The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-06-28
SOUTHERN LINCOLN.
Its Gold Producing Properties Com
ing to the Front. ---New Discover
les.

Forlorn mountains, situated five miles south
west of FL Dorado Canyon on some old |
claims that were located some eight years
ago and abandoned. About the latter part
of April, John Heuss, with another party, !
went to the old claims and got some ore
from them which they had assayed for gold
and which went very high. Other samples
were then taken, all running from $40 to
5000 in gold to the ton.
There are four parallel lodges and all well
defined. The belt is small being about one
mile wide and three miles long. AT present
some ten locations are made. On the Capt.
tai mine two shafts have been sunk, one
twenty feet and the other twenty-three feet
and about seventy feet apart. The vein is
from two to two and half feet wide and
averages the same in both shafts, "a in gold
to the ton.
A deep cut has been run on what IS known
as the Big Ledge, sstuated one mile south of
the Capital shaft iprhe cut is in thirty feet
and taps the ledge at depth OF thirty feet;
the ledge being about two and a half feet
wide and averaging $50 in gold.
A load of ore from the Monitor mine here
has been shipped to the Ell Dorado mill as
a working test and the result is eagerly
looked for. The ore is carbonate; formation
tracite and the veins run east and west and
pitch to the north. The mines are but
three miles from the Colorado river and
fine road can be made down a wash with
but little expense. In the workings OF for.
mer years no assays were taken for gold,
and the silver value being too small to open
up the claims, going only about four or five
ounces they were neglected.
About twenty-five miles from the Vegas
ranch and on the road to FL Dorado Canyon
very promising strike has been made by
w. j. Stewart of the Vegas ranch, Samples
taken from the groupings go from $40 to
500 ton in gold,
The late trouble at the Keystone mine in
Yellow Pine mining district over the thefts
of ore ended in nearly all the men being dis
charged, and replaced by new ones, The
company at present is working about thirty
men and the mine to-day looks better than
it ever did. The workings are down 400
feet and in the bottom the ore is of a higher
grade for average than that of the upper
workings. The Keystone mining company
al k,ua ~ In pinip ri q
situated in Shadow mountain about thirty
miles from Keystone, aud in California,
across the line. Two men took out twenty
tons of ore in q week time, and teams have
commenced to haul ore from there.
The mill is situated eight miles from the
Keystone mine at what is now called Sandy
City. 1t is Gilpin mill from Colorado and
built by Mcfarland of Denver, some fifteen
tons are put through every day and the
average workings for the last three months
have been ninety six per cent of the assay
value.
4. c. Williams, formerly of the Day mine
at Royal City is superintendent and he has
made many beneficial changes for the com
pany since he took charge,
Some eastern capitalists are at present
negotiating for the purchase of the Clemen
tina mine from Mr.. j. Y. Kelley. Tn,
property is one Of the best in Yellow Pin,
mining district and needs but capital t.
bring it to the front as large producer.
The population of Keystone and Sandy il
about fifty, and there are three saloons
three eating houses, three stores, blacksmith
shop, three corrals and numerous tents.
Considerable prospecting is going on ant
new strikes being made. Two sales took
place within the last two months, of $l00(
each.
Crescent City is new place that hs
sprung into prominence within the last year
1t is situated in the southeastern portion o
the county about 24O miles from Phoebe
and fourteen miles northeast from Wander
bilt, California.
The Legal Tender Mining Company o
which A. T. Stevens is the efficient superin
tendent. has Just completed fivestaml
gold quartz mill of the latest modern i'm
provements from the Fulton Iron Works o
San Francisco, with corrugated Frue Con
centrator, the capacity of the mill beinJ
fifteen tons a day. The engines and boiler
were put in heavy enough should the de
velopments justify it to increase the humble
of stamps. At present only enough waite
is to be had to run FIVE stamps, but work i
going on to develop more if possible.
The company own some fifteen minin
claims, but so far have confined their worl
to one mine called the Legal Tender upol
which two shafts have been sunk 200 fee
and about l0Useet apart, connected at tn,
l0O.foot level with drift run for ventila
ton The vein averages four feet and tn
pay streak about twenty inches. Numerou
drifts have been run, all showing up wei
and averaging about the same for the pa
streak in them ALL No stopping has bee
done and the amount Of ore taken out
about 400 tons of an average of $751; il
gold per ton. Some work has been done o
all the other claims and they all show pa
ore. The Company have been workin
twenty five men nearly all winter and hsv
about that many employed now.
A fair estimate of the amount OF ore i
sight in the Legal Tender mine is 5000, 00C
The company have expended some $50, 90
already and have just negotiated for tn
purchase Of another mine at $4,000
c. f. Goodrich is engineer Of the mill