Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1898-12-17
NEyADA's NEW GOLD FIELD.
a Vast Extent Of Mining Territory
as Vet Dut Littie Explored.

extent the mining public, has tor
years past looked upon the State OF
Nevada as a ~torehouse lined with
in with silver and coated without
with copper, lead, zinc and other So
called baser metals. Until recent
" only scant attention has been
paid to gold mining. which has
seemed beneath the notice of the
uld-time silver miner. 1t has been
known for some time, however, by
il certain class of mining men, that
there are in the old Silver State gold
properties which, when opened up,
will bring back to Nevada some Of
the old-time prosperity.
There lies between Como on the
north and Pine Grove on the south
mining country known as the
"Old Alkali District" and nowhere
in the State can there be found
brighter prospects for IA permanent
gold-pr"ducing camp. There are
in this district 81 claims, of which
8 are developed sufficiently To show
that they are producers. Com
mencing at the Rosa VI mine, "a
property owned by the De- phi Co:
This mine has two incline SHAFTS
sunk to depth of 100 feet each,
with drifts run on the ledge both
north and south, from "A to 100
feet, the ledge being from l to 6
feet wide A general average of Z
| tons OF ore taken from this mine
was worked at the Everett mill in
October, 1897, yielding 1925 in
gold, the taiings assaying rs per
ton. The next producer on this
ledge is the Boomerange mine, with
200. foot tunnel running full
length on the ledge The milling
test of this ore yielded SO per ton,
the assay value OF the tailings was
1888 per ton. The Frank Bessie
mine, the next claim north Of the
Boomerange, is owned by the same
company, the West Walker River
Gold Mining CO., has an incline
shaft down 80 feet and drifts south
with Slopes from which some 80
tons of ore have been tested, show
ing returns of SIT per ton in free
gold. The Feverish Hornet, an ex-
tension of the Frank Bessie, and
one of the three claims recently
purchased by the Cuyahoga G. NJ.
d M. Co., of West Virginia, has a
tunnel 1875 feet in length, the ledge
being opened up that distance by
the tunnel. The vein is from l to
A feet wide and milling test of
the ore yielded S1935 per ton.
The Delphi Co, which owns the
Rosa NJ mine, also owns two other
large properties, the Queen Bess
and the Nettie r. mines, which are
partially developed. These two
mines are large low grade proper
ties, but with the Walker river
within four miles as water power,
and with IA cable tramway, these
properties can he put on splendid
paying basis. The above mention
ed mines are all located in the
southern portion oi the District.
AS we proceed north this Delphi
lode, which cuts the country in
two for seveI, miles, can be traced
to the Little Bonanza mine, a prop
erty owned aud operated by Dan
Emerson, of Yerington. This
property is the banner mine Of the
camp To date, having producei a
good many thousands Of dollars,
the ere being worked in 4 small
way in an arrastre. The property
is opened up by q 500-foot tunnel
cutting through the top of the
mountain. There are two upraises
from this level Ia the surface, and
all the ore taken from the workings
returned on an average S14 per ton
in free gold. The tailings from the
ore treated assaved from rs to $1S