The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-07
FAMOUS OLD LEAD CAMP.
Hamilton, White Pine County, Ne
vada, Coming to the Front.

The old camp of Hamilton, forty-two
miles southeast of Eureka, and about the
same distance west OF Ely, New, has
awakened from long sleep and promises
to take its place Us one of the big pro-
ducers OF the precious metals. The bats
have been driven from the old stone
and Treasure City. built and deserted
many years ago, and the old mines and
many new ones are being placed in readi-
ness for regular shipments 1t is prom
Used that the district shall have railroad.
The first discoveries of mineral on
Treasure hill were made in 1864. and, &C
cording to camp legends, the find was
made by an Indian. who profited little by
the big production which followed. The
| ores were rich in silver and lead and the
district is credited with a production of
s45, 600, 900. The Bambergers of Salt Lake
have bought the Ne Plus Ultra, one of the
old-time producers, for $4,000. The ore
carries 20 per cent lead and twenty ounces
silver, and is an ideal smelling product.
II is said that there is more than suffi-
cient ore in sight In the mine to meet the
purchase price.
Across the gulch from the Ne Plus u
ira is the Rocco Homestake, which has
the record of paying dividends from the
surface. The mine was re-opened four
years ago and has been steady producer.
On the same ore belt DR.. Russell of Oak
land has secured bond on mine owned
by Mrs. Gray of the same city and is
developing II.
On the west side of White Pine noun
tain there remains the ruins of an old ten
stamp anthony mill and here Brown of
Tonopah has opened ledge of copper ore
| fifty feet wide which carries good values
| in both the precious metals. In the Jennie
A. mine, which is located on contact be-
tween line and quartzite, now owned by
Francis Cutting of San Francisco, there
are 10000 tons of galena ore blocked out.
On the east side of the mountain the Nc
| Allen mine has been shipping steadily for
several years, transporting the ore on
hand sleds to the wagon road and thence
Ito Eureka. Schenck, Oleson and Marsh
of Ely have a bond on property adJoln-
| ing the McAllen and are ready to ship.
Hunt and Neff on the same belt are sack
| ing a vein of solid galena ore eighteen
| inches thick.
The old Treasure Hill, with a tunnel in
s 900 feet, is now owned by w. B. Reed OF
Capitola, Cal. The face of the tunnel is
in a black shale. which extends clear to
Illipah creek and a seam Of. coal has
been found there by c. b. Alden of Gold
field and his associates. which gives the
following analysis: Coal, 11.5e per cent,
asphaItlIm AGA per cent, moisture O.06 per
cent, organic matter 1902 per cent. Mr..
Alden left for camp this morning in COM
pany with Frank Allen, whose father,
George H. Allen, went to the district when
the first rush occurred forty-three years
ago. In addition to the coal property. Al
len is conducting a hotel and has bond
on the Comanche mine, a neighbor OF the
Ne Plus Ultra. He says that Hamilton is
already commencing to boom, and with
the coming of railroad, which the ton
mage of ore now In sight in the old mines
iustifies, IL is bound to make a great
camp.