The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-12-10
NEW GOLD DISCOVERIES.
MONTGOMERY MINING DISTRICT
GOOD PLACE FOR PROS
PEeTORs TO INvEsTI-
GATE.
Gold Quartz Very Plentiful.
A Twenty stamp mill Take. the Place
ofa two Stamp Test Mill. Miners
Flocking There. The Original
John Reece Makes q New
strike.

News Of . most encouraging nature
has just come from the new gold regions
of southern Nevada. A twenty stamp
quartz mill is already on the grounds.
Miners and prospectors are Fastening
hither from all directions. An authen.
tic report says that Montgomery Mining
Co. has quartz ledge which assumed
the enormous width of "a feet and is ex.
posed along the surface for almost the
entire length of the claim; two ounces Of
gold to the iton are said to be contained
in the rock. 10Y tt fa
Montgomery district, which was either
discovered by VIM. Montgomery Or the
Mackey Bros, of tPahranagat Valley, is
located in Nye County, Nevada, $50
miles southwesterly from Pahranagat
Valley, and close to the line Of Lincoln
County. Shortly after the discovery of
a permanent gold, bearing ledge, Mr..
Montgomery formed company of Califor.
MIA gentlemen and began saotive and
systematic prospecting. Subsequently,
last spring two.stamp test mill
was erected and put into operation.
After thoroughly testing the ores by
the milling process with this small plant,
the company became assured Of the
great eo
SUCCESS OF THEIR ENTERPRISE
and forthwith gave orders for a 2O-stamp
quartz mill, the last of which, is now on
the ground. Mill men have been put to
work and the plant, il is hoped. will soon
be completed and put into active opera
tions. The work Of piping the necessary
water for about FIVE miles to the
mill.site is also being put through with
Diligence. ~.sas -. - - ~
The principle vein to be operated by
the Montgomery Company is said to be
"a feet in width, exposed along the sur.
face l25 feet and developed down for a
distance Of $50 feet. This company
has, in addition to the above property,
taken bond on Of the principal claims
owned by the Mackey Bros. and adjoiu.
ing their own; the terms Of which are
not made public. The mill was taken
from this seemingly bright spot by way
Of the Southern Pacific Railroad of Cali.
fornia to Daggett, from whence IL was
hauled by wagon over l60 miles in
south easterly direction.
THE PROSECUTORS ARE GOING IN
to nearly all directions, being at.
tracted by the glowing reports that are
now becoming. current. Last month
every foot loose miner and some others
left Phoebe for that section, .at ..,a
The lucky ones who have made prom.
Using locations are not known at present,
but a full report is soon expected. A
gentleman Of unquestioned veraoity, who
left here with provisions for the district
and. who was requested by wealthy
Phoebe merchant to investigate the min.
ing situation thoroughly. is daily ex.
pected to return. We will await his or.
rival with considerable expectancy.
Two ounce free.milling gold quartz is
not to be sneezed at. The location, il ia
true, is little remote, but the freight
on gold bullion, figured at so much per
ton will not likely be thought burden
some. It is to be hoped, for the sake Of
Pahranagat farmers, as we'll as the gen.
eral public of that locality. that un.
bounded success will attend the enter.
prise at the camp. 1t will help those
thrifty farmers inasmuch a. it will fur
nish them with little more extensive
trade for their seemingly unlimited pro.
duce.
Further information is learned from
an interview with Edward Shean, q
prospeotor aud miner, who is just in
from the district. He says the future Of
the camp, in his opinion, is fully as
sured; but the immediate outlook is not
pointing toward any particular rush.
The Montgomery Company, he claims,
owns ten mines already and still shows q
tendency toward gathering in more.
The main claim, evidently the one for.
merly described, he said, 10 about IA or
Is feet in width and assays from Sl2 to
SIS dollars in gold. .a,ss3 b. ,.s.a.srl
The 2O,stamp mill 10 not 2o.stamp
mill. but Huntington mill, which 10 about
equivalent in its crushing capacity. The
camp is good one for prospectors to 60
to, he continued, provided they have
plenty of money to put up for supplies
which are worth more than double what
one could get them for at Phoebe. But
1T is no place for q man to 60 to looking
for work, as the ore is too easily mined
and there is none other than the one
company operating there.
The South side.
The original John Reece. who has
been quietly working on the south side
Of the Phoebe range, was in town yester.
day and reports new strike In the old
Bullionville mine. Notwithstanding the
long and laborious task John Reece set
before himself Of opening up that section
Of mining country single handed, he 10
still in the finest kind Of spirits and
hopes ere long to open up second Park
City. He has run . tunnel in from the
other side AZ tha mi frorn the Halt Moor