The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-02-06
ROCHESTER NEWEST
NEVADA MINING CAMP
ALREADY ATTRACTS 1000 PEOPLE
GOOD GRADE OF ORE
is REPORTED.

Mining stampcdeS In Nevada ar,
not new and it is not surprising at an,
time to hear Of late one, for the fielt
Is one that viii be prolific for age.
and the effort and industry Of tht
prospector is practically without lin,
itation.
The great Comstock in the early sos
caused the first mining excitement ir
/ Nevada. The great ledge gave to the
world product Of over three quarters
|of q billion dollars in gold and silver
#Other camps Of lesser magnitude but
Of tremendous Importance followed.
While best known in the early days
as a producer of silver, Nevada in late
years has become leader in the pro-
duction of gold. Within the past eight
or ten wears the state has Furnished
the leading gold mine in the United
states. Within the past half dozer
years the GoldGeld Consolidated has
paid dividends of $2400009O
Not every Nevada mining excite
ment develops a permanent camp. BIZ
MANY DO and some of the results are
record breaking. SO every good sur
face showing is worth the attention
necessary to investigate and to do
more or less preliminary exploration.
The latest new camp is Rochester
in the west central part of the state
not far from the Southern Pacific rail
road. The following description Of i
Is given by the Salt Lake Herald Re.
publican through an interview with
party recently returned from there.
Rochester. the infant prodigy of
Nevada's mine camps. which about 60
DAYS ago was made up of two or three
miserable looking cabins, today has
live population of 700 to 800: there are
now scores of cabins, tented restaur
ants and hotels, dance halls, saloons
and stores, with about a half dozen
properties active and many leasers a.
work; with regular automobile routes
and 100 horses hauling ore freigh
and passengers between camp and it.
two railroad towns of Oreana. eighf
miles distant, and Lovelock, 22 miles
way This is the story Of the CAM
n nutshell, as given by John w
'owan, managing director of the r.
hester Mines company, who came i,
rom Nevada Yesterday.
1T is really astonishing how thu |
llace has sprung ND like mushroom |
II night said Mr.. Cowan. II was
n there last inst two weeks ago ar6
When | went back | hardly knew thc I
'lace. Almost lige magic hustin~
ann of well over a half thousand in
'ah'tants has appeared There arc !
hree townsites, and the cabins an1
ent DWELLINGS, and temporary busineet
ouses have spread out over a mi
)ng
owing TO the cold weather and tho
isinclination to go forth and risk
eavy storm of the next month or So
title work will be accomplished out
ide of the heart Of the district. The
levation is about 1900 feet, and pref !,
Y severe winds sweep the hills. Rut
March there is a radical change and
ne advent of warm weather there will
0 doubt see the hills for many miles :
all directions bristlng with men
rmed with pick and shovel"
Mr.. Cowan saws besides the three
'iive leases on the Crown Point or
ocheSter Mines property. that the
'ingiield people are running a cross
IT tunnel m the Shicll group. This :,
IN pr2N"hlv so feet and win have to | t
) aopraXimatelv 900 to 400 feet to Sc. {
ire depth Of about 800 feet on the '
ltcropping vein. The John Cleyhorn "
'pup IS being worked Work Is also t
ing done on the Lincoln Hill to tho =
nth. The Mcneil Friedman ground !.
being opened UP also k
"rhe greatest activity however. is
the original discovery. the Roches n
= Mines, where a number Of sets oe a
tsers are making splendid Roadway ii
70 deepest work in camp to date is X
25-foot shaft on the No | lease ~
IRE the men ore underground stopping q,
ley are sacldng everything encoun- b
ed. The ore was carefully sampled On
q averaged $50 a ton. mostly in sill .,
r From 1900 sacks Of this ore q
re set out at random; dumped on 9 s.
'etoh Of canvas, chartered down, and
ally the samples averaged $50 Q
= al
ding surface rock and all ayerag ea
ton.
SO far the main north-south ve'~ RI
5 been proven for Il distance of 5000 TIL
t, or over half mile of promln- sc
fir
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