Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-11-13
A COUPLE OF RANGERS.
more Huge Specimens from tn,
"Desr Little Wiuze.,,

"Desr Little winze."
III Jimmy Fair could see the dear little
winze in Eureka Tunnel he would drop
those endearing terms as applied to any
thing on the Comstock. There never was
a WINE or drift or stope, or any other kind
OF excavation on the Comstock, that would
como within a gun shot Of being up to
what is disclosed in our "dear little
winze." Gould 4 Curry in her palmiest
days never yielded anything like the rich
ore which is now being taken from the Eu-
reka tunnel bonanza. We had an item
the other day about q sample brought
down which was estimated to weigh in the
neighborhood OF $50 pounds. That par
ticular piece was yesterday shipped TO
General Common at Salt Lake. Its weight
was ascertained to be 1876 pounds. The
General will open the eyes OF the mining
world in Zion when he gets it. But that
sample was not a marker to either OF the
two that came down Yesterday. These
latter specimens sre AMPLY Dangers. They
are huge. Both are large, but one is a
little larger than the other. Either is
richer than the specimen sent to Salt Lake.
Tn largest OF the pair is about the size of
a cooking stove. 1t will weigh over 200
pounds. The other is not many pounds
behind it. Both were taken from the
lowest depths Of the dear little winze,"
which is now down over 60 feet. At that
point the rich streak has widened to about
nine feet. How wide the ordinary $3.50
ore may be no man can tell. 1t continues
on all sides and in all directions. The
Wine is following down in the immensely
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nanza. The situation a. the bottom is i'm
proving hourly. Every blast makes it
look better and bigger.
The find in the Eureka Tunnel has passed
beyond the stage Of a mere prospect. 1t
Is now a veritable bonanza. Already it is
shown to be over 60 feet in depth by as
many feet in width and the end has not
been seen in any direction. On the con-
trary, 1t gathers strength and volume with
each succeeding day. This is not a thing
to be called a prospect. 1t promises to be
the grandest and richest deposit ever
found on this coast. Since it has held
cut so we'll, wo are prepared for any
thing; prepared to see it cover an area Of
five acres and extending down into
the earth for thousands Of feet. No man
has q right to conclude that it is
going to stop short in it's magnificent.
course, when all of the indications point
to different conclusion. The mineralized
zone, through which the main tunnel passes,
is over 900 feet. 1t may contain ore from
wall to wall at greater depth. But even
on the present level there is over 300 feet
OF it that is highly im%pregnated with min
eral stains. This much at the lowest cal
culation, we are sanguine, will be found to
contain the continuation Of the present
bonanza. That will be enough to make
all OF the shareholders more than comfort
able. In this connection, and as an i'm
portant factor in this development, it must
be constantly borne in mind that the grade
OF the ore, on IN average, is nearly three
times as high as that found in the Rich
mond and Eureka Consolidated.
The great specimens to which we have
referred are on exhibition at the Office of
the company in the SENTINEL building.
They will be displayed to-day and to-mor-
row, after which they will be forwarded to
San Francisco. Everybody is invited to
call and take a look at them. Don't take
our word. but call and be convinced that
there is richness in Prospect Mountain.