Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-03-08

a Brief SAetch of Them Icy One
who EndeavOrs TO be Couserva-


A Brief SAetch of Them Icy One
VINO EndeavOrs TO be COuserva-
tive.
A correspondent OF the Trinity Journal
writing from New River says: l see by the
papers that some persons have been sugar
coating the New River mines too thick,
and that the pill is hard to swallow. We
have a few rich mines, but as a rule the
Lodges are small. l will give you a brief
sketch OF them. without exaggerating. Be-
fore doing SO | think it proper to caution
persons who think Of coming here in the
Spring looking for work, that they better
stay away; they will be a year too soon. On
the other hand. those who are on the pros
pect cannot find q better place. / have al
ways said that the middle aud southern
mineseof California are ten years ahead OF
the northern mines, and Am certain that il
one-half the money and labor which has
been expended in any county Of Nevada,
Arizona, New Mexico or Utah had been laid
out In Trinity, Shasta and Siskiyou, the
parties 80 doing would have had 100 per
cent better returns Dur natural re-
sources are infinitely better: plenty
OF wood and water, and the counties
mentioned not half prospected. Time
Will prove my statement correct.
Pony Creek, on the southern boundary Of
the New River district, has not been much
prospected for quartz. The placer mines
were the richest Of any creek in the vicin-
lty. Crossing over @ divide to Slide
Greek, the first mine belongs to o San
Francisco company, represented by H.
Lang, who is running a tunnel. The
prospects are good. Next is the Mount
ain Boomer. one of the first locations
made in the district. The ledge lie small.
rather broken, yet tolerably we'll defined.
l am positive the rock crushed paid over
500 per ton. Thomas knight & Co. have
some good locations; not much work
done. Tough-nut has the same character
Of quartz as the Mountain Boomer, the
ledge is situated about the same and will
pay as well. There 10 q cluster OF mines
around New River City. OF the Nevada,
the surface and rock on dump prospects
we'll, the rain filed the shaft; one
of the owners says it averages a
foot in width. Huntington and Big
Chief join; ledge IA inches; between
walls, three feet, prospects well. These
three mines have every indication OF
being q good property. About one mile
west 10 the Mary A., which has all the
requisite qualities for q god mine. On the
divide between Slide Greek and Battle
Creek are the Hard Tack and Ridgeway.
So far as developed they are the best two
mines In the district. More work has
been done oil them than on any others;
perhaps this is the reason they show 30
much better. They join, and both have
shafts 50 feet down. The Hard Tack
~arastrs is running, and a good cleanup is
confidently expected. The Ridgeway has
bought a mill which will be packed in as
soon as possible. Live Oak, Live Oak
Extension, Friendship. Celeens and 3
host OF others l don't know much about.
The Friendship is q very large and we'll
defined ledge, though OF low grade. l
think it a good prospect. as most of the
claims had to sink twelve or fourteen feet
to get $50 rock. Very little work has been
done toward developing IL. Golden Gate.
0ccident, Orient, Argonaut n Good
Enough are the principal mines on Battle
Greek, and | think they are good ones. The
Golden Gate is bonded for Sill 900; the
other four are just as good. l am OF the
opinion that there are only two lodges that
will average 500. suppose there is no
need to say anything about the Mary Blame
and Yankee Boy; a. soon as weather per-
mits their mills will be running. The
Grover Cleveland is q daisy; thirty-inch
ledge, welldeined, good walls; l think it
will average $40 9 ton.