The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1883-02-10
CHERRY CREEK.
A Rich Mining District of Nevada
Tributary to Salt Lake.
Fine Field for Men of Capital and
Energy.

in your splendid issue of January lst,
but looked for it in vain; and as the
Tribune is pre-eminently the mining
paper, | Will thank ou 10 insert these
remarks concerning Cherry Creek,
which is mining camp situated III
White Pine County, Nevada, about
four miles north OF Egan Canon, on
the old overland road, better known
before the iron horse crossed the con-
tiueut, and ninetyfiye miles south
from humboldt Wells, on the Central
Pacific, from which latter place IA
1our-horse daily stage reaches Cnerry
CreeF IN fourteen hours; fare, SO.
The first discoveries were made
about ten years since, when rush
MAS made from the mining camp OF
Schellbourne and elsewhere, and the
desert Of yesterday Was crowded with
busting town OF several hundred
people IN few weeks. Operations
were begun on several locations, no
labiy the Ioacup AMI Geneva, TX
chequer, Pacific, Chance, Grey Eagle
ana star, ana while all these mines
bld fair 10 develop into good proper
lies. work IS suspended u all except
tie Exchequer, nov known as EX-
cAange, anu the star.
Enoagh WORK has been done IN this
district 10 confirm th5 opinions form
81 ~ ne pio GERS, may u whom
remain with il, with nc iuli assurance
that sooner or later their fendest IN
uclpalians viii be realized,
Ia ali those ten yeaIs the pa
iient settlers have endgred the agony
of seeing one adVenturer after another
come here WITH apparently 10 oiher
object than 10 impose on the cfeda.
lous public and make raise By any
niei hoa other than developing The
mines.
THe Exehequer or Exchange ship.
ped a large amount Of bullion from
The hrst, ual WAS almost without ex-
cepllou IN the hands ot an inpeco-
nous company, and alter changing
n tnds many times has now become
the properly OF Boston company.
Large bodies of ore are now being de-
xeloDed above water level 10y Cornish
tributers, and we shall see II the Bos
ton company will do better than their
predecessors. Tne mlne is at present
IN charge of man OF established rep
utation.
A. an illustration Of their modas
operandi in the past, the waste dumps
have been worked over three or four
times. This mine Is, without doubt,
splendid property, but It should
have a proper expenditure Of capital
to erect machinery to properly devel-
op it.
The Star mine IS 10y far the best de
volope1 III the camp, and has opened
up property which on inspection
Mould astonish many a mining man
who is now exploring the frozen re-
gioas OF Montana and Idaho with
view Of investing his capital. 1t has
passed through many Nicissitudes.
Il VA, purchased from the loeators by
san Francisco party who had much
energy but little experience or capital.
The consequence Was that the stock
was hypothecated 10 money loaner
VINO thought he had good thing and
has since held the control oft, giving
instructions that the mine must pay
Is NANs nuks itht AAAibf'fif fHaA' Set'ts
manded the Isrealltes te make bricks
without straw, So the star employees
are 10 make the mine pay without
having necessary machinery 10 work
il. and -in-the-manger fashion,
will not sell out or give up the con-
troll TO others. BY the superhuman
efforts of tho perntendent, who
had invested many thousands OF dol
lars in it, aud who took charge about
three years ago, he has managed TO
keep a 20-stamp mill constantly at
work, though at a small loss. This
mine has only attained the depth OF
lit lie over 600 feet, yet i'm spite OF IN
sufficient machinery a 20-stamp mil
has run constantly over five years and
now has very many thousand tons OF
low grade ore on the dumps, which
the com puny will utilize by the aid
of concentrators recently erected, and
the prospects in the mine are now
better than they have ever been, but
IN order to be worked at profit il
needs more powerful machinery.
The Grey Eagle is situated immedi-
ately adjoining the Star, ON the west,
and the developments made in the
levels OF the latter, demonstrate the
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