Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-11-09

PROSPECTING.
A General Turnout FORT h Mineral
Hunt In Eastern Nevada.

a 0e1ler0t TurnOu kOf tnc Mhncr0I
Hun In Eastern Nevaia.
No person can form any idea Of the
amount Of prospecting now being done at
the present time throughout Eastern Ne
vada. No branch Of it shown a weakening;
those who are sinking shafts are as much
in earnest Us is the company which run
tunnels for the treasure Of the numerous
ore belts which lie hidden in the various
ranges all through from the desert to the
Sierras. Daily these treasure hunters, by
some ''hook or crook" get hold Of a win
ter's supply, such as their needs require,
and away they 60, to toll until another
spring shall roll ~around--it may be to no
profit, but hope urges them along to many
months Of hard work, and it is often the
case, in any mining country, that they are
not the gamers. Once in q while they
strike it, and the showing in this part Of
the State Is good, because 30 many are taxi
ing hold this season.
From every town we hear the same re-
ports--this party is about to go to work in
earnest on some relocation, or that party
have good prospects over yonder, and so 1t
goes. And while they go prepared for
quartz prospecting, We have noticed that
all outfits from Eureka are fixed and will
look a little for the float gold. Old-tilne
tales are still afioat Of rich placers in Ne
yada, and the boys do not forget them.
The older the country gets the more
systematically is prospecting done. There
is scarcely a party for prospecting made up
,na-a-Jaxs srulaSa thav y m pvnrE i'm
tried fields, some old camp, or some place
that has a record, but has among its men,
beers a man who is something OF an assayer.
At least one or more Of the gang can tell
by certain processes whether the prospects
they find are rich or poor in metal, and
they go prepared to take out ore by the
quantity---if they find it%--without running
into some town half a dozen times during
the winter months; they go out prepared
to sink as far ss men can swing q bucket
at the end Of a wind!ass rope: or, for tun-
mel work. the barrows are in pieces strap
ped to the packs, as we are used to seeing
rockers packed in placer mining countries.
The longer a man lives in a mining
country the more he thinks he knows-and
we invite our readers to 'tackle" the old
est prospector along the Base Range and
see II We do not speak the truth. There is
u ttOFf Buiup tbt Tuunus, tuab tlt oiutI d
man gets the more he finds out how little
he knows; but that you can not include the
silver lode hun Ter Of Nevada. But this
supposed mining knowledge in every one
Of our prospectors is what constitutes the
pluck and perseverance needed; it is what
drives them to their eternal delving among
the rocks; it is what causes them TO crss the
'sbook Harmed chaps when they find rich
pockets of silver in limerick and sand
stone. Their theories are a little better
than any they have ever beard, and If they
live long enough they intend to prove
them SO. That point over 'yon' has got
a mountain Of gold in it, or that swag in
the chain has . cave Of silver under it, and
il they can only get the tools and grub
they'll prove it.
The reason OF this branch OF industry
livening up 80 much the past season has
been occasioned by the continual depression
Of mining stocks, which has been going on
for some time, gradually shutting down
| works from Phoebe to the Comstock, until
the miners began to get out Of work and
| money all over the State, and they had to
start somewhere. and their faith in the
country caused them to fix for hunting
new bonanzas-and they'll find them.
1t only takes a little trip on Ruby Hill
to convince any one that the prospect fever
has seized our people, aud it is not confined
to Ruby Hill-its all over the State; our
exchanges tell us this, and Eastern Nevada
will nave more bonauzas ere tho spring Of
1879 dawns upon us.