Show El Dorado Canyon A writer in the Silver Reef Mine eays concerning El Dorado Cauon In answer to many inquiries relative to E Dorado Csuon District I will give you a brief description Situated l in Lincoln county Nevada in the I range of mountains ruuning parallel with the Colorado River it extends to the river a distance ot twelve miles On the north side of this canon about midway between the Colorado and the summit of the mountain i the South Western Com panys mites This Company has a 15gtamp mill with White Howell I ohlorodizing furnace to which they haul their ore at an expense of 325 per ton The ore or vein matter is white spar Our former townsman R G Knox is general manager and Frank Lougbrey assayer for this company Almost opposite on the Booth side of the cauocu tbe new district dis-trict begins and extends sontherly about three miles and westerly about I six mileS From FrofejaorJenning who has made a careful study of this district I learn that the formation ia syenite the veinfilling quartz carry ing a chloride The moat promising mines are the I January Lone star Silver Legion Silver Eagle Morning Star Cnam pion Mohasko 0 K Gif StandBy Stand-By with several others on which some work it being done The first locations loca-tions were made in this district last January but little work has been done as the ducoveiers could not dispose of the ore extracted Now however that a custom mill n on the way more work will probably be done in the next four months than has been since the discovery of tbe district dis-trict There is ready for shipment to the new mill 300 tons or more of ore the estimated value of which is 200 per ton and much more will be on the dumps before the mill is ready to start up Messrs Fife Goodhur Co are tbe owners of Ibis mill and are pushing it to completion The difficulty m obtaining water has delayed prospecting When the distance 7 to 9 mile t pack water with the thermometer averaging 114 and the want of everything necessary to prosecute walk is considered it is plain why development has not been more rapid With the new mill a I store at which to supply from and the I warm season over we can look to the I next six months for developments that will make El Dorado a mining camp in production as yet it baa 1 only been such in name |