The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1885-01-03
WHITE PINE COUNTY MINES

Districts.
Correspondence of thu Mining and Scien-
tic Press.J
The Martin " bite, at Ward. is work
ing small force at present, making
further developments ard getting
ready 10 take out ore. Mr.. W. B
Clement, in charge of the property.
stated that the outlook for good long
run of the mil next spriLg is salts
factory.
TAYLOR MINING DISTRICT
Is located on the western slope Of the
S.hellOourne range OF mountains, loo
miles from Eureka, in an easterly di
rection, AT All altitude of 5000 feet
above Lhe level 0I the sra, and 5OO
ab0ve Stepioe Valley.
The formation Is qusrtzile and lime
stone. inlerseeteu with >, am > or Il. ktss
al porphyry, the whole resting on
base Of granite. Near the center OF
the district ar. located The Moni or
aud Gore mining clains, owned by
Messrs. ROo. RI Briggs, W. q. Lyons
and w. n. McGill, operating under
The firm name OF
THE MONITOR MILL AND MINING co,
II Is not incorporated. The greatest
depth attained III the mine is 5O feet.
On the suriace, the ore occurs I'm HAS
si'e groupings | 100 feet in length and
800 III width. risin1 Ia /, a.es from 10
10 ID feet above The surface. They
"onsIsL OF a dark-brown quartz, very
hard, and carry free clll0ri 10 OF sill
yer la the value Of from so 10 $50 Der
TON. These chambers are usually
from 80 To l5O feet IN length by 80 To
oO III width, lying nearly Hat, and
frpih 10 ID fe.t IN thick ness. the
foot.wall II quartzite Oyeriaid with "A
dyke OF porphyry irom b feet
lhirk. Tue ore /. Tree milling, anu
by Tue analgauiaIing process. works
up To Oh or 30 per ent. III the fire as
say, producing bulli u from SO to
sUU line. IL Is redneed mt the com
pany's 10 stamp mil, miles from
the mine, the improved "Knigbt"
water vi heel beng III .Iss. fright here
little digression may be pardoue !.
Hon. k0uerL Briggs. State Senator.
,lect fron Wbi.e Pine county, ami
one 81 The pro- .rietors OF The mill an /
mine, sass he has ueen indebied 20
The Mining aud Srien,iiIc Press Tor
information IN regard To the above
named wheel and Tor ,ther important
facts and hints which he values at nuL
l. = aAakn A.
| publish II not IN the street., of Asea-
lion, lest some ether miner su bscribe
~ your paper aud ba.-ouie "a rIcu a.
/ Tie lucky oenatorl. The null cru Ines
on an average about Is tons OF ore IN
"A hours. From the i OF SEPT 1851
Ia Tie IIth OF Jdly. 1854, wiih total
run OF less thah ~ months, IL pro.
duced SJ6g, 20l III silver bullion and
has Oeon eadily Yielding since that
date from sboO 10 81 900 per day.
The owners deserve much credit for
| plu, X aud I,erses eraDce. they ruai-
menced Min very iitlle capital. BY
ECONOMY anu "A STREET attention la bus
lue>>, the inine has been ina ~ To pay
all EXPENSES for opening, lor the cree
lion al - good substantial ulll and
other Improvements, besides giving
seseral handsome dividends in hard
All. In addition to the rich ore tx.
,rarted "ailv. H. Is Thought that the
large dei.o its oi ow-grads oro found
b., The groupings alluded 10, can be
made 10 Yield fair profit With proper
| facilities tor MOrk,hg.
10 this n u 6O stamp mil will, In
all probability, be erected IN u short
Time Oh the ground.
THE ARGUS MINING COMPANY
Have three claims on the same lead,
uf 500 ieet IN lengi h-running par
nllel With the Monitor, an / spInew hat
! hizhe on. The mountain side. The
ore cialntSTs lie IN "A similar shape
AMI position: the rock In character
much alike, that Of The Argus Com
pany being represented rs some ireer
as milling ore. Only one class Is
v orked at their mill OF 10 stamps,
Welding from 500 to $50 per ton. The
| pru cipal Work Is being done on the
sunrise and Self Cocker. Ths mine
j. said 10 % looking better than ut
any time since work commenced,
some Is months ago.
The Hayes, Immediately south Of
tho Monitor, has ore of the same grade
aud character, "a number OF tons test-
cd nj Salt Lake giving excellent re-
suits.
The June mine, west Of the Hayes,
hal just shipped so tons TO the Arsus
mill. Some iirst-clasS, previously
...t,.,l -, tha Nnntlor mill went tIu-