Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-04-12
TO some confidence. There

of which were devoted to the further
Development of the mine (if we can be-
ihcve the NOracioiS Tru>lccS) and the
erection OF tile expensive hosting
works that cover the four hundred feet
of elegantly timbcred shaft sunk upOn
it. 1mbecilitv and miSinanaueucnt.
however, ruined it; the same as they
have many other still deserving CON
Germs of the kind. That there will va; !,
undcra proper system of DEVELOPMENT.
be Ound within the eastern and south
eastern lines of this and the Jackson
mine vast mineral deposits, the cxpc-
rience of the past two years in the
ncighbOrhood Of Ruby Till warrants
us in believing. Who ever suppOscd.
no later, even, than eighteen months
ago. that the ore channel of the Il X
would ever trend along the curse it is
now taking, as shown by the recent
heavy strike? Nobody. And the
chances are in favor OF there being no
one now found rash enough to di>bc-
licvc that 1t will eventually continue
its trend to the eastward of the Phcnix
shaft. This is Il speculative view, of
courses; but then it is n that has been
frequently, of la e, advanced by many
OF our most experienced miners.
ADAMS HILL
Consists of the General Lee and Wide
West mines, and were at one time man
aged by \. NJ. Ellsworth. Under his
- brilliant" administration they soon
dwindled from being productive to
unprOductive concerns. Work vas
discontinued upon them about the
finn, stt hta Nt,p.1i.iI,r ap,,sNi,,t,,n, O.,
the superintcndency of the Eureka
Consolidated, and has not since been
resumed. Previous to the suspension
there had been considerable ore extract
ed from them, which was worked ut
the Lemon mill, with very sa:istlc-
tory results. The ore vein of the
GENERAL
Is about the best defined of II in
the district, and has yielded some cx-
cellent ore, and will again if thing
are properly managed. Writing upon
this subject, recalls to our mem
DRY having read, a short time since, in
either the Virginia Chronicle or Enter
prise, we have forgotten which, II re-
print of an article supposed to have
DCCIt hitSl w al U INV SCIltlC
man, long II resident of Eureka, while
in one of his hazy, scmi-caustic mo IDS.
1t proved to him, no doubt, a very
pleasant pasiiinc, to describe Il new
system of mining that another well
known gentleman had introduced i'm
connection with the jackson and
Adams Hill properties, not inaptly
yclep. "gopherin@." An article such
rs that was conveyed no inst Informal
ton whatever regarding the merits or
dement's of this district that should be
deemed worthy of the serious con>id-
Grafton OF any sensible man. Such
things do no good; neither can they do
much real harm to the interests Of IA
place so thoroughly known and apprc-
ciated as Eureka is in mining centerS.
domestic and foreign. The depth and
permanently of its mines are facts too
we'll proven to be seriously doubted;
thercfOrewe viii dismiss he unwelcome
subject at once, nor to refer to it again.
IL FUTURE OUTLOOK
Is, from any standpoint viewed, en-
couraying in the extreme. With rail
communication uniting us to the
outer world. to strengthen, extend and
multiply our business relations with it,
by giving uscheaper and quicker trav-
cling and frcighting facilities, what
may we not reasonably hope for Eure-
k;t. III to what enlinence will it not vet
attain in mining and mercantile trans
actions?
Every department of business Is now
rapidly recovering from the s%tagnatiOn
incident to one of the toughest Winters
ever before encountered in not only
Eureka but Nevada. The mineral
wealth and extent of our district prop
er are actually as yet no. half devel-
oped. The coming season will, how
ever, it is fully believed, add several
good mines to the already large mum
her of dividend-paying ones Ill Il
midst.
TIL SrECI rltODCCrIONS
OF the States and Territories of the Pa
citic Coast during the past year was, in
round figures, So 10000. OF this
large amount. Nevada alone yielded
S35.25O, 900, or nearly one-half, while
California gave only SlS,.2o, 900, thus
falling short of the weld of the previ-
Gus year by 81, 900, 900, while the pro-
duet of Nevada was augmented SlO,-
WO,000. TO this vast increase Eureka
district has most grandly contributed.
The Richmond alone has produced the
astonishing of 6O0,O 0 unce
of silver, $1,000 ounces of gold, in
addition to 5.OOOtons oflcad; footing mp,
probably, about 5000, 900 al ogether,
while the product Of the remaining
four bullion producing companies
would most likely not fall far short of
$4,000, 900 more, or $4,000, 900 entirely.
Think of these things, We Eurekans
of little faith! Think of them, too, O
We unbelicvcrs of the outside world;
We who are so apt to turn your faces in
willing alteration to your Comstock,
Belmont and Raymond n Ely idols,
the same as the prejudiced followers OF
the prophet do to the Mecca of their
Thoughts and devotiOns. With such
results as these before u.s., results,
too, that can he S~ubSlantiated Ivy facts
and figures. coming from only five
mines whose bullion product d.d not
cover quite All entire year-at least,
three fourths of them that we know OF
did not run more than three-fourths of
that time-is it any wonder, NO say,
that we thus confidently predict for
- $500,