Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-05-21
REDUCTION WORKS..
WHAT MANY SECTIONS OF Me-
vADA NEED.

TO Foster Mining Miners Must be
Able to Sell Their Ores Wear
Home as the Rancher Does His
Products-SOmethfng OF Interest
to Capitalists and the Deliver I'm
the Bowels Of the Earth.
What Is needed in various sections OF
Nevada, in order to foster and build up
the mining industry. is reduction works.
The cry goes up from miners OF limited
means all over the State that while they
have ore which would work $40, $40 and
even $50 Q ton they have M. means
whereby to get II reduced nor are they
able to dispose Of it, unless they ship 1t at
great trouble and expense TO some point
probably 200 or 800 miles distant. mas
much as we have here in Eureka two Of
the best furnaces on the Coast, we have no
reason to complain, but were 1t not for
these furnaces Eureka county would GER
family not enjoy even the limited prosper
ity that it does to-day. Very frequently
miners while prospecting strike pockets OF
ore which will work upwards Of 500 a
bOut LII kIOm WalCu tucJ III PkODnbiy
two, three and five tons. Knowing that it
is salable at a fair price in town they
ship the same in and at once get
them to continue on with their
work, searching for the greater wealth
they believe their properties contain.
They dispose of their ore somewhat on the
same principle as the rancher does his
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tunity IL just what is needed by the miners
about Reno, Winnemucca, Wells and
points south Of Eureka county, Whether
the lack of these needed reduction works
is the fault Of the men seeking good in
vestments or the miners we are not pre-
pared to say, but certainly if the latter
can show to the former that the establish.
ing OF such works ct the places mentioned
would prove paying propositions there is
no doubt but that they would be soon
forthcoming. Practical men Of means
want to see how they are going to get their
money back and also make q profit before
in vesting.
In the immediate neighborhood Of
Phoebe 1t is said there are q number Of
mines that have exposed In them large
bodies of ore. The character OF the ores
are varied. Some are free-milling and
others rebellious and hard to work. To
our knowledge there ia but one small mill
in that locality, and that has but five
stamps TO crush the free-milling article.
Why IL Ia that q plant could not be estab-
lished there that would receive and work
all characters of ore. and prove q profit
able investment we are at q loss to under
stand. II any one seeking such an invest
rpsnt would give that section a visit we
feel confident they would see enough ore
there to keep them busy for sometime.
The Phoebe Record of last saturday speak.
ing OF the need says: "This part Of the
country is in need OF reduction works.
Works that can work ore that assays from
$50 and upwards. There are large guam
titles OF this ore along the range. but as
there are no works for its reduction 1t is
OF no account. The $50 ore is not worth
extracting, for the miner can get nothing
for 1t. The buyers cannot afford to pur-
chase il and ship 1t to Salt Lake for re-
duction. They can afford to purchase none
but ore OF high grade. Reduction works
for the working OF low grade ore, located
down about the Eight-mile House, that
would deal fairly with the miners, would
yield an immense profit to its owners.
The mines along the range, from SIAM
pede to Bristol Divide, would be worked
aud the reduction works kept busy, but at
the present state OF affairs men are IN
able to get anything for ore that samples
less than 500. II il be true 1t pays to work
Sl2 ore or less in Colorado, we know no
reason why from $50 to $50 ore should not
pay in Nevada. There is a large field here
for q company to operate in hat erects re-
duction works for the working OF low
grade ore."