History of Nevada; . Uj^IcIul iV,»» £^y?l4^--^^__^. RESIDENCE AND RAiNi^n ur i^. nLhiNLLoLN MASON VALLEY, ESMERALDA CO.,NEVADA. \ HISTORY OF ESMERALDA COUNTY. 417 ing muuDtains, water suflScient for milling purposesin springs and shallow wells. Ores are now workedraw. There are two mills in the district, one aneight-stamp, the other having five, and both are runby steam. Freights by team cost five cents perpound from Wadsworth, distant 1G8 miles away inan air line. What the reduction will be in gaining anearer railroad station at Hawthorne, is yet to beseen. There have been about 250 locations
History of Nevada; . Uj^IcIul iV,»» £^y?l4^--^^__^. RESIDENCE AND RAiNi^n ur i^. nLhiNLLoLN MASON VALLEY, ESMERALDA CO.,NEVADA. \ HISTORY OF ESMERALDA COUNTY. 417 ing muuDtains, water suflScient for milling purposesin springs and shallow wells. Ores are now workedraw. There are two mills in the district, one aneight-stamp, the other having five, and both are runby steam. Freights by team cost five cents perpound from Wadsworth, distant 1G8 miles away inan air line. What the reduction will be in gaining anearer railroad station at Hawthorne, is yet to beseen. There have been about 250 locations made inthe district, fifty of which are still in existence,among the more important of which arc the BrownsHope, Death Vallej, Suwaneo, Cinderella, Lida Hill,or Hawkeje, Lida Belle, Blue Dick, Sapphire,Centennial, and Fortunatus, or •• Buster. The greatest depth obtained is by shafts on theFortunatus and Browns Hope mines, each having one250 feet down. The longest tunnel is on the Suwanee,and is 200 feet. •Montezcma District was discovered
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