Show minersville MINERS VILLE AND MINES the town and its mines adjacent to it ac alio mining inte reit is taking de finite shape here old locations ore being pushed ahead vigorously and new one forme iJ DISTRICT particularly situated four miles to the northeast north east up a rugged road is itself a locality from which much is expected and much in fact being realized it is noted among other things for being the celebrated lincoln mine work on which was naly commenced some twenty years KO by J H kollins the smith broth en and others the ore being extracted for the purpose of obtaining lead in which it ran very high at that time and bars of that metal were for some time t be met with in all parts of the territory the town derives its name from that discovery but with the increase and cheapness importations from the east and west mi ners ville lead which was cather hard for general purposes ceased to be in demand but if it ceased to be an object of interest in that respect it was destined fis the sequel shows to spring into greater prominence by means of the tame hardness which militated against the lead as an ar bicle of commerce viz TUB PRESENCE OF in good quantity in the ores the history of the lincoln as a silver bearing mine is pretty familiar to most people in this territory after a company with strong capital had operated it for some time several years ago and did well they encountered water which like the shout of banquot banquo would not down expensive machinery was obtained to pump the shaft but to no avail and at last the property has had to succumb to this its only detriment and it is now entirely abandoned the enormous excavation representing as it stands all that is left more than invested the confident hope of making it A SOURCE OF WEALTH to the investors mr J II 11 dupaix of this place ber ails its downfall t the extent of some and otlien losers in smaller sums are cumor ous hereabout in this district there is a hand home and WELL GROUP OF MINES called the coral keef ula and rich mond they are owned by campbell cullen co the bonanza kin of frisco and superintended super intended by M powers drifting s being led from the coral reef south an the richmond north with ore all the way the former is in feet the other two somewhat less the december mine is owned by a corporation corpora tian at beaver of which judge boreman is president M livingstone vice president and presley D anny secretary and treasurer A tunnel has been run in 75 feet with the object of striking the ledge at feet the ledge matter essays assays well and the company have A GOOD the war eagle owned by the same company has struck a good body of ore assaying well in gold no test for silver the creole also belonging to the december company is doing well in a fire foot vein which extends to wards the december location and exhibits ore of the same character in the OF THE efa mine jack onell has struck red and brown chlorides which are opening out finely their extent not being known at prea ent bradshaw district four miles north of lincoln contains the celebrated and valuable cave mine it is now shipping TWENTY TOSS OF ORB a day which is estimated to be worth from to per ton in gold and silver atis working men under sir and is down well into the bowels of the earth in tunnels inclines ac this property is making money at a lively rate but like the lincoln his been the receptacle of several small fortunes among them that of mr james II 11 rolling formerly bishop here bradshaw also includes THE BOT mogul an I reliable with some few others whose names I did wt learn and of which I had not time to ob tain particulars the former is producing an abundance of good ore which runs away in gold and some hat lesa in silver S T godat il co are prosecuting the this mine the mogul is blown feet in gold and bearing quartz and is owned by smith fc dupaix the reliable was recently sold bv dubix smith to S T godbe i produces gold and ore in good quantities tho droppings crop pings are fifteen feet wide and no ounces in silver yr ton I the people here generally fed confident that GOOD tin is are a question of but a short time though everything is quiet at present they we agitating the subject of constructing a canal to water the bottom lands which would increase their grain and hay products several fold they are indu triou energetic people and when the good times boino will bo able to make the moat of them mr J H agent of tb uenh operative cooperative co association here is first in the field with a dwar to IDA railroad company offering ten acres of land within the city limits for depot grounds etc doubtless other would be equally liberal ant whether their offers are destined to produce the desired effect cannot nt present be even guessed at with any of satisfaction the town contains but few business bouief the one to above and th CO being the only general establishments the latter is ably by mr win wood and doea if share of the traffic there are two saloons that of mr louia leseine Les eing which u also a wholesale liquor house and the the town contains about people but nill doubtless fill up faster huros after I am now headed for frisco dm tnt 30 miles a little of wet where and money are more numerous the thanks of the are tendered to rollans mr dupaix mr wood W L H dotson who being an ex con federate is of course a good roan and to mr wacker formerly of Os den for M shown to il representative march |