Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-11-12
WILLOW CREEK.

MInlGA oil tIht CctttOu- ma heC
. turning Miners Say OF the Pine
Creek ExcItenent.
WILLOW CREEK, New, Nov. 6. 1888.
) EDITOR SENTINEL: Since I wrot yor
last, Summer has ripened into Fall, and
to-day VIC are having our first snowstorm,
reminding us that Winter is close at hand,
and making the housekeeper look anx'
iously at the size aud dimensions OF his
pile of sagebrush. We have had 3 glorious
Fall. The month Of October was like q
beautiful dream-one succession OF per-
fect days and balmy nights, the canyons
all aglow with the brilliant Autumn tints,
and each ~ranchhouse presenting a picture
of bounteous plenty, with squash. pump
kins and other garden truck, for which
the soil of Nevada is SO justly celebrated.
The mining industry has made great
progress in this district during the Sum-
mer. Steady industry has taken the place
OF false representations, and solid deVel-
opments have succeeded the vain attempts
at booming, which characterized the
camp o few years ago. The Wild Deer
claim, which, one year ago, was o mere
prospect, has developed into o mine Of no
mean proportions. About 1900 feet OF
tunnels, drifts and ~inclines have been run
| upon the ledge. Several hundred tons OF
| assorted ore have been mined and worked
| successfully at the mill-all taken from q
small portion Of the ledge above tunnel
| No. !. This ore-chute has been tapped by
tunnel No. 2, ITO feet below, and q con-
| nection has been made between the two
| tunnels at q point about 160 feet from the
mouth. This connection, which was made
| by sinking and raising on the ledge, shows
o continuous body OF very rich ore for
the entire distance of about three and Q
half feet in thickness. Eighteen inches Of
the ledge next TO the hanging wall il full
| of horn and native silver, and will average
| higher in gold as well as silver than any as
| yet extracted. At a point $50 feet south
| Of this connection Q Wine has been started
from tunnel No. /, which, at q depth OF IL
feet, is all In fine ore, the ledge holding its
usual size Of three and o half feet.
| The work done upon the ledge up to the
| present time shows Q continuous ore body
| ESQ feet long, 100 feet wide and 81 feet in
thickness. We find occasionally barren
l httohhc AL 4I Wv w mohO Wy cooa
l spots we have punches Of horn and native
silver in other parts which assay from $500
to 81, 900 in silver and gold, the latter
metal holding over one fourth the value
all through the mine. Every foot
of development shows richer and better
prospects. The ledge below the 100 level
has never pinched or broken. and the
mine can be worked for l 600 feet deep by
tunnels run directly upon the ledge, which
fact alone saves an immense amount OF
expense In working. The ore Ia growing
richer 10 gold as depth is attained, the
base bullion shipped to San Francisco run.
ming over two-ffths in gold in value. In
the assay ofice may be seen some OF the
handsomest and richest samples OF horn
and native silver, with plenty of free gold,
taken from the slopes during the Summer.
Bill Long, our old townsmsn, still has
charge OF the mill and has made q record
in handling the ores Of the district, which
is q credit to himself and the town he halls
from. A new toll-road is now nearly COM
pleted up Flat Greek q distance of four
miles to Q point just below the mine.
Quite o large force of men and mules have
been engaged on it for the past two
months. 1t will be a great advantage to
the Wild Deer ss we'll as other claims on
i ku6 cIo6hs huu lb . pEokty 6Oo0 OSAuonOo Va
the prosperity of the camp. Two hun
dred tons Of the richest ore ever taken
| from the Wild Deer now await the COM
pletion OF the road in order to be shipped
to the mill by team. which will be q great
improvement on the old way Of packing
by mule trains.
The Ohio mine has been developing
steadily under the management OF Mr..
William Carrushers. They have shipped
enough ore to Salt Lake since buying the
mine last November. to pay all the ex-
penses OF development. A new tunnel $50
feet long has been run. which taps the
mine at q much greater depth than hereto.
fore. The ore Is very high grade. and the
mine is owned by q very strong company.
that talks Of erecting o mill on Willow
Greek next Spring. Five years ago these
two mines would have created q big min
ing boom on Willow Greek, but the pres
ent system Of rising slowly on solid merit
is the best and will tell in the long run.
During the Summer the irrepressible
prospector has not been idle. Several new
finds have come under my notice. some Of
which, on the same ledge as the WSld
Deer, promise finely for the amount Of
work done. Ali the camp needs is more
muscle and less jawbone. We want men
/ WHO pthCtlCc iccb ~ buc DuA nhu AOkC Ou
the head OF u drill.
From time to time men drop in here
from the new gold excitement at Pine
Greek, Oregon. They ell pronounce it
a big b~ilk-nothing In il to warrant q
second thought. The claims are mostly
owned by r~anchers, who pick up a few
dollars by selling produce to the poor
devils who are lured into the region by the
highly-colored NEWSPAPER reports. Two OF
the principal claims there have holes sunk
on them Is feet deep. These holes are
covered and guarded by q man who tells
you that no one Ia allowed to go down
In them, because they have gold rock in
the bottom worth thousands Of dollars a
ton. AS zone Of this wonderful rock Ia
to be found In any other place except in
| those shafts ii gives the whole scheme O
very thin appearance. j..
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