New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-03

t,ss Int rendine preparations or this purpose he died
ON his death Stephen Roberts bought thelpr0perty Du
Which were finally granted in 1875 The patents DIS
pensed with the necessity for doing assessment.
when work was resumed Roberts had partner nsm nee
Carsel, who came to New-York ana n,eresIeu ne and
d. Roberts The latter sent Messrs happening anu an.
Taylor out to examine the property and their ~
being favorable he bought it, leaving MT ~ a
charge who Immediately sank the original smart W
depth of 10 feet and at distance OF 256 rect from ~,
in No g. another shaft OF SO feet, CONNECTING IS ~
shafts by drift and opening up the immense pcay Vi
The great expense of opening the mines which was
Estimated at $3.50 900, prevented Stephen Ropers anu
his partner from undertaking it, There was no water
in the vicinity and the mines were 10 IN an are out
would have been great that the scheme coud no no.
have paid railroad I'd Is nGw eens Sa Water cuy
Is being overcome by the bringing OF water III ppsa
from NJ MacGruder fourteen miles distant Inc sav
ID Is without doubt the finest 4Osamp mil IN ino
not in the country some ofhe i6eps IN GYs he abe
10 crush 90 TO 100 tons of ore per day me water Pa
first ordered scattered all along tine tran ro n bt
for The pressure, the water having mead Oh oao
feet however be NJ used Macer rSG te eG II
main supply The pipes win be laid in sandy soil ana
can be put down in short time as several mies Ha
dnnps OF Nos and 3 about $500 tons OF ore, ana l
should Judge that there are in sight in the did1 FU,
1000 TO 900 TONS Ipicked pieces OF ore mere anu
there through the drift win my eyes shut and had them
assayed in Salt Lake. where they averaged Slo per
ISL h lpT ve t. true assure The orebOdy dips at
angle OF about 40o the walls being periect s nj
granite and as smooth the wall OF TINS once, being
fre fissIIre vein the mGe is likely TO improve WIN
tepth The vein il growing wider and richer NO more
erful machinery and while there they we're putting
down dOube-cOmpartment SHAFTS WIN engines
TO sink GOO feet. Competent men at GOD Mountain
in Formed me that the companies would not only nave
water enough for the mill and all domestic uses out sur
eent Tor another mill beside. In regard 20 NOS anu
No has shaft and tunnel, b0th showing Ihe same
class of Nos and 3 put with no 80 Wen dene t
din M 4 Hpa a
vet gruc The ledge These mines are on the same edge
with Nos and g. and in time, with proper development
will probably prove equally ia valuable as the latIef
/ also examined the Oriental and Miller groups, ana
think very wei Of them. They are showing some re-
Who are shoriing" Oriental and Miller Ut 70 cents
share will come to grief some moTnlnG me orenIa,
Company working five mines, the first being e Outh
NJ o" o ' jciie down i67 feet with drifts 49, so
and loo feet resnectyely There we're about forty tons
OF ore on the dIImp-selectcd assays running
also gold and silver, had shaft IS feet deep, with
DRIFT OF rs ec and about 20 tons on the dump, assay
INC about s75 The next mine the Canyon Ledge, also
gold and silver has two ncine east and west about 30
Is the bonauzaU and h known as the Hillside, with two
shafts down $50 feet eacn and cro5cuts at the lOO00t
c we're over 400 tons of ore on tho dump assaying
about lJ per ton The next of this group is the Ellis,
gold and silver property with four shafts, 90 30 lao
were about 100 tons Of on the dump running 49,
ono boulder from this nine weighing 300 pounds ran
- 300. OF the Miller group, think the independence
the most promising on this mine incline 40
feet deep with east aud west levels at 40 feet II is
and silver property, and nj depth OF 100 feet has
4oot ledge assayng nearly 300 per ton. At this mine
there about 100 tons OF ore on the dump Inc
Boomerang. belonging to this grOnp has 2llnch VEN
OF gold ore shaft down ninety feet; with levels at
depth eighty feet. There about thirty tons
on the dump assaying $40. The Keystone another gold
mine, mas a lnch IL has shaft 100 feet deep,
with east and west levels at a depth OF ninety feet
About 100 tons OF 300 ore are on the dump. The
East Keystone another gold properly with 2O-inch
vein and twenty-five tons OF ore on the dump. The
Nova Zcmbla. gold has l6nch vein, l0O,foot shaft
and levels at a depth OF twenty-five and 100 feet.
Tncrc were only about twenty-five tons on the dump,
but the assays very high. The most valuable mine
the whole group however, is known as the Rattle-
snake did not It, but the men in camp thought IL
second . Il ,. Tie Oriental and Miller Companies
have eleven properties, five Of which liable TO be-
come large producers. These companies are not de-
peuden, on the Lines supply OF water, having
springs OF their own to draw from.