The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-12-05

| ton. The ore is the same in character as
the Gold Hill does not show as much gold in
panning, hut is remarkably regulsr in as
! saying. The ledpe is very prominent and
! crops out at several points on the mine.
! There are a number of other locations
| upon Gold Hill. The principal ones are the
City of New York, owned by Messrs Osti-
! gard, Moore and Weber. They have a shaft
/ 20 feet deep, drift has been run 30 feet
! from the bottom OF the shat. which is all in
ore assaying 81 per ton i'll gold.
J The Hickory, lying north OF the Hell
! the Hill, belonging to Capt. Harmon and
Capt. Carpenter, has a shaft 35 feet deep in
| ore.
North of the Gold Hill mine some dis
sance is the Midnight and Phoenix loea-
! tons, owned by ID. G. Mcdonald. Jas. T. Nc
| Omie, J. b. Simpson and others. There IL u
| shaft on this mine 30 feet deep which taps
! strongtn ige six feet wide of ore assaying
| SIS in goit \ small streak of ore in the
! ledge ASA. 80 in gold and 67 per cent.
| lead.
! the october location, the property of
| Messrs Simpson and RynearsOn. The mine
was worked i'll the early days of Robinson
| at which time deep shaft was sunk and
| some ore was extracted which was princi-
! ply silver carrying but little gold.
Journeying to the northwest the ledge
! makes turn more to the youth. There are
! locations most OF the way upon which some
| prospecting has been lone which all she N
! gold. A n distance of about two miles the
| Magma Charter il reached the property of
| Thos. Rockhill and others. The ore is of
| an entire different character, resembling
| the ore of the north ledge, carrying silver,
| lead and gold. The Ole 1uns about 80 per
| cent. lead, ounces silver and s. in gold.
! The ledge is three feet wide at a depth of
40 feet. Two miles west of the Magma Char
| ter the
WEST CAMP
! Mines are reached. These mines were
! worked in the early seventies. The ore
! found here is different in character from
| the mines already described, some of them
carrying copper in large quantities The
! principal mines of this vicinity are the
| Boulder and Boss, the property OF John
DAILY upon which there has been consider
able work done. On the former there is q
shaft and open cut. Ores taken from these
workings and shipped for reduction
sayed $50 in silver and AZ per cent. lead.
The latter claim (Boss) hss deep shaft out
| of which sOine high grade silver-lcad ore
has been extracted.
The kagsi~Ie and Rockhill mine ia the
! vicinity. SHOWS yeln two feet wide at n
depth of s. ieHt, which assays 50 per cent
lead, Is Ouu"es silver and $50 gold.
MesSfs. Hi'p, Wren and Others own seye-
| raj mines IN this locality, the principal
ones beiur the Pilot Knob, carrying gold;
the Emma, carrying gold silver and lead:
the Monmouth, Monitor, Star and star OF
the West, all carrying copper and ores
worked for that metal. The ore was re-
dueed NJ local copper smelling furnace
and gave good results.
West CHrnr ia at the extreme northwest
end of the mineral bel and upon the sum
nit of the tanpc.
Returning TO the Auitmnn mine :he
GOLDEN fLXEcx
Lies Just to the east and adjoining tire Ault-
| man. it is the properly OF rhps kocGnin
and the RaPsdaie state. T1n work Goa
sists of two tunnels and shaft the ore
Assays 80 ounce silver and $0 cole.
South of the i,olien Fleece a,ld east Of tee
Southern Gross. is the Golden West bnt lii
DrDSDn(ft'U lar S.,11
4 simpson.
North Of the Golden Fleece ia ne Golden
Wedge, owned ~ Msssrs Thompson "
Weber, which is also bat littis prns2ectst.
| There is some ore npon il lssst shows y'til.
North of the Golden WrdHt is the Thor
oushbred, belonging 10 YIN. WATSON a.
others. 1t mas shalg fifty feet deep nhicn
Adjoining the Joans on tn. north and
east il the
FLORIDA
Group, the property of ID. G. Mcdonald and
john f. Cupid. The group includes the
Florida, B6dutless and Quadrant, WNicn
extends across Robinson canyon to the
north. Upon the Florida in the middle OF
the Robinson canyOp, the owners nave sunk
a shaft 81 feet deep, they driitcd north p
feet and sunk again at the end of the drift
% feet making total depth OF l42 feet.
The bottom of the shaft is at the foot wall
OF the ledge. They then cToSscut 30 feet
reaching the HANGING wall, showing the
ledge in the bottom to be 80 feet wide
There is also An open fissure that exposes
the ledge latterly for one hundred and fifty
feet. The ore in these workings assay from
~ to S13 per ton III gold. Two hundred feet
to the north OF the shaft lust described
there is another shaft in the groupings of
the ledge % feet deep in which there is
eight feet of ore that assays s. per ton in
gold. The ledge is traced through the full
length OF the Florida and across the Daunt-
less. Upon the Dauntless there are three
tunnels, one of which is Il5 feet cutting
the ledge: one is 6S feet long emitting the
ledge, and one 30 feet which has not yet
reached the ledge. The ore assays S. IS per
ton and carries some copper.
Upon the east extension of the Golden
Fleece is the Lone Star, the property Of
Messrs. Hayes q Berry, on which there is
shaft 10 feet deep in ore
journeying along the ledge to the east
number of locations are passed which are
but little prospeoted. At distance OF one
and one half miles the General Logan mine
is located, the property of Messrs. Houae,
Morris, HIP and others There is tunuel
10 feet long and snaft &c feet deep on the
claim Wnlch exposes ore asSaying 81 per ton.
Sout'i of the General Logan is the May
Day, the property Of Messrs. House, Morris
and others. There is Il tunnel on this mine
100 feet long and an incline in the tunnel 20
feet deep in ore that assays So per ton in
gold and sixty ounces in silver. Some high
grade ore is also found in the May Day.
These mines are upon the extreme south
east end Of che mineral belt and are about
one mile west of the town of Ely.
One mile mp Robinson canyon from the
town of Ely, and upon the north side of the
canyon is Maggie hill, from which point the
description OF the north ledge will be taken
up. The principal mines on this Hill are
the Mohee group and the Maggie group.
Mcdonald and } F. Cupid. The workings
consist of q shalt 50 feet deep, an incline
20 feet deep snd shaft 20 feet deep The
ore assays 81 in gold per ton, some Of which