The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-03-07

the incline has intt me ore, the leaoe con-
tinues to The bottom of ta- shaft but is not
the same grad. Fifty tons Of ore taken
fro.n this Shaft assayed So in gold to Tie
ton The ore is tho same i'll character as
the Gold Hill, does not sh"'v as much gold in
panninP. brt Is ratNIrka .ty regular in as
saying. The lei e is yerF prominent and
crops ont at several points on the mine.
There arr a number of other locations
upon Gold Hill. The principal ones are the
city OF New York, owned by Mcssrs. 0sti-
qar,d. Moore and Weber. They have a shaft
70 feet deep, a drift has been run 30 feet
from fht bottom of the shaft which is all i'll
ore assaYu~ II per ton in gold.
The Hickory, living north of the He'll II
the Hill, bc1onging to Can't. Harmon and
Capt. Carpenter, mas SHAFT 35 feet deep in
ore.
North Of the Gold Viii mine some dis
tanee il the Midaiphj and Phonnix Local
Omie, j. j. Simpson and others. There is
shaft on this mine 90 feet deep which taps
Il strongl, ye six feet wide Of orr asslying
f S IN so 50 n@ oI5 IF9@ real 81 81 ore pre- ia oa the
lead.
Ea~ of the Midnirht shore distance is
the october location, the property OF
MeSSre simpson and R{ynearson: The mine
was Wnfksd in the early days Of Rohina0I
at Wnicl time deep shaft WAS sunk and
some orc was extracted which was princi-
pig si}Ter carrying but little goii.
Jonrneyng to TIE n0rta-weSG the ledge
locations most of the way upon which some
prospecting has been done which vi show
gold. At q distance Of about two miles the
Magma Charter is 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 ore runs about 30 per
cent. lead, 3 ounces silver and - in gold
The ledge is three feet wide at 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
carry ing copper in larEe 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 8
shaft and open cut Ores taken from these
WORKINGS aud shipped for reduction rs
sayed 500 in silver and Il per cent. lead.
The latter claim (Boss) has a deep shaft out
of which some nigh grade siiyer-lead ore
has been extracted.
TIL RagSdale and Rockhill mine il the
vicinity shows vein two feet wide at Il
depth Of 81 feet, which assays 80 per cent
lead, Is ounces silver and 80 gold.
MeSsrs. Hip, Wren and others own seve-
raj mines i'll this locality, the principal
ones being the Pilot Knob carrying gold;
the Emma, carrying gold, silver and lead:
the West, all carrying copper aud ores
worked for that metal. 1he orc was re-
duced at local copper smelling furnace
and gave good results.
West Camp is ut the extreme northwest
end Of the mineral bel and upon the sum
init OF the rance.
Returning to the Aultman niue the
GOLDEN FLEECE
Lies inst to the east and adjoining the Anlt-
man. Il is th4 properly OF fhos, Rockhiil
and the Ragsdaie estate. rne work con
sists Of two tlnnels and shaft. The ore
assays 30 ounce. silver and SO solo
South VI the Golden Fleece a2d east Of the
Southern Cross, is the Golden " est, Lat lit
lie prospected aud Is owned by Williamson
d Simpson.
Nortn d the Golden F'aace il the Golden
Wedge, owned nF Messrs. Thom oSon x
Weber, "nich is also Gus little p"oSpecta,4.
North OF the &ol..an Wt1ge ~ the Tar
ouphbred. belonging 10 Nm. watson bylI
0,hocs. 1t las d shaft fifty l1et deep which
exposes good ore.
Adjoining the Joana on the north an.
vLoR-nA
GlFop!, TIE qropef,yao - y {, VI Dona' and
Joha =. Gnrjd 9la group me, ,les me
extends across Robinson canyon 70 ths
no1tA. Upon tne Fioriet IA tie miial. Of
the Robinson canyon, the 0TH4fs hs.ve sauk
u shalt - feet deep, they dfifGed n9r,h %
q
IS feet, making q total dap;it OF l42 feet.
The bottom uf the shaft il 1T BE foot wall
Of The ledge they then ctoSscut - feet
reaching tn" hAu@ing wall, showing tie
leGEe in The bottom to be 80 feet vide.
TAeIe il also an open iiss,lre that exposes
the lcdFe lAtterly for one hundred and isty
feet. The ore IN these workings assay .rorts
81 to $l3 per ton in gold. Two hundred iteF
to the north Oh the shaft lust described
there is another shalt in tle cropplnrs OF
the ledge % feet deep IN which there is
eight feet OF ore that assays s. per ton in
gold. The ledpe is traced through the fall
length Of the Florida and across the Daunt-
less Upon the Dauotless there are three
tunnels, one of which is Il5 feet cutting
the ledge; one is IS feet lone cutting the
ledge, and one 30 feet which has not yet
reached the ledge. The ore assajs IS. IS per
ton aud carries some copper.
Upon the east extension OF the Golden
Fleece is TIE Lone Star, the property. of
Messrs: Hayes y Berry, on which there is II
shaft 10 feet deep in ore.
Journeying along the ledge to the east
number Of locations are passed which are
but little prospeCted. AT q distance of one
aud one-half miles the General Lopau mine
is located, the property OF Messrs. House,
Morris, Hip and Others. There is tunnel
IS feet long and a shaft 81 feet deep on the
claim which exposes ore assaying 81 per ton.
South of The General LOGAN is the Nav
Day, the property OF NIessrs House, Morris
and others There is AZ tnunel on this mine
l20 fest long and an incline in the tunnel 20
feet deep IL ore that assays rs per ton in
gold and sixty ounces in silver. Some high
grade ore is also found in tire May Day
These mine' are upon the extreme south
east end of the mineral bet and are about
one mile west OF the town of Ely.
One mile up Robinson canyon from the
town OF Ely, and upon the north side Of the
canyon is Maggie hill, from which point the
description CT the north ledge will DE taken
up. lhe principal mines on THIS hill are
the Mohee group and the Maggie group.
The Mohee group is the property of d. G.
Mcdonald and j. +, Cupid, The WORKINGS