Mohave County miner., 1885-10-18

tanned. This nc b streak contains bunn' ~
from which ore has been taksn asssyirg
$500 10 the ton. The development work ON
tits csaiia consists principally Of tunnels
run u on ihe ledge. lfhe northern extern
s. N Of this slsi,a Z known as the
IDA NINE
located by Tom Barns and w. IL. Gam,
bat now owned by Messrs. Stevens, 0sgood
a Co. More worn has been done on this
mine "a any other In tbs district. A
shaft has been sunk 6j fest TO connect With
the tunnel which III In some 100 feet. Tho
ore la the shaft Ia fally fse fee. vids. and
through il runs = ten.incl, stroik VI honey
combea quartz which will mill $50 TO the
ton. fbeIs are some twenty toms of this
class VI orc on the dump. with abtut eighty
tonsAt 1se orc as well. There 81 good
stfS1F6f ore from one TO five feet wide for
nearly the whole length 81 the tunnel, while
Ia the face ii shows signs of cnming in
much wider. There sre two or three other
small shafts ai.d eats on this mine, all
showing pay ore. This Is the mine which in
expected to furnish the ore for the mill nov
being erected a, the river, Eve miles from
the mine. The mill Is to have a capacity
Of fftsen tons per day for the present, and
We should judge that the present force of
ak men now employed ON the mine will
have no difficulty 10 keeping il supplied
with ore. AT ths time of our visit the men
we're all working on the road between the
mips and the wash, distance Of about
half mile. The wash once readhed thsro
IL natural doxn grade 10 the mall.
THE JULIA
ia good claim owned by Seaman, Long.
street ard others which Is only four ni!es
from th. river. This IA teH.fotpt ledge OF
quartz, tiisooiorsi vita iron, the Groupings
showing plenty Of flee gid. Coasiderab le
work has baeH done ou this claim.
TIE DaNsBY MIga.
This claim il Owned by aessr. J. W.
Roundv, II Eoundy, j. Roendy, ii. San
borr and NJ. Ddnsby, WHO came down from
Utah in Jauuary isst aud hays been proc
pecting and working in tho Lost Basin ever
siucs. and have done uiaSs :, eahance the
lbtttf-dtsD va thc ttslEisss hfV est y 49,
miners, and one is an experienced nih
man and assyes, aud has complete assay
oatii. with him. w learned from him thai
during the time no has been in the basin.
out Of several hundrsd nssays lpnds from
all part, Of the lower basin. not One ever
! gave loss thsn s. in gold. These gentlemen
| are snthu sjastic over the prosa1ts Of the
! dist met, and that they have abundant faith
| in it in shown by the amount of work they
| have dure. ON the Dansby mife they have
! run ia a tunnel so1s fifty feet II. the foot
| of tho hill and cross cut forty feot Ia tap
/ the ledge. but failing IN itiat. they went up
l'the hili some 500 feet and commenced to
! sink u shaft at which they we're working
whsu We visited the claim. The shaft was
| aoan aboat 20 teot and showed fine body
Of ors about 80 fact wide With a small
| stYeak If abJnt three iachss Vf very rich
orc running through II. This email st5vak
-iiI run from $1,000 to s2.p0 psr ton IN
! gold, while the rsst VI the ore will 90 a5ont
$50. A shipment Of GhUnt 800 pounds "f
| the rich ore vas recently mEd0 to Salt Lake
/ which milled about sl5Cs psr ton, They
have nsariy ton of this high grade ore on
the dump, besides 30 or 30 tons OF the
lower grade. These gentIsIneri are backed
! by salt Lake esp;tsliat., aad az the proper
/ time will erect Inili OF their own at the
river. ir the ipeantime they propose to
! have syins Of their ore worked at Stevens d
/ Co.'S new mill, IL milling charges are reas.
/ onlbio and 5s understand they will be.
THE MACDE
I is another fiHo ledge ovl sd the Nsssrs.
! goqndy, Slnbsrn and Hunter, lying about
( half a mile east Of north Of the Dansby
! mine. The work on this claim consists Of a
tunnel about 203 feet long RUN in on the
ledge and showing ore all through II. Al a
distance al abou, 6J fest from the mouth Of
the tanneI winze is being sunk on a
siT.ak of $50 ore some six or eight inches
vids. This streak carres so IN gold and
from $40 to SO in silver, being OBe Uf the
few claims in the district which produces
silver bsa ring orV. lhrre are about twsIIty
ton, OF this ore oil the dump i,ssdideS aboni
100 tuns HAT will average SO In gold
tEess parties have several other locations
which they think very highly of, and oil
which they have done more or less work
bn, Iask If time prevented ua fr.in visiting
them.
The claim that We think rsost deserving
Of attention. however, although bat Little
work has been done on il, isthe
GOLDEN GATE.
\ Living IA it does almost at the mouth Of th'
wash leading 10 the river. II j, appropriate
IL named, and is, indeed. golden gate to
. Iden district. This is by far the largest
ledge in the district, iss white quartz crop
pings being plainly visible fer miles. Thi'
mammoth ledge or lodges, for there arr
thrss Of them on the claim, was located u
1882 by John Rreiner, bat u nos owned b!
Mr. IL. Luthy of Mineral Park, he having
! purchased il from Breinsr II few month
sir:s. At :he foot Of the hill the ledg'
consists of two veins, each about eight Zee
wide, on the upper one tunnel having bee;
run in about Is feet, and showing an eight
foot breast OF good milling ore. About ia
feet up the hill. after SidSslins out oonsid
erably. these tvs veins cons tosstlier, sns
from thsnee run parallel to tho eud # th
olaim aud beyond. At the point Of CJHnoc
ton the Groupings are from z5 TO % fee
wide, and from thence - the top Of the hii!
a distance Of 100 or 800 feet, their yidtl
gradually decreases to about targe feet, 81