Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-05-09
THE CORNUCOPlA MINES.
he outlook FOR the District
Mines Opcmcd-rhe Severe win.
ter = Prospects NDr the Spring
work - The Future Of the New
Mines Very bright.

ter = Prospects faDr the Spring
work - The Future Of the New
Mines Very bright.
correspo ndcnce of the Sacramento Record
CoRNUCor1A, New, April -, 1874.
Fps. RECORD: Since the exodus OF
I'M Dad. who, like the star of empire,
Eastward took his way, | have seen
Ittle mention of Cornucopia in your
Durnal. and lest your relters shou d
Drcet the existence of such Il place |
pnd YOU a few lines concerning the
kresent merits and iuturc pro >pccts of
ur camp.
LOCATION.
= Cornucopia is situated in the north
IN portion Of ElkO county, on the
eadwa.ers of the middle fork of the
bwyhee river, distant from the Idaho
ne some Twenty-Five, and fiOm the
me of the Central Pacific Railroad
kbout eighty miles. flko, Carlin, Pal
kadr, Battle Mountain station and
Ninnenlucca are all available as sup
Nv poin 5. Within the circumference
the circle described, from this place
IL center, with j radius of twenty
ye miles, are em braced Tuscarora,
crai. Creek, Ten Mile Creek, Deep
Creck. Bull Run, Cope. Murray. Gale
ona Brine;iu or Wyoming, MarliS.
airNcatlci, Sooner, and Island
! fountain mining districts, all of which
i've promise Of eventually becoming
yely camps, the most prominent of
vhch are Bull Run, Cope and Bru-
eau. The valleys and plains adjacent
N rho 1.n1 ".
daptcd to agricultural and grazing
purposes. Cornucopia is he most re-
ent discovery OF the above named
blace., having been located in June,
67;. Its
NATURAL ADVANTAGES
IRE. first, the character of the ore and
Duntry rock, the ore being unusually
ich. fee from base lie ais, and net
efractory in reduction, while the pOr-
5lyry and dccompo>ed quartzite in
fhich The lodges are tollRd is soft.
through which works can bc run ut 4
comparatively trifllng expense; Sec
pli, the abundance of wool, water
Md gra *, those aiinnctS so H. cc>SarN
pa inning camp, as we'll as good
jumping ground; and, third, the cheap
D>t of lah"r, supplies and tran>pori:t
6on 10 and from lie line ol the rail
fSuL
4 T!IE PROMINENT MINES
Are, the Leopard. which is developed
Do II depth of l0o feet; the Chloride.
opened up to a 6ep.h of 10 feet; the
l'on siitution. siaf, - feet deep; the
Miners Eelighl, down l2o feet; the
Hu>>ev, with >hat, 50 feet deep; the
Fisher, down 90 feel: the N march,
shafj b feet and tunnel in - feet; the
Black Diamond, shaft 30 feet, tunnel
depth of ll0 feet; the Lion. liunter.
boy, Little Annie. Rambling Sailor,
Nlodoc, the Mea"her and Eiko tun-
hel>, and others too numerous to men,
tion. The Oracle Min ng Company
3incorpora'cd). the shareholders, prin
;cipally Sacramento parties, own the
following mines: The Governor Stan
ford, down 10 feet, with promising in
flication>; the North America, an \,
kNo. prospect down Ii feet; the Or
3phan 10y AMI Oracle tunnel, on which
assessment work only has been done;
|the Awful Hole tunnel, which has Il
fine prospect of striking the ledge
5wthin 20 feet. Tie Carrie Mining
Company has Il shaft 81 feet III depth,
with 30 tons OF ore on the damp and
fSoo more in sight. shows a well defined
strue ii>siIre vein, feet wide, of No. |
5free milling ore, averaging the entire
width of the ledge $50 in silver per
}ton. The ore in all of the above men
ltloned lodges is very similar, that in
kthe Black Diamond, Chloride, and
'other locations OH Chloride Hill, being
the richest, but mines in other por-
lions of the carl p make up in quantity
what they may lack in quality. Fab
zNlnuS ASSAYS have been obtained from
8this district, running all the way from
3SlOo TO over So, 1000 per ton i'll silver
4aione.
THE SEVERE WINTER
The severely of the past, Winter,
(which is unparalleled in ''the memory
Iof the oldest inhabitant,' has been a
fseVere blow to the stock men, many of
Chem having lott onehalf OF their
s3Sands, and mining operations have
peen almost at ii stand still for the past
eshonth, owing to scarcity of mining
5suppies. While SNOW is still 10 be
Iound in any quantities i'll the high
ranges, the valleys are warm and dry.
Ihe contrast between Bull Run or
|!ornucopia and the beautiful valleys
i marked in the extreme. After be-
ing snow-bound in the hills for the
IFtSt four months, on an enforced diet
oi bread and bacon straight, your cor
respondent had the pleasure OF spin
l''h% through the valley of the Owyhce
d DAY or two since, and of teastinG
upon dishes that an epicure might
envy. The bill of fare comprised
sahd-hill crane. wild goose--so fresh
rom SUMMER clines than this, tina,
rice WAS found in its crop-canvass
oack, prairie chicken. snipe, curlew,
salmon. and last. but not least, a pot
PIE OF the famous reed bird of the Car
The next thirty days will doubtless
orinS many changes to Cornucopia
an" ' her denizens. The Spring rush
nhi commence, mines will change
nahdS, roads will be opened. mails and
supplies will once more arrive on time,
,H'l ,;n the threatdbare joke Of the cap
mus 'ornucopiansc concerning "plentN
na me horn," Viii have lost lis sisniti-