Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1898-04-02
THE DELPHI MINING COMPANY.
A Partial Description OF It's Property
and the Work Done Thereon.

WHICi oOiuCtuliiS ido HOIOtoiol q DCCii
said, and whose property has begun
to attract the attention of capital,
has lately been reorganized. Most
of the people interested in the prop
erty are of Ohio, and they are re-
ported to have the means behind
them to do some quite extensive
work on the property.
The mines owned by this com
pany were first located in 1895 by
f. q. Everett, and the names of the
claims are the Nettie r, Rosa NJ,
and Queen Bess. The claims are in
belt Of mineral country that can
he traced on the surface for dis
lance of seven mile, and the lodges
in the two former claims run north
east and southwest, while the latter
named claim has a ledge that runs
directly north and south. As above
stated Mr. Everett was the original
locator of the property, also the
original owner. Later on a DIR.
Thoman and j. c. Terry became in
terested in the property and still
later f. l.. Hertzer and NJ. E. Magee
bought in, and in 1897 the company
incorporated. Up to the present
time about $4,000 has been expend
ed in development work. About
$4,000 has been spent in cash, and
the balance due To- square up all in
debtedness of the company will
shortly he forthcoming, and it was
To arrange for the squaring of this
Indebtedness that Mr.. Everett went
East some weeks ago. Mr.. Carman,
who returned with him, is now one
of the principal stock holders of the
company, and Mr.. Everett, as Supt.
of the company proposes ~ go ahead
and develop the property as rapidly
as possible.
Already considerable work has
been done on the three claims, and
the owners are greatly encouraged
with the prospects, and have great
faith that the mines will very soon
prove dividend payers.
On the Nettie R. mine an 18 foot
shaft has been sunk on the crop
pings, and 60-foot ledge shows up,
ore from which assays from SIS TO
$97 per ton in gold A 225'foot
tunnel has also been run on this
claim which taps the ledge at Il
depth of IS feet below the surface.
At this depth the ledge is A feet wide
SO far a. known, but it has not been
cut through, as about the time il
was reached work was suspended on
this claim to concentrate the force
on the Rosa NJ.
The Queen Bess claim is a con-
tinuation of the Nettie R., and the
ledge is about the same width, but
shows more free gold. On this
claim there is ii 20-foot shaft on the
groupings which shows Il solid body
of ore for that depth, aud the
average assays are about S24 per
ton. An 80 foot tunnel on the
claim strikes the ledge at depth
of about 40 feet from the surface,
and at present the face of the tun-
mel is in ore that prospects well in
free gold.
The Rosa M claim is considered
by the owners the banner claim of
the group. 1t is situated on what
is termed the main ledge of the
Countrywide ledge that can be
traced distance of seven miles
and ON which there are "a other
locations. More work has been
done on this claim than on either
of the other ones. Incline No. is
down 100 feet, and on the 5O-foot
level "A pay chimney of ore was en-
countered A mill test of 3,611
pounds of ore from this chimney
was made by Messrs. Smith and
Strong. who are Cleveland, Ohio,
stock holders in the company, and
the mint receipts showed the ore to
go $37.65 in free gold. This test
was made at the new Everett mill
which was erected last summer,
At the foot of this incline drift
has been run 40 feet, which shows
that the pay chimney above en-
countered continues on down to the
depth of 100 feet. About 200 feet
north of incline No. /, incline No,