The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1892-04-14

made within the last ten days at Fergu.
son, or Monkey Wrench district, as it is
generally called, has by no means died
out, but with a great number continues
to increase and the district is over.run
with prospectors and others, principally
from Phoebe, all hopeful of making a
stake in the new burg, some with yer,
good prospects Of soon doing SO, though
from the scant reports which reach us
there are not lacking the sluggards who,
sitting on some convenient rock, bemoan
their coming and cry tee place down be.
cause they haven't found something
equal to, or richer than any prospect on
the ground.
The Magnolia claim owned by the Fer.
guson boys, Jerry Manning and H. A
Cohn, is the first and chief mine Of the
district. The ledge is four feet in width,
of porphyry and quartz and carries botf
gold and silver, the average of the ledge
in gold being reported at from $500 to
5000 per ton. The working shaft on this
claim is ten featin depth and the ledge
at the bottom is as well defined and as
rich as at the top. The prospectus
which Immediately resulted from the
discovery of this claim tended southerly
from it and half dozen or more promi.
aent quartz lodges, which before were
regarded as barren are found to b,
'eamed with rich streaks of gold an,
liver bearing ore. At a point three
uiles south from the Magnolia, gol
quartz equal almost in value to that
he Magnolia has been located and thu
country between the two points is
covered with claims said to overlap eacl
other in every conceivable shape.
TOWN IN ITSELF.
The biggest thing outside of the Mag
iolia is reef or ledge Of quartz locate
y Reeves, Ellis aud Wilson about tn
irst Of thi. month. The ledge is said b,
me who viewed it to stand from ten t.
wenty feet above ground, to be from
awenty to fifty feet wide and over 500
feet long on the surface, and as strai sht
.lmost as line can be drawn. Tb.
edge contains copper stained, horn silver
nd free gold, the latter in sufficien
Quantities to show plainly in horninR.
Eight or more locations are placed o.
his reef and the owners hold it fabu-
Gus sum though PRACTICAL no work is
yet done on it.
Reports of other good 6nds in othel
arts of the district are Confirmed All
II no more are found, those already ex
sting are Of such magnitude as to jus,if,
tine belief that a prosperous town or t~.
will soon exist there. But few day.,
o to speak, have elapsed since the ex.
itement begun, and all have been scour
g the country for new finds. This is
wginniug to end and we will soon know
definitely the average values of the ore,
here. Joe Goodrich has taken down q,
.ssaying outfit and should be at work b,
Jhis time. Alfred Godbe proposes to
open a general assay Office there at one,
also.
TowNsITEs.
j. ]. Manning, w. c. Glissan, James
PieIsau, George Nesbitt and the Fergu
son boys have located a townsit
and named it Golden City. 81
far, a dozen or more tents dot the streets
and avenues in which the new metropo.
lis is subdivided. This location is in the
vicinity of the Monkey Wrench and
Magnolia mines, but the discoveries
south of these points indicate that othe,
towns will be started below. The water
question is one Of great Importance. The
only water there comes from several
small springs, the nearest of which is
three miles from Golden City. Several
springs lie to the south with several
claimants to each spring, and the law
yers are likely to come in for share Of
the spoils.
THE COUNTRY ALL RIGHT.
Among those who have gone from here
are Manager Eames and Supt. James, Of
the Phoebe Con. Co., who, after looking
around, expressed their belief that the
country was all right as mineral sec.
ton, and Immediately arranged for
several men to 60 to work On claims in
which they proceeded to acquire an in.
terest.
The discovery Of the Magnolia, like
many another rich mine, was almost an
accident. John and Alden Ferguson,
with Jerry Manning, were working the
Monkey Wrench, silver claim, distant
several miles from the Magnolia, and had
been for year. When looking for his
horse some weeks ago, John Ferguson
picked up piece Of suspicious looking
quartz float, evidently from some ledge
farther up the mountain. A few days
later he and Manning went over to look
for the ledge, for long time without
success, until Ferguson at random picked
into some sediment or soil some ten
inches thick. After few blows a piece
of quartz turned up, and the boys con-
Guided to locate. After working tint,
nuthiup of apparent value showino mn