The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-06-06

from this SHAFT assayed. S27 in pold to the
ton. The ore il the same in character as
the Gold Hill does not show as much gold in
/ panninp, bit is remarkably regular in as
! sayiup The ie1ge is very prominent and
crops out at several points on the mine.
Tnera are n0mber Of other locations
! upon Colo Hill. The principal ones are the
City Of New York, owned By Messrs osti-
gard. Moore and Weber. They have sh aft
! 20 feet deep, drift has been run 80 feet
! from the lotion OF the shaft which is all in
! ore Ass4Tin% 81 per ton in gold.
The Hickory, lying north Of the He'll II
+ the Hill, belonging to Capt. Harmon and
Can't. Carpenter, mas shaft 80 feet deep in
! ore
North Of The Gold Hill mine some dis
tancc is the MidniPht aud Phnuix loca-
! liore, oWncu bs D. s. III Donald. ", T. Nc
! 0nlie, J. B. Simpson and others. Taefe is n
shaft on this mine 20 feet deep which taps
q stronel' 'ge six feet wide of ore assaying
ledge ASA. 50 in cold and g. pei eeht,
| lead.
Aas OF the Miduipht a short distance is
| the october locatioN, the property of
Messr- Snnpsou and Rynearson. The mine
was worked in 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 goii.
JOurneying to the north-West the led:Te
/ makes turn more to tae south. There are
! locations most OF the way upon which some
1 prospecting has been done which all show
| gold Al a distance OF about two miles tn ,
| Magma Charter is reached, the property o {
| 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, ounces silver and 81 in gold.
| The ledge Is three feet wide at q 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 i'll 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 as
sayed $50 in silver and AZ per cent. lead.
The latter claim (Boss) has deep shaft out
! of which some high grade silyer-lead ore
| has been extracted.
| The Ragsdale and Rockhill mine il the
vicinity shows a vein two feet wide at a
depth Of 81 feet, which assays 50 per cent.
lead, Is ounces silver and $50 gold.
Messrs. Hip, Wren and others own seve-
raj mines in this locality, tae principal,
ones being the Pilot hHot', carrying gold;
the Emma, carrying gold, silver aad lend !:
the Yarmouth, Monitor, SG1r and Sta OF
the West, all carrying copper and ores
worked for that metal. The ora was re-
duced at a local copper smelling furnace
West Camp is at the extreme nor thwest
cad of tho mineral bell AID upon the sum
NIT of the range.
Returning to the Autman mine the
GOLDEN FLEECE
Lies just to the east and adioiniag the Ault-
man 1t is the properly Of Thos. Eockai'l
and the kngSdale estate The work con
sists of two tunnels and u shaft. The ore
assays 30 ounce silver and $40 golG
south "t the Golden Fleece and east 81 the
SoutnHrn Cross, Is me Golden West but ut
tie prospected and is owned by Williamson
x sim psG9.
NCrJh Of the Golden Fleece is tha Colder,
Wedge, owned by Messrs Thompson *
eber which Is also buF little pr0sreCtad.
/ There is some ore upon il tnAt shows gold.
NCrtt of the t;u'dal N."l.-e IS the Tn ,r-
oll@hhrer, belonging 20 W.n ~assnG aud
olhcis. It has y shalt iity 'cev deep ahlch
exposes GoOn ore.
Adjoining the Joanna Cd the north and
east Is the
Group, the property Of D. c. MeDonN7' s. ii
John j. Cupid. The group includes tn
Florida, DauutlesS ana 4uGurant, which
exte ads across Robinson canyUu to the
north. Upon the Florida in tae middle o.
the robinson canyon, the owners hpveSHnk
Il %nyft 81 feet deep, they orifted uottl -
rect and sunk again at the end Of the drift
- feet, making IL total depth of Il fe..t.
| The bottom Of the shaft i7 ut the ioot wall
Of the ledge. They then crescent 30 feet
reaching the hanging wall, ehDN ing VIE
le0ge in the bottom to be 80 feet wide.
There isals0 an open assure that exposes
tha ledre latterly for one hundred ana fifty
feet. The ere in these workings assay from
81 to S13 per ton in gold. Two hundred feet
to the north OF the shaft lust described
there is another shaft in the eropplnss OF
the ledge 25 feet deep in which there il
eight feet OF ere that essays 50 per ton in
cold. The lcas-e il traced through the full
length OF the Florida and across the Daunt-
less. Upon the DauntleSs there are three
tunnels, one of which is l15 feet cutting
the ledge; one is 6S feet long cutting the
ledge, and one 80 feet which has not yet
reached the ledge. The ore ASSAYS 49, Is per
ton and carries some copper.
Upon the east extension of the Golden
Fleece is the Lone Star, the properly of
Messrs. Hayes Il Berry on which there is q
shaft 10 feet deep in ore
Journeying along the ledge to the east IL
number OF locations are passed which are
but little prospeCted. At a distance of one
! and one-half miles the General Loean mine
is located, the property OF Messrs. House,
IS feet long and Il sbaft3f feet deep on the
claim which exposes ore asSaying 81 per ton.
South of the General Logan is the May
Day, the property OF Messrs. House, Morris
and others. There is a tunnel on this mine
100 feet long and an incline in the tunnel 20
feet deep in ore that assays $6 per ton in
gold and sixty ounces in silver. Some nigh
grade ore is also found in the May Day.
| These mines are upon the extreme south
east end OF the mineral belt and are about
one mile west Of the town of Ely.
One mile up Robinson canyon from the
town OF Ely, aud upon the north side OF the
canyon is Mageie 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
The M0hee group IS the property of d. c.
Mcdonald and j. +. Cupid. The workings
consist Of a shaft 3 feet deep, an incline