The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-06-15

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Jentlon abol1 bllfee years ago 10 Is
Snnara+ed from fbe Aillt4nan nv n
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small porphyrY dYke. Inc late 4.
r Watson was the ORIGINAL locat0r.
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oOpnpd and Gaveloned While MIR.
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watson operated tile lhloe oubtAteell
hundred feet ef tunnels, drifts and Open
ings were made. The ielge Was stripped
and exposed on the west end Of the "Iine
for a distance OF three hundred feet which
showed the ledge to De very large. 01e OF
the principal opeuiurS, tie one leading II
what is known o. the cave, is reached
through a tunnel sixty feet in length at
which point cave was encountered and
the ore vein was also reached. From this
point an incline forty-hve feet in depth
was sunk. At the bottom OF the incline
drift was driven one hundred and TWEEN ty-
five feet to the cast, end also another thir-
tv-fye feet to the north Several cr0sS-culs
were made at different places, all of which
are in ore Of good grade To the west OF
The work in the cave are other extensive
works. in which a large amount OF drifting
and sinking has been done and a quantity
OF good ore was exposed A great many
tons of ore we're milled from this portion
OF the nlns WIN Iatr fdsss 10 IRON ~, a
mine, prepared by the Hon. Thos. Wren of
Eureka, Nevada, the toiloN1ng quotation
IL made: THE ore was reduced at small
ten stamp water mlu at the tow u ol Ely,
about three miles from me mile. Inc milf
is poorly constructed and the only oppll-
,,,,ces FOR saving gold were COPPER plates.
Less than onehalt the gold was saved by
ths mode OF working, as was shown by
constant assays OF the talifnPs. APPROX
lnat8lF seven dollars ton was saved by
tlis process, as Sin own by the returns bV
Watson under oath to the assessor 81 v hlte
Pine county, for lh3 purpose q taxation.
This would give. adding the gold lost Ia
the taillngs, an average OF fourteen a0llars
81 ton III the ore worked. ire amount t.tE-
Ell CIT IN the aggregate was somethin8
over fifteen thousand dollars 4 ne exact
bEules are on record IN the once 81 me
assesso" OF White Pine county" some Gla-
t2nce further To the west there Is n tunnel
one hundred and dIty iGet III lel"th tAot
crCs5-cuts the ledge. The whole length oi
the tunnel is in leoge matter. some Tune
$50 this tunnel WAS sampled IN sections ny
40 experienced sam pier tne oNef3Ee 81 We
different samples taken giving ff.iJ III PO'1.
There have been various estimates q the
amount o. ore IA sl2ht. 1t "oaht pc Qiia-
cut indeed Tor sill estimates to De maze
vita any degree OF accuracy. some, BOW
ever, have s0oTp more th2p 1teen tnHu-
sand tons Of The AVERAGE Naiue % Sl2@V per
toa. 9'Ae cold is free lat III cla& ana
oxide 81 IRON rec re more thAA the o}at-
nary piste .rocaSs lor saYiiis IN Pcitt.
Iae lean% moe has been 'lMort'i aafe. !
nus Suffered as many mil nave pciofs II.
y 22n re first great strikG VAS ~ ace, AGA
= Y g know" var ~ 'Fas FlAe - ','i* '9t
intcl lt5@ati 10 Beg ~ Nhiea ran ths2dr.1
llr taHItH t2 Z 'ei-a @ =. t'di I-@ia -
sf.& e. aslge els5 annoyance % IL aa'' j..
'si'e, ffo 1tr 80 tea i,p 7i1 coai n4i vs.
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