Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-07-16
PANANfINT!
An Interesting Letter Con-
corning this New Mining
District from an Ex-
Eurekan.
THE PROMINENT MINES AND
THEIR REAL VALUE.

Judge w illlam ADAMS has placed i'll
our hands the following interesting
letter, received by him from J.. w.
teresting account concerning the min
ing outlook of Panamint district, near
Death Valley, i'm California. The
letter is dated from Desert Springs,
Kern county. California, the writer at
that time being on his way to Ord dis
trict to examine the condition of the
mines of that locality. Following is
the letter:
l have been to Panamint district, and
have given it Il searching investiga-
tion. 1t is a fine prospect on the sur-
face, but l do not believe the mineral
will extend to any great depth. l am
satisfied the lodes will go down, but
am afraid the mineral will not. In
every case where sinking has been
done TO the depth OF 20 feet, the ore be-
comeS poorer in most of the leads.
Still there j. mineral as far any sinking
has been done, but it is confined to lines
vi W i'htt iS
whole mass. Among
The Most Prominent I.O:lcs
Are: The Jacobs Wonder of the
World, S;ewart's Wonder, Wyor. ing,
Hudson River, Harrison and the Ris-
ing sun. The Wonder OF the World.
Jacobs mine, has three shafts and an
open cut. The first shaft is sunk II
feet deep; the vein is seven feet wide
and shows what is known as copper
glance ore. very rich. and is about two
feet i'll width. In some places the bal
ance of the vein carries little mineral,
but not in paving quantities.
The No. 2Shnft
Is an open cut run II feet along the
vein and about 10 feet deep. The vein
here. like in the first, is about seven
feet wide, and shows mineral all
through. but seems To concentrate into
cams centcring in II side OF the vein
matter rs the work progresses.
No. : shaft.
In size SXS, is sunk 30 feet deep, the
width OF the ledge being the same as
i'll the other two. Near the surface the
ore is very ri III. but at the bottom not
than W o feet will pay. The lode
is composed OF Il large quantity of
white, barren rock, the ore showing
best car the surface. though found in
paving quantities to the present depth
of the shaft. =. large Mount of blue
stained rock is also found in the mine
which looks pretty but does not
amount to anything. There has been,
Inns far tlkpy ont of hn nina ~
near rs can be estimated, about one
hundred and fifty tons of ore. one
third of which is certainly good, the
balance, il it pays, is certainly
Very deceptive in lis appearance. l
am of the opinion hat the best will 60
As high rs 500 to the ton, perhaps
more. The lode Is certainly a tiS>ure
vein. although running through a lime
formation. Further in. the vein passes
out of the lime into "A tertiary granite
formation. and i, traceable at least Il
mile on the surface.
The S:rwart.S Wonder
Mine and the Challenge mine are To-
ca,ed on this lode, both Of which pre-
sent the same appearance as the above
mine. The Wyoming is located upon
the opposite mountain. on II similar
lode, passing out OF Il lime mo the
tertiary granite rock. This mine has
Il tunnel ran in on the Vein about 10
feet. following it along the ledge, which
does not present Il very tlattering APP
pearance. still there is no reason why
any lack OF confidence should he
wanting, because it does not show any
good prospects on the surface. Direct
ly over the tunnel the Wyoming
passes owe the one OF Il very high
mountain, and on the opposite side of
which, from the tunnel, is where the
best showing on the surface presents
itself. There are about SEQ .eet of the
lode creeping cut on the opposite side
of the mountain. which shows a most
ilattcring oiitcrop. The lode ut the
widest point where it appears in rich
seams is about five feet in width. and
shows to be about two feet at the ar
rowc>t point, and will average near
5000 per ton. There is no sinking done
on the mine except where the tunnel
enters the hill. The mine has been
bonded to Senator j. l.. Jones for a
short time for $685. @ which. TO ap-
pcaranceS, is more than its real value.
The IIenaI"ck Mine.
Similar To the Wyoming, is situated
further south on another mountain,
and has a shaft sunk 20 feet, showing
a wcll-detined vein four feet wide. but
which spangles out and is disappear
ing. \ little more galena appears III
this mine than in the former ones. The
lIcmlock is also bonded to Senator
Jones at S25,0o0. which ! consider is all
il now shows to be worth.
nn,A r JI>, ->~ ~
bama and several other mines are To-
Gated on what is known rs the Happy
Valley 81 lie. and presents Il similar APP
pcarance To the above mentioned.
The Hudson River is equally as good,
showing As we'll AS any i'll the camp,
although no work has been done on it
vet. They are now at work on the
Harrison mine. 1t is rather small. but
we'll defined and very rich !: the widest
points in the mine i about four feet,
and the vein is we'll defined ami shows
very rich ore Throughout. think the
ore would go at least 500 to the ton.
The shaft. which has been just com
menced, is eight feet deep. and the ore
taken out of i, is the best in the amp
in my opinion. 10 mill. except that of
the Sunrise. There is little. if any, diff
ference in the Harrison and Hudson
River oIcs To mill, either of which l
consider the best ore in the district out
side of Mix Wonders Sunrise. The
Harrison mine is situated on the SUM
nit of Il mountain, 1000 feet above the
sea level, the groupings, along the
vein. showing good ore the
entire length. think i large
quantity OF good ore could
with little expense be extracted from
the mine by commencing nj the lower
end OF the groupings and following the
cir BY the time the further eNtrem-
itN OF the ledge would be reached, i
distance Of 100 feet. Il depth OF 10 feet
would be attained. which would fully
prosi Get the mime and NJ the m
time l.G0O cons OF 500 rock c0uld ie
taken out. This may look il little eN-
%travagant, but it is my belief that it