Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1895-04-17
SILVER STAR.
A Budget of interes. ny lien
from the New camp.

4 ltOsii LIZ IN NV S+stllp.
In the Hardscrabble mine they
have started their Slopes at the 81
loot level of the lower incline. the
vein ut that point being Il feet wide.
Tie road is flashed to the mill and
TIE crushing of Hlrlserabole ore
will bagin in lew days, About 30
ton wall b. pat throaEh.
Tla n w Party shows tile DO Y
Of ore at both points where the work
is going on. Tae last milling aver
a rel S40 PR ton.
Work is b ing pushed on the Snow
ball at two points, the veia widenil z
as they sink Iu the bottom it Is
f1ur feet b,twcen walls OF $50 ore,
The Fortuna, on the sane vein, is
a so showing nice body of err,
which will go over So, Work is
pro crossing on this mine as usual.
o. the uarl.uek work IS b ing
prosecuted at three points, all show
ing ore Berger s. Cults have foot
of $50 ore.
Tae tunnel on the Mary mine is be-
iag pushed aheal, showing "a nice
vein. The last or> milled over s23.
Douglas & MO lillian, on the D.
rect. are taking out considerable $50
ore, and will sool make the third
shipment from this mine.
Work is progressing on the Orphan
Boy. Duke and Excitement claims
and the usual amount of ore taken
out.
Tom Pritcharl is still working Oh
the Jayhawker, with II very god
prospect of finding the Undesirable
ledge.
Work on the Oneida mine is pro
crossing as usual; eight men are en-
ployed. The lower drift-S5 foot
level shows vein about one foot
wide of very nice ore. Tae grounl
i, much softer and the ore appears to
b, increasing in valuo. tn. ore from
this drift averages over 800 per ton
Hluger & Collamore. who have u
lease on u parallel vein on the Olei,
d. mine, are now down Az feet and in
the bottom have threa-foot ledge,
Il inches of which is high grade ore,
going from $10l to $3.50 per ton.
Ga the Baltimore ground the
Humphrey boys have quite an i'm
portant strike in the DRIFT from the
lower crosscut, the vein one foot
vide of $40 ore.
The Gem, owned by R)oert Sew
at o I'd ]. T. Huntington, is on the
lower belt and is proving very valu-
able property A short time since,
in prospecting along the vein the top
of an ore chute was struck and pieces
taken out as large as ones fist tha'
were nearly half gold in weight.
Upon opening up the vein it was
found to be Il foot wide, and aslle
from the rich specimens it would 90
$3.50 per ton. The vein is made up
of quartz and iron stained red por-
phyry, carrying considerable gold, the
whole vein matter being inclosed in
Il soft porphyry formation. This for
nation and vein has been traced in
two other locations, showing that it
has considerable extent.
Tle Bounce mine, belonging to
Pepper, Davis g. Lothrop,is showing
quite u large body of ore. The ledge
is eight feet thick and mills from $l2
to $l5, This mine is near the mill
and well situated to work cheap.
The winze below the tunnel is down
100 feet, and the vein shows better
at that depth than at any other point.
The Julia and Deluvia are working
the usual force of men, and the veins
in both claims are showing very well
There is some talk of fixing up the
Garfield mill to run on ores from tht
m n,s on the west side of the ridge
which are very handy to this mill.
The snow is off the ground witt
the exception of few isolated spots
on the north hillside and prospa ctorS
are swarming all the hills examining
the country to the west and south
The reports from many of them arr
very favorable.
1t is claimed by some prospectors
that they have discovered the
same belt of porphyry and veins OF
the east side of Soda Springs valley
on the high range, some Ii miles
from the main Douglas camp.
The mill is running steadily 81
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