The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1899-06-07
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| sprinv I'M ut new digginKs, but he was
sneedlIy ti%sillnsione,l. There is neither
| drinking nor gambling here ami the only
shootings that have taken place were IN
accordance with the timr-henored meth.
oa af lei ling the title to mining claims.
Tap camp has u pp4t ,,Iii u and n tri-
weekly mail. RI. Ju Allen carries pas
sel.ers to anl from the camp Mondays,
"Wednesday and Saturdays. Wadsworth
IL the starting point for the mines, eight
miles distant.
Slip-rhis property is owned by the
Slip Mining and Milling Co., composed
}. D. Poole, Chas. MacEehern and John
Collie. Three leads have been discover
cd upon their claim, but only one has
been developed on an extensive scale.
This ledge is very spotted. In some
places it is quite low grade and in others
the rork when cracked is held together
by wires of gold. The owners report
having taken 81, 200 put OF II pocket tht
size OF a water bucket. Plenty of $50
rock is in sight. The ledge has been fol-
lowed down across a barren zone and the
values are again being encountered.
The workings consist Of a ll2-foot in
cline, 200 feet OF levels, q 59-foot connec-
ton and a 20x40- foot stope. The mime
has paid all operating expenses, includ-
ing dead work in following the low
grade streak.
Renegade-Oscar J. Smith and Chas.
T. Bender of Reno are the wners.
Nearly 200 ions Of low grade ore are on
the dump. Thirty-seven tons have been
milled. Shaft and incline are down l27
feet, from which a drift extends 81 feet.
Bottom of shaft and face of drift are in
ore, The ledge on the surface is three
feet wide and assays $SS by selected
sample Ore at bottom assays s.. The
ledge has widened to 20 feet.
Number Two-Owners are l.. T. Bel
lum, Alex Pollock Jr., James Poole, j.
D. Poole, John (ioldie and Frank Dolan.
Shaft following ledge 100 feet. Drift was
run 81 feet at a depth OF SO feet. The
lead at this point IL IL feet. Eigi teen
inches on the hanging wall asnay 1850
and eight inches On the foot wall 20
1880. The intermediate ore is worth
~. From 50-foot level to bottom OF shaft
bucket samples are said to have re-
tnrnel from rs to $40 so. The ledge is
four feet wide on the groupings. Il is
made up Of cams Of quartz in quartz
lite, the former showing wire gold at the
base OF tiny crystals. Assays OF $3.50
Eere- had from groupings. A selected
ton milled 5000.
Renegade No. 2--Owned bv J.. d.
Poole and Chas. McEachren. Shaft sunk
NJ fest on an l8-inch lead carrying small
values throughout. Two rich pockets
we're taken from this shaft.
Forlorn tlope-R. W. Sousmers. Il. NJ.
Clark and K. ". Norris are the proprie-
tors. A shaft has been sunk 80 feet and
is still going down. The ledge WAS fonr
inches wide on the surface. II has in
creased ~ nine inches, growing richer
all the way down. Two tout taken from
u depth OF 40 feet milled $2Os. 80. There
are twelve tons On the dump. 1t Ii
nearly ell specimen rock. This is per-
haps the only mine in the district that
has hotli wi,lened and increased in rs
say value will, depth.
lutte and Gold Centre-These proper
ties are owned by 'Brooks McI1ane. Con
siderable work hiss leen done. Milling
testh were made which prove The mines
TO be paying properties. Thirteen TONS
from the Butte averaged $l2.4S. Z
Mountain Boy-E. Griswold and E.
Olinghouse are the owners. Not q grea.
amount OF work has been dose, but the
ledge is shows to be in place and to
carry values.
Ora-Qwned by L. II. Proctor and
Lem Alien, A drift of Ill ieet has been
run from u 7l-foot shalt. another drift
of 81 feet and n 35-foOt crosscnt have
been run. The were lucky
enough 10 take out $500 from the grass
roots. The ore already milled has
yielded $1,000. Sixty-ave tons of 500
rock are on the dump. The ledge il
20 inches wide.
Golden Eagle. Kearney and Joseph
Effrick, proprietors. This claim con
tains two parallel lodges. One has been
followed down go feet and drifted on fol
90 feet. Tie vein is 10 inches wide and
carries 500 ore. About 80 tons are on
the dump. The other ledge has been