Mohave County miner., 1886-12-19
THE RAINBOW MINE.
And What is Boing Done
Oh IL.

In company with Chas. Kelley, Esq, ono
Of the Iessees, We paid u visit 10 this mins
on Tuesday afternoon last. Situated about
four mile. from Mineral Park md about
two and hrif from Chloride. and almosG
On the summit Of the range, one has TO climb
to an altitude Of about 5000 feet to reach
| the mine.
| Once thcre, however, we ars fully 70.
wardsd for our trouble with the iuapnil.
cent view obtsinod. The great Sacramento
valley lies below US for dft or sevouty .fys
miles, the sharp peaks Of Unioh fass ara
visible across the valley, while the noun.
| tains Of the u uion Pass range form 1T.
| ting background to the picture. Still far.
| ther in the bdckzr aro tha mountains
ON tho oi;ser side Of the river looking din,,
blush and almost uiity fruiu the distancs.
Taken altogether tho view from tLe Rain-
bJw mine Is as pretty one as I, he sye would
| Wish to dwell on. t
The miue l. ognsd by Erin Sherman and
Il. II. Partridge. bat is now boing woEkesi
by Msssrs. Il i. Thompson, Of the frfao3
Bsecler & Co., Chas. Kelley, an expert lpisss
| or lately from New Mexico and Colorado.
and IL. II. PattriGgs, who is n part aownss.
Until about year shoe very litte oes4dss
the usual assessment work had besn daait
On it. Since then Ii has given emp oyal1
| 70 II large nnn.ber of men, aud ~ ~ 8e1
proiu or bIds fair to rank wttlI amy n,in1ej n
ta1 county III the. uear future. TlaS<t0
the courtesy Of Mr. kelley in takiR -
through the mine, we are epabied TO- ky@
our readers an account Uf what h,is2 j
| done on il up TO the present time "
claim IL situated op the side Of steep
and is worked through tunnel, which ~
been driven in about 800 feet on the iedGs
At point about 250 feet from the opsnina
about forty feet. Descending to the botto
| Of this Wine We found Joe Upshsr. one oi
| tho best miners in the county. hard at work.
Mr.. Upsher showed us about three feet of
lead ore, OF which two feet WAS nics clean
galsna and iron sulphurets. while ths ether
foot is not quite 50 good. In sinking this
| winZe the ore body has widened ont
| considerably. and in the last ten feet has
Increased fifty per cent.
In the tuuuei above much Of the ore has
| been stopped out 70 the Surfac5 by former
| issseeS, although i eou idernble amount oi
good ore yet reIunin, to be taken out.
Where the last wu-k wsts Gone ~ the stopes
| 70 saw q good twu feet stlona and car
II Ia. t.|I Ia nj
six inch streak of gnlena was just Coming
III. Considering tHat from this time on for
every foot the tunnel is run in foot and n
half in depth IS gained, the propriotors wi!
have fortune in sight If this streak con.
| tinues to the end of the claim. which is 100
feet from the winze. The ore from thi.
mine consists n,ainly Of Ralena and carbon
ate of lead, CARR ing silver and gold, though
in tie bottom of the Wine considerable
iron snlphurets are comingIn.
The Rainbow ore averages about 30 to 81
per cent loai, 25 ounges in silver and from
Two to three ounces in gold TO the ton, and
some four or Ave carloads per month are
now beng shipped. At the mine net'
and commodlous boarding house 1880 h,s
recently been crested and the mon are now
very comfortably housei, while Jas. ".
hichaels, woo rams the boarding depart
.nent, Keeps them we'll supplied WIKI good
and substantial fare. In addition to tn,
main building there IS an ore house anu
blacksmith shop. We are glad to note that
the Iessees of the mine are making money
o'.t of 1t, and We have only TO add that what
lhe Rainbow mins ID dulug to-day many a
Slain in Mohave county. which is merely II
prospect now, can be m ado t. do by tue
sa ne careful and economical management.