The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-10-24

from this shaft assayed w IN gold 10 The
ton, The ore Is the same in character as
the Gold Hill, does not show as much gold in
panning but is remarkably regular in asa
saying The ledge is very prominent any
crops out at several points on the mine:
There are a number OF other IOcatloAn
upon Gold Hill. The principal ones are Up
City of New York. owned by MessFs. Osti.
gard, Moore and Weber They have shaft
70 feet deep, drift has been run 30 feet
| from the bottom of the shaft which Is all IN
ore assaying 81 per ton in gold.
The Hickory, lying north OF the He'll n
| the Hill, belonging to Capt. Harmon and
Capt. Carpenter, has shaft 35 feet deep in
North of the Gold Hill mine some dis
vance is the Midnight and Phoenix loca-
lions, owned by d. G. Mcdonald. Jas. P. Nc
shaft on this mine 80 feet deep which taps
strongla 7ge six feet wide OF ore assaylng
! S18 in COLE 4 small streak of ore in the
ledge ASA, 80 in gold and 81 per cent
| lead.
East of the Midnight a short distance is
the October location, the property of
Messrs Simpson 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 prlncl-
| ply silver carrying but little gold.
| Journeying to the northwest the ledge
makes q turn more to the south. There are
| locations most of the way upon which some
| prospecting has been lone which all she
gold At distance of about two miles the
| Magma Charter is reached tue property OF
! Thos. Rockhill AID others. The ore is OF
an entire different character, resembling
| the ore of the north ledge, carrying silver,
lead and gold The ole runs about 80 per
! cent. lead, ounces silver and - 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 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
able work done. On the former there is a
| 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 cla:n (BoSs) ha. deep shaft out
of which sol'l@ nigh grade silver-lead ore
| has been eXtr ..rtcd.
TIL, RngsaAie and Rockhill mine il the
vicinity showH a VEN two feet wide At T.
! depth OF 81 II (, which assays 80 per cent.
lead, Is o@ne,, silver and $50 gold.
Measrs. SAL. Wren and others ow; sevc-
raj n!ncs IL this locality, toe prnci pal
ones being The Pilot Kaoh, carrying gold;
| the MammoGth, Mouitor. Star and STIR OF
the West, ail carrying copper and ores
worked for that metal The ORC was re-
duced 81 l""al cooper smelling furnace
| West Camp is ut the extr'>ne northwest
end Of the mineral bel, aad upon the sum
NIT Of the luuee.
Returning 10 the Aultluan mine the
! GOLDEN FLEECE
Lies just to the east and adjoining the Ault-
| man. 1t is the properly Of ThOs. ROckhil
aad the Ragsfiaie estate. The work con
sists Of two tunnels and a shaft. The ore
assays 30 ounce silver and $40 gole.
s., South Of the Golden Fleece and east OF the
1 tI4.rn icf (i,>1.1 hut -
| tie prospected and is owned by Williamson
| 4 Sim pSOn.
North Of the Golden Fleece is the Golden
! Wedge, owned by Messrs. Thompson Il
| Weber, which is also but little proSpected.
/ There issome ore upon it that shows gold.
! North Of the Golden Wedpe is the Thor
oughbred, belonging to VIM. Watson and
others. 1t has shaft fifty feet deep which
Adjoining the Joanna on the north and
east is the
FLORIDA
Group, the property Of q. C. Mcdonald and
John f. Cupid. The group includes the
! Florida Dauntless and Quadrant, which
| extends across Robinson canyon to the
| north Upon the Florida in the middle of
the Robinson canyon, the owners have sunk
shaft 81 feet deep, they drifted north %
feet and sunk again at the end of the drift
50 feet, making total depth of l42 feet
The bottom OF the shaft is at the foot wall
of the ledge. They then crosscut 30 feet
reaching the hanging wall. showing the
ledge in the bottom to be 80 feet wide.
There is also an open assure that exposes
the ledge latterly for one hundred and fifty
feet. The ore in these workings assay from
81 to $l3 per ton III gold. Two hundred feet
to the north of the shaft lust described
| there is another shaft in the cropplngs 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
trrTa nj e sal.
the ledge; one is IS feet long cutting the
! ledge, and one 30 feet which has not We.
reached the ledge. The ore assays IS. rs per
ton and carries some copper.
Upon the e9st extension of the Golden
, Fleece is the Lone Star, the property OF
Messrs. Hayes L Berry, on which there is a
shaft Is feet deep in ore
Journeying along the ledge to the east
numoer OF locations are passed which &rA
but little prospected. At distance of one
aud one half miles the General Logan minr
IS located, the property of Messrs. House,
MOTIFS, Hip and others. There is q tunnel
| IS feet long and a shaft &c feet deep on the
claim which exposes ore assaying 81 per ton.
F! South OF the General Logan is the May
Day, the property OF Messrs. House, Morris
! and others. There is q tunnel ON this mine
100 feet long and an incline in the tunnel 20
! feet deep in ore that assays Sc per ton in
gold and sixty ounces in silver. Some high
grade ore is also found in the May Day.
These mines ace upon the extreme south
I east end OF the 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 bill 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 Mobee group is the property of D. c.
McDOneid and } f. Cupid. The workings
consist OF shalt So feet Deep an incline
20 feet deep and a shaft 20 feet deep. The
ore assay $ in eold per ton, some Of which
+ carries 20 per cent. copper.