1881 - Highland

Highland is situated on the summit of Bennett Spring Mountain, in Highland District. Pioche is the nearest post-office. Ore was discovered in 1868, by H. Henderson, Mr. McDougal and others, and in 1869 a district was organized, and the town was started. The latter consists of a boarding house, brewery, saloon, and a few dwellings. Twenty-five miners are in the district, and about fifty locations have been made. The veins run north and south across the formation, which is of limestone, and dip to the east at various angles. The ores are base, containing lead principally, but showing copper, iron, and a small per cent, of gold. The leading mines are the Mendha, Phoenix, Henderson, and Arizona. Selected ores from the latter have assayed from $80 to $210 per ton. The Mendha Mine contains a shaft 300 feet deep, and a tunnel 300 feet long. Selected ores from the Phoenix and Henderson Mines have assayed from $80 to $210 per ton. The nearest railroad station is Milford, Utah, 120 miles distant, from which freight is brought by team at the rate of thirty dollars per ton. Fir, white and yellow pine, and mahogany are in abundance near the mines; water is hauled from springs two miles distant. The ores are smelted at Bristol, twenty miles distant, at a cost of seven dollars per ton, and about twenty-five tons are taken from the mines daily. The records of the district are kept by the County Recorder.

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Extracted, 2021 Aug 25 by Norma Hass, from History of Nevada, published in 1881, page 490.

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