Sierra County advocate., 1885-06-13


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TIE section Of country lying be
tween Hermosa and Percha dis.
tricts, in Sierra county, Is one un
paralleled for richness in mlnera,
wealth. AS yet 1t is practically un,
prospected and traversed, the ole
Indian trail between the two sec.
tions being the only portion OF it
to great extent, that the foot oi
man has ever trod, save All occas.
sional prospector. For the most
part the country is covered with
fine timber, such as pine, juniper,
fir and oak. and beautiful streams
of clear, living water, of icy cold
ness, gushing forth from the sum.
mits of the mountains, and rlppling
over pebbly beds, are found in ev-
cry gulch and canyon. The surface
of the earth shows every indication
Of having underneath it, various
ores OF value. At one place, nearest
Hermosa on the Trail, the greater
portion of a high range OF noun
tains, running northeast and south
west, is pure copper stain, and
this spreads out to the valley south
east; in many places in this copper
belt, streaks OF grey COPPER, par
taking strongly Of red oxide and
native copper is found.
Low grade silver quartz is also
found, bearing evidences of rich
horn silver; small pieces Of fUst
lead, as large az buckshot, ale also
picked up in the gulches and can
yons over which the water passes.
Judging from the bright, metallic
lustre of this ore, 1t will run we'll in
silver.
That the supposed richness OF
this section should have remained
unknown to the miner and pros
pector SO long, is quite a problem
to solve. 1t is very evident that
this mineral belt cannot remain
much longer in it's wild and unex-
plored state, but that the pioneer
prospector will soon penetrate to
its center and circumference and
open up to the astonished gaze of a
careless public new mines and new
towns, and the beauties and con.
veniences of wealth now slumber-
ing. On every side Of this wilder
ness, mining camps are giving the
prospector and miner fair remu-
neraton for their labor; both Her.
mosa and Percha mining districts
are comparatively of very recent
dates and are new fields of per-
manent Industries. Soon both these
camps are to give employment 10
many men, and make new and
growing towns, maybe cities and
railroads, and enter at once upon a
new era of great commercial pros
perity. Already Hermosa is ship
ping ore that will run $4,000 to the
ton, while the Percha is but little
behind with its quartz. Many of
the mines in Percha district are
turning out malable and horn sill
YER that runs ST, 800 to the ton. The
lodges from north Percha take the
direction of this unprospected
scope of country, and it is an undis-
puted fact that these leads are true
assure veins which carry their |
richness 10 Hermosa and thence
across the mesas and
to the open plain. With |
the completion of the new
Chloride wagon road, it will be of
great benefit to the prospector and
ranch hunter in visiting and taking
\ survey OF this country we speak
,f, and determining the extent of
is value as mining region. That
lere is an opportunity for some
,ld-time miner to open a new field |
If wealth, not only for himself, but |
or hundreds, and probably for
thousands of fthe seekers of hide Q |
wealth, we have every reason 70
eel confident.