Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-05-02
II NoRrm END.


still hopeful Of Bona"ye.-
In the present demoralized condition of
the stock market our local operators may
draw q crumb of comfort from Dan De
Quille's hopeful view Of the situation at
the north end Of the Comstock. Dan says:
There is every indication that to the north
ward in the Sierra Nevada mine will be
found a large deposit Of ore. In the north
drift on the 2300-level q crosscut was run
to the west at a point 400 feet north Of the
east winze. The quartz formation at this
point was 60 feet in width between the east
and west clays inclosing it, and in the
midst of this formation was found a body
of good milling ore, Is feet in width.
Some portions Of this deposit assay as high
as 5000 per ton.
One hundred feet north Of this crosscut,
or 500 feet north of the east WINE, o second
was run to the west. This crosscut found
the vein formation so feet in width between
the two inclosing clays, showing an expan-
sion of 20 feet in going north o distance OF
but 100 feet. Here we're found three veins
of ore-the largest ten feet in width, and
the smaller ones four and six feet wide re-
spectively. The ore in the 10-foot vein is
OF much better quality than was found in
the first crosscut, being more even. This
is all that is known of this ore belt to the
northward. The main drift has been ex-
tended northward a distance Of 1888 feet
from the east WINE, but no crosscut has
| been made.
On the 2400-level they are now pushing
a drift northward as rapidly as possible,
and when it has been extended a proper
distance two crosscuts will be made from
it under the points where the ore was found
on the levels above. This north drift il
now in q distance Of 1875 feet beyond the
east winze, and is being pushed ahead al
the rate of about five feet per day, an extrs
force Of men having been set to work in it
The ground is very wet and heavy, and re-
quires careful timbering, or still better
progress would be made.
1t is expected that the bodies Of ore
found on the 2300-level will prove o.
greater width on the 2400-level, and it ii
also expected that in going northward the
formation will greatly expand and improve
on both levels. The manner in which thu
vein formation widens out between the frs
and second crosscut shows that its strength
lies to the northward.
The three streaks of rich ore that made
their appearance in the north crosscut are
the best of all the indications yet found il
that part of the mine, taken in connection
with the rapid spreading apart of the ella.
walls in that direction.
In the case of the big %bonanzas, in drift
ing north from the Gould & Curry on tn,
100 level, the first indication of an ap
proach to an ore body was a narrow streal
of rich ore. Presently two or three streak
of ore were found, and two of these wer'
so near a size that which should be followed
was for a time a question. From the poin
where these streaks were first struck the,
were followed between 600 and 700 feet be
fore the main bonanza was reached.
Thus it will be seen that no one neet
feel disheartened if the ore veins now Gu
through on the $500 of the Sierra Nevad
do not at once widen into a bonanza, blu
that they are approaching something o
the kind seems evident by the marked
spreading of the east and west clays in go
ing to the northward. About this point
too, is where the old Sacramento ore bod.
should again make its appearance, AM
lust in advance is the little valley on tn
surface in which stands the old Jewisl
cemetery. Indeed, just here the surfac
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