The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-09-11
Mine PRODUCTION
OF SANTA ROSA

In a bulletin just issued by the
United states Geological Survey, the
following article on the mineral pro-
dUction OF the Santa Rosa range, writ
ten by Waldemar Lindgren, is given:
Accurate statistics are unfortunate
ly not obtainable regarding the produc-
ton of the mining districts of the San
ia Rosa range. The production of Hum
boldt county given IN the later reports
o. the United States mint and the
United States Geological Survey con
veys little information, because the
usually heavy output of the districts
Of the Humboldt range forms part of
development of three districts.
II. The production falls in three we'll
eciined p RODS, corresponding to the
The earliest period, from 1868 to
1850, corresponds with the working of
the Pride of the Mountain mine, in the
Wlnnemueca district. This mine may
have yielded s1,000,000, but this figure
IS based upon no accurate data.
The next period, from 1880 to 1891,
corresponds to the working of the rich
VEINS Of the Paradise district, and this
production is said by local authorities
20 have amounted to several million
auction are available. According to the
report of the Director Of the Mint for
1888, the Bullion mine produced in that
year about 100000 in silver and gold
From January, 1879, to December, 1888,
The Paradise Valley Mining company
produced $366,735. From August to
December, 1888, the production of this
company was S72, 1873 in silver and So
26G in gold. In 1884, according to the
same authority, the production of the
Paradise Valley Mining company was
s2l5, 5,259. In 1887 the same production
was $4,000; in 1883, $16,963; in 1889,
S40,054; in 1890, $9,264 If these seat
tered figures give any indication of the
real production, the total output has
probably not exceeded 100000. OPP
eiations ceased in 1891 Since 1911 the
reports of the United States Geological
Survey indicate an awakening from the
dormant stage. A production of $2,3I3
was recorded in 1912 The production
from the Rebel Creek and Willow Creek
districts is not known; the former has
yielded little gold and silver ore.
and plaeers were worked in the latter
The last period of metal yield in the
Santa Rosa range began in 1909 with
the discovery of the National bonanza
Ia the hitherto unproduetive northern
part of the range. Unfortunately,
though the production of Humbo, 1t
county is known, no figures showing the
output OF this mine separately could
be given in the statistics collected by
the United States Geological Survey
because cf the rule against disclosing
individual production From the data
gwen in the Surveys Mineral Re
sources of the United States from
1910 to 1913 and from some hints
vouehsafea in the text it may be in
fcrred that the production of the Ma
nal vein was at least $4,000 in 1909,
s1.000.000 in 1910. 100000 in 1911
and 100000 in 1912 This would
amount to s2.1s0.000, but there are rea-
sons for believing that this is fully
$500. 900 short of the actual production
GIN the other hand. il has been stated
that the production TO November, 1910
vas $l,700.000, and the current reports
il the district assign a production of
abont $3.000000 or $4.000.000 TO the
mine up to the end of 1912. Certain il
is that during the whole period of
working more or less ore stealing went
on, and il is stated that the value of
the ore stolen before the present com
Dany took hold Of the property amount
ed to many hundred thousand dollars.
The total production of the mining
districts in the Santa Rosa range since
1869 is thus probably not less than
81 100000.