Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-15

Items of Interest CuIled from sun-
days Mining News.

Items OF Interest Chilled from sun
days Mining News.
Molinelli 4 Co. have opened up a breas
Of ore four feet wide in
THE HAwKEYE MINE,
which assays from $50 to $500. The ore /
q granulated galena, mixed with rich car
Donates. and the dip and spread Of tn
vein indicates that it is but the neck Of
large chamber, which will be found befor,
many feet are run. The Hawkeye belong
to the Lizzie L series which comprises th,
above mentioned claims and the Oversight
These mines have been located and relo
Gated several times during the past eigh'
years, and always abandoned by the own
ers after doing o large amount OF work. A
few months ago, Mr.. Lambert Molinelli
j. ]. Stuart, and others, who had beer
watching the property for a number o.
months, took up the ground, and after
running q tunnel in for q few feet on thu
ledge have opened up n Of the most val
liable properties on Prospect Mountain.
The McGarry Brothers have struck 4
two-foot vein Of heavy galena in the north
drift at the 210-foot level in
THE BANNER.
The ore carries q good per centage Of sill
yer, and will assay, as it is broken from
the ledge. at least 500. Few men have
staid with q property, and done as much
work on 1t, as the owners Of this mine have
done for the past eight years. and it affords
us pleasure to learn that they are soon t.
meet with the reward they so richly de
serve.
John McMann is doing the assessment
work on
n EAGLE CON SERIES
OF mines in Goodwin Canyon, for Messrs
R. P. Mcdaniel & Co., and reports the
mines as looking well and showing consid'
cradle ore.
Adam Hall is pushing work ahead very
rapidly on
THE STERLING PROPERTY,
And has been running on q stringer Of rich
ore for several days, in q shaft from the
main tunnel.
Dan Vaughn has sold an undivided hall
interest in
H BONANZA CONSOLIDATED,
Consisting Of the Star Of the West, Star Of
the West No. 2, Pride Of the West, and
Pride Of the West No. 2, to Geo. F. Bliss,
OF Eureka. This property is situated south.
east of, and adjoining the jackson mine,
and n n Of the most promising groups in
the district. The shaft on
THE TOMBSTONE,
On Adams Hill, is down 81 feet, and has
been in low grade ore for the last Is feet.
This mine is on the extreme north Of Adams
Hill, several hundred feet north Of the Sill
yer Lick series, and shows good healthy
groupings on the surface, which can be
traced the entire length Of the claim. Ad-
joining the Tombstone is the Gazelle,
owned by the same parties, (Messrs. Guilt
ford d Mckee, Arrangements are being
compartment shaft to q depth Of 800 feet,
and working both mines through it.
CONSOLIDATED.
The Best & Belcher mines, due east Of
and running parallel with the Jackson Com.
pany's mines, were consolidated on Thurs
day. under the name Of the Best & Belcher
Consolidated Mining and Smelling Com
pany, OF Eureka, with the following Off
GERS !: A. L. Fitzgerald, President W. A.
Montgomery, Vice President A. E. Titus,
Treasurer; Trustees-B. +. Bliss, A. L.
Fitzgerald and A. E. Titus. These claims
were located September 8, 1879, and Gov
cred by q United States patent. A shaft
has been sunk to a depth Of $50 feet from
the bottom Of which a drift has been run
800 feet, showing favorable indications.
The wner are now making Arrangements
and will soon let a contract to sink the
shaft to a depth OF 450 feet, when work will
be carried forward energetically.
The owners Of the
A AM PACIFIC TUNNEL
Arc discussing thv aa'is-ss,ssy VT P...has'
ing q Burleigh or Ingersoll drill for the
tunnel, and driving work ahead with al
possible speed. This company have x
tracted many thousands OF dollars from
the Lantern, Sagebrush, Welsh King and
East Oakland mines, and when the tunnel
is run in o thousand feet it will tap these
lodges at q depth Of from 600 to 800 feet,
and become one OF the best paying proper
ties in the district.
PROSPECT MOUNTAIN TUNNEL
Is In over 1880 feet, and the face IL in
soft, conglomerate formation. The con
tractors make q foot to the shift, and ara
very sanguine that they will loon breal
into . chamber Of ore.
EUREKA TUNNEL
Il being pushed ahead day and night, and
shows q ane formation in the face. The
additional hammers will be put to work In
q few days on the vein OF rich ore which
was passed $50 feet from the entrance o.
the tunnel.
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