The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-16


en- things. 1t is thought that arrange
ments will be made whereby the Iii
ger mine, on American Hill, between
Downieville and Forest City, will re-
sumo, after a long rest, this summer.
The property is under bond to gen
tleman named Sweavers at San Fran
cisco, and he-is interesting al New York
company in the proposition. The Pll-
ger had the first mill erected in the
northern country, which was a wooden
sllx-stamp affair, and for several years
good paying ore was taken out. In
1872 the mine passed into the hands
of a New York syndicate, who put up
a modern twenty stamp mill.
THE NEVADA OUTLOOK.
Winnemucca Silver State: Thirty
miles southwest of Winnemucca is
range Of mountains in which is stu
ated the Central Mining District. The
formation of this section is principally
of slate and porphyry. A prospector
who starts out in this section can go
in no directions without finding min
eral-bearing rock. Nearly every forma-
ton there carries gold to some ex-
tent. There have BEEN several very
profitable mines worked in Central Dis
trict in past years when the mode OF
mining ores was much more difficult
and expensive than at the present time.
There are now in that district the fol-
lowing prospects, some developed
enough to be called mines: Blackbird,
Golden Eagle, Teamster BeeSwing,
Ophir, Chicago, Gray Eagle Interna-
tional, Keystone, Gold Hill and Octo-
pus.. Hundreds of thousands of dollars
have been taken out of the Blackbird.
In recent years the mime has not been
worked. The owners are Michigan peo-
pie. They have been having their as
seSsment work done yearly, and will
IN the future work the mine again
There is considerable good ore in sight.
The company has a Huntington mill
located near the property, and a
Waterman is employed to stay their
continually
The Golden Eagle is worked by a
company of that name with headquar-
tiers at Salt Lake, of which G.. H Will
bur is Superintendent. A mill will be
erected at the mine, and will be in
operation before next fall At present
there are fourteen men employed at
the mine, in which are hundreds of
feet of tunnels, shafts and wines. 1t
is a gold proposition, the ore at the
present time running about $50 per
ton.
In the same hill with the Golden
Eagle is located a claim called the Gray
Eagle, owned by Frank Reynolds and
Jack Poole. These men have about
80 feet of tunnel completed. The ore
runs between SIS and $50 in gold, with
about 1ilxa amount ciluar
In the same locality is the Gold Hill
mine Work is being done continually
on this mine by two shifts of men, who
are taking out ore that is running in
the neighborhood of SIG per ton The
ledge is widening out the farther in
they go, and is approximately about
100 feet in depth. This mine has a
good future. Quite a lot of ore is on
the dump.
Across the canyon and south of the
Golden Eagle is the Ophir mine. There
is a deep shaft and considerable tun-
neling done on this location The rock
is of a liver color and goes well in
gold. Last Monday the day shift of
men run into a ledge that is now
eighteen inches wide, the ore of which
assays about S75 in gold. The ledge
dips to the north and is about POO
feet in depth at the place where it was
struck.
The new discovery in development
work caused quite bit of excitement
in the camp when it was made known
This mine is being worked by a Salt
Lake company called the Ophir Com
pany. These mines are on the western
slope of the range in the district
The Chicago nina, owned by L. F.
Dunn and c. D. Mackay of Winnie
mucca. is on the eastern side of the
range. about a mile and a quarter up
the main canyon from Old Central
This claim is of porphyry and quartz
lite formation. 1t is principally gold
property, the ore averaging about S14,
In some places there is an arsenical
formation that by mill test runs
500 in gold. Last winter two men
worked on this claim the greater por-
ton of the time. 1t will not be long
before work will be resumed on this
property.
The owners have started a tunnel to
crosscut the formation and tap a tun-
mel which was started from the shaft.
This claim will be one of Central Dis
trict's best mines before many years.
Just up from Old Central are several
claims which have had considerable
work done ON them in former years.
From these some very rich ore has
been taken out 1t was done when
silver was up, and prospectors and
miners We're not looking for gold that
paid less than $40 per ton. The Bees
wing is one of these mines. 1t is
owned by Frank Reynolds, and old
time miner.
From this mine ore assaying $1,000
a ton in silver has been extracted. It
runs about Sc to 81 in gold.
Throughout Central District are
prospects that have some work done
upon them. The district has been
coming to the front in the past four
years, and is destined to rank high
among the mining districts of Ne
vada
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