Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-10-20
THE BASE RANGE.
A GLANCE At THE SITUATION.
MINING NEWS GATHERED DURING THE
WEEK.
Pssspees Msumtain and she Great
Lode.

In locking over the field since our
last weeks review, we find no special
feature to chronicle. The district Is on
the flood tide OF prosperity, and those
who have cast their fortunes and stuck
to the Base Range through good and
evil report, feel very much encouraged
at the present outlook. 1t Is the sub.
ject OF general remark, and Is substan.
tiated by the facts, that at no time since
the groupings we're struck on Ruby
Hill has the prospects for permanence
been so good, or so many ore bodies Of
large extent and value in sight. This
Is the case, not only with the mines on
the recognized mineral belt that ex.
tends from the Richmond on the west,
to the Hoosac 81 the extreme eastern
end, but also on the outside properties.
PROSPECT MOUNTAIN.
In any other locality, the existence
OF . mountain of ore, as Prospect
Mountain "a safely be called, on
whose rugged sides a pick can scarcely
DO struck into without striking q pay
ing body Of ore. would create an i'm.
mense furoe, and its possession would
be heralded to the world as an endorse
ment of the claims of that locality for
the investment of outside capital. The
great drawback to its development has
been the fact hat almost all OF the
mines are owned and worked by in.
dividuals and small companies, who
have been content to hold on to their
locations. extracting sufficient ore in
the meantime to pay expenses, and
waiting patiently for the time to come
when their merits would be conceded.
The only instance in which outside
capital has been invested on the noun
tain, shows what reward awaits those
who have the courage to purchase.
We allude to the Metamoras, a COM
pany OF Chicago capitalists, and the
energetic work they have expended on
the mine has been rewarded by splen.
did returns. The company have not
only got back their original sxpendi-
lures, but also have developed a large
and rich body Of ore, that will, while
in process Of extraction, place the mine
in the foremost rank Of bullion pro-
ducing properties. The same will be
the history of a hundred other mines
in the same locality, whenever capital
IONS hands with iaoor to help prove
~
PROSPECT MOUNTAIN TUNNEL.
One of the most important enter
prises ever inaugurated in the district,
aud one pregnant with future results,
Is the Prospect Mountain Tunnel, a
a work that is being steadily carried
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aooroni,aI ,sn,or =, H. a,nrLnm =,
The mines aireadv ioca,aJ Varv Ii,,Ia
lbs haan wri,,a1 or Ia in raa.r ed 30
the snternr;se tho s,ocL hoidsrs me-
farrinv ,a nnsb Inc worL s,aa6ii,
b snv narticnIar heraiding oS ~
,nnor,anc. contsnt to 80, ;,s 80
ni.,inn for ,h.;r reward Tba ,nnnal
+ nov In s-o foo, sn5 nronras.nn =,
Tia rato Of Ton Zoo, nar 49,
In -oisncino 80 ~ nhiaf rinos
The distr,c, Nc ,iva onr Grs, .,,an,;on
m tba
prppu. coxeoY,n,rpn
l's "h'aryine eAceiiehce anu the un-
ceasing regularity with which the
quota of ore is sent to the surface.
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tons OF ore per week, and that GUAM
THY could be increased indefinitely If
Iequifeu' Ai'nousu .ne upper ieEeis
mt. and Ara looking a, we'll If not bet.
ter than when the ore bodies were first
struck, the NAN interest centers on
.atculations ss 10 he ricbnsss and m'
turs valus of the property are based
on the probable extent and dimensions
| of the deposit at that point. From the
estimates made on that portion already
opened by the main drifts, upraises,