The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-08-18
OsCEOLA.

Very soOs.
The recent sale of the Monroe &
Linton property in Osceola to Eastern
parties has given hat long dormant
district . sudden upward boost, which
promises well for qua neighbors over
there. For several years Osceola has
been acknowledged TO possess merits
Of high order, and the wonder is that
capital has been SO slow to recognize
this fact and come to the assistance of
the poor miners who held out such
fiattering inducements. But now a
change has taken place, the new COM
pany have commenced the erection OF
n 10 stamp mill, and water is to be
brought in-all of which indicate that
in . year from now osceola will be
full OF lie and activity, and one of the
most prosperous mining camps in
Eastern Nevada. And well do the
people who have stood by the place
in tue dark days OF the past deserve
this coming boom. John Armstrong,
. resident of that place, who passed
through Reno last week, gave the Ga
xetts the following notes concerning
the district, the men who own proper
ties there, and the prosperous outlook
ahead:
Osceola is situated In White Pine
county, 81 miles from Cherry Greek
aud twenty-five miles from the Utah
line. The mines are gold, and con-
sist OF both quartz and placer. The
latter are idle for want OF water, but a
ditch, sixteen miles long, will soon
DO built, to bring 5000 inches from
the Snake mountains. Some Of the
boys are hauling water to work rock
ers, and make il pay . little. The
from S to $50 feet deep, and goes FROM
81 10 Is cents q pan. There ARE near
~ 1000 quartz claims located. The
Credit Mobilier has just been sold for
SIS, 900 to Mix & Co., OF Aurora, Iii
nois. II was owned by Monroe, Lin
ton and w. A. Mcdonald. There are
two lodges, and they have gone down
226 feet, and found from four 10 eight
feet OF y ledge Of free-n,illlng ore,
going S3l 10 the o n The Fort Wayne
was sold with It. At a depth of $50
feet the ledge Is fifteen feet wide, aud
the level Is l5U Ieet / n ore. The Cres-
sent Is EOS feet in ore. 1t is owned by
Ex-senator Spencer, OF Alabama, Jack
Gilmer, of salt Lake, and Jot
Travis. TIE Golden Eagle, owned by
the same gentlemen, Is $50 feet deep.
A level 100 feet down is 200 feet 10
ore, and one at 200 feet is I50 feet.
The Cumberland Is l20 feet deep, with
. drift thirty-two feet. Richardson
owns it,. The Verdi is down seventy
i've feet, In the richest gold ore.
Captain Akey. OF Osceola, is the lucky
owner. The Red Monster is seventy
ave feet down-ore worth S34. Pat
rick Revey is the coming millionaire.
who owns it all. The GiIded Age is
fifty-four feet deep, in Sz2 ore. Mr..
Watson OWES It. Richardson owns
the Osceola, which is eighty feet
down, with a drift se~venty-five feet
in ore that works S2S, at the mill.
The Exchange has 100 feet but never
worked any ore. Watson & GO. own
It. There are hundreds of other
promising locations, with excellent
prospects. Giliner * Spencer built a
tive-stamp mill u year ago, and Mix
d Co., are now putting up one Of ten
stamps. Wood is plenty, and water
sufficient for milling. The town has
200 people, and there are as many
o In the hills around about. Z.
II FelseDthal, John 4. Scott, John
Youen, Z. Heckathorn aud Charles
Busy are leading business men.
Spring and Snake Valleys are good
farming districts and are well settled.
The camp was discovered in 1864 by
Joseph Watson and Frank Hicks, but
1t was so far away that IL received but
little attention until 1878. No n
would believe that there was gold ore
in Southeastern Nevada, and said the
specimens that were shown came
from somewhere else. A hard Win
ter came in 1881, however, and the
boys washed out $500 in gold, and
that opened the peoples eyes, for no
one in the camp could raise money
enough to salt q claim like that. The
rush began, and every development
has been favorable. There seems to
be q good future before it.
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A train of ten cars Is TO be loaded
with canned goods at Portland, Maine,
and afa rfad for p.,rfIand 0raOoo ~