The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1897-09-11
MINING NOTES..

Short Bros. have two men employed
on the Black Point running a crosscut
from the bottom of the shaft.
Norris & Proctor are getting a steam
plant in place by which to run their
mill.
No. 2 shaft is down so feet and a cross
cut has been started to the west. They
have found ore that goes from $15 to $40,
the same as the shaft showed, the ledge
dipping to the west.
Brooks McClane is doing location and
assessment work on various claims and
has opened up a ledge of milling rock
on the No. 3.
The Renegade is down so feet and a
crosscut was started west. They have Il
very large vein of ledge matter which
would all pay to mill, we were informed,
if there was a mill near the mine. The
ledge proper seems about Is inches wide
and ore improves with depth and the
boys who have prospected it say it will
run well up from $40. 1t is blue and Pc
culiar looking and shows coarse gold in
the horn. The owners or the miners do
not give much information about it but
it is apparently kept track of as well as
may be by various prospectors.
The Hutchinson tunnel, at the time of
this writing, is in about so feet from the
face. The boys thought they would cut
through the first groupings by last night
or today. The ground has been mean to
work, too tough for effective blasting.
The ground is heavily mineralized as
gold is found TIE entire length of the
tunnel. In about 10 feet an inch streak
carrying wire gold in plenty was cut.
Then a vein about two feet wide carry
ing IS, next a vein OF 10 inches carrying
from So to $40, then porphyry and
quartz of low grade but carrying %colors,
and at 40 feet a blind ledge was cut that
came up two feet from the tunel floor.
1t is solid ore, carries iron and free gold
and prospects about $40. No attention
will be paid to it at present.
From recent developments in Cling
house it is safe to say that as soon as
the preliminary work is accomplished
tina. mine owners have outlined to be
done, when they have blocked ont the
ore bodies and know their values, then
and not before will it be shown that the
mines are permanent and paying prop
critics and the ore will be rolled out in
quantity. Work is being done slowly
perhaps but with are and effectiveness
and such as will in the future show good
results. The outlook for some good
mines in the district was never brighter
than it is today. The glamour of the
find is over, the men who have a know
ledge Of and a faith in their properties
are working earnestly, and we believe
their reward is close at hand.
Olinghouse has been and is a good
camp to the poor man. The majority OF
the prospectors who went in there made
q summers wages through the sale Of
claims or through washing placer
ground. People who brought claims
have 10 complaint to make at least we
have never heard a complaint from any
OF them. Work goes on and everybody
looks pleased. Dearth Of capital to de-
velop is the only drawback and that we
believe will not be long lacking, judging
by indications, as capital is always on
the lookout for a good thing.
The canyon, beginning at Mechanics
burg, is dotted with neat and commo-
dious cabins and happy, hospitable
miners are found in all of them. 1t is
quite a young settlement that will no
doubt blossom into into a picturesque
and thriving mining camp. g7Ius