The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-03-30

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prospecting in the Southern country.
Through the courtesy of Mr.. Harrison we
are permitted to lay its contents before
the readers Of THE RECORD:
GooDE SPRINGS, Lincoln Co,
March 9th, 1893.
have just returned from trip to
Fenner. Cots, and Vanderbilt. Crescent
and Murphy districts. and cleaned a little
information that thought might be Of
interest to you and the people up your
way. You are at liberty to put anything
l say in The RECORD for publication if
you deem it Of interest.
1t is the opinion of the people here.
abouts that the Nevada Southern rail.
road will go right through without
stopping until it connects with the d.
r. G. w. in Utah. It is no little
mining excitement that the railroad is
aiming for. The graders have finished
their contract to New York district and
are grading towards Vanderbilt. The
rails are laid twenty miies from COTS
and will be in New York in week.
From Vanderbilt to Good Springs will be
easy, as the road will go over two dry
lakes, as smooth as skating rink.
You may confidently expect railroad
this year up the Vegas Valley and con-
Meeting somewhere about Iron CITY. or
up in Utah somewhere.
The people of Vanderbilt are all wear.
ing smiling faces. The mines that were
worked under bond are all taken and
paid for and are looking we'll. 1t is quite
q nice little town, with two stores and q
couple Of liquid dispensaries, boarding
houses. etc. A passing glance at the
people would give you the impression
that they were mostly Of the old-time
sort, and in fact everything in and about
Vanderbilt points towards a good time
in the near future. The mines are good
and they are in the hands Of good people.
Mr.. Mackey, the bonanza king, is. OK.
pected here shortly.
They are working about ninety mon in
New York district, and it is said the
mines are looking we'll. II have not been
there, but will 60 soon. 1t is about seven
miles distant from Vanderbilt.
Murphy district is about forty miles
southeast from Goode Springs, in Lin
coin county, and is q gold camp. The
principal mines are the Longstreet, Big
and Little Tiger, and a claim belonging
to your humble servant. The Longstreet
mine is big gold.bearing ledge, carrying
some very rich rock aud averaging little
over twenty dollars to the ton. The two
Tigers owned by w. H. Sherman,
not being worked at present. l pre-
dict brilliant future for Murphy dis.
tricr. The formation is granite.
Crescent district is about eight miles
southeast of Murphy and the formation
is also granite. The lodges are small,
but very rich. The ore carries gold, Bill
yer and lead, and comes in the shape of
fine-grained galena. Mr.. Gilbert of
Cedar district, in the Monkey Wrench
country, is the assayer of the district,
and is also the owner of some valuable
claims. You will hear more of Crescent
and Murphy districts.
The owners of the Mexican mine, in
Crescent district, shipped three car loads
OF ore from their mine that went $3.50
per ton. The district is a good one for
an industrious man, the best in the State.
cannot imagine a more independent
position for q man than to be the owner
OF q small ledge of rich ore. 1t enc b!es
him to keep wad in the bank and to
take a spin or spree, when he feels
that way. It's the worst luck I would
wish all the boys, stringer of high grade
stuff.
The good people Of Phoebe know all
about the big bonanzas owned by A. G.
Campbell at Good Springs, so need say
nothing about them. 1t goes without
saying that they are large, rich and num-
erous. II Campbell takes advantage Of
his opportunities he will make some of
the big mining magnates ashamed Of
their bank accounts in the near future.
The old Potosi mine, about ten miles
north OF the Keystone, is a whale of .
lead mine. This end Of Lincoln county
could supply all the smelling plants in
the Union with lead and with railroad
connection, which it will soon have with
Leadville, Ell Paso, Kansas City and all
the principal smelling points, it will
come pretty near doing it, and the result
will be that instead Of being an over
taxed and bankrupt county IL will be the
greatest producer and consequently the
most prosperous county in the State, for
1t Is unquestionably the richest mineral
county in the State or United States.
The day before I arrived At Crescent,
Tom Talbort, who was well-known to
many Of the old.timers in Phoebe. died.
Talbort was very upright and intelli-
gent man. He died by the roadside on
the desert, in cave in tho conglomerate
rock. A short time before he died he
told his partner that he had something
to toll him and wanted witness. His
partner started OF immediately to Long,
streets camp for one, but bsfore he got
back poor Tom died. He was refined.