The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-01-23

the incline has left the ore, the ledge con-
tinues to the bottom of the shaft br is not
the same grade. Fifty tons of o taken
from this shaft assayed 81! in 81 ID to the
ton, The ora is the same in cha acter as
the Gold Hill do, snot show MS much gold in
pnnniug, but is emarkably regular in as
saying. The ledge is very prominent and
crops out at several points on the mine;
There are number of other locations
upon Gold Hill. The princil al ones are the
City of New York, Owned by Messrs. Osti-
gard, Moore and Weller. They have a shaft
20 feet deep, a drift has been. run 80 feet
from the bottom of the shat. which is all in
ore assaying 81 per ten in gold.
The Hickory. lying north of the He'll n
the Hill, belonging to Capt. Harmon and
Capf. Carpenter, has shaft 30 feet deep in
ore.
North of the Gold Hill mine some dis
tapce is the Midnight and Phoenix loca-
tions, owned by d. c. Mcdonald. Jas +. Me-
Omie, j. b. Simpson and others. There is 81
shaft on this mine 30 feet deep which taps
a stronglr 7ge six feet wide of ore assaying
SIS in goie \ small streak of ore in the
ledge ASA. 80 in gold and 67 per cent.
lead.
the October location, the property of
Messrs Simpson and Rynearson. The mine
was worked in the early days of Robinson
at which time deep shaft was sunk and
some ore was extracted which was princi-
ply silver carrying but little gold.
JOurneying to the northwest the ledge
makes turn more to the south. There are
locations most of the way upon which some
prospecting has been lone which all she "
gold. At a distance Of about two miles the
Magma Charter If reached, the property of
Thos. Rockhill and others. fhe ore is of
an entire different character, resembling
the ore of the north ledge, carrying silver,
lead and gold. The ole runs about 80 per
cent. lead, 3 ounces silver and 81 in gold.
The LEDGE is three feet wide at u depth of
40 feet. Two miles west of the Magma Char
ter the
WEST CAMP
Mines are reached. These mines were
worked in the early seventies The orc
found here is different i'll character from
the mines already described, some of them
carrying copper in large quantities. The
principal mines Of this vicinity are she
Boulder and Boss, the property Of John
DAILY, upon which there has been consider
able work done. On the former there is a
shaft and open cut. Ores taken from these
workings snd shipped for reduction -
saycd $50 il silver aud & per cent. lead
The latter claim ('ossl ha' deep shaft out
OF which some high grade silver-lead ore
has been extracted.
The kagsrale and Rockhill mine il the
vicinity sil 'Ws VEN two feet wide OF Al
depth OF 8. iact, which assays 10 per cent.
lead, is oui'"as silver and 800 gold.
Messrs. iiip, Wren ana others own SIRE
raj mines IN this locality, the princi GAL
ones bciug the Pilot kEu". carrying gold :;
the Emma, carrying gold, silver mud lead !:
II,
the West. all carrying copper and ore.
worked icr that metal. tn ora was re
dnced at . lnrAl copper smelling furnace
ana gave GOOD results.
West Camp IS ut the cI r"ne nnr,h-west
end Of the N neral bel Rad upoa she sum
nit of thn ianrc.
Returning TO thc ..ultmsn saias the
COLLEEN FLEGcE
Lies just to the east spd ndioiutnr the Auit-
man 1t - the properly OF Tho Horan.it
and the RagsdAte estate. The wDrx Coz
sists of two tunnels ami :. snsft. The ore
| assays 20 ounce silver and SiA 2olt.
South of the GGldcn feeee And east Of TIE
| Southern Cos, is the Golden NcAt, but lit
| Tie prospectcd and is owned by Williamson
y Simpson.
North OF the Golden fleece il thc G:,llrn
Wedge, owned by Mcssrs. Iho.ipSou *
Weber, which is alao but iit.le i,ro,pccted.
/ There il some ore up0u irtlat s6oYS Epll.
| North of the Golden " c;it- il the Tl
ouohbreci. Delpnaing To YIN. wnt.Nu s.uI
| others. Il has shalt ff'y f.er deei. ''hich
| exposes good ore
Adjoining the Joanna on the north and
east 10 the
Group. the property Of D. {. MeDoHsl2 snd
llehq r. Cupid. TAs, efaep, includes Ne
extends across Robinson canyon to tn
| north. Ion the F!orid. Ia the middle OF
| the robinson canyon, the oH ieTs have SINK
Il shaft 81 feet deep, obey uriited north -
feet and sunk again at the euo Of the ,irif;
| b5 feet, making Il total depth Of ii2 feet.
| The bottom OF the shaft is at the foot wall
OF the ledge. They then croascnt 30 feet
reaching the BANGING wall, showing the
ledge in the bottom to be 30 feet wide.
| There is also an open tissure tnat exposes
| the ledPe latterly for one hundred and fifty
| feet The ore in these workings assay from
| 81 to Sl3 per ton in gold. Two hundred feet
| to the north OF the shaft lust described
| there is another shaft in tic cropplngs OF
the ledge % feet deep in which there is
| eight feet of ore that assays s. rer ton in
| gold. The ledge is raced through the full
| length of the Florida and across the Daunt-
| less. Upon the DauntloSs there are three
tunnels, one of which is il5 fee. cutting
| the ledge; one is 6S feet long cntting tn =
| ledge. and one so feet which has not yes
| reached the ledge, The ore assays 1878 per
ton and carries some copper.
Upon the east extension of the Golden
| Fleece is the Lone Star, the property oi
| Messrs. Hayes Il Berry, on which there is a
shaft 10 feet deep In ore
| Iourneying along the ledge to the cas-; a
| mum Der OF locations are passed which Er"
but little prospected. At distNuce Of o-a
and one half miles the General Logau N ne
| is located, the property of MeSsrs. HOUSE,
/ Morris, Hip and others. There Ia a sunncl
| rs feet long aud snaft 81 feel deep on the
| claim which exposes ore assaying " per ton.
South of the General Logan IS the May
Day, the property Of Messrs. House, Morris
aud others There is Il tunnel on this mine
| 100 feet long and an incline in the tunnel 20
| feet deep in ore that assays ST. yer ton in
| gold and sixty ounces in silver. Some nigh
| grade ore is also found in the May Day.
These mines are upon the extreme south
| east end OF lhe mineral belt aud are about
one mile west of the town of Ely.
| One mile flp Robinson canyon from the
! town of Ely, aud upon the north side of the
canyon is Maggie liill from which point the
description OF The north ledge will be taken
ri i,.,1 hi. Ia