The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1884-07-19
TAYLOR AND OSChOLA
As 1 Find Them.

EDITOR RECORD: III writing TINS iet-
ter am fulfilling two obligations: first,
by giving the old RECORD an impartial
account of how matters stand in this
section; and. second, through it to the
many friends who requested me to write
them on my arrival. As to Taylor, l
cannot say much, having remained there
only day, but from observations taken
on the fly, and what little l could learn,
l should judge it to be a very dull camp,
and good place for those in search Of
employment to remain away from. The
Monitor is undoubtedly good mine, and
is paying its lucky owners-who, by the
way, are Woodworking industrious
miners-a handsome monthly dividend.
The ore is free milling, and, as l have
been Informed, assays $50 ounces per ton.
Some 80 men are employed in the mine,
and more would be put on but that there
is surplus of ore at the company's mill.
The Argus Is distant some four or five
hundred feet up the hill, and is also u
valuable property At the time of my
visit there was only 20 men ON the pay
roll, the company having laid OIL some
la men short time previously, but l
was informed that they were being put
ON again as fast as there was room made
for them. 80 much for very limited
knowledge of the camp. Taylor, how
ever, is apretty little camp, being located
about | 900 feet above the valley among
the pine and cedar trees, and on the
morning of my arrival it looked truly
picturesque, each citizen having SEEM
lngly tried to out.do his neighbor on the
Fourth by a liberal display or starry
bunting from his dwelling. The saloon
business is overdone in TAYLOR, like every
place else. Johnny Quinn has neat lit.
tie establishment in which he turns the
tiger loose every evening for the amuse.
ntent of the boys. Bassett and Bob
McClusky have also a very fine gin es-
Enlistment and are doing very well.
Finding the camp rather quiet, | de-
parted at l0P NJ. for Osceola, in com.
pany with Badly Sackett and two other
last girls, and am thankful that | am on
deck to relate the fact, but as this is q
letter ON matters more pro aic, | will
contne myself to the heading of this
epistle. Osceola is at present very dull
in consequences OF the water giving ont.
AS write there are only five men chic.
riding in the gulch, and by the time this
reaches you there will be nix. There
has been considerable work done here
this past spring, however, but few have
made any money notwithstanding all
letters from this place to the contrary.
This is due to the fact that most of the
ground gone over had been worked be
fore, the large gravel deposits, of which
there are some 700 acres, being owned by
Messrs. Godbe. Hampton and st. Perrie.
This company has been busily engaged
here for the past five weeks in prospect.
ing said deposits, and after little over
four weeks labor in washing, cleaned up
the snug little sum of 1893 ounces of gold.
They realized from one pit Of 5000 cubic
yards, lO4 ounces, or all average of s.
cents to the cubic yard In this pit was
found nugget weighing l6h ounces.
| Another pit on the upper end of the
same gulch PANIED out at the rate Of
Sl.l5 per cubic yard. The company,
although doing very well, were under
heavy expense, because in prospecting
from one place to another they had t.
cut bitches, build dams, etc.. whereas il
they handled all their water on one
piece of ground, with large nozzle, they
could have accomplished ten times the
labor. In conversation with one of the
firm recently he said that the test was
highly satisfactory, proving conclusively
that there was millions upon millions in
the large gravel deposits, if they onl,
had the water to take it out. When
asked if there, was any truth in the
rumor that the company intended laying
pipes with view towards bringing water
to camp right away, he answered: mo
but that they intended doing so as soor
as sufficient funds were raised for thai
purpose" We have it upon good au
thority, also, that said funds would b.
forthcoming Immediately, if the Godbt
company were willing to sacrifice VIVA
appears to them TOO large share of thei
interests here. More anon. ROVER.
OscHoLA, New, July Is, 1884.
| Conn AS "A SroNACu-PrNp DIR