The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-12-14

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Apout 80 tons of this ore i extracted ana
upon the dump at the MN SONS sa;
mates SHOW. thousand in -ipht
Passing along the ledge the west uu-
merous locations are seen. Ihe Blackstone
ohio ana Union, cfrryi99 I'D, silver and
lead, are the property Of Governor McKin-
ley and others. All have work upon them
and expose considerable ore
North of tue last t4m,l mines ira the.
Rip Van Ninkle ani liza, owned by
Messrs SiiaF Lyons and MtOmie. ThesS
mines have sha4ts .a4d open cuts upon
them, the lFreatest dent. At5Ained being Is
feet. The zip Vap Wrinkle IRE carries gold
aad sly err aboGtem / The Edna ore as
sa5 from So TO $50 in free gold
Sonth ofthe Union Aad ohio ~ the Cloud
a,t1 The void Bug. The latter is owned bv
Messrs. Weber and Disregard, in which
qe'e body of $40 ore is found.
West of the Ohio is the Greet Western tho
property OF Messrs Hip, Wren and Others.
The, works aggregate 400 feet and somo
good ore is exposed.
West of the Great Western lies the Com
modore, lssaes, Hicks. Eliza, Bullion and
springyille, the property Of Governor Nc.
Kinney aud others. These mines were ali
worked in eatl5 days and prouuced most of
the SClliOn nj that time The ore vas ri1
yer, gold aud lead
Crossing Robinson canyoa again to tho
south are number vi mines located upof
high noun tlio lyiag between Robinson
eanron and u lart,c can on aamins into
Robinson canyon frpn n, e9afa, .uown az
the caryoa leading 30 AhIte River Here
are 4o9Ind TIE Hidden Treasure, belongiue.
to Mcdonald and Gdp id; the Ontario, Poin
Sneba aud Chief, be1onging to Messrs Hip.
Wren and otaeE and some locations be- !
longing to john Farrel. There has been 81
large amount of work done upon this
mountain and several shipments OF ore
have been extracted. The ore is silver gold
and lead.
West from this mountain about two lailss
4 n Y fg IN .ftv~
and Kind of Eureka, known as the HaV
stone, from which u larFe quantity of ore
has been extracted and reduced mum
Der OF shipments were sent TO the Eureka
furnaces Tor treatment which yielded about
two hund ed dollars per ton in silver
There was also lot Of this ore reduced a
the Monitor mill, SteptO9 creek Snd an
oth9r lot was reduced ~ the Chairman mill
Afterward the parties owning the property
erected u mall at the mine and reduced
some OF the ore. The process they employed
was the ll2tlYagion process to which the ore
readily yielded. The mine is still in GOOD
condition to produce Owing to the pres
ent low price OF silver the owners deem
best to aH ait d change
In addition TO the lode claims there are
within the limits of the District
PLACER MINES
ABOUT one-tourta OF mile from the town
on ELY IN tAe mouth OF Robinson canyon
Inc aoblnson Canyon Consolidated Mining
| Company has located about 10000 feet
ground extending up the canyon to q poin
above the Joanna mine, W6icil is located 3
RtlacSt 6founa. Inc property is worked
through shafts---six in number. The bed
rock Is found at an average depth OF sey-
enty feet. On the bed rock from two to
eight feet OF gravel is found which carries
gold 1T is coarse and easily saved in an
ordinary Sldlce box, which method is used
by the Company IN the spring of the year,
when there is surface water running down
the canyon. Several runs have been mad.
IN This way The Company is now errang-
n DIV
peet the property viii be made pay
The Maud $. placer claim adioins the
property LAST described, and extends up the
canyon ana Includes twenty Aeres within
Is boundaries. 1t is owned by j y. WIZ
hanson and in all respects IS like the PROP
erty VI the Robinson Canyon Consolidated
Placer lining Company.
LII VIII be seen from the above description
that the mineral belt extends from the MAY
DAY mine on the southeast end to tl9
mines at West Camp on the northwest eul.
covering distance of about eight }lIiies in
length. The width of Che belt varies eO3ue
At places it is fully mile wide, ana Al no
place is 1T less than a half mile Mineral
can be found on all portions Of the h.lt.
There arc many locations ia the district
tnat maze not been heataoned Ia ti1iA prti-
Gle. However alH1pat nulnoer has
been, to give the reaGcr general i3ea q
Ita magnitude.
Nature has done her part for the success
Of the camp. Tho ore issvery soft, most al
it can be mined without blasting therei.y
saving q great expense. There are nuruet-
qua SPRINGS 10 the district ti.as can BE uaed
st the mines, and at the town OF Ely there
il large stream of pure ratcr that ia uos
effected by frost or by hOt and Dry SEASON.
inc h1ita are covered with an abundance OF
timber, suitable for mining and fuel Coed
WaFon roads are built to all portions cf tho
district, and ali the mines 2Te easy OF a.
cess. Ali that is required .orG live AND
booming camp is money, aud he Who ia
vests VIII reap the reward.