Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1883-03-31
The COmO.Eureka.

This mine, which is to decide the
question whether Como is to become
a camp or not, is considered one Of
the best prospects in the district. The
mine is under the control of San
Francisco company, who for the past
four months have been expending
considerable money to develop it.
Harry Symons, a thoroughly practi-
cal miner, is the Superintendent, and
has all the faith in the world that
tie Eureka will yet prove to be a
bonanza. When the company went
to work they did so with some mis-
giving, for the camp had several
times experienced a slight boom pre-
vious to their beginning work, and
then gone down. This, however,
WAS owing to the fact that the right
parties have never had things under
control. Men with limited means,
heretofore have been the ones who
have tried to work the mines of Co
mo, and alter sinking shaft = GER
tain number OF feet or running a
tunnel a short distance lack Of cap
itsl has forced them TO abandon the
work, and the mines would then lie
idle for a length of time The Eu-
reka Company have gone to work in
a thoroughly business-like manner,
for the reason that they have had
sufficient money to give the place a
fair test. They put up hosting works
to start with which they supposed
would enable them to sink to depth
of 400 or 500 feet if required, but af
ter getting down to the 200 level they
encountered so much water that the
boiler now in use was found too
small 10 do the work of sinking and
pumping both. At the depth Of lis
feet drift was run 60 feet and some
very good ore encountered, but the
company did not consider that there
was enough Of this ore to warrant
making so heavy an expenditure as
larger works would necessitate
They therefore concluded to run a
DRIFT on the 200 level, and if they
then found body of ore TO put up
larger works. The drift on the 200
IS now 10 about 90 feet and they eu-
countered last Sunday and Monday
what was supposed TO be the ledge.
They have taken some very fire
looking ore from this ledge or string
err, and are into it about 10 feet.
Supt. Symons, who IS competent
matter they are now in will average
from 500 TO $50 per ton. Whether
this is the main ledge that they are
now in is not yet proven, as the sur
vey shows that they have yet from
SO to IS feet to run before getting
through the ledge, and it is expected
that in this distance a large body OF
rich ore will he found. The people
cannot speak in too high terms OF
Superintendent Symons, for should
Como turn out to be a second Com
stock, as there is now a probability
OF It's doing, it will be due to his un
firing efforts and constant and ener-
getic labor. Now that the Comstock
mines are about played out 1t Will
not be such uphill work to induce
capital to come TO Como, for the
Comstockers have all along decried
the place, and while there was the
least ray of hope left that there might
be strike made in some of the
North End mines, men with money
would sink it up there rather than
invest it in an outside camp. We
, shall endeavor to give our readers q
truthful account OF the progress made
IN the Como-rureka, and at the same
time not exagerate matters in the
least, and should the place brighten
up for time and then go down we
do not want to be blamed for over
rating things. We fully believe that
Como will at no distant day be n
lively and prosperous camp. The
indications are better than many a
camp has had that has turned out to
be bullion producer, and bad they
a strike on the Comstock that looks