Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-11-24
A COUPLE OF PROSPECTIVE MIL
LIONAIREs.

while, to recall the scenes incident Of the
palmy days Of 40. This is all natural
enough; people will think over their youth
full exploits and tell of their hair-breadth
escapes by food and field, when California
became the Mecca of the world. But, not
withstanding the calls made upon them
by that metaphosed' old gent, who wan
ders about, with his slnd-glass and scythe,
the 49ers appear TO be as ubiquitous and
as tenacious Of life as are the heroic sur
yivors Of the BalAklava six Hundred"
The drive to
SECRET CANYON,
Via Pinto. all things considered, Is not an
attractive one to such an love to ponder
upon the freaks and htndiwork OF old
mother Nature, as boldly excmplifed in
the rock-ribbed slopes and s~now-capped
peaks and jutting crags Of Prospect Noun
tain. This grand old monarc is now clad
in his annual ascension robes" and. he
doubtless will not doff them again much
before next July. This mantling will not,
however, prevent nor materially retard the
extensive mining and prospecting opera
tons that are now being SO vigorously
prosecuted along the slopes from base to
summit. Many Of the leading mines, such
as the Industry. Alexander, Fourth Of
July, tho Eureka mining and tunnel ven
ture. the site Of the Atlas hosting works.
the Orange and others located on the
mountain lateral ridges, are readily dis
cernible from the Pinto road. Passing
the summit, the travellers attention il n.xt
called to the Hoosac mine. whose new
hosting works. planted on the bald apex
Of the mountain, serves as an interesting
landmark for that particular section Of
our district.
With its tenautless dwellings, is next
reached; but we tsrry not, the sense Of
loneliness and desolation reigning there for
bidding the notion Of q halt. This place
was once, and may be again, a thriving
suburb Of Eureka. Such at least are GU
hopes, now that the Connolly mine is
again about to become, under the skillful
and judicious management of Superinten-
dent Potter, q contributor TO the prosperity
Of our district. Mr.. Potter las gonght
long aud zealousiy for the bonanza which
he il now uncovering, and having found it,
he is entitled to the thanks Of all who feel
an interest in the future Of Eureka.
Pinto. as il now stands, has little to com
mend it to the traveller, but were it pos
sessed of a little of the picturesque beauty
with which Goldsmith .a1d nature en-
dowed Sweet Auburne, l~oveliest village
Of the plains" il might not inaptly be con-
sidered a counterpart Of his Deserted
Village" and a fitting reminder of the
death and decay and changing scenes Of
life. Divesied Of the elegant mill of the
BRITISH MILL AND xISIva COMPANY,
Pinto would indeed present a sorry APP
pearance. but so long as this magnificent
structure is allowed to stand there in I'M
profitable idleness, it will have not only a
costly ornament, but an appropriate re-
minder Of what it was once expected to
be-the center of q prosperous mining
camp. Such may be its fortune. More
unlikely things have come to pass. and
with the revival Of extensive mining ope-
rations at
SECRET, PAGE AND coawIS CANYONS,
We see no good reason why its early hopes
may not be realized. We are Of those who
have always believed. and who still be-
lieye, that there are just as rich mines in
the above locality as any that have been
found there, and a proper system of de-
velopment is the one thing needed to estab-
lish this fact. Enterprise alone is neces-
sary to the success of Secret Canyon and
vicinity. Why ought t',cre not to be just
as valuable property and as rich mineral
deposits found there as were those Of the
Page and Corwin, Gedaes and Bertrand
1.-THE latter still good1. Hodglo1, Scorpion
and others. which in the past gave notoriety
and prominence to that section? There
are, and money aud energetic action are
all that Is needed to bring it into promi-
ncnce again.
II PHEASANT MINE,
Owned and now being vigorously developed
by the Base Range Carbon King, Mr..
George ~Lamoureux, and his partner, Mr..
John Herbert, is an example of what prop
erly directed enterprise is capable Of ac-
co~mplishing, il once set in motion. This
very promising property lies on a spur Of
a line OF low-lying hills f~ringing the east
ern side OF the canyon, n slight distance
south Of tho once famous Page and Corwin
property.
The country rock is largely metamorphic,
and nature has very distinctly outlined the
geological formations ~porphyry and
quartzitt-bctween which the ore veins
are found ranging, the trend being, as in
the case with the Pheasant vein. almost
due north and south. The ores of this
region were always very rich, and we are
glad to note that the orc of the Pheasant
mine ia no exception to this rule, il assays
ranging in value from $500, $500, $500,
50, 900 TO 81, 900, and
EVEN S6,C01 PER TON,
May be taken as an illustration Of what the
place is capable of producing. That Mr..
Lamoureux and partner possess q valuable
property in the Pheasant, we are we'll sat
isHed, and if downward developments are
only continued for fifty or sixty feet moro
below present depth which approximates
about 40 feet--we are not without hope
that the enterprise will meet with proper
reward. The prospect. as at present ex-
hibited. Is indeed an excellent one, and to
our mind is far ahead Of what were the
prospects from which have grown the lead
ing properties OF the dis riot. When we
remember how small and apparently worth
less were the early prospecting develop
mcnts Of the Eureka Con-, the Richmond
Con-, Jackson, Phenix, and many other
leading mines Of this section. we cannot
help predicting an equally valuable out
come from the prospect at present ex-
hibited in the ~incipient openings Of the
Pheasant mine. The vein as yet il small,
II Is true, a have been all the veins Of
milling ore found close to the surface in
this district. The formation. however, is
a most desirable Que, and in every way
favorable to the presence Of ore in large
deposits. or in we'll formed continuous
vein, such as We are inclined to think will
| yet reward the labors Of Mr.. Lamoureux
and partner. The outcrop Of the lode can
be traced for quite q distance above the
surface conignration. The location has q
linear extent Of 1 800 feet. and there is con-
siderable ore ON hand at the mine, which