Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-01-23

what n Minister Has to Say Con-
cernfng IL.

cernfng 1t.
A Winnemucca minister, on a visit To
Paradise Valley, writes a glowing descrip-
ton Of its u to the Silcer State.
The snow, he states, is about ten inches
deep, and sleighs are the order Of the day.
At the city Of Paradise the owners Of lots
are making the usual mistake of holding
them o high, or refusing to sell at all,
and the correspondent predicts that a set
tlsment elsewhere will be the result. OF
the mines he writes
The first object Of interest was the Para
disc Company's mines. ] was most pp-
litely received by tile superintendent, Mr..
Hoffman. and shown all objects of interest.
Having been conversant more or leas with
mines for years, and heard the oft-repeated
reports favorable to this C~ompany's mines,
and also having seen unusually good speci-
mems from these lodes, / was prepared to
see q good mine, but not an %overgrown
bonanza, a real ''Copstock." Right at the
very entrance, and virtually on the sur
face, was the largest body of rich ore it
was ever my privilege to see.
THE mi READY, -
Which We visited first, must haze In its
present workings so, 900 or more tons of
ore in sight, much Of it going way up in
the hundreds. This mine, which includes
the two tunnels, the shaft of GO feet, and
a drift OF about 60 feet on the lower level,
may have in all about 800 feet Of openings,
and yet the showing is amazing in the
quantity and quality Of the ore. The wall
rocks are SO we'll defined, although in slate.
49, z-x t. A. 49, 49,
not wait till they reach the neighboring
porpbyry to make claim for a regular vein.
Such a lode, in portions Of which the vein
of rich ore is is feet wide and continuing
regular in every part Of its workings, may
well be called a mine. The ore grows bet
ter as the work proceeds and as depth is at
tanned.
Ill MoUNTAI BRIDE
Seems to be an extension Of the Rough &
Ready. The veins and ore are alike in APP
pearance and quality. There is about the
same amount Of workings on the Mountain
Bride as on the Rough & Ready, and Of a
similar character. If, indeed, the same
vein, then there must be this large body of
ore all the way between the two, which in
sures to the company one OF the largest
lodes on the coast.
Inc lace VI tue CttpCbt tuuuSi Al tIe
Rough 4 Ready (nearly 200 feet was APP
parently in a large body Of sulphuret ore,
covering almost its entire front. The COM
pany ship their ore to the Rye Patch mill,
in order 10 continue the prospecting and
working Of the mines for the wiptes with
out assessing the stock. The Snperintend-
ent was of the opinion that they had ore
enough in sight to run a good mill two
years. They did not intend to ship any to
Rye Patch that would mill under $500 per
ON.
OTHER MENrs.
The Big Prize, owned by Mr.. W. O'Neal
4 Co., is on the backbone Of the Mount
Rose mountain, aud is looking we'll. The
ore is also high grade and the vein Of large
size. This mine, with the Alpine, owned
by Mr.. VIM. Sperry and others, who made
a good thing and snch q big blunder in
selling the Mountain Bride and Mammoth,
occupy the backbone aforesaid, which look
well according TO report. The Mountain
Bride, Rough apd Ready, M other mines
ON either side Of the Mount Rose, dip to-
wards the center Of the mountain, indicat-
ing that the lower and better body Of ore
may be like the. spinal cord in the back
bole.