Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-03-10
A BONANZA.

Hundred Feet In Lenkth sh-
equaIsd BIZ Anything az Present
I'm nevada A Live Enterprise
Hacked By Hard Cash-The Con-
centrating works Approaching
Completiou-An Assured
As Eureka is the distributing point
for the mining camps easterly and
southv ard Of the Eureka & Palisade
railroad, its prosperity is necessarily
affected by the developments that &C.
cur in them. We are therefore con-
tinually on the alert for such news as
we can obtain from reliable sources
of the mines and mining interests IN
those districts by which VIC are bene-
fitted. The most important place
neighboring us is the new camp that
has sprung up on the west side OF
White Pine mountain = Seligman.
During the past nine months an
immense amount of freight has passed
over the Z. & p. railroad, destined for
this hourishing camp, all Of which has
been hauled I'VE there by our freight
teams, thereby giving employment to
a large number of persons. Our
lumbermen, teamsters, blacksmiths,
wagonmakers, hotel men and mer-
chants have all received benefit, and
others conducting their several
branches of business have also had a
fair share of the trade arising from it.
Why then should we not, every per-
son interested in the welfare Of our
town, congratulate ourselves on hav-
ing a valuable neighbor. We have
such occasion and hope that the new
camp will prove one of the greatest o.
all successes ,as the valuable plant now
being erected there will most as
suredly make it. 1t has too often
been the ease that capital has been
wasted on the erection OF a mill, by
the advice of INSCRIPTIONS agents,
before any developments were made
to show il the mine, for which the
mill was built, existed. Seligman is
a noteworthy exception. From a
man who has lately visited that place,
and leisurely examined the mines
there, We are enabled to put before
our readers a reliable account Of his
examination.
THE MINES
Known as the Pursell series, embrace
several claims, each 1900 feet long by
800 feet wide, most of them covered
by United States patents. The most
important OF them are the Pursell,
Pursell No. Crusader and Dead Broke.
These mines, as We had occasion to
note several months ago, are located
on a continuous vein of quartz ore,
carrying gold, silver and lead, with
sufficient iron to make it desirable for
smelling purposes. The lode, in ex-
tent and value, is not surpassed by
anything at present in sight in Ne
vada. 1t partakes OF the character OF
a true fssure vein dipping and strik-
| ing c~onformably with the stratiication
| of the country rock, magnetism lime
stone. The underlying formation is
porphyry.
| Crops out continuously for a distance
of 5000 feet, showing up boldly, ex-
cept where covered by debris. An
easy system has been adopted for the
development of these mines. The
Pursell mine is situated to the "a OF
the concentrating works, and is pene-
trated by a tunnel at a distance OF 1888
feet from the point of entrance.
From here a drift has been carried
along ON the vein distance OF about
so feet, where a break occurs, but
from a point four or five feet further
on, the ledge again appears, and for a
distance of 100 feet the drift exposes it
continuously, the ore showing up
strong from four to seven feet thick.
At a point, about 1876 feet from where
the tunnel commences on ore, 1t il
connected with an incline sunk from
the surface. This also exposes the
vein without interruption, but vary
ing in thickness averaging about three
feet. Distant 50 feet from the foot Of
the incline is a winze down As feet
on a strong vein of ore, maintaining
the average thickness, and looking
better as depth is attained. Nearly
opposite the winze is a crosscut thai
was driven westward on a stringer o.
ore to a distance of GA feet, where a
similar vein to the enc just described
and running almost parallel with it
was encountered. A drift has beer
driven on it about 1926 feet, following
ore continuously, which certainly does
not average less than three feet il
l klsl~nAe0 Thnon fu-A xasno din N
different angles, and also vary in theil
course about Is degrees, which makes
it appear reasonable that the MAR
ledge has split at a point several fee
north of the mouth OF the main tunne
where, there being a very deep de
preston in the mountain, it would no
be surprising, if exploration were
carried on there, that at the point o
divergence the vein would appear
stronger and heavier than at any
place where it has yet been exposed
At the end of the crosscut, the west
vein is connected with the surface BY
an incline down 100 feet, which ex'
poses the vein the entire distance.
About 40 feet above the tunnel level q
drift has been carried along on the
vein for a distance OF ITO feet, a de.
scription of which would be a mer1
repetition of what we have already
written. From the tunnel level q
crosscut is being driven as rapidly as
it can be pushed with a Burleigh drill
towards the surface, which, when com
pleted, will be about 800 feet long
This will ventilate the west drift on
ore. and save a long distance in run.
ming the cars, thus being q double
benefit to the mine. Several inclines