The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-12
Y LLow PINE DIS nlcr.
Recent Mining Development. at Ru.h
Gold Discovery.

Recent Mining Developments at Ruth
Gold Discovery.
Every month's work done on the Camp
bell group Il mines at Ruth, in the
extrtme southwestern part Of this
eouaty, oFens up new ore and
proves the properties to be of
increasing value From W, b. Stan.
ley, who came from that place few
weeks since, we learn that since Septem-
Der last, which is about the end of the
heated term there, force Of about sew.
en- Ren has been steadily at work open
ing up several Of the claims and with
particularly good results. Over 300 feet
of shafts and drifts have been run and
sunk, u ostly on the Grundy, Belle and
what is called the lockout group. The
ore OF the district is principally of
smelling character, but nice body of
free milling ore has been opened up in
the Grundy claim. This ore has been
cut into for eght feet and no walls
found In the Belle claim the lead ore
continues to the lowest workings At
the bottom the vein is three feet in
width and averages 40 OF. FER ton in
silver and IS per cent. lead. In the
lookout claim there is one four foot
vein of ore which assays so to 20 oas.
per ton in silver with 40 per cent. lead.
The work ON the Mountain Top, one of
the Lookout group, consists principally
of an open cut in the face Of which is a
large body of nesly pure galena, carry
ing so per cent lead and Is to 20 ozs per
ton in silver, bonanza in itself Work
on all these claims still continues, but
little is heard from the place owing to its
isolation
Mr. A. g. Campbell has about 20 good
claims in the district, those mentioned
above being so far the best, and will con-
tinua TO develop them, though nothing
can be done without the aid of railroad
transportation, and the district lies
nearly in the path Of the proposed line
from Milford to Barstow, Cal. The
district lies some As miles southwest OF
tho Las Vegas Valley, in this county,
and some eleven miles east of the Cal.
ifornia line from Mesquit spring, and
tie same distance south of rotosi lead
mine and is difficult OF access though di
rectly at tho mines the surface is com
paratiyely level and four horse team
can be driven over them without diff
Guilty. Fenner, on the A. & Z. road
100 miles southwest, is the nearest rail
road station, the poor wagon road t.
which place crosses 70 mile desert.
GoLD FOUND.
1t Is conceded that though Astounding il
mineral wealth the section can amour
to nothing without railroad facilities
vet q furnace was talked of and som
prospecting was done fer iron for tiuS
ing. Two miles west Of the lead mine
an iron ledge was found, which on inve'
tigation and after only four hours work
was found to contain 500 to the ton i
gold This was struck but day or tw
before Mr. Stanley left, and at the tim
Of his departure considerable excitemer
prevailed in regard to it.
The series Of mines mentioned abo,
lie some two miles from the old cope
claims Of the district and were locate
first by Mr. Campbell and others, aho,
) four years since on going into that Sc
ton to look at The old Potosl lead min
) Mr.. Campbell has spent about $25, OF
} in openingup the claims and the deve
} opments now made are said to east
! Justify a value cf'$l 200, 900.