Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-12-01
ADAMS HILL.
A Rambie Among the Mines Of that
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A Ramble Among the Mines Of that
The Old Town mine, on the Eastern end
Of Adams Hill, 10 owned by Charles Broy,
Marion Farrell and Major P. II. Smith,
This piece Of property is bounded ON the
west by the Louisville Company's mining
property and the General Les mine. On
the east BY the Mides mining claim. ON the
south by the War Eagle mine, and ON the
north by the Williamsburg and the Holly
mines. l. is thus identified as lying in
the midst Of some Of the best mines in
this section. The surface rock is q hard.
compact quartz, showing on the surface
very good indications VI rich gold and
silver ores. Considerable work has. from
time to time, been lone ON this properly,
chiefly by open cutting and then following
ore streaks, which generally lie quite hori-
zontally, and dipping towards the east.
This ore has been worked ut most Of the
furnaces in Eureka, and rs material suit
able for laxiny it has always gwen general
satisfaction. The rock when we'll sorted
will average $40 per an, aud assays have
shown ore having $500 per ton. The deep
est shaft Is down 81 feet. the eutire way IN
quartz, and shows a pay streak of two teet.
Considerable lead o.es, carr, ing gold and
silver. have been taken iron tins prop
erty. tine gold and silver being about equal.
The Belmont mining property lies adj
joining the Old Town and War Eagle min
ing claims. Tue shaft is down ~ feet,
...l ...-... -. a..tf~s srax- r. -
Tie pay streak IL well defined aud easily
worked for the nature Ut this formation,
which is quartz. Considerable argentife-
rous gxlena is showing on the wallis Of { Is
shaft, aud from an incline just by it, wuich
" down 81 feet. Az tons If hiyh-grade lead
ore have been taken. This property be-
longs to Mr.. Charles Broy. 1t and the Old
Town lie la . northeast and southwest
direction.
The War Eagle mining location. owned
and worked by Mr.. James Slone, is
bounded south and west by the Empire
mine, and ON the northeast by the Racine
mine. Groupings u ore show for TOO fert
on the surface. This claim il LII feet
long. by 200 feet wide. An open cut ex-
tended by Z shaft, IL down ~ feet from
the surface, in qnartz which will assay
from $40 ~ $3.50 per ton, with an average
pulp assay Of $35. The surface indica-
tons Of this property are most encouraging,
and would amply repay prospecting and
working. ~ tue Ores cunning from IL are
among the very best a ixiny materials in
the camp. The Groupings show . width VI
80 feet on the surface.
The Racine mihe is owned BY Judge
Adams, aud lies 0n the southwest eud II
the Belmont. A shaft il down 30 feet in =
soft and we'll defined ledg Sematter. Witch
carries 40 little ore as n o ~ pay for the
working. Neither wall Of the country rock
here has been found, ~ no crosscutting
has been done. Several shafts have been
sunk on this property TO a shallow depth.
with the hope u striking ore.
The Blacs Pine, Nus. 1. 2 aud 8 mining
claims. lie northeast and southwest, and
are between the Oil Town and AL. Titus No.
= mining claim. The shaft is down ~
feet. The qnartz form ition Il the same ~
that Of the Old Town. This is the prop
erty Of Bcrwin 4 Med rmot, and will be
open.d up a. the parties are very con-
fident that they have valuable prop rty
here.
On the Louisville mining property. that
also adjoins the Old Town. . shaft il down
200 feet in the limestone on the west side
Of the hill. There are M indications OF
ore in this formation, and it is evident
that the miners were following a blind
lead, and were ~ aware of the fact that
the quartz groupings lying 100 feet to the
cast of this shaft, ia the true ore clearing
rock { r0ughout this entire section. A
shaft was after wards sunk g. feet in the
quartz aud u Drift ruin east 10 feet from
the bottom II this shaft. and a seam Of ore
WAS struck. dipping about 40 degre' =
north. OPEN cuts ON the surface Of this
Claim show rich or. = If gnid aud silver.
The circumstance und r which the ores
occur through this quartz 1t. and tie
fact that almost any pi cs Of rock taken
fran the surface viii give an assay II from
S. Z" $50 per ton, establishes the perma-
nency and value II the mines On Adams
Hill. Thi. ure- beariBy quartz is "ne 81
the primitive formations in this district,
and from its di~sintegrafiun the valuable
metal d. posits have occurred which now
make up the ore bodies that are found in
the mines ~ more recent geological date.
and 81 which there are not = few in this
district.
The Black Diamond and Mountain View
mining locations are situated on the sontii-
east slope II Mountain View hill. The
surface formation il quartz. but not Of the
r""tS ""'hos~~t wv -
Hill. A shaft has been sun 60 feet on the
Black Diamond claim, following n ferrugi-
IONS streak in the quartz. Tue indi 'ations
seem to be encouraging.
A shaft il dew" 80 feet on the Mountain
View, and q seam two feet wide. showing
ore intermixed with iron rock. is being
followed.
1t is quite improbable that these inn
mcnse deposits of quartz containing 50
much valuable mineral matter, will ever
be utilized by the furnaces in this camp.
Some other method must he adopted for
extracting the gold and silver, anil no
finer field can be present. d to the metallur-
gist than is afforded by Eureka District for
applying some economical and expeditions
mode for treating these ores, with a surety
of reaping q most handsome reward for his
skiil and labor.
Ore from the Alexandris mine ia being
brought to the M.tamoras furnaces. This
mine has sold more ore during the past
quarter than any mine on Prospect mount
ain. The last lot ~ secnnd-grade ore
showed an assay value Of s140 per ton.
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