The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-06-03
ALONG THE COLORADO.
Gold Properties Receiving Attention
New Enterprises Starting--Pros
peet Mills Working vita en-
couraging Prospects.

oouraging Prospects.
For a stretch of nearly fifty miles
along the banks of the Colorado
river on the Lincoln county side,
vigorous prospecting is going on
and several new mills are about to
start operations. Some of these are
small, but their success will cause
to TEEN with life n section that here
tofore has been given over to In
dians, horned toads and lizards
The old reliable Southwestern
Company which has operated SO
evenly for many years past, but
which on account of the death of
Superintendent Mills last year,
closed down temporarily, has re-
sumed, this time on new basis,
and with most tattering prospects
before it. All former workings
were with a dry crusher mill and
nothing less than Sl4 ore was profit
able. Under the management of
Charles Gracey, the new superin-
tendent, the mill has been altered,
converted into q wet crusher and
ore can be worked at an expense of
So ton. Thus 81 ore Yields a
good profit and the company has I'M
limited quantities of ore of this
grade exposed in its mines. This
means years of steady work.
Al present only about twenty men
are employed at the mines and this
force will not be increased until the
heat moderates and permits supplies
to be brought in from Kingman,
the present railroad shipping point,
without undue expense.
When operating on large scale
the Southwestern company fire.
quently chartered steamer from
the Needles to the canyon at high
water to bring in supplies. For five
years past everything has been
brought from Kingman, however.
The Whitehills mines on the Ari-
IONA side have been bought by an
English company, which has al
ready put in telephone communion
ton and proposes to construct
a railroad from kingman. The pro-
posed route comes within % miles
of ElDorado canyon. 1t will furnish
new shipping point and cheaper
supplies and will result in much
active work at the canyon. Every
available means OF lessening expense
is being considered, one of which is
to construct an automatic steel cable
across the river to replace the pres
ent expensive ferry.
Superintendent Gracey is an ex-
perienced millman and miner, and
from long acquaintance understands
how to take advantage of the
country's condition.
TEMPLE BAR.
The Temple Bar Company has
failed to complete its river boom on
account of the high water. The
Company has constructed II miles
of wagon road on this side along the
river bank, between its hillside and
Rioville and was rushing in heavy
logs for the boom, when the water
began to rise rapidly and in ten
days their road was submerged in
many places and all work blocked.
The water raised eight feet during
this time The boom will be COM
pleted however as soon as the water
recedes sufficiently.
Meanwhile the other work of the
company goes on and supplies and
machinery are coming in regularly
from the Arizona side.
DOLLY CAMP.
One mile below Eldorado Canyon
at the Dolly Camp, G.. H. Sanford
has about completed the erection of
a Kincaid mill such as is used on the
Comstock, and it was expected to
start up about this time The mines
from which this mill expects to de-
rive ore are situated about eight
miles up the Wash on this side.
Only small force of men are en-
ployed and San Francisco parties are
backing the enterprise.
AT MARIE.
At the Marie camp five miles be-
low Eldorado nothing is being done.
1t was here than Monaghan, one of
the owners of the mill was killed by
the Indian Ahvote recently. The
five stamp Huntington mill is in
good shape however to resume at
any time.
PAINTED CANYON.
Eighteen miles below Eldorado is
the Painted Canyon camp, so named
from the variegated colors in the
river cliffs and canyon sides there,
where Rice and Hill, of Los Angeles,
Cal. have about completed the CON
struction of ten stamp mill 1t is
the spring stamp patent and was to
be ready for operation ten days ago.
The mines are situated ten miles on
this side of the river and fifteen men
are employed.
MOB HILL.
At Mob Hill, up the Wash between
Eldorado and the Wall st. mine
work has been stopped for the sum-
mer. E. W. Kay has had I force
of men working there for some
months for San Francisco parties
and the claims are said to look well
with a fair quantity of ore in sight.
The Indian troubles appears to be
over but the whites are keeping a
sharp lookout and it will be many a
day before the reds thereabouts