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as great as it is. There is an abundance of ore in sight to keep 

 150 stamps running for many months. Preparations are being 

 made to erect a number of other mills ; and it is not improba- 

 ble that the production of silver for 1869 will amount to 

 $10,000,000. At the present rate it will be over $5,000,000, 

 a figure which Washoe did not reach till its third year, and 

 which is not now equaled by any other silver district. Guana- 

 junto, Zacatecas, Potosi, Cerro Pasco, and Chanarcillo can 

 hide their diminished heads. 



The principal mine is the Eberhardt, which is producing 

 $150,000 per month with a ten stamp mill, the total produc- 

 tion having so far been about $800,000, and the ore in sight 

 will yield considerably more than that. The first 700 tons 

 yielded $850 per ton in the mill, and $150 per ton were lost in 

 the w^orking, for the assay value was $1,000 per ton. The 

 bed of ore in this is 184 feet wide. 



The following table shows the quantities of ore from dif- 

 ferent mines at AYhite Pine reduced in the last quarter of 

 1868 in the Oases mill, with the assay value of the different 

 lots worked : 



Pounds "Worked. Assay per Ton 



Aurora (Rathbnrn) 17,157 $439 82 



Aurora (Rathburn), 2d class 4,107 * 8168 



Aurora (Stow) 23,657 $81 68 @ 97 89 



Aurora 117,031 120 00 



Bnena Vista 9,404 87 96 



California 11,131 224 62 @ 339 57 



Emersly 3,074 443 00 



Eunice 11,441 163 36 



Eberhardt 31,605 232 35 @ 241 17 



Hudson & Logan 7,030 226 20 @, 601 61 



Hidden Treasure 78,767 139 77 @. 341 69 



Montffomerv 15,585 89 96 @ 1, 614 86 



Post Hole .". 1,004 229 84 



Romulus 6,000 491 67 



Robert Emmet 124,357 882 84 



^now Drop 16,475 347 14 @ 360 14 



Santa Vila 19,251 157 86 



Stonewall 134,660 235 62 @ 461 80 



Wadsworth 392 6,929 76 



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