Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-06-20
MINING INTELLIGENCE.
Items OF Interest Culled from Sum-
days Mining News.

days Mining News.
The Eureka Consolidated new shaft is
progressing favorably. There are now in
| place seventeen sets OF timbers, FIVE feet
apart. The shaft is sunk at the present
writing fifteen feet below the last set Of
timbers, making q total depth attained Of
about 100 feet. Some delay has been
caused during the last week, owing to in
suficiency Of strength in the steel used
for the Ineersoll drills. This has now been
remedied. Thus far the shaft is certainly
q splendid piece Of work.
The ore in the lower tunnel OF
THE ELDoBADo
Is improving in width and quality. Mr..
Riley has already q large quantity OF ore
on the dump, and was IN town a few days
ago making arrangements for shipping to
the Eureka Con. furnaces. In 1878 two
men worked this mine und lease, and
after working for two months, threw up
their lease, having Melted in the neighbor-
hood Of $40, 900.
THE EDWARD o'CoNNoR,
South OF the Centennial, is being opened
by a perpendicular shaft, which shows .
big ledge formation, and looks favorable
for soon getting into ore. This part OF
Prospect Mountain is commencing to loom
up. and in point Of surface indications it
looks as favorable as any place on the east
ern slope. Already there are mines being
opened up which bid fair to rival some Of
the leading mines in the district, II not in
the amount Of ore at least in richness and
grade. Prominent among these is the
Dugout, which has already attracted much
attention from mining men at q distance.
This claim was discovered last fall by Mr..
M. Lyons, after many months of careful
search. Six weeks after its location, Mr..
Lyons with the aid of one man, broke and
shipped to the reduction works sixteen tom
Of ore, which worked So, 1856, or $241 per
ton. During thirty days, from the 10Th OF
last May, the same two men put on the
dump fifty tons, which will yield at the
furnace at least 81, 900. About one-half Of
this last strike has assayed 1882. 76, and
the remainder is second and third class,
which will run from $40 to $125. This,
with the first shipment, has been taken out
while sinking the shaft to q depth OF ff-
teen feet.
H MARI ANN
Mine, owned by Mr.. Ed. Looney, was sur
veyed q few days ago by Major Long, Dep
uty U. s. Surveyor, and an application will
be made Immediately for a United States
patent. This claim is coming into prom
inence. and bids fair to become one Of the
best paying properties on Prospect Noun
tain. Although the shaft is only down q
few feet, there has been a large quantity of
rich ore extracted, and the ledge, which
was only q few inches wide ON the surface,
is now over four feet wide, and spreading
as depth is reached.
R. g. Luther is working q double shift
on the
sEvENTY-sIx
Mines in New York Canyon. The main
shaft is sunk to q depth Of thirty-two feet.
and will be run 200 feet before much pros
pecting is done. 1t is a two compartment
shaft, 8x8 in the clear, and will be substan-
tally timbered with sets of square timbers
from the surface down. At q depth of 20
feet q chimney of ore broke through the
side Of the shaft, which, on being pros
pected, has opened out to be quite an ex-
tended body. Assays from this have been
had which run $40 in silver and sc per
cent. lead. A thirty-horse power engine
of the most approved make, has been pur-
chased by the company in New York, and
will be put in place on the Keystone shaft
as soon as it arrives next month.