Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-01-14

New
Throughout che Mine-streof ku-
mors and Actual Prospects.

For several weeks past we have
| heard il reported on the street that a
| great improvement was taking place
| in the Eureka Con. mine, and We have
had an opportunity TO see what ore
was being delivered at the furnaces in
| town. We mentioned in the SENTINEL
| several weeks ago that the ore was in
creasing in the mine, and further, that
| there were several train loads deliv-
| cred at the smelters. This was taken
with a grain Of allowance by the
| doubtful portion OF the community,
! and particularly that class who are al
| ways at the front with ominous coun-
tenances, croaking over dull times.
"The bottom of the camp had dropped
through, and we would never see good
times again in Eureka" so they said.
| Eureka Con. stock has advanced in
| the San Francisco Stock Board during
| the week from from So % to 50 % per
share-a rise OF So per share
There is considerable of the stock
| owned in Eureka, and the rise,
| OF course, makes the holders feel ju-
bilant; but beyond this there is a
| great deal known about the mine.
Since Al. Burt was appointed foreman
it has leaked out that he has been
kept busy poking around through all
the old holes in the mine wherever
| there was room to crawl through. A
| number Of old drifts and openings
| have been cleaned out, and several
places that presented q showing, o a
| good prospect, have been attended
with good results and ore found. 1t
was currently reported on the street
last Monday that a big strike had been
made on the 200 level Of the X X,
where it is well known that there is
plenty OF room for large chambers Of
ore to make. A miner, who has been
known on Ruby Hill and in other
mines as a very lucky tributer, has
had a pitch on the 200 level of the X
X for the past four or five months,
where he has made only a bare liv-
ing. 1t is now stated that he has fol-
lowed indications that have led him TO
a deposit Of ore Of no small dimen-
sions, and that it looks as if ii would
| open up into a big chamber. Last
Wednesday We heard that this ore
had been penetrated for a distance OF
80 feet. We learn from a reliable
source that there is a large quantity OF
| ore broken in the mine that will work
from $25 to 800 per ton and further,
that a train load of ore per day, for
several weeks to come, can be
broken down and sent to the fur
naces as soon as they are ready to re-
ceive it also, that the tributer's pitch.
above referred to, is yielding ore that
will work as high as 800 per ton. Be.
| sides the tributers there are from 20 tC
% men at work in the mine on days
pay, and some oil the latter are break.
ing down ore in good paying quaint
ties. The mine is, in fact, looking
better in every direction than it has
before for the past three years. 1t il
at present self-sustaining, and notwith
standing that considerable dead worl
is being done, we confidently expecr
that in a few months from now it vii
be on a dividend-paying basis, indie
pendent of the Stag dump at the fur
naces, from which the late dividends
have been paid. Foreman Burt, un
der Superintendent Donnelly, is push
ing prospecting ahead wherever there
is a chance for ore to make, and w
have every reason TO hope that the
Eureka Con. mine will again loom w
as in former years.