Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-11-01
A NEW CAMP.
Chance for Another Old : Time
Rush.

Rich Quartz Claims A Chance
for Placers, tOO-Am Old Eurekam
Settled There.
WILLOW CREEK, HUMBOLDT Co., New,
Oct. rs, 1888.
Ed. SENTINEL: 1 thought you would
like to hear about q new camp that really
has merit to warrant . revival Of the good
old days of the Washoe, Reese River and
White Pine booms. I have been to many
new camps, as we'll a. old camps, but I
have never seen any to compare with VIII
low Greek in the number of large and we'll
defined lodges, and, for what little work
there has been done on them, the large
amoun Of very rich ore developed. The
deepest workings in the camp are not over
20 feet down.
There are hundreds Of the finest looking
prospects lying around in every direction,
waiting for some hardy miners TO develop
them into bonanzas. The only
MINES DEVELOPED,
Or rather that any work at all has been
done on. are the following:
The David Crockett, owned BY the
Choate Brothers. They have . shaft about
20 feet deep; also, some stripping along
the line of the ledge, showing . we'll de-
fined ledge about six feet in width, with
the ore assaying in gold and silver away up
into the thousands. This mine carries
gold and silver in about equal value, and
is free milling ore.
The next of the silver-bearing Lodges is
thu Ran0op ownod hu fhvoo nv fos1r po1popo
the names Of whom l do not know, as none
Of them are now in the camp. This Is .
very large ledge, the groupings Of which
are over 60 feet in width and standing high
above the ground. Samples taken of the
groupings assay ss high az $128 TO the ton
in silver, with som little gold.
The Southern Belle, situated near the
Ranger, is owned by Bergan d Fergate.
This mine has an open cut extending
along the line Of the ledge for about SO
feet in length and about 10 feet in depth,
showing a vein of about 8 feet in thickness,
and the entire ledge from wall to wall will
pay about $40 per ton in silver, with about
$l2 per ton in gold. This ledge contains
red and yellow carbonates, assaying as
high AZ 5000 per ton in gold and silver,
with about 40 per cent in lead. This il q
valuable smelling mine.
The mine adjoining the Southern Belle,
and on the same ledge, is the LEFT in
Poverty" owned by II. A. McCAlley. This
mine has an open cut across the ledge
showing the same character OF ore - the
Southern Belle.
Leaving this silver belt and going about
one mile further up the creek, we come to
the gold belt; the first claim in which is
owned by the Choste brothers. The ledge
is large and we'll defined, the groupings
assaying as high as $50 in gold. with no
silver. About 500 feet still further up and
parallel with the Choate claim, is the
Golden Era, the boss Of the camp. This
mine Is owned by II. A. McCalley. It
was only located in September last. Since
then he has had four men steadily ut work
on the mine making cross cuts and run
ming tunnels and opening out at different
| places along the ledge. The deepest place
nov attained is II feet, but as the tunnel
| proceeds from this point depth will be
gained very rapidly, az the mountain here
rises very abruptly. At this point the
work will be pushed ahead all Winter.
and as the ledge is large and the entire
width Of the tunnel is pay ore, there will
be several thousand 0 of such ore on the
dumps by the time Spring opens. The
ore averages $102 per ton in gold, with
from three to four dollars per ton in silver.
The ore in this mine is free and easily
saved, and you will hear of good ship
ments next Spring from the Silver Wave
mill.
The Golden Era is q very large ledge, in
fact, almost = mountain OF quartz, extend
ing for several miles in length. There are
several different locations along the course
Of the vein, amongst which is the "Penob-
scot Boy" This claim has been opened
by several cuts across the ledge, showing it
to be about C5 feet wide from wall to
wall, with plenty of fine gold in sight, and
with development will undoubtedly prove
to be AZ good as its twin sister, the Golden
Era. There is no work done on the other
locations on this ledge, but it is fair to
presume there are plenty Of other places
along the mammoth ledge that will eventu-
ally open into b~onanzas.
PLACERs.
Willow creek is about six miles in
length, rising up in the high granite
range Of mountains dividing Quin River
Valley from Paradise Valley and extend
ing in q westerly direction about six miles,
where it sinks into Quin River Valley.
The canyon along the creek for several
miles ia from three to four hundred yards
wide and gold has been found in many
different places for the entire length Of the
creek. There has been a good deal of
placer mining done in years past at The
lower end or mouth Of the canyon, and I
am told that it paid very we'll, but, owing
to the bedrock being very deep and the
country at that point fat and no drainage.
the white men abandoned the mines and
the diggings were given up to Cinnamon.
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