Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-11-04
MCCOY HILL.
A Brief Review of Some OF the
Mines Located Thereon.

A Brief Review Of some Of the
Mines Located Thereon.
Not the least among the mines OF I'M
p%ortance in this district are those of Nc
Coy Hill. Quite a large amount Of work
has been done on the several mines stu
ated on it and its vicinity. The Ruby Hill
quartzite trends along the base OF it and
continues its course until it sinks at a
point between the Magnet series and the
Eagle series. Both properties are OF high
prospective value. West Of the quartzite
on Mccoy Hill is what is known as the
back-limestone. 1t carries ore OF all
grades, some of which is exceedingly high
grade, and there is also a great deal that is
Of middle and low grade, made so by the
intermixture of iron and black oxides OF
manganese. One Of the most valuable OF
these mines is the Grant, located several
years ago, and patented by the late Major
W. W. Mccoy, one Of the early settlers OF
this district.
The Grant mine is opened by an incline
shaft, which was originally carried to a
depth Of about 800 feet, following the dip
OF the ore, which, seeming to give out,
work on the property was for a long time
neglected. Since the death of Major
Mccoy the mine has been leased at inter-
walls, and considerable sums of money have
been made by different parties who have
drifted into and gouged out of the lime
stone rich, bright galena, black metal and
yellow carbonate ore. The limestone,
which is very lard and very much broken
up abounds in these ores which come up in
every crevice and are ample evidence of the
great richness of the mine. Large masses
of quartz are also to be found in every di-
%rection, the value OF which it is difficult to
estimate from the present unhandy and
intricate workings.
This is realty a rich mans mine, so to
speak, for while the air is sweet and pure
in all parts Of it, the openings are all very
crooked, and capital is needed to sink a
new shaft. In fact, to make the mine pay
steadily it must be opened with an entire
new plan OF workings. In view of this
necessity a parallel location has been made
adjoining the Grant, known and patented
as the Geraldine" This location sits
lower down on the hill than the Grant,
and a vertical shaft, nov down so feet, is
being sunk on it, which will be connected
with the old workings by a straight drift.
A tunnel is being driven toward the shaft,
which will also be connected with the old
works, and when this ia completed the mine
will be in a splendid condition to extract
ore.
To the southeast of the Grant is the
Zulu nine, and the southwest extension Of
the lode is covered by the Original Baltic
Silver State, Confidence and Hilma claims,
owned and being worked by the Silver
State Con. Mining Company Of Cincinnati,
Ohio.
The groupings o n this property are in
some places very bold, being continuous
thick veins of red oxyde Of iron, in close
contiguity to which are remarkably rich
outbursts of fine modules, interspersed with
chloride. Up to the time that these
claims were incorporated coyote holes
out Of number were scratched upon their
surface, perfectly useless except for the
purpose the rich mineral character of the
| ground. Had the same labor been ex-
pended OF a good double compartment
vertical shaft it would have been of i'm
mense value to the property to-day. A
tunnel is now being run on one of the iron
veins to develop the mine at a good depth.
From which a crosscut will soon be driven
for more thorough prospecting.
The Central Hill mine is next in i'm
p~ortance to the Silver State, but being in
the hands Of poor men is making bnt slow
progress in development. The abundant
o~utcroppings of quartz interspersed with
galena and other minerals sufficiently
attest to the value of that property.
The Hope Consolidated aud Green Seal
series are similar properties to those al
ready mentioned, but not SO fully devel-
oped as the Grant or Silver State.
One important feature of Mccoy Hill,
and it should also be said of Mineral Hill,
is the Charter Tunnel, which enters Min
eral Hill, and penetrates the north end OF
Prospect Mountain, bearing towards the
Grant mine. 1t is now in the mountain
over 800 feet and may some day have q
valuable bearing On account of the facili-
ties it will afford toward the working of
the neighboring mines, and in fact the
multifarious minerals found therein.