The silver lance., 1899-07-28
nENT1ON OF THE MINES.
"esf she Wssk's Work Has Developed In the
Properties Of theO,strict.

the Surzan foothills.
The force at the Eureka has heen in
creased further the past week, AMI the
trall has also been improved for the jack
tram, which has to pack the ore to the
end of the Yule creek wagon road.
Pete Mattivi has taken a quantity of
mill-dirt from the Low Grade to the
Scofield mill for treatment. He believes
it is good milling ore and has a great
amount of it that can be broken down
cheapiy.
One Of the Hoffman jack trains has
been packing ore from the Black Ouee n
to Marble this week. The first train
load was taken down Tuesday and one
trip day has been made since. This i,
ore which was taken out last yoar and
sacked up in the ore house.
W. B. Roddan and Will Melton came
over from the La Plata Wednesday even.
ing where they have been working on
ore, getting ready to make shipments.
As soon as the Scofeld mill begins oper-
atoms some of this ore which has been
brought down already will be treatei
The East Rock Creek Mining & Mill
ing Company, of which articles of Incor.
poration were recently filed, has work
under way on its tunnel. The property
is located up above Elko and is consider
ed promising prospect. The promoters
are eastern people who have confidence
in their prospect and will make a mine
OF 1t with perseverance.
In the Crystal Mountain tunnel the
formation is changed for the better. the
rock being more easily drilled and break
ing better. Carl Viles has been put on
as blacksmith helper to succeed Rea
White. More coal was hauled this week
for the engine and the junction OF veins
for which the drift is being run will be
reached in short distance.
There is no change in the general
character of either the vein or the ore
being taken out a t the Fargo and it will
only be a few days until the q shirment
can bs made. The copper and lead
values Of this property may cause other
owners OF prospects on that portion Of
Sheep Mountain, that have splendid sur
face showings, to develop their claims.
From the Carbonate jack train is
bringing down ten tons Of ore a day to
Scofield, where it is loaded into ore
wagons and taken to the Hoffman smelt.
er at Marble. A number Of improve
mepts have been made in the trail and
up at the mine for loading the animals.
Things are now in good shape for eco
nomically handling the output. which
may soon be increased.
Orrin Allen deserves a great deal Of
credit from those interested in the Crys-
tai Basin section. This week he has a
gang OF men at work on the road be-
tween Scofield and the basin. and in a
few days a wagon can go through as well
as jack train at present Most OF the
way 1t will not require great deal OF
work to clear the road. and in most
places the grade is easy.
Two more new tables have been ordered
for the Scofield concentration to replace
tables which were warped in moving
them up. That there is more ore within
reach than the mill can handle and the
success of the Cramer process is demon
strated beyond any doubt. There is,
oe TIM n
which will be run on the new tables. H..
M. Cramer expects to have the plant in
operation steadily by the last OF next
week at latest.
T. O'Bryan, as attorney for Messrs. u.
F. ROYAL, H. H. Cramer and A. T. Ferris
has received government title to the Cot
tage Home No. 2 lode. situated at Sco-
field and includes the ground upon which
the concentrator stands. This also alb
sorhs the greater portion OF the ground,
and eliminates the quasi title of the Utah
and Nevada lodes, which had been en-
tered for patent years ago, but for some
reason never perfected. The water fall
ON this ground is very valuable.
This week the Augusta mine at the
old camp OF Pittsburg was examined Tor
parties who are figuring on handling the
propery. The Augusta is lead-siiver
mine which has been quite producer 10
its time. 1t was originally owned by
three Philadelphia capitalists, one OF
whom came out to superintend its work
ings. A large mill was built and first
class wire-rope tramway put in connect
ing mill and mine. The three eastern
men died and the estates did not choose
IN continue working the property and
for the past few years it has been worked
in q desultory fashion by leaser whose