The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-05-11
MINING NOTES.


A gold brick worth $3.50, 0co win be
exhibited by Montana at the Worlds
Fair. 81
A number Of Belmonters will soon de.
part for the gold fields in southeastern
! Nevada.
The Central Nevadan says Mill city is
very lively at present in consequences of
the mining activity III Central district,
eight miles from the station.
A rich strike is reported in the War
Eagle mine, Hawthorne district, owned by
Kimball and Wardell. 1t is gold ore and
estimated as high as $50, 900 to ton.
The teaching plant put up by John
Chiatovich & Co., at Silver Peak, for the
treatment of gold tailings by the cyanide
process, is a success. -Hawthorne Bull
letin.
The Grand Junction Star says that
the dollar rate from Denver to that place
is being taken advantage of by many
prospectors who are going into the Henry
Mountains.
0. A. Brooks returned from Pine Nut
last Wednesday. He reports that the
Rayoraft Bros. have have struck a
bonanza and are taking out daily large
amount Of gold.-Dayton Times.
At Albiquin, New Mexico, logs have
been unearthed, which contain sixty Der
cent "copper" and thirty to forty ounces
OF silver to the ton. The logs seem to
have been imbedded in solution con-
tanning copper and silver in past ages.
Hold on to your silver mines. The
time will soon come when silver will be
replaced in the front rank as a money
metal. Many bankers are beginning to
admit that rag money is not popular in
times of financial panics. -Belmont
Courier. i,
The hills surrounding Mason Valley
are said to contain numerous Lodges of
gold, silver and copper, but no lodges,
excepting the Garrard Ludwig copper
mines. have been found of any value.
Rich float rock can be found on all the
hills, still no discoveries have been
made. Dayton Times.
The directors Of the Calumet & Hecia
copper mining company, at their recent
meeting in Boston, declared dividend
OF Us per share. payable May 18th. The
amount OF this dividend is $500, 900. As
many as four dividends of this character
have been paid during single year.
Stockholders have received $3S, $50, 900
in dividends.
1t is said that wonderful discoveries in
piacers and quartz are being made in
southern Oregon. Among the recent
quartz discoveries was one by Green
Bartlett, in the southern part of jose
phine county. The find is on the copper
belt few miles south of Grants Pass.
An assay made in San Francisco showed
twenty-three ounces gold, twenty .one
ounces silver and ten per cent copper;
total, nearly $500 per ton.
The reported shipment of car load of
ore from the Keystone, that brought
$4,000. proves to have been lot of
lOO tons instead. The company is, how
ever preparing to make shipment that
Will be an eye opener. The force at the
mine will be materially increased about
the first of the month, at which time the
new hoist will be started. Salt Lake
Mining Journal.
The Silver Hill mine on the Comstock
employees two miners at 81 per day each,
says the Carson Appeal. 1t takes the
following officers to run these two miners
and manage the mine:
| One superintendent per month, 5000.
One foreman per month, $50.
One accountant per month, $75.
One timekeeper per month, $75.
One Waterman per month, 500.
One shift boss per day, S..
President, per month, $3.50.
One secretary per month, $3.50.
The above is simply published to show
why some mines are always levying
assessments,
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