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all that is taken out will exceed $300. Extensive improvements are
in contemplation at this property. The price paid in all to the claimants of the mine amounted to $110,000, which included also the Saint Clair, a partial extension of the Solitaire.
The Saint Clair is located north of the Solitaire and shows croppings of the same ledge. It is also the property of Senator Tabor, having been included in the purchase of the Solitaire. The work done upon it is confined to a few surface openings of no par- ticular consequence. Quite a considerable quantity of very rich "float" was found upon the surface of this claim at the time of its discovery.
The Brilliant lies parallel with the Solitaire and immediately west.
It is owned by Jeff Raynolds, of Las Vegas, by whom it was pur- chased during the fall of 1882. A great deal of rich float has been -taken from the surface ground of the Brilliant.- This has all been assorted and sacked and is now held at the mine ready for shipment at any time. A shaft has been sunk to a depth of eighty feet and a cross-cut tunnel has been pushed in for the purpose of striking the ledge. Besides this there have been several surface openings made. In many places the Brilliant ground is covered with huge pieces of
quartz carrying silver. It is undoubtedly a good piece of mining
property and once it is intelligently developed will prove equal to its name.
The Silver Nugget is a fractional claim lying east of the Solitaire and between it and the Morning Star. A great deal of rich silver float was taken from the surface of this, but no work has been done
upon it.
The Morning Star is owned by the Moore Bros, and McDougall.
It is located east of the Solitaire in a northerly and southerly direc- tion. Some excellent quartz has been found upon this property and high assay returns have been received from pieces subjected to test. The proximity alone of the Morning Star to the Solitaire, makes the former a valuable property.
The Nevada mine is an east and west location, its south end join- ing the east side of the Solitaire at the northern part of the latter property. It was located by the Moore Bros, and McDougall. It is now owned principally by a Chicago company. There is a shaft upon the property down to a depth of over seventy feet, and another