188 MINING INDUSTEY. 



Outside Mines. — There are a number of mines in the Washoe region 

 that, being located on other veins than the Comstock, are generally classed as 

 "outside." Thej are on various ledges that have from time to time been dis- 

 covered, partly prospected and developed, and, in most cases, again abandoned 

 or neglected on account of the low grade of ore produced and the high cost of 

 working. Among them, however, are several that have been persistently 

 worked, and of these a still smaller number have established a claim to an im- 

 portant place in the list of successful and profitable mining enterprises. The 

 Occidental is one of the most prominent of this class, located on a large ledge, 

 between one and two miles east of the Comstock, nearly parallel to the last- 

 named vein in trend, and dipping also to the eastward at an angle of about 

 45°. This vein is a mass of limestone and quartz from 20 to 40 feet wide. 

 The silver-bearing mineral, resembling in most respects that of the Comstock, 

 is associated with the calcareous and silicious gangue, and thus far the lime- 

 stone has been the richer of the two. The pay-seam is from 6 to 12 feet 

 wide. The mine is worked for over 1,200 feet in length and 300 or 400 feet 

 deep. It is opened and developed entirely by tunnels, and a lower tunnel is now 

 in course of being driven, which, when completed, will be 1,600 feet long, cut- 

 ting the lode at a depth of 800 feet. The company own a mill near Dayton, 

 and are now building a new and large one near the mine. The yield of the 

 ore is stated at $12 to $16 per ton. In the summer of 1869 the mine was 

 producing about 25 tons per day. The writer is not able to give any accurate 

 statements concerning the total production of this mine. The company has 

 paid one dividend of $20,000 ; and, if the writer be correctly informed, has 

 never levied any assessment. 



Further north, and probably the same vein under a different name, is 

 the Monte Christo lode, crossing Six-Mile Canon near the Gould and Curry 

 Mill. This lode is developed to a much less extent. 



The Lady Bryan, one of the most important and best developed of the 

 outside mines, lies further east, probably on a different lode, in the so-called 

 Flowery District. This mine has been worked several years with varying 

 success ; once entirely abandoned, the machinery was removed and the prop- 

 erty sold for a trifling sum ; then revived by other parties and now working 



