Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-01
sOUrHEAsrERN NEVADA.

BVuhnO ~
tcresting News Concerning Minins
and Milling Operations 4 m hull
fOnvflle, Hike District ans
Pioche-An Extract from q Nor
mon Sermon.
BULLIoNvILLE, Lincoln Co., New.
Nov. 81, 1885.
EDITOR SENTINEL: As the mining in,
dustry Of the Coast is at present under 6
a nightmare Of depression, it may be en-
couraging to know that this part of sage.
land. at least, is looking up. as several
mining ventures have been lately inaugu.
rated, which, when fully developed, will
give employment to q large number OF our
present idle population. The Bullionville
Smelling Company, o corporation which
came into existence some five years ago,
its projectors being prominent mining
men Of Salt Lake City, Utah, are at pres
ent building one Of the largest Stedefeldt
furnaces that has ever been undertaken on
the Coast. The furnace is for the chlori-
dation Of rebellious tailings, Of which the
company own some csc, 600 tons. After
the tailings are chloridsted they will be
lixiviated by the old process OF teaching.
The furnace will be completed by the 10th
| OF December, n the company expect to
have everything in readiness for a start
| by Christmas. In conjunction with the
furnace will be q battery OF five stamps
with a capacity for five more, which they
expect to utilize in crushing custom ores,
OF which there is q large amount in the
surrounding mountains. The starting OF
this enterprise-that is, II its projectors
are far-sighted enough to pay a fair price
TO the charlottesville be Of almost as
much importance to Lincoln county as the
advent of q railroad through her domain,
as the company, with their large roasting
and teaching facilities. ought to be able to
work ores as cheaply as they are worked
in Utah or Colorado districts.
Pennsylvania District, which Is some 26
miles from Bullionville, is coming TO the
front. Mr.. Barton being busily engaged in
erecting 8 10-stamp mill on the well-known
Klingensmith mine. This property, al.
though known to be q first-class one. has
lain idle for years. The ledge Is 16 inches
wide, OF free milling quartzite. five tons Of
which were lately worked at Mr.. McFad-
den's mill in Phoebe and yielded S45 per
ton in silver and $40 in gold. A shaft has
becn sunk on the property to q depth OF
160 feet, where the ledge has been found
stronger than on the surface. Experts
who awe visited the mine from time to
time have pronounced II as resembling the
true fissure vein of the Comstock more
than any claim they have ever seen. As
Mr.. Barton has some 5000 tons OF ore on
his dump. together with an abundance of
wood and water close by, there is q snug
little fortune awaiting him in the Klingen.
smith.
In q former letter to the SENTINEL on the
mineral resources of this district, / mad
vertsntly made mention Of the collapse OF
the Hike Mining Company, a~ttributing 1t
TO the inexperience Of the managers. At
the time / wrote the letter 1t looked very
much as il Encouragement was the cause
of the failure, but as the principal man.
ager, Eugene Howell, has since shown
himself. by actual results, to be an entirely
competent mining man, | hasten to give
him all the credit Of his late achievements.
Those achievements consist OF unearthing
large bodies of high grade ore in two OF his
mines and the working OF the same up to
81 per cent Of their assay value, and il he
did not have to surrender the mill. which
| belonged to Mr.. Barton, he would in q few
| months have cancelled the entire indebted
ness OF his company. AS 10 ia he has paid
| the greater portion OF the outstanding
| bills. and hopes before long 10 have the
| wherewith to build q substantial mill at
| the mines. II il DO exsggeration to say
that il the mines OF Hike were in Colo
RADIO or Utah, or even in some accessible
locality in this State, they would be
worked extensively, for the country for
| miles around is one solid mass of mineral.
bearing rock, scattered promiscuously and
| volcanic-like in all directions. This rock,
or rather ledge groupings, will assay al
| the way from SIS to $50 per ton. sample
| pieces going away up in the hundreds.
| With such a mineral country awaiting
| development, il is surprising that capital
lists in search Of q legitimate field to oper-
ate in don't visit Hike. This is no fancy
sketch, nor IL it written for selfish pur-
poses, as the writer does not " q foot OF
| mining ground in that district.
PIocHE.
It need not surprise the readers OF the
| SENTINEL IL the town Of Phoebe should
take on new life before many months, IS
parties who mean business are now nego-
| tiating for the purchase of the famous
| RAYMOND & Ely and Meadow Valley
| mines. I am aware that this statement,
in view Of the many similar ones that have
| been published from time to time, will be
| looked upon with suspicion by the general
| reader, but in this case / know whereof /
| write, and expect to have my assertions
| verified before the 10th Of December.
PANAcA.
This ia the oasis among the sage hills OF
| Nevada, where the faithful followers Of
| the martyred Joseph and the chosen OF the
Lord meet to congratulate each other on
| their polygamous evasion OF the laws OF
the United States. 1t is also a convenient
| refuge for brother polygs who are evading
| the Deputy United States Marshals of
Utah. 1t would surprise one unscquainted
| with this class of religionists to hear one
| of their inspired men get up before a con.
| gregation and tell them that in a few more
| years the Constitution of our country will
| be torn into shreds; that at present it re-
sembles a patch quilt, inasmuch IS 1t can
| be patched up to suit any class OF people
| who may happen TO have a grievance
| against the Latter Day Saints. In a dis.
course delivered lately before q congrega-
ton of those people in Panaca, John Lee
who is the same party who was interviewed