The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1902-09-20
MINES ABOUT WINNEMUCCA.
Mates of Some Old and New Districts of This
County,

ton of the varied resources of the coun-
ty, given in a number of well -writted
articles. We reproduce the following,
descriptive of some of this c~ounty's best
mining DISTRICTS:
The town of Winnemucca, situated as
it is, on the line of the Southern Pacific
railroad, is so located that it is the CEN
ter of a vast mineral country and 1t is
only a matter of time when the town will
be one of the largest in the State. At
one time two quartz mills and a small
smelter were in operation here, but at
the decline in the price of silver, like all
other camps in the State, mines and
mills went to ruin.
Wfnnemucca is only twenty miles from
Central district, which has produced an
immense amount of bullion, and that dis
trict today is just as goou as 1t ever
was. Winnemucca district, only a mile
or so from town, has also produced
thousands of dollars in the precious met
ais. Mines in this hill were worked long
before the railroad was built, and the old
Pride Of the Mountain has a good reputa-
ton as a producer. This lead has been
worked along the surface for at least
1000 feet, and good ore was extracted,
and the ore is still there below the water
level, for when water was encountered
work was discontinued on account of the
high prices of machinery those days for
handling water.
A company was formed of Winnemucca
citizens to run a tunnel to tap the ledge
below the water level, as they supposed,
but from some mis~calculation or other
the tunnel only tapped the old workings.
This tunnel is fifteen hundren feet in
length and tapped two blind lodges,
which produced considerable high grade
ore. and like the old ledge they were new
er worked below the water level and are
still there for capital to take hold of.
Kennedy is situated about go miles
south of Winnemucca and is considered
a good camp, as there is any quantity of
ores carrying paying values In gold and
silver. A new mill has been erected there
by Messrs. Wynne & Lasher. who have
lately taken hold of a number of prop
critics I'm the camp. Considerable diff
Guilty has heretofore been experienced
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ures have been made by trying to handle
the ore by the free process. The ores
are mostly sulphides and require smelt-
ing. Hundreds of claims have been To-
Gated in the camp and considerable ore
has been shipped. There is no question
as to the richness and quantity of the
ore. Messrs. Wynne and Lascher claim
that they have a process hat will work
the ores and 1t is hoped that their claim
will be realized. as it means lots to Ken
NEEDY. Other parties are negotiating for
mines there and it is expected that Ken
nedy will experience another boom.
Willow Creek is another district which
has produced considerable good ore and
the range is covered with prospect holes
that expose good veins of gold-bearing
ore. The ohio, Wild Deer and Daniel
Boone are considered good mines, and
are not worked out either. Willow Creek
district is situated about sixty miles
north of Winnemucca.
Silver State district. about thirty miles
from Wlnnemucca, has produced good
ore and it is said that good prospects
are lying idle there today.
Pueblo mining district is about one
hundred miles northwest of Winnemucca,
near the Oregon line, and is one Of the
best camps In the county. There are two
mills there and considerable rich gold ore
has been milled. The r. A.. ID. mine has
been worked considerably and paid from
the grass roots. This property is man.
aged by j. II. Deegan. j. Ashdown has
also worked a lot of ore from a mine
that he owns which has paid a handsome
profit. This mine is one of the best in
the camp and has large bodies of milling
ore in sight. This property is on a pay
ing basis at the present time and the
ore carries free gold. There are a num-
Der of parties in this camp that have
promising lodges. 1t has been a poor
mans camp, as most of the mines have
paid from the grass roots. Some very
rich specimens of white quartz covered
with crystalized gold have been taken
from the r. A. D.. mine.
About sixty miles northwest of Win
nemucca is Jackson Greek district with
it's immense deposits of copper ore. There
is no better country in the world than
Jackson. The district is one great mass
of copper veins. Considerable work has
been done on the Nelson group, when
has lately been bonded to Eastern par
ties. Large deposits of ore are exposed
on these claims. There are hundreds
of claims staked off and Jackson has a
bright future, which will soon be rea-