Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-03-19
BALD M MINES.
A Description of this Camp by n
Eurekan.


Eurekan.
Correspondence Chicago Mining Review.
EUREKA (Nev.), March al visited the
Bald Mountain mines last September, for
the purpose Of making surveys Of the same
for United States patents, and the knowl-
| edge / gained of the mines and the sur
rounding country on that trip / will give
briefly as follows:
The Bald Mountain mines are situated
on the easterly slope Of Bald Mountain, in
the County Of White Pine, State Of Nevada,
and some fifty miles north Of the once cele-
brated White Pine mines.
The property consists OF three mines and
a mill-site. Two OF the mines, the Carbo-
nate and Climax, are copper mines and
contain 81 20-100 acres. The Crown Point
is a silver mine, and is situated W miles
easterly Of the copper mines, and contains
20 66-100 acres. The mill is situated two
and one-eighth miles northwest of the
copper mines, and contains five acres.
Application for United States patents
has been made for the above property, and
the necessary steps taken to procure the
same. The money has been paid 10 the
Receiver of the Eureka Land Office for the
land, and the final papers sent to Washing
ton City, and the patents for the land will
soon be forthcoming.
The mill site contains . spring Of water
capable Of running two or three 50-ton
furnaces at the dryest time OF the year,
say September. On the east of the mill
site, within two or three miles, is plenty Of
timber for mining, coal and fuel for 20
years, so situated that a good wagon road
could be made from the mines to the mill
site with but little cost, it being a down
grade all the way.
The quality OF ore is q mixture OF car
Donate and oxide Of copper, and will run
from rs to so per cent of copper. The
country rock is limestone.
Developments on the Carbonate mine
consist of a tunnel and incline of 80 feet
on the vein near the north end of the Car
Donate mine, showing a vein from three to
six feet in width Of copper ore. A tunnel
Is feet has been run above this last named
tunnel on a vein showing ore. Near the
south end OF this mine there have been
several excavations made, at q point
marked "B" on the map, showing a large
mass or chimney Of ore, about so feet in
diameter.
Developments on the Climax mine con-
sis Of two holes, one 90 feet deep and one
10 feet deep, 40 feet apart, both sunk in
good ore. At this point, which is marked
&c" oil the map, there appears to be a
chimney of ore cropping on the surface,
about 100 feet in diameter. This point
("B") and the ore at the mouth Of the
tunnel at point a." at north end Of the
Carbonate, appears to be on the same vein
or ore belt, but not visible on the surface,
except at the above mentioned point, but /
am satisfied developments will show a con-
tinuous vein from ga" to 3D." and from
there to &C." (See map.)
Crown Point mine is situated some two
miles east Of the copper mines, as above
stated, and is covered with q heavy growth
Of timber, which will prove very valuable
for mining purposes, %firewocd, coal, etc.
All this section of country is timbered.
Bald Mountain, as the name indicates, has
no timber on the summit, and but little at
the base. The timber begins about 8 1000
feet east of the copper mines, and extends
easterly for several miles.
Developments on the Crown Point
mine consist of a tunnel 60 feet long near
north end, showing a vein of silver ore
some two feet wide, said to assay 500 per
ton. There are also developments on the
south end, from which there has been a
large amount of ore taken of antimonial
silver, said to be very valuable.
At present the nearest railroad is within
about so miles, but the Eureka & Colorado
River Railroad is surveyed and partly
graded within 10 or IL miles of those
mines, and will in all probability be COM
pleted this Summer. There is now q good
wagon road connecting the mines with
Elko, Eureka and other points.
A. WEscoATT,
NJ. E. and o. s. Deputy M. Surveyor.