The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1884-12-13
rHE STAFFORD AND ORIGINAL HIDDEN
TREASURE.

Both noted mines of the district, the
latter 'or its richness In the past, be-
ing put down for 81 500, 900. the for
mer, for the bonanza which it prom
ises 10 show up the ensuing winter, II
1t should hold out in the ratio Of re-
cent az well as present indications,
The outlook at any rate Is represent
ed To be exceedingly encouraging. II
Is understood that upwards OF $780,
600 In silver were taken from the
Stafford years ago.
The ledge is reported fully 80 feet
wide and the best defined of any in
this vicinity, with good foot II hang
ing walls and an S-foot dyke of spar
lying next to the foot wall. The ore
ranges from $50 to $50 per ton.
The Wheeler tunnel has already
been run 300 feet towards the Original
Hidden Treasure, and Il nav cDntrae
has been let To drive IL Alb feet far
Their, which i'll take it through the
ground. The ore from this mi re runs
all the way from $25 to 81 900 per ton.
The yield from these two mines to
late owners, since the summer of 1883
has amounted To $73,35O, the first
fruits only of what Is believed to lie
the sign of an abundant harvest by
another season.
The rock is free milling silver bear
ign ore, with Il mere trace of gold,
and IN reduced at the company's 20
stamp mill at Hamilton.
The average yield at this writing is
uhnl 29Rn HaH Ion Fl "
bars . at the office we're marked
from 020 To 99s fine, and one was as
high az 1921, coming as near pure
silver rs the, are ever made.
IL IL the intention of the company to
erect Teaching works next spring,
with a capacity of from 30 to- 50 tons
per day. By this process 1t is antici-
pated that a much larger per cent. OF
silver will be savsd, and ores of a
much lower grade he worked with a
profit.
II WARD BEECHER CONSOLIDATED,
Better known peri APPS a. the Edgar
mine, which has produced about 10
900 tons Of ore of the average value Of
S35 per ton. or not far from 500, 900.
II has been developed to the depth of
800 feet, With from 5000 to TO- 900 tons
in sight of free milling chloride ore.
estimated To work $50 per ton. The
company. Mr.. j. X. Kendall ,Superin-
tendent, also " The Manhattan mill
Of "a stamps, l6 pans and other usual
appliances.
Their water privileges are said TO
be by far the finest IN the district.
The mill has been running on tailings
for the past six weeks, during which
time they have shipped nine bars of
bullion, averaging 095 fine, anal val
ued at about $4,000. About 10000
ton of tailings remain on The ground
To te worked. which i'll give n hand
one net profit 10 the company. In
this connection il may be we'll tn state
that the Consolidated Treasure, also
under the management Of MIR. Ken
dali. AMI MIR. j. u. Stevens, of New
York. Fresiden', has reached "A depth
OF lis feet, with ors oil the same grade
ami character az that of the Edgar.
II JENNIE A. AND BLACK ROCK.
Mr.. L. Cutting, of San Francisco, is
President and chief owner, and Mr..
j. r. Kendall, managing director at
Hamilton. The rock is Of the base
metal order, averaging 43 per cent. in
lead and $40 per ton in silver-.arry-
Ng some gold. The ven is a contact
ONQuarlZite and limestone, similar as
To ne and formation to the celebrated
RishNnd mine at Eureka. About
10, 900 Nps are in sight and the COM
pany areNow running an adit level
To strike TIM on the dip At the
depth of l,O0N fee vertical.
H srn<ER CHAMBER
Adjoins the CaANine, from which
nearly $50, 900 werS%aken as early as
1870. II il found la ApoS company.
although only u small VAN from inch
to 10 inches in width Nio rock is
said IN be rich. A few meAare now
extracting ORE with the viewN ship
thought to bring them $500 peNlon.
The Silver Wave.lying Immediately
south of the original Hidden Tr.asAre
ia good locality-is represented n
have an immense body OF low grade
ore that will average $50 per ion. It's
character is principally a free chloride,
wi h some bromide aud horn silver.
aud some of it closely selected has
milled up into the thousands.
THE HOPE MINE,
Now owned by Mathewson & Co., of
Hamilton. has been worked more or
less for IL years. During the first
three 1t turned out in the neighbor-