The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-05-23

the incline has left the ore, the ledge con-
Times to the bottom of the shaft bat is not
the same grade. Fifty tons of ore taken
from this shatt assayed $27 in pold to the
ton. The or" is the same in character as
the Gold Hill, do's not show as much gold in
Famine, bar is ramarkahly rePuler in as
saying. The lai'e is very prominent ana
crops out al several points on the mine.
There are nunlbe. OF other locations
upon Gold Hill. The princi pal ones are the
City of New York owned by Messrs 0stl-
card, Moore and Weber. They have shaft
20 feet deem, drift has baen run 50 feet
from the bottom of the shaft which is all III
ore aasaying 81 per ton in gold.
The hickory, lying north OF the He'll n
the Hill, belonging to Capt. Harmon and
Capt. Carpenter has q shaft SO feet deep in
ore.
North OF the Gold Hill mine sone dis
lance il the MidBipbt ndd PhNoiX lOca-
tions, owned by d. .. Nj Donald. JAS Z. Me
Opie, j. b. Simpson and others. There is u
shNft on this mine 80 feet deep which taps
!. strongln 9ge six feet wide of ore assGying
SIS in goie \ small streak of ore in the
ledge ASA 81 in colo ana ~ per cent.
lead.
the october location, the property OF
Messrs simpson and RyneArson. The mine
was Nurked in the early days Of Robinson
at which time deep shaft was sank a1d
some ore was extracted which was princi-
ply silver carrying bat little golti.
Jonrneyine to the nerth-~es5 the ledpe
makes u turn more to the south. There are
locations most of the way upon which some
prospecting has been done which all show
gold. At a distance of about two miles the
Magma Charter is reached, the property Of
Thos. Rockhill and others. The ore is or
an entire different character, resembling
the ore of the north ledge, carrying silver,
lead and gold. The ore runs about 80 per
cent. lead, 3 ounces silver and 81 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
work ed in the early seventies The Gre
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 joan
Daily, upon which there has been consider
able work done. On the former there is Il
shaft and open cut. Ores taken from these
WORKINGS and shipped for reduction as
saved $50 in silver and AZ per cent. lead.
The latter claim (Boss) has deep shaft out
Of which some nigh grade silver-lead ore
has been extracted.
The Ragsdale and Rockhill mine ia the
vicinity shows a vein two feet wide AT i.
depth of 81 feet, which assays so per cent.
lead, Is ounces silver and 500 g0ld.
Messrs. Hip, Wren and others own seve-
raj mines in this locality, tha principe!
ones being the Pilot KGoh, carrying gcld !;
the Emma, carrying gold, silver and lead:
the Mammouth, Monitor, StAr and Star of
the West, all carrying copper and ores
worked for that metal. Tle ore was re-
duced at local copper smelling furnace
and gave good results
West Camp is at the extreme north west
end OF the mineral bell rad upon the sum
nit Of the rnnpe.
RetGrling to the Aultinan mile the
GOLDEN FLEECE
Lies just to the east and adjoining the Ault-
man 1t IS Inc properly OF Ihus. R9cNhiA
and the Kagsdale estate. The work con
stat of two tunnels and q shaft The ore
assay" 80 ounce silver I'd SO gol6.
South Of the Goluen fia.:ae am east OF the
Southern Cross il the Golden West, ~. lit
tle proFp 'cted and is owned BY williamson
Il simpson
North OF he Coldeu Fleece is the colder
Wedge, o5,atd by Messrs Thompson Il
Ne''er, which is als4 hut lttla prospected
There iS&0me ore G}ou it that shows geld.
Nortn % the tiGden II edge is lie Thor
oue!ihred, belonging to VIM. Watson and
others il has shaft fifty feet deep which
eA POSES good ore.
Adjoining the Joanna on the north and
east is the
FLoR1n,
Group, the property Of b. g. Mcdonald and
john u. Gu d. The group incl AIDES the
Florida Dauntless aad Quadrant which
extends across Robinson canyon 10 the
nortn. Upon the Florida in the miaoib Of
the Robinson canyon, the owners have sunk
shaft 81 feet deep, they drifted noT "a -
feet and sunk again at the end of the drift
% feet, nlaking.a total depth OF H. feet.
The bottom Of the SHAFT il ut tile lost wall
of the ledge. They then crosscnt 80 feet
reaching the hanging wall, showing the
ledge in the bottom to be 80 feet wi e.
There is also an open tissare that exposes
the ledge latterly for one hundred and fifty
feet. The ore iu these worthless assay from
81 to sl3 per ton in pold. Two hundred feet
to the north of the shaft lust described
there is another shaft in the croppinps OF
the ledge % ieel deep in which there il
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 l15 feet cutting
the ledge; one is s. feet long cutting the
ledge, and one 30 feet which has not yet
reached the ledge. The ore assays So. IS per
ton and carries some copper.
Upon the east extension of the Golden
Fleece is the Lone Star, the property OF
Messrs. Hayes u 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 prospected: Al distance of one
and one-half miles the General LOGAN mine
is located, the property OF Messrs. House,
Morris, Nip aud others. There is t;tnnel
IS feet long and shaft 81 feet deep on the
claim VII ;ch exposes ore assaying 81 per ton.
South of the General LoPan is TIE May
Day, the property OF Messrs House, Norris
and others There is 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 are upon the extreme soutn-
east end OF the mineral belt and are about
one milc west of the town OF Ely
One mile up Robinson canyon from the
town of ~, aud upon the north side Of the
canyon is Maggie hill, from which point the
description of the north ledge viii be taken
up. The principal mines on this hill are
the Mohee group and the Maggie group.
The Mohee group IS the property of d. C.
consist of shaft 50 feet deep, an incline
20 feet deep and a shaft 20 feet deep The
ore ASSAYS s. in pold ner ton some OF which