Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-29
THE nRuSEAU pLACERs.
Result of an Examination by Geo-=e
III. Dnvis.

Result of an Examination by George
III. Dnvis.
The Bfuneau Mining company,
grou DIS In the Mardis mini ng district,
ElkO county, New, IL out with u brand
new prospectus, setting forth the re.
sources oil that particular portion Of
country. Within It's covers In found
the following, reFulting from an exam.
ination OF the company'e ground by
Mr.. George IL. DIvis:
l have maize personal examination
Of your placer properly IN the Mardis
mining district, Elko county, New.
The exam nation was very thorough,
occupying me for several weeks an
including trial fun on eIme 1000
cubic yards OF gravel.
The placers are situated about sixty
miles north Ui Dse.h, station on the
Central Pacific RAILROAD, anu are
close TO the Idaho line. The coun.
try is a vJlcsuic formation, crossed
by innumeTable small quar,z veins.
The piacers lie on both sues OF the
Brunesu liver, q tributary of the
Snake, and include numerous gulch' 8.
The distribution Of the gold ia general.
A large amount Of prospecting was
done IN Pennsylvania, Union,
SevsntS.slx, Waters ami Badger
gulches, gold being found from one
end o the ground to the other. Penn
sylvania gulch gave the richest pros
pects, going as high as 80 per yard.
Walters gulch came next, giving al.
most as high results. In Union guloh
twenty prospect holes, distributed
throughout the entire length OF the
compsuy's ground, was eunk to the
false bedrock or hsrd.psn. The shafts
showed gravel to average about two
yards deep. Five goldi pans OF dirt
from each shalt, taken from top to
bottom OF the gravel, were papnod out.
The result OF the entire hundred pans
put together a. weighed after having
been melted, gave a button Of gold OF
IS ceuts. A cubic yard OF gravel con-
tains about 100 OF such pans OF dirt.
A trial run was also made OF the
gravel in Union Gulch, about 5000
yards being washed with a small
hydraulic pipe and hose; and net
receipt OF gold was obtained, as shown
by the returns from the mint, OF about
80 cents per yard In gold. In this run
It was estimated that a large proper.
tIcn OF the gold was lost, nat being
caught In the sluice boxes. AS this
run was largely experlmentat the
7 III es were hastily constructed on the
spot, and they ss well as the boxes
themselves anu all the other apparatus
used, were crude AMI very defecl i've.
Ssventy.six gulch aud Badger
gulch were not thoroughly pro- p ctet,
as the water rising IN the prospect
shafts stopped work before bedrock
was reached in any hole. L believe,
from the result OF the panning OF the
surface dirt and the formation OF the
ground, that in StveniY.six gulch,
especially near that part near
the Brubeau river and Lying
to the north Of the crcek,
will be foundsss good ground as any
in your properly. u Badger guich
about u quarter OF mile from
the river, tunnel was driven
into the south bank Tor distance OF
forty feet, aud about one.hsli mile
higher up the gulch cut was run into
the same bank about fl teen feet dseI
and sixty feet long; Ia bJth OF thee
workings was demonstrated thu TX
istence OF large ancient channel,
coming apparently from the direction
OF UuiOu gulch. The edges OF this
prospected well in gold, and while we
were unable to reach the center Il the
channel, owing TO the water coming In,
| the presence Of gold In sucn quantities
ON the sldes would be al almost sure
indication OF very rich gravel In the
center, In the top soil IN Badge
qulch, near the river, more toid
showed up in the golu pane Than any
where else on the surface but, owing