Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-10-01
TEN PAHUTE.
Her Mines-Their Development and
Prospects.
TEN PAHUrE, Sept. "a, 1878.

TEN PAHUTE, Sept. "a, 1878.
EDITOR SENTINEL: In my last letter I
promised to tell you something in detail Of
the different mines of this district. | will
only mention, however, some of those
which l have personally examined since I
have been here. The Wyandotte, one Of
the most promising mines, belonging to
the Wyandotte Silver Mining Company, is
located about half way between the base
of the mountain and the summit, on the
west side Of the mountain, and shows a
wcll-defined quartz ledge, ranging from
two to ten feet wide, of good ore. On this
mine very l;ttle work has been done; in
fact, none, except on the extreme surface,
but for 1 900 feet along the ledge it pre-
sents an unbroken cropping OF good mine
ral-bearins quartz.
The Kenzie mine is located on the south
and adjoining the Wandotte, and is owned
by the same Company. 1t crops out in
several places as much as ten feet wide, of
good ore, and traceable the whole length of
the claim on the surface.
The Colonel Head, owned by the same
company, crops very near the upper edge
Of the quartzite belt and shows consider
able mineral in different places on the
ledge. This mine is located on tho south
Of the kenzie.
The Rather, on the south of the Colonel
Head, crops in and east of the quartzite,
and shows very fine bodies Of ore in diff
ferent places on the ledge.
These four mines, formerly owned by
Judge Thompson, j. H. Anderson and
others of Eureka, and lately sold by G.. C.
Robbins to parties in Philadelphia, COM
prises the Nyandotte Silver Mining
C~ompany's property, and certainly few
companies III eastern Nevada have a better
showing of mineral on the surface than is
found on these four mines.
South of the Ratler is the African,
owned by David Service, James Smith and
others. This mine presents much the
same appearance of the Wyandotte' de
scribed above, showing a we'll defined ledge
done on this mine.
The Blue Bell, owned by the same
parties, lies on the south of the African,
and is evidently the same ledge-shows
some very fine bodies Of ore. These two
mines combined, when properly developed,
in my opinion, will prove to be as valuable
as any mines in the district. The same
parties W a number of other locations,
among which are the Broker, Hayes,
Santa Fe, Garibaldi and others, all of
which show some very tine ore.
The Demarara, owned. | believe, by the
assignees of the late Mr.. Russell, and
others, is a very fine prospect.
The Inca mine has had more work done
on it than any other mine in the district,
having an incline sunk three hundred feet
or more; but the incline is so crooked as
to require four windlasscs to get the rock
to tine surface, therefore, it is almost i'm
possible to continue work until Il new shaft
has been sunk. The mine looks well,
however, showing very rich ore the
whole length Of the incline, not
in very large quantities, to be
sure, but still, large enough to make
it q good paving mine if it is properly
worked. The mine is under the manage
ment of Mr.. Gossett, who | understand is
now trying to raise a company with sutfi-
cient capital to work the mine in a proper
manner, and as he is an energetic man and
well and flyorably known in certain min
ing circles, he will no doubt succeed in his
object, and then we may expect to see the
Inca one Of the dividend-paying mines of
Eastern Nevada.
There has been considerable ore shipped
from many of the mines here to Tybo,
Eureka, and other places, which worked
way up in the hundreds.
AS the description of the mines has taken
more space than l expected, l will close
this letter abruptly, by promising to tell
you in my next something Of the people,
the business prospects of the place, and
other matters that may be Of interest to
the readers of the SENTINEL.
J.. W. KILN.