Mohave County miner., 1884-06-01
The C9ur d'AIeE e.

The Ceur d'AIeEe.
 All the mines have yielded finely
 this week. William Freeman has
 studiously avoided the reporters, but
 has deposited some pounds of gold
 dust with the banks, and has Ieath-
 ern purse one-third full of large,
 beautiful nuggets which he has re-
 tained as keepsakes. His claims are
 paying finely. The Geo. B. Ives, H.
 E. Wolf and the Widow continue 10
 yield over an ounce a day tc the
 man. Missoula gulch lacks water
 but is recognized as ranking among
 the best paying claims. Lucky
 gulch and the Gelatt are getting ready U turn out handsome
 quantities of dust. and the Aurora,
 Frank Grove and Wyant are anx-
 iously awaiting the subsistence of the high water to add their acknowl- edged riches to 'he golden returnszei the camp: Dc
 force of men turnfI6 le bel 6he| stream so that be ean ne Hsost on the ground that paid so richly last fall. The falling of Pritchard creek will also allow the Rockford company to mine some of the best ground in the district. This week settles the fact that Eagle creek IS as rich as the most sapguine have pre- dicted. Oregon gulch and all the side gulches are giving first class prospects. Everybody i'll campis ex cited over quartz, and it Is common occurrence for old prospectors to ex claim: ''This is the richest camp in the world" The best and most ex- perienced prospectors are here, the picked men from all the mining ex- elements of past times, and, with hardly an exception, they are jubll ant over the finds that are every day being made. Discoveries ara report ed every day that are too fabulous for belief. Ledges glistening with free gold and 20, 40 and 100 feet wide, no longer create excitement. They are becoming as common as ten cents to the pan on the gravel l and no one So much as talks about | finds of the latter class. The nch- ness of the placers is universally | acknowledged, and the day of croak ing has passed Many an old prospect or. however, will not condescend to look for placer ground. becanse such returns are assured from the quartz. Gen A. P. Curry has in terviewed the bankers and mer- chants of Eagle, and obtained ex act figures concerning the amount of gold dust handled by them. It to 58 1-3 pounds. This rep resents only small part of the gold taken from the ground, but is sufi- cient to show healthy stage of de Many, and indeed most of the miners keep their gold dust, preferring it to coin which they Go not need in their business. Buck skin gulch has given the camp the excitement of the past week. Hundreds of men have flock ed thither to witness the very un- usual spectacle of men picking gold from the earth, instead of washing it put Tn a pan. This is about what they witnessed Robert Williams, David Bryant. John F. Hennessy and Frank Barnes own claim No. 3, and upon striking bedrock got from two 70 twenty dollars to the pan. Mug get after nugget was picked up, and he entire bedrock as far as it WAS uncovered averaged $5 to the pan. Jne nugget weighed S45. The ex- ,ltement was intensified by Nate Vestal, at the mouth of Buckskin, finding one ounce diggings in the gravel No cleanup has been made, put it is the general verdict that is the richest thing yet dis ,overed.-Nugget, May 7th.
 SarSenf's Satrifice.