled at the Welter Mill,
worked up to rs per cent. From its
proximity to the Carson river, the G.
& G. r. r. and Virginia. From the
Carson river it is distant only ten
miles, from Virginia about seventeen
miles. Ore can be hauled and work
ed at mills on the Carson river run
by water power, and supplies, wood,
etc., readily and cheaply transported
to the mines. There is within easy
access an amount of nut pine wood
variously estimated at from 5000 to
$4,000 cords which can be delivered
at the mines for 81 per cord. Also
there are within two miles of Como
two mill sites with water sufficient
to run 20-stamp quartz mills.
Now, it may be asked why, with
such advantages, the camp attracts
so little attention. This may be at
tributed partly to the extreme hard
times which have prevailed during
the last three years. Again, Como
was an abandoned camp, and it is
we'll known that 1t is harder to attract
capital to such than to new fields
But abandoned camps are not neces-
sarily worthless, as, witness Bodie,
which neglected for years, is now
turning nut constant stream of bull