The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1882-06-17
BRISTOL.
| Correspondence Salt Lake Tibune.l
BRISTOL, Nevada, June 4. 1889.

Bristol ia little mining and coal burn.
ing town, twenty-five miles northwest of
Phoebe, watered from wells, and depend
ent on few mines; all the ranchmen
within twenty miles, and there are not
many of them, being dependent upon it
turn for market. Coming from
Phoebe, the road skirts the eastern base
OF mountain for some fifteen miles,
where it passes the Jackrabbit Day
mine, and then, through gap or low
place, crosses to Bristol. The Jackrabbit
is on the east end of fssure in lime,
breaking through the formation at right
angles, and crossing the mountain, at an
elevation above Bristol of some 1000
feet, from northeast to southwest, the
Hillside, Tempest and MayAower being
locations on it. 1t is more than n mile
long. % @-.
The mines, or some of them, were dis
covered in 1870, and Mr.. Haggin built
what is now the Day furnace to work the
ores of the National, now owned by the
Gilmer Salisbury Mining Company. In
1879, A. j. Blair came here from Phoebe,
and located the Hillside, and that put
new life i'll an abandoned district. He
bought for the company which he organ
lied and to which he sold the Hillside,
the Haggin smelter, the townsite the
Mendha mine, sixteen miles south, dead
and silver) and other locations and prop
erty. The company took out $500, 900,
of which it paid s4OO, 600 in dividends,
too much, probably, for it left it without
means when hard shedding came, and it
now belongs in part to the Day Company,
and in part to the Gilmer Salisbury
Mining Company.
The Bristol Silver Mining Company has
twelve-stamp mill here, chlorodizes and
amalgamates, not very closely-70 to so
per cent. Less than a year ago they
were in debt, but they struck an egg
shaped chimney of ore twelve feet thick,
thirty feet long, and l60 feet deep, pro-
ducing 500 ore, averaging $3.50. This
was on their principal mine, the May
flower Under this they now have seven
teen feet thick black SIS ore, but the
ground is loose and full of caves, and
they expect to strike it rich again soon
and larger than ever. The vein seems to
have had hard work to break up through,
Once in while the cap is too streng and
it is thrown off with the strata step.
This is black iron ore, poor When it
again straightens up it is rich again.
The mountain is lottery wheel, full of
prizes-bonanzas 1t is said that Gill
mer, Salisbury & Co. are likely to buy
control of this property. The incline is
now down 500 feet, and they are taking
out $1,000 or $4,000 month, 1t is
thought by some that better results
would be obtained by teaching after
chlorodizing, instead of amalgamating
The Hillside and Day ores have been
smelted, but smelling is expensive here,
and there is but little lead ore.
1t was Mr.. Blair who induced Gilmer,
Salisbury & Co. to interest themselves in
the district by the purchase of group of
miner adjoining the Hillside on the west,
of which the Tempest is chief. 1t is on
the fissure above spoken Of, which has
burst through the lime at right angles to
the stratiication, and shows the same
characteristics. They have little hoist
ing engine on it, and have gone down 300
feet, running off two levels about 100
feet at the proper places. The lime is
said to be kindly - is said to be the
same as the Eureka lime, and grows
looser and more "kindly" as you GO
further into it. The ore makes in the
sides of the Tempest shaft from few
inches to three or four feet thick. In the
bottom Of the shaft it it eight feet thick,
three feet of which samples $500 per ton.
and the other five feet $50 to SO, which
must be acknowledged to be very good
showing. The ground looks favorable or
the surface, if one may say so without
appearing foolish, and in the shaft and
levels, for the formation lower down, of 9
fine body Of ore. The pitch of the vein