Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-26
WILLOW

p0rtant Factor I'm Minfng-The
Ohio Mime Making Regular ship
nents OF High Grade Ore-Kich
Specimens Of Torn and Ruby SAL.
ver Taken Recently from uhe
wild Deer ntne-The MIL Doing
SpIendid Work-what IL Being
Of Vital Interest to Young Misses
Wanting 30 Get Married and old
Maids On the Same Layout.
WILLOW CREEK, May ~, 1885.
EDITOR SENTINEL: Willow Greek Is
steadily coming to the front as q mining
camp. Reports Of new and important de-
velopments in many Of the claims are COM
ing in daily. The prospectors seem to have
wakened from their long Winters sleep.
and all over the hills the clsng Of the pick
and the shock Of giant powder may be
heard.
The Ohio mine is making regular ship
ments Of Its high grade ore to Salt Lake,
while the second class ore is being stored
in the mine and on the dumps, awaiting
the timo when reduction works may be
erected by the company. About 20 men
are employed at the niue.
The Wild Deer mine is looking better
than ever. Ore is being stopped out from
the 100-foot level to the surface. In some
places the pay streak 10 three feet in thick
ness. Fine specimens OF horn silver and
ruby silver have been taken out lately,
some Of them sssaying % high as So, 500 in
silver, while assays Of from $50 TO $3.50 in
| gold are not uncommon. A contract has
just been let for Q tunnel TO connect with
the l00-foot level. which, when finished,
will greatly facilitate the extraction Of ore,
aud will open up $50 feet more Of stopping
ground
The mill, under the guidance Of Bill
Long (well known TO all your readers,) Is
doing splendid work, turning out bullion
| 1886 fine, and working the ore to over 80
per cent Of the assay value. This may be
interesting news to some of the crsnks who
have formerly had charge Of the mill, and
| who pronounced the ore rebellious. When
ore has 10 per cent OF sulphurets and is
handled with 80 per cent Of ignorance and
incompetency. 1t does make pretty rebel
lious ore. Mr.. Long also saves 80 per
cent Of the gold 10 the rock, and the two
bars Of bullion shipped to-day are richer
In the metal than any ever produced IN
this camp.
Castle Dome District, a few miles below
Us on the same range Of mountains, has
had quite an excitement over q rich lead of
| silver ore struck some two months ago,
and assaying way up in the thousands.
We do not hear much Of it lately, but we
believe it still holds out, though the rich
seam is very small. Rich float may be
found all over this range. Very little good
prospecting work has been done. but what
has been done shows better results than /
have seen In any other camp In the State.
There 10 q fine field here now for good,bin-
telligent prospecsors-plenty OF feed on
the hills aud water in every canyon.
The canyons are all lovely now in their
Spring garb OF willows, wild hawthorne
and rose bushes, while the slopes OF the
hills are covered with g velvety green that
looks almost too nice for Nevada. All we
want to make Willow Greek q paradise Is q
few more women. From beginning to end
the Greek is q community of bachelors,
and the higher up you go the worse they
get. They are not all young, but all are
good looking. hearty, intelligent fellows,
who would make the heart OF any woman
happy. 1t is sad to see the lonely little
cabins nestled among the Willows, each
with Its solitary occupant moving gloomily
about like so many moles. There is room
right here for q dozen manageable girls;
not only room for them but q demand for
them. We want neat little cottages
10 take the place OF the mud huts. We
want flower gardens to supplant the pile
Of old boots, oyster cans and garbage. We
want the yelp OF the lonely coyote to be
charmed by the prattle OF children's voices,
and ell the other refining and civilizing
influences which surely follows the advent
Of the gentle sex. Then will Willow
| Greek blossom as the rose. Then will
these lonely bachelors, nov 30 Grabbed and
unsociable, become good solid citizens and
bulwarks Of society. j.