Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-11-28

Deep Prospecting am Absolute Ne
cessity 10 Create the Desired

Boom.
Outside Of two mines in Eureka District,
the thought often recurs to the practical
miner-who is acquainted with the history
oil the camp-as to where a test has been
made of the value and extent Of the ore
channels from whence is to come our fu-
ture wealth and prosperity. Where has q
trial been made by which we can approx
mate the worth or permanence Of any por-
ton Of the district? The magnificent re-
suits OF mining SO far, in the output of
precious metals which has made the name
of Eureka Mining District famous, has
only been done through the developing of
our innumerable prospects. In number
less cases we could cite where owners have
made several thousands; they have spent
it, being generally of that class Of frontiers
men who believe in getting their 81 moneys
worth" of such eDioyments as offer. The
consequence was, that when the pinch in
the ore vein was encountered, these own
ers were Hat on their backs financially, and
the good fortune which they had met with
had united them for the steady persever-
ance which had rewarded their first en-
deavors. Take, for instance, the Geddes
d Bertrand. To the owners it was merely
a summers work 10 make hundreds OF
thousands in bullion, transfer it to coin in
the fall and spend the winter in riotous liv-
ing, either in San Francisco or New York.
AT last there was a g fault" in the body or
~crevice, and q summers work left the pro-
prietors in debt. That was out Of the pro-
sramme, and there the mine lays. The Ged-
DIES u Bertrand Is but one in a hundred we
could mention in this district.
What we need is heavy machinery, deep
shafts, long drifts, and the working Of
many diamond drills, and Virginia City,
in her palmiest days, could not boast Of
more wealth and more prosperous times
than could Eureka.
1t requires corporate bodies with heavy
capital to prospect this section as it should
be, and until schemes are under consider
alton to sink, in various portions of the
belt deep shafts. or bore to test the forma-
lions which underlie the shallow workings
oil the present day, we may expect no
boom, though we may hold our W fer
several years to come. The test will come
in due time, and will be prosecuted to a
definite result. At present the real knowl-
edge concerning our mineral deposits is
limited. And it is equally as well under
stood that those mines which nave been
developed have to-day unknown and
nnprecedently large bodies of high grade
ore at hand and ready to break down.
This knowledge of the developed proper
ties makes the question of our future OF
more thar passing importance.
No district offers SO important induce
ments for large enterprises. 1t has been
proven no temporary field for limited
operations.
Some time ago we noticed in a mining
review, that the suggestion of
ton was advanced in camps where capital
had not become interested, and among our
many mine owners we connot see where
harm would follow for them to adopt the
same. One mower cuts hay for several
ranches in Huntington valley; the ma
chinery on one iii could be utilized in
developing half q dozen adjoining proper
ties rather than be idle because Of the ore
body having pinched out in the feet
which belong to the mill and mining COM
pany. Large schemes OF cooperation, and
q gradual tendency toward mutual assist
ance, would produce the most favorable
results, on small capital, if applied to the
mining interests Of this district.
We know the foundation upon which
our people stand, and what we are to work
for. 1t is no promise" Of reward for
those who expend money and labor.
One great drawback to this district has
been the expensive treatment of ores. We
now have competition, and will soon have
more. Blu in the main, though our ore
is rich and is often found in large guam
titles, still the cost Of extracting, Of trans
portatioD, of charcoal and its t~ransporta-
ton, the shipping Of the bullion, all this
and all that, tells heavily even on the best
OF mines. The reason why capitalists are
easy to become interested in New Mexico,
Colorado and Arizona at the present time,
is because they have good mines there; the
Eastern people have flooded the country,
and labor is cheap; charcoal can be had in
abundance for from 8 to IL cents per
bushel; the Greasers raise, almost without
labor, any quantity Of vegetables, and
everything is cheap, while their silver pro-
d~uction. even though less, is Of as good
quality" as ours.
Thus it appears that We Of Eureka Dis
trict must arise and unite for active work;
either offer remarkable inducements to
outside capital, or concentrate to prove
our richness 10 the deep workings Of at
least some properties other than those
which are now known the world over.