Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-07-11

Its LocaIity-A Review of the Mines
The Correspondent Sanguine for
the suece of the District-Con-
templafed Erection of n Fur
mace.
A correspondent at the newly organized
Union Mining district sends us the follow
ing additional particulars in relation to
the mines Of that section
HoT SPRINGS, July 8, 1878.
The district is reached by leaving the
L. d p. r. II. at Mineral Station, or at a
point directly opposite the Hot Springs;
from either place a wagon road runs direct
ly to the district-distance about seven
miles. There has been no great amount
OF work done on any of the locations as
yet, Gs the district is new, but prospectors
are hard at work on their respective claims,
and are developing some fine properties.
The principal mine in the district at the
present writing is the Union. This COM
pany has attained a depth of 20 feet, and
have now on their dumps some so tons of
first class smelling ore, which will work
from $50 to $50 per ton in silver, and
from 20 to 80 per cent. in lead. This com-
pany nave opened the vein in some half a
dozen places, and in no instance have they
failed to develop the same character Of
high grade ore contained in their main
shaft.
The next in importance, as far as devel-
oped, is the Exchequer, located by w. Il.
Smith and others, and is producing the
same quality Of ore as the Union. This
company have also opened their ledge in
various places, and the showing must be
most gratifying to the lucky locators.
nI.n K1..k.ol- ~oon.tIv Looted H. lC-
Frank Whitaker and associates, shows the
same quality Of ore as the Union II Ex-
cheqner, although over a mile distant.
The lead is well defined at this point, al
though very little work has been done on
it. All the intermediate locations thus far
made, which are few, considering the
length of the ledge, carry the same quality
OF ore.
After crossing the summit, going south,
we met with several locations, the ores of
which resemble milling rock, but the gen.
eral opinion prevails that as depth is at
tanned the ore encountered will be smelt-
ing. This statement is borne out by the
fact that some spurs in the immediate
vicinity are producing almost pure metal
one in particular, being two feet wide,
encased in well-defined walls, and showing
on the surface for thirty feet or over, in
ku6 ldukudRt VI tHC luSttDi3 ICotiIDlcb u
mammoth bar Of bullion"
The Bennett claim, situated one-half
mile east Of the summit, shows a rich char
acter Of carbonates from the surface. The
.sanguine ~locators claim their ledge to be
thirty feet wide. 1t has this appearance
on the surface, but in all ~probility will be
found in extensive bodies as explorations
proceed. At all events, there is no lack Of
ore as far down as the fortunate l~ocators
have gone. Adjoining the. Bennett, and a
continuation Of the same, is the Home
Ticket" The characteristic features of
this property are in every particular SINH
lar to the Bennett, and the ores are of the
same nature, carrying considerable gold,
in addition TO $50 per ton in silver and
from 20 to GO per cent. lead. If develop
ments continue, as no doubt they will, for
the ore bodies appear TO be ~inexhaustible, a
furnace will shortly be In imperative
necessity. 1t is rumored that the Union
Company contemplate the erection OF a
50-ton furnace this fall. 1t is to be hoped
the story is well authenticated as there is
already enough smelling ore in sight, in
the Union mine alone, to guarantee the
company for the outlay, and be a financial
success.
The expenses Of operating reduction
works in the district will be materially less,
in the matter of fuel, than Eureka, as the
country is thickly timbered, and charcoal
can be delivered at the furnaces at a much
less figure than Eureka prices, and be
more remunerative to the coal burner.
In view of the fact that the several man.
moth lodges which course through the dis
trict show SO much smelling ores On the
surface, and are SO large and well defined,
We do not hesitate to express the opinion
universally shared in by all experienced
and well-informed persons whohaye visited
the camp, that in he near future it will
require several large sized and well APP
pointed furnaces to reduce the ores Of the
district. s. E. W.