The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-09-25
CHERRY CREEK.
ITS OlD-TlME PROSPERITY
RETURNING.
What it Has Been, and What II
Promises for the Future.
[CoNTR1BurEDBY JOHN WEARNE. I


(Continued from last issue
In the early days of this camp when
silver demanded a good price, several
of the mines were worked for silver,
producing ore that was shipped to San
Francisco, Eureka and other points,
realizing a handsome profit for the own
ers. Then after the mills were erected
for several years the Comstock methods
of working were adopted, but were not
suitable for the ores, returning only a
small percentage, and charging $50 a
ton for working, whichwith the constant
depreciation of silver, and no returns
for the gold, discouraged the miners
and many of the mines ceased working
and have remained idle ever since.
These remarks more particularly apply
to mines owned by poor men. A few
mines were sold and incorporated; these
companies erecting their own mills and
having an abundance of their own ore,
declined to work custom ore; hence the
poor men g mines have been held by
them or abandoned: some of the miners
literally dying in their efforts to hold
their property. A list occupying a
column of this paper might be given
of locations awaiting capital to devel-
ope them.
The Teacup mine was Incorporated
by San Francisco Co., having as its
Superintendents, Jerome B. Stanford,
James Mclean and others, but al
though this mine was worked in a des-
ultary manner it produced many hun
dreds of thousands of dollars in silver,
and to-day at a depth of $40 feet on the
incline is body of good silver ore
awaiting an advance in silver. The
present owners are Senator Cannon and
some of his friends of Salt Lake City,
and Judge Cannon of Cherry Creek,
and the name, Teacup changed to '96
and '97. The Chance mine, on the same
ledge as the Teacup, was Incorporated
by San Francisco parties in 1873, and
worked under the superintendent of
Frank Hallowell for few years, pro-
ducing large amount of silver ore,
but the methods then in vogue for re-
duction caused it to suspend, and to-
day measureless quantities of 40 OF. ore
are to be found in the Chance mine.
The owners are unknown to the writer.
From 10 to Is mines ON this same ledge,
all of which are idle, show bodies of
ore that would handsomely pay for
working with silver at higher price.
This ledge is contact between lime
and lime shale, and extends for several
miles in a direction about north and
south.
At the south end of the district is the
Pacific mine, from which was taken in
the seventies hundreds of thousands OF
dollars worth of silver ore. North of,
and adjoining this mine, is the Marry
Ann (nowlknown by some other name)
owned by Mrs. Thomas, John Ryan
and others. These mines have been
developed by tunnel and have large
bodies of ore in sight. In the seventies
Senator j. P. Jones had inspected, and
wanted to buy these mines, but the
price asked was so exorbitant that he
did not purchase. Adjoining these is
the Flagstaff, owned by D. r. Collins,
on which is sunk shaft over 100 feet,
and very beautiful ledge carrying
gold and silver is now in sight. These
mines are in quartzite. Going north
on this quartzite belt are very many
locations with surface indications to
excite the minerologist; but beyond q
little scratching ON the surface in most
instances there is no development, but
every one carrying gold, and even the
country rock by actual assay goes one
and one-half dollars and upwards per
ton. This belt of quartzite extends
from Cherry Creek Canyon-the south
end of the district-over five miles north
when it runs into the valley; but south
it extends through Gold Canyon dis
trict, in which lies the celebrated NORTH
Mountain Co.'S mines in Egan Canyon
A location has recently been mad
at the extreme north end of this belt o
ouartzite, where the ledge crops ou
fully 40 feet wide, assays from whicl
wont "a ozs. silver and 81 in gold. Som
developement work is now being don
here and expectations run high.
CONTINUED in next issue.l