Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-10-28

Some Good Mines Of which IAtsls
~ Heard.


some Good Mines OF which Little
rs Heard.
An old Comstocker who has recently
been taking . trip through the eastern part
Of the State. furnishes the following notes
to the Virginia Enterprise in regard to
what he saw outthis way:
There IL . large amount Of ore brought
into Eureka for smelling from outside dis
tricts. Considerable comes from Silver
ado and from the Bay State mine, in New
ark District, White Pine county, and dis
tant from Eureka Is miles. The company,
which IL of Boston, seems TO be In . pros
porous condition. The journey from Eu-
reka to two eastward by stage 10 made to
Hamilton. 43 miles; to Robinson. As miles;
to Taylor, 70 miles; also, the same dis
tance to Ward. The towns Of Taylor and
Ward lie opposite each othar, and distant
IL miles. Taylor is in the Steptoe range
of mountains, on the east side OF Steptoe
Valley, and Ward in another range. on the
west side Of 5teptoe Valley. At Taylor 10
the Monitor mine, owned by three individ-
uals. When they began operations n Of
the three had SIC, 900. They were practi-
cal miners, however, and they went to work
and took out Of their mine . large quantity
Of ore. They leased the water Of Steptoe
creek, and erected q 10-stamp mill to run
by the water of the creek. Since the mill
IA to Is tons Of ore per day, except during
the Winter, when the frost puts . stop to
operations. During the stoppage Of the
mill work has been carried on in the mine,
extracting ore and opening new ground.
The ore is dried by q kiln and crushed dry,
and is then conveyed to the pans and ANAL
gamated. The product Of bullion is about
$40, 900 per month, at On expense for min
ing and milling Of $500 O leaving . good
profit to the owners. The Monitor mill Is
about . mile from tho mine. The Argus
Company, in the ssme0istrict, have out .
large quantity Of ore, and are erecting .
mill Of fifteen stamps, to be run by steam
power. They are said TO have Q good
quality Of ore, and when the mill 10 COM
pleted and running will turn out probably
from SAC, 900 to $50, 900 worth Of bullion
per month. Taylor District will ere long
be famous for its bullion product.
At Ward is the Martin White mine,
which has been worked for several years
and has turned out . large amount Of
bullion. The company has a roasting fur
mace and mill for the reduction Of their
ore. At the present time work is being
carried on in the mine, taking out ore and
prospecting for more. There is no ore
being reduced, but it is accommodating for
reduction in the future. The Blue Belle
mine in Silver Canyon is being worked,
running with good success. Sada L mine
in Buckhorn is being worked by Mr..
Brooks as Superintendent.
The Nevada District, in the Shell Greek
Range, east Of Steptoe Valley, and sdjoin-
ing Taylor District, is one In which there
has not been much work done in opening
mines, although there are many located.
The only work that has been done on most
e .hc- las SS5H oiiy enough to hold
them. There has been considerable work
done on the Champion. An incline was
started from the surface and carried down
thirty feet through q vein Of ore two feet
in thickness. lying on the footwall. A
drift was run some sixty feet from the
bottom OF the incline to the southwark,
parallel with the vein, through vein ma
terial. A winze was carried down twelve
feet, following q vein Of ore on the hang
ing wall, which is fourteen feet in thick
ness. The ore in this mine, in both veins,
is Of good quality, as is proven by many
assays that have been made. The lode
outcrope nearly the whole length OF the
claim Il, 800 feet and, SO far a. examined,
shows good ore. This mine, on account
Of the quantity and quality Of the ore,
will. when thoroughly opened and reduc-
ton works are erected to reduce the ore,
be valuable piece Of mining property. The
ore can be mined cheaply, it is 20 abundant.
1t will be necessary to roast the ore, there
being a q quantity Of lead In it. The Cham
pion, II 1t should get into the right hands,
will become a celebrated mine. The own
ers are poor men. and consequently una
BILE to put up reduction works. and are
willing to sell the mine at quite q reasona-
BILE figure, and capitalists who would take
it, would have a bonanza mine that would
produce millions. There are some twenty
tons Of high grade ore on the dump.
There ia no mining being carried on in the
Robinson District at present. although
Mineral City was at one time q lively min
ing camp. 1t is quite evident that this
district, in the future, will be q very pros
porous one, as there is no doubt but there
are many good mines there. The ore gen.
orally is Of the character that requires to
be smelted.