The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1886-07-31

ITS GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION AND GEOLOGICAL FORMATION.
ire PAST HISTORY AND PRESENT RRosPEc
Some of It's Most Promising quartz Mines
OscEOLA DISTRICT


Slope of the Snake Range Of mountains in
white Pine county, northern base of jeff Davis Peak
which rises 1890 feet above the of
Eureka the Railroad
of Frisco the Railroad
neced with both railroads good road which the heaviest
machinery be
District has wkly Stage
carrying the u mails and Wells express
has semi weekly Beers Stage Line carrying
The altitude of the District
The geographical situation the District renders competitive point
lint in Nevada Snake VALLEY is miles to the east and Spring VALLEY
lying Immediately under the District of the prolific valleys in
vegetables aud small fruits which sold cheaper than
The geological formation qnartz lying
Gaping The District deeply Indebted by bold guch or
ravne which heads the Of the and
curve flows westerly for distance of three miles discharges
200 feet From these gravel beds ana Si 6 h "sp S t
during ten years by the most simple bs the common
40 rocked over million dollars gold The gold dust thus
varying in value from few thousands dollars One
$1,000 and with it connected very romantic history All the grains or
identical with that found the lodges and veins hdes
The osceoIa Mine.
The oo Mine situated the north side of the middle branch of
Oceos working shaft Sx5 ledge depth of
100 feet For the depth averages
The strike from
wal slate with clean sewage clay of from two
closely aiheres At the bottom of the shaft drift the
feet, stopped
drift making stope
e @ en ss "d I'm, Ps s % 1850 na
worked the and in the mill yielded s and
which
we have record though that the worked in the
The shaft from a
ss"ing the width aud character of for IL feet that
tale of about 10 inches thickness and
made displacement of about four feet Beyond point the
assumes regular size and On the surface the has
covered and exposed for distance of 10 shaft
bold solid oucop The the ouop depth of
the shaft from $l5 $50 Beyond that
face the with deposit of debris This be
tapped depth of 500 feet tunnel running end of the
vein and not exceeding 700 feet length and which would greatly aci
ita aud cheaper workings Three
tho south of the ooa side guch
ferrd Immediately above the bend the situated
cumberIand
THIS mine is by shaft extending depth of 100 feet This
and has incline of about 30 degrees the
that man and width from surface bottom of shaft
of three with good foot wall with Consider
able taken from this shaft has been worked the above
erred there record of the yield Samples
from fert places down the shaft value $40
indicating that the shaft sunk the immediate end of the gold
bearing
the northern boundary line thereof and running parallel
The Royal Flush Mine.
This mine opened depth of 200 of shafts and
The vein is quare and is from to IL inches Thick carrying
very and has incline the south, towards the Cumberland
Twenty-Five from this mine, worked
the small fvestamp mill referred to- November 1882 yielded
upon dump the mine thirty of
of No drifting has been done this
mine.
Immediately
the limestone cropping above referred to, is located
Tho Mine.
of
whole distance this 20 feet
exposed deomposed 10 inches
character upper
exposed depth and The
east and west and pitches angle
The formation is soft and the ore easily explored
water, INC
edge Spring Valley,