Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-06
MINING.
Brief Notes OF what IN Going On I'm
the District Mines.

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An effort is being made to start an indie
pendent furnace for the reduction Of GUS
tom ores.
John Steele is still getting out rich
ore from the Diagonal mine on Silverado
Mountain.
John Potter has put up a whip on the
Mildred shaft at Secret Canyon, and is
steadily driving for ore from the 10o.foot
level.
P. N. Hansen has had the assessment
work done on the Secret Canyon Tunnel
mines for 1883, and work on the property
will be resumed when Spring opens.
Work by lessees has been commenced on
the old surface workings OF the Connolly
mine, and the prospects are hat it will
soon prove to be q profitable venture.
Messrs. Moran and Mcconnell shipped
five tons Of ore on Friday last to the Rich
mond works from the Eldorado mine,
situated on the west side Of Prospect
Mountain.
The Mabel mine, Secret Canyon, has
been leased for one year to Messrs. NC
Donald and Humer. There is some ore
in sight and the prospect for more is
very good.
Messrs. Graham, Mckee & Co. are drift
ing towards the big break in theP Page IL
Corwin mine at Secret Canyon, OCCASION
ally meeting with small punches Of ore,
and encouraging prospects for rich devel-
opments.
In addition to the high grade ores Of
Eureka and adjoining districts, the tons
OF low grade ore already exposed can be
counted by millions, and the question is
being asked daily by hundreds of worthy
prospectors, "What shall we do with it"
Grit Thomas and William Parry have
relocated the Corliss mine, adjoining the
Oregonian. II is a good property, and
sufficient ore has been extracted from 1t to
pay all the expenses of working until
lately, and the prospect for making it pay
again is exceedingly good.
The Whalen mine and other locations
connected with it in Antelope District
have been relocated by Johu McCuish and
others, and it is understood that Eastern
parties will become interested and develop
the properties, some of which are said to
have a fine prospective value.
Messrs. McNaughton and Laird are ex-
tracing about four tons of ore daily from
a twelve-foot breast in the Colorado mine,
VII L AObPCOt 1ih WhANh tAOy a&FO
leased. There are now fifty tons of ore
being sampled at the Eureka Con. fur
naces, which assays from $l20 to $3.50 per
on.
John McCuish has relocated the Perisa,
Jenny. Aldine, Roma and other mines in
the Antelope District, in the interest of P.
N. Hansen, himself and others. There is
a good shaft On the Roma, and he is now
~--UAA - -a-s- N A,0D ,.tA thn hill
to connect with it. This tunnel will be
continued for the development Of all the
locations made.
The Geddes Company are pushing
prospect work in the Geddes & Bertrand
mines with Burleigh drills. 1t is more
than probable, if new ore bodies are dis
covered, that they will prove more profit
able to the company han those already
developed, as the rich ore from the lat
ter had already been gouged out by
tributers before the present company
came into possession of the mines.
The sampling Of nearly 25 tons, net,
OF ore from the Silver Conner mine IN
Prospect Mountain has just been COM
pleted at the Eureka Con. reduction
works, the yield per ton from which is
$67 SO in gold and SIG 65 in silver. The
silver OOUuOr ID u TeBulhT ore pTOuuCeT,
and is not as much affected by the dis
count on silver as other mines, for the
reason that Of all the ore extracted the
yield is three-fourths gold.
There are whole mountains Of ore in
Eureka District that are not profitable to
reduce by the smelling, but which would
yield handsome fortunes if treated by
milling process. 1t has already been
amply proved that there are mines out of
number, not only here, but in adjoining
districts, which would give splendid returns
to capitalists who would purchase them
and erect mills for the treatment OF the
ores. Milling business alone, Independent
Of mine owning, would prove an i'm
mensely profitable enterprise.
Grit. Thomas is energetically develop.
ing the Oregonian mine on Prospect
Mountain. He has completed tunnel to
q distance of 125 feet. and made connec-
ton with an incline shaft down from the
surface 60 feet. He is sinking al incline
winZe on ore and ore Indications. The
winze is now down 80 feet from the tunnel
level, two small veins being in sight for the
entire distance. The upper one runs in
value at the rate of $500 aud the lower one
$500 per ton, both of them coming nearer
to each other as depth is attained, and will
probably prove to have come from the
same source.