The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-06-30
MINING MATTERS.

under Colorado manage
ment, to be worked by the cyanide pro-
cess
The Advocate says twenty -nine miners
arrived in Austin last week to work in the
Austin and Yankee Blade mines. There
are now in the neighborhood of sixty
men employed by the company.
AT one time last week the aggregate
market value OF all the Comstock mines
was about S2.2O0,0 600 on less than what
it coat to equip any one of the great shafts
with machinery. Virginia Enterprise,
The Mt. Diablo Mining Company Of
Csndelaris advertises for Fifty miners,
wages $500 per day. The Belt believes
there are plenty of men in the immediate
vicinity to supply the demand at present.
Jno. Ely. of the famous old Raymond
& Ely bonanza mine, Of Phoebe, New,
has about concluded the purchase OF the
Yellow Jacket gold mine, in Lemhi coun-
ty, for an English company. Times.
Haily, Idaho.
The most famous mine in Alaska, the
Treadwell, is owned by Messrs. Tread.
well, and Fry, Freedom and Hill Of San
Francisco, with Senator Jones Of Nevada.
The mine has yielded SO far SO. l09, l64 in
gold, and $500, 900 have been spent in
improvements.
The new ore bodies in the Yuba, re-
Gently discovered and reported last week.
are still improving. These lie west of
the shaft. Yesterday morning on the
1910 level, east Of the shaft. the ore streak
suddenly widened from six inches to two
feet, heavyi in lead, and high in silver.
This is in virgin ground and is highly
pleasing to the management.
w. J. Dooley returned from Ferguson
district Sunday, bringing with him a
twenty five pound specimen of gold
quartz from the April Fool mine. The
whole piece averages dollar o pound
and was shot out about four feet from
the bottom of the shaft, where the ledge
looks exceedingly well. The sample is
on exhibition at Eisenmann's store and is
attracting great deal of attention.
Ever since the purchase OF the Poor
man or Portland mine by Mr.. John c
Eames, two months ago, small force
men have been kept steadily at worl
opening up the property. The mine i
. now in good shape and is producing
steadily in small way, the ore runnin
high in lead; just what is wanted at tn
furnace. The Poorman is promisin
prospect, and lying as it does, on direc
: line with the Meadow Valley ledge, dc
velopment work is expected to open u
big property there.
n The Big Bonanza mine in the Harqu
). Hala mountains, near Phoenix, Arizon
q is about to be transferred from the pre-
p emit owners to Boston syndicate. III
price is 100000. The original pri,
agreed upon was 100000, but pendir
. the final deal the owners raised the pri
% $500, 600 and took out S260,000 in br
's lion, making $l,160, 600 as the actu
ie price received by them for the propert
:. The new company proposes putting
:. immense works.
= Surveyor +. p. Swindler, of the Pioc
= Con. Co. is busy plating the compan,
1, various properties and changing Il
grade at points between here and JAG
Rabbit and throwing out several b
es curves The work will be complet
ac now inside Of ten days and by that tir
Oh the force OF men which have been wor
~ ing at other points on the road, broade
W ing the fills and cuts, will have their VIC
~ completed also, A large locomotive W
Gu then be used between here and ia
"a Rabbit and the little Shay engine v
~. ply between the furnace and the Yu
az and Raymond mines in town.
James Hutchinson has entered 8
in the District Court against Orrin RI
're to compel the conveyance to plaintiff
ng eleven twentieths of the Summit clai
OF situated in Ferguson district. In Al
AID last, Hutchinson agreed to do cert
mo work ON the property, and Reed, on
led completion of the work, was to convey
VI Hutchinson eleven twentieths of
der claim in payment. Hutchinson ale
70 that he has fully kept his part of the c
IL tract and wants his conveyance. Thi
ned the work which Mr. Hutchinson
lily been prosecuting there for come t
age past, developing Gold Hill by means
oer tunnel
'"N NOT PLEASED WITH FERGUSON.
Henry Ryan, y capitalist who is no
resident of this city. has returned Fl
o,;c Ferguson district, New, where he "
~ to look for investments. He went
mn company with Alex Woods. an old n
d in ing man, and Pat Ryan Of Beaver. 7
lat. were not favorably impressed with
u. county, Mr.. Ryan seys that there
'A only two claims that any VIOLA mas
Us Oh done onat all. the April Fool and the
ing o nolia. The April Fool has done
Of at little development work and has
= On shut down. He says il is no plac
-. anybody to 60 to look for investr
Gives The country for miles around is loo
until and the owners ask all the way
$4,000 to SIC, 900 for claims that ha'
ledge and where there has never b
pick put into the ground. Salt
ested Tribune