Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-06-10

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This section Of Eureka Mining
District-GOod Ore and plenty
Of It.
PROSPECT MOUNTAIN, June 8, 1885.
EDITOR SENTINEL: If you would fill
your lungs with q Whit of good fresh air
or stretch your legs for relief from the
hard weeks grinding necessary to the
making up Of . readable paper during q
dull spell, strike out early on q fine Sun
day morning and take in the glorious at
mosphere and pleasing scenery of Pros
pect Mountain. II you think that the
tramp is monotonous you have only TO
try 1t to assure yourself that ii is both
invigorating and interesting, at least, 80 /
thought as l rested myself after a long
climb just above the big dump Of the In
dustry mine to take q good look around
me. l was watching the smoke gracefully
curling and rolling away In small clouds
from the Richmond and Eureka Con.
furnaces, and thinking where I would
next turn my steps, when, with q "what
the devil are you doing here?" and q
come here, I've something to show YOU"
l was accosted by Maurice Hartnett. This,
OF course, decided me, for there is mag
netism in the dulcet tones Of Hartnett's
voice that no one can resist. Indeed, he
had something to show me, for whore only
TWO weeks ago a mere scratch marked q
stain OF ore, q hole only ten feet or less
deep showed q fine prospect of ore that
covered the bottom and came half way up
the sides. This surface prospect ia on the
Excelsior or Storm l~ocation-I forget
which-but the ore is of good quality, and
looks as II it would hold out for q long
time. l afterwards crawled through sew.
erai places in the Industry mine where
large quantities Of ore had been taken,
and other places where big blocks OF $40
to sou ore still stand. This mine has
been prospected to but q little depth be-
low the surface; yet 1t has yielded perhaps
TO the value of q quarter Of q million
dollars.
The Alexandria and Ell Dorado mines
below 1t on the hill are being worked on
tribute. A shipment Of nearly fifty tons
was made from the former last week, and
at the latter there is a good pile of ore on
the dump, ready to be shipped to the fur
nsces.
/ next went to the Lord Byron mine,
which has paid SO we'll lately after a rest Of
twelve years. Seeing no ore on top, /
moved on to the Morris and Whipporwill
mines, the property of Joe Dejou. Here
the coultry looks hard and hungry enough
on top, but the dump is covered with ore.
The country around here has been sound
ing the praise of Joe's mine on account of
thed discovery Of q system Of caves, which
contain no end of ore. Joe had gone TO
town to spend the Sunday; hence, I had to
forego the pleasure Of seeing this new
wonder.
A little higher up the mountain and to
the ~northward is a tunnel and dump, but
there being no one around I could not
learn the name OF it. However, I saw the
best evidences Of Q prospector's prosperity,
viz: Two hundred sacks Of ore, and from
2 to Is tons ready to be sacked. This ap-
peared to be Of very good quality. In this
locality there is Q remarkable growth Of
fine timber, consisting of oak and pine,
which puts it in q pleasant contrast with
the bare and barren hills surrounding ii.
I made q hssty call on Martin Phantom
at the Dead Broke mine. He is taking out
some splendid carbonate Of lead ore, Of
which there is g very large quantity in
sight. Martin says there was q party look
ing after q lease of the Lizzie l. mine. and
thinks that they can make money if they
get it.
The Williams mine is looking we'll, and
John McNaughton is commencing to ship
about 100 tons of ore from there to the
Richmond furnaces. The ore from this
mine is usually Of good quality.
As the sun gave warning of approaching
night I began to retsrd my steps toward
town. but was tempted to look at Pete
Eoff's new prospect in the Delaware and
Enterprise. 1t is q good find, and no mis-
take, being a regular and we'll defined ifs
sure with 9 good quality Of lead ore and
c~arbonates. Development will doubtless
show this to be more than an ordinary
prospect. / did not go into as many mines
as I would have liked, but concluded to
take another day for q similar tramp.
This much is plain to an observer:
There is strong evidence of growing and
increasing prosperity on Prospect Mount
ain, which is apparently due to the num-
Der OF miners who are leasing claims. In
some cases 20 per cent is paid to the own
ers, but in most instances the owners pro-
vide supplies and receive a higher percent
age OF the ore, NoTETAKER.