Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-07-16

The Alabama
Is situated near the Harrison, on the
same mountain. 1t has but "a small
vein, only being n foot to eighteen
inches, but very rich in ore, showing a
little more of the copper than the
Harrison or Hudson River. The Ala
bama crops wi for 800 or o feet,
showing II we'll defined vein ut various
points. There is plenty of wood at
these mines-ceaar and a very supe-
rlor quality of nut pine. There is an
abundance of water, situated two and
a half miles down Il steep mountain,
and it would only he a question of mo-
ney to build Il good road, so as To have
the water brought to the mines. These
three mines-thc Harrison, Hudson
River and Alabama-together with the
water and other locations belong to
the same parties.
The Sunrise.
Or Nick Wonders mine, is located at
the head of the main gulch of Surprise
canyon, ard is a singular-looking de-
post. 1t has not the appearance of a
vein, though it may he. 1t is i'm a lime
formation or the main side of the
main Panamint mountain, 300 feet
above the gulch, and at an exact alti-
tude of 5000 feet above the level of the
sea. The deposit shows I q be 50 feet in
length by about 40 feet i'm width.
About l25 tons of ore have been taken
out. portions of which is NOrth from
$500 to 800 to the ton; the balance. |
think. will average Sl50. | estimate
that 400 tons of ore are now in sight. The
mass seems to have been squeezed out
of the lime into various shapes, Less
copper appearS in this mine than in
any other of the districts.
The Won Ter Of the World.
Or, as it is commonly called, Jacobs
Wonder" is a fair representative mine
Of the district. The mineral lisa black,
copper ore, and the vein carries consid-
cradle blue or carbonate copper in
spots, while on the outside nearer the
wall rock the quartz is barren,
Ii is fair to say that out of scvcn feet
two is good ore, but net much. if any
will pay. The MeNicans have
been running IA sort ofsmelting works.
which is but Il small concern Ii by an
ordinary 46-inch bellows, They have
also an arastra which they have been
working. Two tons of ore, selected is
Il sample of the best ore. were taken
from the Ilelmlock and cent to Cerro
Gordo aud produced $50. This. |
should say, was a very good general
sample of the district. Some portions
may be better. others poorer. Black
line is found mixed ;hroughthe or de-
post and large powders. weighing
from three to four tons. appear on the
surface. Between these powders
strraks. two and three feet in width.
OF chloride, rich as any ever found i'll
old Austin. are found. What we used
to call bromide silver is also found.
Take any of this ore and put il in u
forge and it will blister out equally as
well as the old Yankee Blade ore of
Union district. 1t is impossible for
any one To made head or tail of this
singular deposit. still | think they will
succeed in finding IL defined lead. At
all events. the ne havca fortune i'll
>ight-at least S5o.ooo. Theore appears
to be a "ravi>h looking sulp,uret; the
quartz IS white, OF Il fine. soft texture,
fully charged with mineral, AMI will
yield 50 per cent. of its metal by the
ordinary mill process.
The ROaI
To reach the Panamint mines is hard
to travel-heavy sand and high mount
aims to pass over. The distance from
Tulare, the present terminus of the
railroad, coming from San Francisco
via Bakersfield and lIavilah hy stage
10 Indian Wells, is 40 miles; from In
dian Wells To the mines, Owe Il II ght-
fully heavy, sandy road, so miles; ana
coming in Icy way of Los Angeles it is
all of 30 mi eS.
Panamint Valley is l.350 fee above,
and Death Valley. on the east side, is
30 fee. below, tho level of the sea.
The mines are situated all the way
from 5000 10 5000 feet hi-h. The ma
jor part of the mountains. until
You have attained al elevation of
100 feet, are barren of II soil or
ON cartl.. all solid rock. The hill sides
are so steep that it is impossible to take
a horse to any of the mines without
first making Il trail. \ good road is
built III surprise canyon u Pana-
mint Valley to the spot selected for the
town>lte. nj the upper springs.
have nc doubt but what a general
stampede Will occur sooner or later to
this place, but not until next Spring.
as no money can be made until the
machinery arrives and is put in opera
ton.
Any ono putting up a mill in Pana-
mint now. would certainly make a for
tune as the chance for ore to mill is a
dead shot," and can he furnished in
abundance. / visited thirteen mines or
prospects that show Il large quantity of
rock, and The chances for mining good
ore out of any of the mines is splendid.
Nature Gems to have do"e for this
camp moro real prospecting than any
place | ever saw.
Tie greatest expense will be to build
roau> 10 and from the mines. in order
to Get the ore to the mills. The mine>
are scattered over a large scope of
country, although you can 20 to the
summit of the mountains and take in
tho whole country. Still, il Will re-
quire, 1T least. five DAYS Of hard labor
TO get to all the mines. did
four of the hardest days work l ever
accomplished in my life, to see for
myself the different locations. On 4
clear day. by going to the summit of
the mountain. Ho,con,h mountain.
ord District. Ivanpaw. Cerro Gordo,
the SierraS and the Fort TETON mount
aims can be plainly seen. Death Val
lev stretches lis barren waste along the
eastern base of the mountain and west
of the valley. But little grass is found
in the country. and %provcnder for ami
mails will always command 4 high
price. am convinced that i, will he a
rich camp. / will report on the condo
ton of Ord district rs soon rs | arrive
there.
Yours, truly.
j. w. HITLACu.