Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-06-08

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chances Tor Pro6tsbls 1i.i.z j. the Ia
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Absolutely essentisl 10 co1sidsr the char
arter q the nines a. sen 81 the szrfAce
ssd Ns shown BY dsvsl0Prent thss far.
he ore IN al q the districts 10 foGod
ehissy N E1estose In this Insssoss
ksszrss Anoss innznerabls are foSnd
vita . general eo1re no-thsrly and
~so1thsTly. In conDectcr With ties
6sszres are fozEd caves OF ssiArssnsats
q the 6ssareS. varying greatly n sxtsat
Great na@beu Of these 6sszres are
sled vita ore and The caves are usually
sled IN whole OF IN part zith ore. In
fact, the finding Of cave is now co..
sidsred an alnoss certain Indication Of .
eons;dsrabIs ore body. These ore bodies
are What are termed lodss IN the dis
triets and answer in their character and
mode of occurrences 70 the English PT
and rake vsina Thessi veins or lodes
are .s usual in limestone formations tx
trsnely irregular in size. the same vein
frequently varying from the thickness Of
. knIfe-blAde to forty or Fifty feet in
thiekoesa As q resalt Of this irregular
ity the nine that At the surface shows
only . thin streak Of ore may at . depth
Of Gty feet show ten. twenty or even
City feet. At the surface o n the great
Richmond mine there were simply
punches Of ore and not very large
punches .. that We venture the asser-
tion that there are . very large number
Of mines in this district upon which
comparatively little work has been done
that have . better showing 1t the sur
face than the Richmond. Ore has been
taken out Of over two hundred Of these
mines and sold .. the furnaces. nearly
all Of it good ore and much Of it rich,
some Of it very rich. There are proba-
bly, FIVE hundred mines in the district
with fair prospects at the surface. Il it
probable that nooe Of them will pay Is
il not probable, in view Of the mode Ct
occurrence. that many Of them are coed
mines, We rave no water to interfere
with development. No timbering, or
but very little il required. A few hun
dred dollars ~sufices to do . good deal Of
development work, especially if done by
contract. Most Of them produce some
ore, enough to help pay for development
work. and ye. there is but little devel-
opment work being done. There Is
many . sturdy miner in the district will.
ing to put bis labor in to develop if fur
nished with supplies. 1t is not the fault
Of our miners that our mines are not
developed. 1t is high time our mining
and business men woke up. We are
dying Of dry rot" Let rs have 3 lit
tie energy in the right quarters. 1Most
Of these mines are owned and have been
worked by poor men who have not been
able to purchase the proper appliances TO
work them economically or:to any con-
siderable depth. In many cases, per.
haps, the ownership is divided. Part of
the owners are willing TO develop the
mines, the others are either unable or
unwilling to bear the expense, and 30
the mines lie idle. Perhaps the curse Of
stock gambling has prevented local de-
velopment by our own people more than
any other one cause or all other causes
combined. 1t 10 not an extravagant es-
innate TO say that enough money has
gone out Of Eureka to buy Comstock
stocks TO have riddlsd Prospect Noun
tain with shafts and tunnels. II this
money had been used for the develop
ment Of our own mines Eureka would
to-day be one Of the most prosperous
mining towns on the Pacific Coast. But
the greater portion Of the very large
sum invested by our people in Comstock
and other shares was lost. Il went TO
build almost regal palaces in San Fran
~cisco-to make the erich richer and
left rs rich in undeveloped mines. but
with no money to develop them. But !
suppose there 10 no use in pointing to
the evil results Of stock gambling to the
stock gambler. The "sow will return
to her wallowing. and the dog" etc.,
etc. You know the rest. The lamp Of
experience does not guide his feet.