The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-07

New and Valuable O,c Discovery in
Bull Valley.

| SILVER REEF, Utah.
EDITOR RECORD; As your readers sci
dom hear much from the Reef, | thought
a few items to your valuable paper might
possibly be of some interest, especially a,
many of our citizens were once resident:
OF your city in the palmy days of Phoebe
1t is a general rule that during the
winter months prospecting and mining,
as other usual enterprises, are not so Wig.
orously prosecuted as during the more
favorable part of the season, and the
Sandstone" country is not much of an
exception to the rule, notwithstanding
the beautiful climate in this part. The
prospector needs rest and relaxation as
much as the farmer, and he takes it; that
is, all he can get of it, which at most is
but little. And thus it is the Reef
money-seeker has put his oars and trusted
to the stream to carry him along, re-
CARELESS of whether school keeps or not.
As you have long ago learned, the
Barbee Il Walker and Leeds have long
since closed down, and will probably re-
main so for short time at least. How
ever, the Leeds mill is now running on
tailings, owned by j.. A. Turrill of this
place, but the mine is idle.
The Christy and Stormont Companies
are IN full blast, and with good results,
about eighty tons of good grade ore being
crushed daily by these properties, which
gives employment to about four hundred
men and twenty-five teams.
The Christy Company have, within
the last three months, made vast i'm
provement in the workings of their
mines. The former method of bringing
the ore to the surface by horse and pull
ley, has or will soon be abandoned and
the ore be hoisted through the Hartman
shaft, where one of the most complete
and substantial hosting works in the
country has been erected. This shaft is
now over three hundred feet deep, and
still being increased in depth to tap the
vein below. while drift has lately been
run to connect the works with the Tecum-
sch deposits. The entire output of ore
will soon be hoisted through the Hart
man. The mines in the Christy and
Stormont properties are looking better
and becoming more valuable at each step
of development
BULL VALLEY BOOM.
In February last party of prospectors,
headed by Mr.. VIM. Nesbitt, started on
a prospect tour in the direction of Bull
Valley. which, by the way, is situated
about forty-tive miles northwest from st.
George, in hope of finding something in
that part, and after some weeks of search
found some promising float, bearing sill
yer and lead, with some other metal.
Finally, what was thought to be the
ledge was located as the Mammoth"
and work commenced at once. After a
depth of a few feet was attained some of
the rock was sent here for assay, which
proved to be very promising, as it con.
tanned about Sl25 in silver and 40 Der
cent. lead. A cross.cut was then run.
with an average depth of seven or eight
leet, and the two veins of a few inches at
the surface gradually got wider and
seemed to converge into one vein. At
this point other assays were made with
dattering results. Gillespie, Lund l. Co. |
ana Mr. Nesbitt, who are the owners of |
The Mammoth" have now commenced |
n earnest to develop the property, and |
already they have two shifts of men at |
work, with every necessary supply on
The ground to sink fifty or a hundred |
eet, and will undoubtedly put up a mill |
me present season. They have about ten
'r h1teen tons OF ore on the dumps of ex-
'ellent high grade
There are several other claims in that
ectlon that look well, with plenty of
water near by. Some twenty-five men
IRE in that neighborhood now prospect.
ng, and we may soon expect boom;
md as it is not unconstitutional nor
gainst the bylaws of the Sundays school,
o mote it be boom what is a boomer
w.
March 81, 1888.