The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1893-07-13
LINCOLN COUNTY
AS 1T WAS A MONTH AGO
Observations of a Record" Rem.
resentative in a Trip Through
the County.
MORMON COLONIZATION.

sou OF Lincoln county by the Mormons
IN the near future seems to be almost q
certainty. Parties have been trying to
make purchase of tracts of land situated
in the Muddy Valley ostensibly for that
purpose.
The old settlement Of Mesquite, stu.
ated about elk miles northwest OF
Bunkerville, and which was abandoned
some eight years ago on account of the
overflow of the Virgin river and the great
trouble experienced with the dam and
canal, is about to be ss.set.led. Some
thirty families are expected in there thi.
winter. and an addition of some fifteen OF
twenty families to Buukerville il also
contemplated; more lands have beer
taken up lately. new canal has been
dug to carry more water for irrigation
purposes. grist mill put up and also .
cotton gin are among some OF the late
improvements there. On account of tn,
increased attendance ut school there will
be another school house built this wear
The Vegas ranch is still the Mecca Of
the Desert, aud the desert traveller al
ways welcomes the sight of it like be
would home.
Ell DORADO CANYON.
The Southwestern Mining Company
are working about City men in the mine,
and mill. The Tschatticup and the
Wall Street are the two principal mine,
on which they are working. The com.
pany has just about made staud-off TO,
the year. 1t is the intention to do con.
siderable development work this year in
tho hopes of striking some rich bodies Of
ore.
The company met with loss las.
month in the destruction by fire of the
boarding house and blacksmith shop
situated at the Wall Street mine.
GOOD SPRINGS.
Good Springs, situated in Yellow Pine
Mining District. will undoubtedly be one
OF the biggest mining camps il the State
of Nevada. They have the mines, and.
what is better. ore of high grade. The
ore OF the district is chiefly lead and it ia
there in exhaustible quantities. The
ores in certain portions OF the district
carry high percentage of gold and silve I
and one shipment Of twenty.four tons
Melted sl3. 4se 70.
Among the most prominent mines ia
the Keystone. owned by Jones Taylor, 8.
I. Godbs and s. Blake. The K.ystop,
j. veritable bonanza. aud is gold and
silver mine.
The Ruth. May Kirby. and some ten
other mines owned by A. G. Campbell,
have bean worked quite extensively
l.tely. The Ruth and May Kirby are
considered the biggest lead and silve,
mines in the district. They have .u
immense body and the ores run from Of
ounces to rs ounces in silver and 40 to rs
per cent. in lead.
The Ciementina, owned by Jos. Kelley,
5. 7. Godbe and August Werner. is
another fine property. The mine is q
gold one, the ore carrying only about
Two ounces in silver, no lead, and running
from 10 to 80 ounces in gold. The ledge
is we'll defined and crops out for q
distance of 300 feet, it being true assure
vein. There are other veins, and one OF
them situated 300 feet from the Clemeu.
tina shaft and owned by the same parties.
shows an average assay value taken from
the groupings, of width of six feet. of
ITO ounces in silver and 44.lO ounces
in gold.
The above are the most prominent
mines in the district. There are about
prospects at the present time
that are being developed. though the dis.
trict contains many more that have had
much work reformed.
The Flagstaff, owned by James Nc.
Grsgor, still continues to hold its own.
de has put up an arastra and works his
're at handsome profit.
California parties have had prospectors
in Groom district for the last two
months. Although on a pretense of
prospecting, their main object is to find
'ut whether enough water can be oh.
'ained to water range stock, as it is one
u the best ranges in the country for
grass, but there Is very little water,
Operations have been carried on in the
I'D Freiburg district the last year bv
Messrs. Sharp and Reed and thew have
lone very we'll.
Work is still going on in the following
districts on q small ecale: Secunder.
crescent, Murphy, Cedar. Pahranaeat
Lake, Tenn Pahute, Silver King, Bristol,
lack Rabbit. Highland and Comet.
Ely and Ferguson districts. notwitb.
Handing the low price of silver, still
continue work.
The general average Of all ores pro.
luced In the county for the six months
ndins June Both, 1893, exceeded that
II the same period for 1892 by 80 per
snt. the gold ores of Ferguson and Vel.
ew Pine districts causing the increase.
The agricultural as we'll as the grazing