Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-10-21
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The Constellation at Head of
the West Fork Of New York

Ahc CONSTELLATION AZ the Head o
the West Fork Of New Yorl
Canyon.
A reporter of the SENTINEL has Taller
into the habit of climbing upon every car
that passes along when it is headed out o.
town. Yesterday afternoon he discovered
Q delivery wagon, well loaded with vegeta-
bles, mutton, mountain trout, etc., and
piled on for a staging journey. We found
the outfit was bound for the head Of New
York Canyon, there to supply a camp.
Immediately after leaving Eureka Can
yon signs Of recent workings were upon
either side of the road, but more especially
ON the west side of New York Hill.
At the Seventy-six mine the new hoist
ing-works were steamed up a new board
ing-house is completed, and several new
out-buildings are either completed or are
under course Of construction. At the old
windlass shaft on the east side of the road
some work has been done recently, judg-
ing from the evidences OF ore on the dump.
Further up the canyon only q few pros
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work.
Following up the west fork Of New York
Canyon we ran into one of the richest
groups in the ore belt Of our district. We
refer to the Dunderberg, Connolly, New
Year, Silver King, California, Bully Boy,
Helena Mortimer, Uncle Sam Consolidated,
Hamburg, etc.
The Dunderberg ore-raising is lone on
the west side of the New York Mountain
divide, but from whence they get their ore
is over near the Connolly ground.
The Connolly ~hoisting-works are placed
IN a stopped out many feet under
the surface. They will steam up and COM
mence hosting about the first Of next
month.
The two Jerry Sullivans, Bill Higgins
and Mike Murphy have commenced work
on a lease in the Dunderberg. Heretofore
they have done well with the same layout,
and now they are expecting to do even
better.
The Bully Boy offers very fiattering
prospects to some one who would try it on
a lease. The last parties who worked it
done well, and no doubt there are men
who Will make money out Of it this winter.
AT the California shaft-house we found
George Mendes in charge OF his brothers
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claims aggregating some 600 feet in width,
and including a spot in the center Of the
ore belt that is undoubtedly very rich.
The buildings upon this property include
boarding-honse, blacksmith-shop, stable,
hoisting-room for the horsepower within
and ore-house. They are all put up with
a view to winter work, and will be COM
Portable. The old tunnel is cut by the
shaft some 80 feet from the surface. Ac-
companied by George, we wandered in past
the shaft 1875 feet, in a westerly direction
thence southwesterly to an upraise of rs
feet. This was filed with ore Of q pay
quality, and which had been stopped down,
merely q hole through the ore body to the
surface.
Descending by a ladder to the 50-foot
level, we found that another drift had
been run in a southwest direction, strik-
ing the same ore-body and not running
nearly 80 far.
Another trip downwards and we landed
ON the 136-foot level. From this level has
nearly all the yield of ore been extracted,
as it was found to be OF better quality. |
Several drifts have been run on this level
and they all have ore. In working out an
immense ore-chamber southeast of the
shaft, they have worked downward until it |
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shaft and work from another level. Ac-
cordingly they e down so feet farther.
A drift west from the shaft, run into an
ore body in about 40 feet, and it is still in
ore, although many feet beyond that point.
At the right location in this drift, a winze
was made to connect with the ore-chamber
above, and the workmen can rapidly fill
the ore buckets through the ore chute in this
winze.
Mendes is still continuing the west
winze, bearing a trife south.
He also has two men at work on q
northwesterly drift, striking for the ore
body which Is in the bottom Of the Silver
King shaft. II the ore increases in quality |
and quantity in proportion to the late
developments, this will soon be a leading |
property Of that group.
One we'll furnishes nearly all the water
needed for the stock and workmen about
that arm Of the gulch, and another is to
be dug shortly. which Will be ample for all
needs.
1t is a lovely road and pleasant ride up
to the California, and George Mendes Is o
pleasant man to call on.