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Show lil'ISV hollow, close to tho Mammoth, are some fine properties, the discovery and location of which is of recent date. Amotigst them tho Alaska is a shipper of very high grade ore and promises great things for its owners. The Aspen and St. Lawrence owned by Messrs. Hunter & Ryan and the estate of the lato Mike Bennett are in the same hollow and are lino prospects, on which development work will bo started immediately. The Labonte, in the Banio hollow, is owned by John Sullivan, Mike Sullivan Sulli-van and Tom Burns, the latter gentleman gentle-man being a practising attorney in tho district. The Labonte is a very promising prom-ising property, if for nothing e'lso than that it contains the only water between Eureka and Silver. As the boys who own it are not hoggish on tho contrary generous to a fault they will not hinder hin-der anyone working in tho Hollow from using as much of the, here, precious pre-cious fluid as may be needed. the scAuriTV ok water is the only genuine drawback to this district, and vvhilo on tho subject a short description of the supply and the shortage of supply may be given. At Eureka there is a well-known water course which Hows close to tho surface and trends northward. Good and abundant wells are found at a depth of twenty feet throughout the length of the gulch until John McChrystal's store is reached, where tho last well is located. locat-ed. Here the current seems to sink as no water has been found below or west of that point. The town, however, is abundantly supplied, tbero being no less than four separate systems owned respectively by the Bullion-Beck, the Eureka Hill, the town water company, and a new system recently put in by Mr. Tom Powers. The latter system is supplied from a tunnel above the town, while tho others are supplied from numerous springs at tho head of the canyon, mainly those at Hoinansviilc. The Mammoth is supplied with water through A TIl'E NINE MILES l.OSii starting in the hills west of the valley through which the railroad runs up to Eureka. As the mine is on higher ground than the springs, a pumping station Is maintained at the railroad crossing. Tho town of Silver is sun- plied through a pipe from springs some live or si k miles distant and so much higher up that they have an immense pressure. The country to the southeast of Silver, Sil-ver, where there are several good mines and prospects, such as the Tesora. Golden Gol-den Treasure and several others has to be supplied with water from Silver, Sil-ver, the oro wagons hauling it up on their return trip. In this same country, south-east of Silver, are immense im-mense bodies of low grade ore that would pay large returns if there was a good concentrating mill close, at hand, hut this is impossible without a plentiful plenti-ful supply of water. In the country named water is found in all the mines at about 150 feet from the surface, and in sufficient quantities for nil milling nd mining purposes. Capital is required, re-quired, however, to place pumping machinery ma-chinery and other necessary appliances applian-ces for the Purpose of utilizing this line water supply. There is a fine opening for a company with capital to acquire ground, put in the necessary pumping machinery and erect, a large concentrating concentrat-ing plant. There is no doubt but what a mill of whatever capacity would be abundantly supplied with ore. i Frank Btrits. |