The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-08-18
THE MINES.

IN O~llngnOuse canyon l9Ohln8 oNcf hilil-
ing prospects ana came home much en-
couraged over the general outlook.
The Hutchinson Company was sack
ing gravel on the Griner and the ground
looked like a wheat field at a harvest
time with sagebrush instead Of stubble.
On the Fair Stock Joe Casteel and W.
T. Gilmore were sacking gravel to be
worked by the Proctor & Norris washer.
They male a run of four tons and it was
very satisfactory, returning them SOB.
Tom Crotch went up Sunday to com
mence sacking gravel on the Wood
Chopper. The gravel iron all the placer
claims is rich H.. the gulches and does not
carry so much on the sides of the hill
where we judge it will yield from 70 cts
to, So or over per ton, 1t will remain
until some way is found to work it. y
May and ~Younghan.s have been exper1
imenting with a small dry washer and it
looks as If the experiment would be sue
cessful after a few trials and a remedy
of certain defects, in parts of the ma
chine.
There are hundreds OF tons of placer
dirt that could be worked at a large
profit by machines if water was brought
from the springs about a mile and a
quarter above the placers. This will
eventually be done by somebody who
will make plenty OF money on his in
vestment.
Brooks McClane has two men at work
on the green hill claims and they con
tinue to make new finds, most of them
Of rich ore. They are prospecting and
the results show that the green hill en-
tire is a milling proposition. 1t will be
worked that way some day.
The east drift on the Hutchinson is in
21T feet. For the first 10 feet no gold
is found and from that point to the face
of the drift colors are found. change
feet. Further prospecting ON the sur
face has laid bare another ledge the
groupings OF which show considerable
| free gold and what looks to the writer
| like copper stain, though some Of the
| prospectors say. otherwise. The drift
should cut some good ore rs surface as
says show a splendid average. leaving
| out everything that shows gold to the
naked eye. Surveys were made yester-
| day and a tunnel will be run in from the
| aide of the hill to con meet with the drift.
A night shift was put on and the tunnel
| will be driven ahead at the rate of 8 feet
per day and in two weeks time WI will
know what is in the Hutchinson to a
! depth Of rs feet. Tho writer took fifty
samples from the surface OF the shaft to
a depth of 80 feet and feels convinced
that there is a very large body OF ore in
the Hutchinson and the drift will show
fsrger aud richer bodies.
Proctor & Norris have been milling
ore and we hope and expect they will
continue to do so for years.
Water is a little scarce a Mechanics
burg and there is only enough there for
man, the beast must go to other springs.
Tie flow will probably increase as the
weather gets cooler.
Prospecting goes on with great regu-
larity and as the country becomes better
known to the miners confidence in
creases. We feel that it is bound 90 be
a large mining camp in time. We do
not hear of any of the principal proper
ties being offered for sale yet and good
results follow all development.
Monday Tom Crotch found a SIS mug
get on the Wood Chopper.
The gold washer from Oregon should
be here today or tomorrow. The inven-
tor is so sure it will work satisfactorily
and Is SO pleased with the outlook ON
the. different placers, that he has sent for
q second machine.
Frank Hampton says he is going up
to the bills today to try his placer claim
and proposes to try the rocker, several
machines and then s%luices. BY these
experiments he hopes to solve the prob
lem.
The Hutchinson Company will put
about Is tons OF gravel through the
slnices in T.. g. Herman's field Sunday.
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FOR SALE.-E. Olinghouse has good