The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-04-06
ALL ENTHUSIASTIC ON ELY

tdteu Oh ana SuTIoulluihS oSNVVia
mountain in the Snake range and
was first settled more than 80 years
ago by prospectors from the then
booming camp of Phoebe. The FIRST
locations were made on lodges. but
il was the rich placer diggings dis
covered soon after in Dry Guleh that
brought il into some prominence.
Dry guch heads ON Osceola noun
tain and runs northerly into Spring
valley and has been the richest dig
gings found in the district When
the guch was worked by individuals
in the early days of the discovery of
large number of nuggets worth in
the thousands of dollars were found.
On the claim located by John YER
IAN one nugget was found and stolen
by the finder. II weighed | ? X
pounds and contained $2,325 in gold.
The company bought up most OF Dry
gulch and also Grub guleh near It,,
securing about LOO acres in all.
Two Dig bitches were constructed,
one starting at Williams creek, near
the west base OF Mount Wheeler,
which is II miles long; the other
heads On the eastern slope of the
same mountain and is Is miles in
length The control of the old COM
pany has passed into the hands of
the National Development company
of Salt Lake, and work, which has
been suspended for several years, Is
to he resumed this year
Mary Ann canyon heads near that
of Dry gulch, but runs westerly at
s.bt N, Tho o1flr h
fan formed on the Spring valley side
of the range is known as Hogum, and
has been worked for placer gold for
many years The gold is found in
the old channels and water courses
that are now covered by later washes
to varying depths The old chan
nels are reached by tunnels and
shafts, and the pay gravel is hoisted
to the surface and sluiced with wa
ter or the gold extracted by means of
dry washing machines. the deepest
workings being about 100 feet. AT
times the gold is found on false
bedrock of cemented lime wash and
again On solid lime. In some places
under the cement. the old time solid
lime has been attacked by acid solu-
lions hat have dissolved portions of
the rock. giving 1t a worm eaten ap-
pearance. The limestone is also
cracked and fissured In all directions
and often the worm holes and
cracks are found filled with rich dirt
and gravel This peculiar formation
has not been penetrated to any great
depth. but leasers are now sinking
in II in several places with the ex-
pectation of finding some rich peck
cts.
From the gulches on the north
eastern slope OF Osceola mountain
considerable gold has been produced
by plaeering The gold found there
Is associated with sharp quartz and
apparently has not travelled far. but
no large nuggets have been reported
from that side of the mountain. Gold
Is found for a long distance down
from the range where the land levels
into Snake valley. Eastern parties
have taken up large acreage and
are to prospect il thoroughly with
the intention of working the ground
on large scale by means of dredges,
and hope to do a great amount of
work during the next summer.
The production of gold from the
osceola district. which came mostly
from the plaeers. is estimated at four
million dollars.
Denver and eastern people. under
the management of Forest ID. Goody
of Denver. are working the old Cum
berland mine in Dry gulch under the
name of the Boston-Nevada Mining
company The mine has a record of
producing a large amount of jewclry
rock and the property has good
showing to work on. The company
operated the Whitney . stamp mill
in Osceola for short time last fall
on Cumberland ore with satisfactory
results. The company also has a
bond on the Oseeola mine which Las
an enviable record for high grade
ore. and also owns o acres of placer
ground at Hogum well located with
probabilities of good profit when de-
veloped
The New Moon Mining company,
controlled by Cleveland, o.. capital,
has been working steadily during the
past year on the Gem group on Os-
ceola mountain. tunnel has been
driven to connect with the old work
ings that were opened by shafts
where ore carrying as high as $500
a ton was found and also large
amount of water.
The Summit group on the north
end of the mountain was tied up last
fall by an eastern man. who expects
to resume operations soon with
greater energy than previous man
agement.
Pennsylvania people owning the
Exchange group, Eagle tunnel and a
30 stamp mill, secured patent on
the Homestake claim of the group
last summer. completing title To all
the ground The property has been
idle for several years. owing to dis
agreement among the owners.
The Gold Bar Placer Mining COM
pany. controlled by Ely and Lewes,
Delaware investors. owns about 220
acres NJ Hogum. where small force
a