Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1894-04-07
GOLD CANYON MINING.
What In Being Done in the Way of
Placer Mining in This County.

A visit to the different places at
which placer mining is being carried
on in Gold Canyon by TINES report
er this week, shows that considera-
bic wealth is being taken out of the
ground in the canyon yet, and that
about twenty men are at work, either
for fair wages or on their own hook,
the latter making living expenses, at
least.
Just below Johntown begins the
claim of King x Fairchild, and it
continues down the CANYON to the
road crossing, comprising some $50
acres of ground. On the upper end
of this ground the King Bros. have
been at work for a couple of years,
making some money, which they
have put into improvements from
time to time, until they now have d
good-siZed reservoir built and have
begun working their ground with a
hydraulic. The water that keeps
che reservoir supplied comes from
American Flat, Gold Hill, and the
Combination Tunnel that is being
run in Silver City. At distance OF
about TOO yards below the reservoir,
where operations are now being car
ried on, they get a fall at about 80
feet. The hydraulic apparatus was
put up by e. b. Goodrich, an old Cal
iiornia hydraulic miner, and it does
good work with the "a inch nozzle
now being used, and will do better
with a "a inch nozzle, which will be
put on. At the edge of the ground
being worked there is rim of bed
rock that will have to be cut through
with pick and shovel, but after this
II Il, ha fyr
gravel tor great distance, as pros
all pay dirt, however, even that
which comes off the rim of bedrock
Just back of the point where opera
tons are being carried on from a lit
tie shaft II feet deep and drift about
forty feet long, some parties took out
81 10 recently. Above where the hy-
draulic is at work a tunnel has been
run III over 200 feet, and the dirt from
this tunnel averaged about 30 cents
in gold TO the barrow-tull (about 240
pounds) and some of the dirt gave
returns az high as 81 per barrow-full.
King X Fairchild have three men at
work besides themselves, Goodrich,
who handles the nozzle, and c. w.
Nash and Joe King. 1t is needless to
say they have a good piece of prop
erty and have got onto the true sys-
tom OF working it to make it pay.
Further down the canyon, on King
& Fairchild's ground, w. G. Harris
and Jack Richards are at work.
They have run drift into the hill,
and while finding some good ground,
had to handle too much waste dirt to
make it pay more than expenses.
They are now, however. working on
the edge of the hill and are getting
better dirt without having to do so
much dead work, and from all APP
p1aranccs their next cleanup will
pay them good wages. They pay
King x Fairchild 20 per cent. for the
ground.
Below the above comes that of the
81 company. This company is com
posed y. w. Brann, f. w. I,rann, f.
]. Ruby, Jos. Pursley and Justice
swanson. They have a shaft down
about so feet, from which they get
good gravel, and another shaft across
the creek, where they are now work
ing, that shows up good dirt. They
are not claiming to have bonanza
but are making fair wages, with
which they are we'll satisfied these
hard times. There are four men, the
partners, at work on this claim.
Below the '94 company's claim is
that of Fischer, Schroeder, Paramore
and Holland. Three shafts have been
sunk on this ground depth of from
30 to 50 feet, and considerable drift
ing has been done. Water has been
an obstacle with them when they get
down below so feet, and this is the
reason another shaft is being sunk.
The ground they are working now
is fair, paying about 81 per day to the
four men at work.
Still further down the canyon,
Close to the river, is the claim of Legg,
Bonham, and Russell and James Mill
sap. These four are at work daily
and are making living wages, with
the hopes of getting into better
ground soon.