Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-12-13

fhe Way Mines Have I.cen Gouged
In This District.

"J is 1hHtc AlCCm GDEtxeU
In This District.
We print the following communication,
signed Miner"
ED. SENTINEL: In your paper of yester-
terday-the 18th inst.-you published a
timely and truthful article about our
minos. / believe, with you, that there are
plenty OF chances for hundreds OF men here
to do well in them, on lease or tribute, as
you suggest and that it will be far better
for them to look into the situation at home,
and do so very thoroughly, before going
abroad on speculation. In this connection,
it will do DO harm and may be important
TO some persons who are not fully ac-
quainted with mining in this district, to
speak of the condition in which SO many
Eureka miners are found. l suppose that
you must be governed by the formation,
TO a great extent, in any mining district,
and that what is spoken of as s.systematic
development" Of a property ia moi alto
gether practicable at all times and in all
places. But, with a few notable excep-
tions, there has been hardly any effort in
this direction, and, l may say, very little
thought of it even. l don't know that any,
body is to blame for it. In fact, I hardly
~ A." Alph II haNO Otulu ~ uODtuu
on but their muscle, and have had to take
out ore wherever they could find it day
after day to exchange the same for grub
and clotbes-I can't see how such toiIors
can be blamed for gouging out the pock-
cts. But what has been the consequence ?
This: You find hereabouts hundreds of
mere holes in the ground that look to a
stranger as though they had been cham
larad ont nv an rnu Of nDphc~a Tbnrol
are more OF these mines, or prospects"
than yon can shake a stick at. A man or
two go to work at the grass roots and
play gopher until they get down,
say, 80 or 100 feet. Then work be-
comes expensive. There is no none to
get machinery and you have another
hole in the ground left to become the
home OF rats. Each one of these holes in
the ground is considered OF no good unless
really ~"lousy" ore, exposed in great abund:
ance, warrants the expense OF the appli-
ances necessary to get it out. The indica-
tions are in many places that prospecting
in these gopher holes might show up a
mine worthy Of the name; but you can't
get money enough interested to do this.
Capital is afraid Of these holes. And fur.
ther, owing to the bad order in which all
mihluE 49, uoht anu ESPECIALLY w bue
"black eye" this camp has got one way
and another without deserving it, you can
hardly give q mining claim away in Eu-
reka district. Ia there no help for this2
1t seems to me there is. Can't there be
some sort of union of forces. Of money and
muscle. by. which the scattered efforts
Of individuals may be brought TO
a focus to test certain proper
ties? Something like this must be done
or the holes in the ground, that are
anything but a good advertisement Of the
camp. must go On multiplying. Such an
enterprise, expressive Of confidence at
at home, might inspire confidence in
moneyed men on the outside and induce
them to stand in. Ii looks as though it is
going to be a long time before any outside
money comes in mere to help us, and our
own indifference does not help the case.
The important question then is, are we
going to do anything to help ourselves ?
| don't know just what can be done. |
only hint at what may be done. Let the
miners and business men think OF it.
They can do so at leisure. 1t will not
hurt, and may bring out something good.