Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-06-01
Mccoy HILL.
A Series Of Valuable Mines.

Our pioneer fellow townsman, Major
w. w. Mccoy, has always maintained
the most implicit confidence in the in
e~xhaustible wealth and future great
ness of this district. Recalling con-
versations had with him seven or eight
years ago. we now see that many OF
his predictions regarding the extent
and permanence Of our mineral re-
sources have been more than verified
Nor has the Major been of those who
confined their efforts to mere talk. He
has from the start backed up his faith
by the expenditure of vast sums of
money, and beyond doubt he has done
as much, single-handed and alone, to
develop the great mineral of
this region as n other individual
among u.s.. 1t is therefore with pleas
ure hat We proceed briefly to review
some of his successful operations on
NC COY HILL,
Which is situated a short distance
south and west of Ruby Hill. The
principal mine OF bis series in this
quarter is the Grant, containing 1000
feet, and opened by an incline shaft $50
feet deep. The first station was es-
tablished at a depth of u feet, at
which point a large amount of ore
was extracted which worked STA per
ton. AT 50 feet another halt was made
and two cross.cuts run 20 feet in
length each, disclosing a large amount
OF carbonate ore assaying from $50 to
$50 TO tie ton. Level No. 3 is 100 feet
deep. From this station a DRIFT pro-
ceeds north along the lode a distance
OF sixteen feet, al the end of which the
ledge is cross. cut by a 40 foot DRIFT, all
IN ore, with no Signs of the walls.
Here an immense body of ore is
found, working from $40 to $50 per
ton. We next go down TO the $50 foot
level where we again encounter the
ore body greatly increased III width
aud richness, showing Enthusiastically
that the greater the depth attained the
greater becomes the value OF the mine.
Returning TO the surface, so feet north
of the main shaft we find an open cut
80 feet long and about 20 feet deep, di--
closing q feet OF ore. One hundred
and twenty five yards south of the
Grant is
THE EsMERALDA SHAFT,
Twenty five feet deep and inclined at an
angle of So degrees. The ledge, which
is well-defined from top To bottom,
shows six feet of ore. One hundred
tons of ore taken from this shaft
worked $3.50 per ton. The Esmeraldd
contains ! 900 feet. The next mine Of
the series is
THE SUMMIT,
Cutting the Grant lode at an angle of
As degrees. running northwest and
southeast. An open cut, p feet long
and six feet deep, shows ore through
u its length and breadth. Several
ton of ore worked from this cut gave
a return OF Sl20 to the ton. In another
locality on the same hill the Major
OWLS
OTHER VALUABLE CLAIMS,
Principal among which is the Inca,
containing 200 feet. 1t is pros pected
by an open cut 60 feet long and about
eight feet deep. Seventy two tons of
ore taken from this excavation Welded
Sl0i to the ton. In a north westerly
direction from the last described mine
is situated the lone, containing 900
feet. and opened hy an incline shalt %
feet deep. The lone is we'll defined
and carries six feet of ore. Fifty
tons, worked some time since, pro
duced Sl05 per ton. The walls, OF the
resemble fine granular marble.
THE sUSBURsT
Is the next of the series. II
is n claim of 600 feet with a shaft
80 feet deep. Sixty tons taken from
the shaft returned $50 TO the ton. The
groupings and surface indications gen
orally are extensive aud favorable. |
The ore carries 80 per cent. Of lead and
a large per cent. of copper in combine
tons. All of the above mines were
located in 1868 by Munroe, Morris &
Co, and purchased by Major Mccoy
in March. 1869. The Major has since
obtained United States patents for tn.
series. 1t is a valuable proper
ty and we hope Major Mccoy may Yet
be handsomely rewarded for the great
outlay of money and energy he has
expend ed in their development.