The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-07-19
FROM The SOUTH.

Development work on the Boomerang
mine. at Vanderbilt district, owned by a.
G. Campbell, continues, and valuable pro
perty j, being opened up 4 shortage Of
water is experienced however, and On this
account the mill recently erected at the
mine, ran for but ten days in June month
A water supply is now likely to be secured
from the mine itself, as a greater flow Of
water is encountered in the shafts as they
attain depth. There are now four shafts on
the ledge, the main one of which is the
Boomerang No. . which is 425 feet deep
1t is connected at the l00-foot level with
shafts No. and 8, by drifts 265 feet and
225 feet feet long respectively, At the 200
foot level shaft No. is connected with Mo-
| and by drifts Of the same length as at
the l00-foot station. On the 300 foot level
a 75.foot drift has been run. At the bottom
and in each Of these drifts, the pay seam Of
ore is from one to three feet thick and Of
such a grade as will pay handsome profit,
despite the heavy expenses, when once IL
permanent water supply can be secured
On the Rose claim. adjoining the Boom
erang owned also by Campbell, and where
work has been going on for some time, a
fine body of ore, Of the same character and
grade as on the Boomerang claim, has been
struck and the future is bright indeed.
The mill is located about a quarter of a
mile from the Mines and all down grade to
it. A pump is being put in at the 4OO'foot
! level of the Boomerang shaft No. > and a
good water supply is expected from it.
At ElDorado Canyon the Southwestern
Company has suspended operations for a
| time until arrangements can be made to
secure supplies at lower figure than has
ruled for several years past This IS neces'
sary from the fact that the ore deposits
though good. will not bear the unusual
expense incident to mining in that out Of
the way section. River charges have al.
ways been high, relatively, and freightng
overland from Kingman, Arizona, renders it
necessary to ferry everything over the river,
| Recently road has been laid out from Van
derblt to ElDorado q distance of forty.
nine miles, which, with some repairs will he
practical, and it may be that when resum.
ing operations this route will be used and
some station on the Nevada Southern made
a shipping point, say Marvel or Wander
| bilt.
The head of navigation on the Colorado is
at Roville, this county, where Daniel
Boneli maintains ferry. A party of ex-
plorers are now Quitting at the Needles
and sometime this month expect to reach
the Black canyon of the Colorado far above
Rioville. A light draft steamer will be used
and the party think they will experience no
great difficulty in reaching the canyon.
Should they succeed it will be prospected as
thoroughly as possible for mineral
Parties from PASADENA, Cal three weeks
ago were investigating the resources of the
| Las Vegas Valley Several tracts of land
were entered and arrangements made to Sc
cure more, and to send in number of settl-
ers from California.
AT Cottonwood Island and Bear Lake,
places about five miles distant from each
other, and some fifty miles down the river
from ElDoredQ, canyon, number of settlers
have recently gone in, and it is thought a
permanent settlement will be made there.