Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-06-05
EUREKA DISTRICT AND ITS
PROSPECTS.

Ell8EAA DIS HAOA
PROSPECTS.
The SENTINEL has always striven
xealously to attract attention and CAPT
tai to this particular section ofthe State.
1t is gratifying to know that its efforts
have not been wholly devoid of re-
suits. Nearly every paper that comes
to this office now has something favor
able to say of Eureka and its prospects.
In the San Francisco Stock Report of
the LIST instant, we find All interesting
article, which we reproduce entire. 1t
is as follows:
"The recent developments in the Eu-
reka district are of SURPRISING import
ance, and, very naturally, are attract
ing a liberal share of public attention.
The developments furnish better in
dications of permanency than any
made since 1869. As depth is attained
the veins increase in size and richness,
and the ore is more easily mined-as is
the case with all pipe veins. At the
depth of 800 feet, which has been gain
ed in some instances by the miners,
the rock is found to be perfectly de-
composed. The miners do not have
water to contend with in any part of
the district. Still, strange to say, the
ore holds twenty per cent. of water.
The ore is a mixture of carbonate, sui
phate and sulphide of lead, carrying
considerable gold and silver, and, pre-
sumablv, will average about $40 to the
ton. The developments in the Eureka
Consolidated mine, in connection with
the continuous and extensive ore de-
post in the adjoining mine, the Rich
mond-operated by English capital
ists-warrant'the assertion that this is
without doubt M of the most impor-
tant lead mining districts in the world.
Gold, silver and lead are alike extract
ell with profit from the ore. Accord
Ing to the statements of those who are
thoroughly acquainted with this class
of mining, having been prominently
and probably identified with it for
years, there is no district of Nevada OF
so promising a character for the invest
ment of capital. The machinery and
furnaces necessary for extracting the
minerals, and the mills used in ANAL
gamation, are much cheaper and SIM
pier than those in use for the usual
mill process. There is n feature of
mining in the Eureka district which
should be given special prominence.
We refer to the fact that the mines are
the direct means of furnishing en-
ployment to a large number of people
outside of the actual miner, including
the charcoal burner and teamster. Eu-
reka mining is of the kind that does
the greatest good to the greatest num-
Der and at the same time is profitable.
We quote those who have special IA
cilities for securing practical informa-
ton on the subject.
The United States consumes over Co.,
600 tons Of lead yer year, and until re-
Gently the amount produced in this
country did not exceed 10000 tons,
leaving the remainder to be imported
from Europe. The permanent charac-
ter OF the mines of the Eureka district,
and their great extent, renders it high
ly probable that at no distant day, a
very large proportion of the lead need
ed in the United States can be OBJ
tanned from this district alone. The
development Of lead mines elsewhere
on the coast, stimulated by the success
of the Eureka district, will render it
unnecessary to depend upon European
importations for this article.
The Nevada papers are just now pay
Ing their respects to the Eureka dis
trict, and speaking OF it in high terms
of praise, though in Most instances the
articles are devoted to particular mines.
It is impossible, at this writing to pre-
sent the features OF the various mines,
save in the form of culled articles, but
any one who reads these can not fail to
appreciate the stride of pro gress taken
by the district"
EUREKA STOCKS.