Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-04-29
MONTE CRISTO RICHES.

Almost Limitless Wealth in Capt. De-
Lamar's Great Nevada Mine.
'Monte Cristo in his palmiest days
would have been CAD to get in on a
proposition such as Capt. DeLamar has
man at Salt Lake City, who has just
come from that camp. with ore i'll
sight that runs from $50 upward 10 the
ton, 80 per cent. of it profit, and snffi-
Gent in quantity to supply mill of 300
tons daily capacity for an indefinite
period, the prospective riches that the
mine encloses mount up like a geometri
cal propension. With the mill run ut full
capacity, nearly $4,000 daily profit
would be realized, representing a capital
ization of $146, 100000.
yet very little is known of this camp
in the Ferguson district, with it's con
tinuation of the belt of quartzite in
which the famous Phoebe mines, includ
ing the Raymond, Ely and Meadow Val
ley mines, which produced millions in
the 70s mostly silver, though all car
ried considerable percentage of gold
The mines in DeLamar are considered
true assure veins, running directly north
and south. The country rock is Iuartz
lite, through which runs, east and west,
dykes of porphyry at intervals of every
few hundred yards.
THE famous DeLamar mine, which
took it's name from the owner and gave
1T to the town of 1000 people it has
caused to grow up about it, is composed
OF a group of four mines, covering an
extent of about 22O0 feet north and
south on the vein. The mine has been
explored to a depth of 900 feet. Not
withstanding the large output from it
up to date, scarcely any ore has been
reduced except what was necessarily
taken out TO make openings to ascertain
the extent of the ore body. What these
revelations were the general public can
only surmise from the fact that recent
ly the capacity of the mill was increased
from % to 300 tons daily. In the adj
ditions TO the mill, now about completed,
there will be fifteen new Griffin mills,
while the tank capacity for the use of
the cyanide process may be said to cover
acres.
AS to the grade of the ore, one in
cldent will afford a sufficient indication.
Ihe DeLamar company sends out
four-hOrSe coach of its own three to
four times each month, expressly to car
" its gold bullion, guarded by. three
trusty and reliable shotgun messengers.
The nearest statement ascertainable as
to the value of the ore is derived from
the fact that the grantors of Capt. De-
Lamar a few months before the sale
leased what is known as the Jim Crow
anu -hOultOI IllliS L he lCSSec pAITdcI-
ed 1140 tons of ore, which was milled
ut Bullionvlle. He was compelled to
sue the mill man and the judgment of
the court at Phoebe was that the value
of the ore was $3.50 per ton in gold,
and that by the ordinary mill process
without the aid of cyanide it was worked
UP to a percentage of 50.
1T is stated on reliable authority
that more gold bullion is now being
shipped from DeLamar than from any
other one mine east of the Sierras. The
district for three miles north and the
same distance south of DeLamar's bo-
nanza, and for four miles in length, has
the same veins well defined, while the
groupings are equally prominent. The
claims are held by impecunious pros
pectors, who would be only too glad to
lease or bond their prospects to men
with the money to develop them.
THE April Fool mine. also. has for
years produced ore sufficiently valua-
bic to Justify its transportation by wag-
on 100 miles and 23S miles by rail to
the smelter, and still affords a big
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