Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-01

Notes of Some of the Mines in that
Locality.

mines and mineral developments in
that section. The district has contrib
uted a large AMOUNT of good ore, some
OF it of exceptionally high grade, to
the bullion output of Eastern Nevada,
and is full of promise yet. Notwith.
staining the amount of revenue de-
rived from the various locations, the
place has lost it's former activity, and
beyond some surface prospecting, moth.
ing has been done of late. The prop
erty known as the Newark Mill and
Mining Company, is situated on a spur
running from the east side OF The Dia
tnond range of mountains, and has
achieved more nOtoriety than any other
mine i'll that locality. Belonging to
the company is a twenty stamp mill,
in fair order, with a crushing capacity
of twenty-five tons of ore per day. 1t
has been lying idle for the past four
years, or thereabOuts, but is in good
repair and ready tor service. The loca-
tons owned by the company are the
Chihuahua, Lincoln and Buckeye State,
all of which, although giving indica-
tions of great value, have had little
work done on them towards their de-
velopment, and the greatest depth
reached is seventy feet. Even at this
depth. and with this small progress,
over 500 900 has been extracted from
tie rich ores gouged out, without CIV
ing any heed totne future of h claims;
and even then, no profits resulted to
the stockholders, for obvious reasons,
the most prominent of which was bad
management. Instead of working the
mines systematically, and with a view
TO their future permanence, the money
was squandered at the mill. Each
new agent of the company placed i'll
charge had some pet theory OF his
own to demOnStrate-SOme Ondert
process for reducing the ores; all of
which was done at the expense OF the
stockholders. The last effort in that
line was the building of a patent roast
err and smelling furnace, at a cost Of
S35, 900, which was the most glazing
mistake of all, the ores being free
milling, and of a similar character to
the product of the famous Eberhardt
Il Aurora, at White Pine, no necessity
tor roasting existing.
The GROUPINGS of the ledge is tracea-
BILE for a distance of 1000 feet, and AS
far as explored preserves the character
Of a true fiSsure vein, with we'll marked
hanging walls, etc. Very little judg
ment has been shown in what work
has been done. At the first glance, an
old miner sees the extra facilities that
exist to explore the vein to a depth
sufficient to test it's value and perma-
nence. The vein lies in such a shape
thai by starting a tunnel Town the
mountain side a short distance, and
,,,ti,r IL lass than Ell foat tho 1n1a
could be tapped at a depth of 430 feet.
This would be the only profitable aud
practicable method of opening the
ledge and putting the mine on a pay.
ing basis. If this step had been adopt
ed years ago the mine would have had
"a different history, and a tenth part OF
the money frittered away in costly eX-
periments would have been sufficient
to open h mine in first class
shape. Careful estimates have been
made of the probable cost OF the tun
mel, and taking into consideration the
character of the formation to be en-
countered, the Expense is set down
at 81, 900, and So, 5000 more would thor
oughly prospect the vein. Considering
the former output of the mlne, and the
many tlattering indications of the pres
ence Of as rich ore bodies as We're de-
velured o % after the first discovery.
the amount required is trlt1ing, and
there is no doubt out that the outlay
would open out one of the best mn
INK properties in Eastern Nevada
Plenty OF wood and water for mill and
mining purposes are to be found close
by. and there is an in~eXhaustible salt
marsh within three miles OF the mill.
1t is a matter of surprise that so prom
=: ~ n.f ~ and ~ with Sn0h "a
history, should nave been allowed to
lie idle so long. That it will not re-
main in that condition in the future II
beyond question. There is a rumor
that the company will r~eorganize, and
take a fresh stalt this summer. With
a practical and experienced miner al
the mead of affairs, and a moderate
amount of capital to with,
there is no reason why these locations
should not yield as largely in the fu
ture as in the past, and the errors mat
proved such a set back be retrieved.
There are many other mines in the dis
Irict deserving favorable mention.
Joining the Buckeye on the south is
the Battery mine, owned by r. Sadler.
A large amount OF ore has been aiken
out and shipped from this property TO
Eureka. There are some good mines
on the east side of the mountain, but II
does not pay, with the present taclll
ties, to ship the ore to Eureka, a dis
lance of eighteen miles or more. This
district will yet make a stir in the min
ing world, and is now one OF the most
promising sections in this region.
Wedding.
A very pleasant affair took place at
" Il.-lr J,rt w.
ing, the same being a wedding cere-
mony, the high contracting parties to
which we're n. Miliich and Mrs. Nellie
Reynolds, formerly of Pallsade.
The happy couple were made one
through the services of Rev. G. b.
Crawford, who oficiated on the occa-
sion. There was a merry party after
the nuptials, and Nick received many