Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-04-27
THE MINES.
THE CAMP NOr DEAD ny ANY
MEANS.

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VIII Eventually Come 90 she
Front-A More Promising Out.
IoOk-Ore shipments, Ete.
Notwithstanding the general depression
that has prevailed in this district for
several months past, and the drawbacks
hat have been ocoasioned by the Govern.
ment timber suits and the closing down
OF the furnaces, 9 number Of prospectors
have spent the Winter exploring their
mines. q several parties have, under
lease and tribute. extracted enough ore 70
pay them well for the labor they have OF.
pended. This camp is no. dead yet.
Messrs. Harrington and Spence, who
have been leasing the Helena Mortimer
mine for several months past. have struck
9 good body OF ore just below The tunnel,
where it appeared as a small seam Of ore,
but Il develops bigger as II goes down. and
now, al q depth Of 3 little over 20 feet il
has q width Of over 10 feet from one wall
and the other wall has not yet been
reached; so there is no telling what the
Dimensions Of the body are. The ore is q
mixture Of hard, quartz, gslena and sof,
carbonate and appears 10 be OF very good
quality. II Is quite evident that the He
lena Mortimer is a valuable property. and
IL will doubtless develop into q big paying
mine. II lies in the neighborbood OF some
Of the best mines in the district. The
Hamburg, tothe southwark, is but q short
distance from 10. the Uncle Sam mine 10.
tervening. To the north OF 10 are the
California and Silver King, Golden Rule
series Apd the Bald Eagle mine, and 70 the
northeast lies the Connolly and the Dun
derberg mines. The Dunder berg has
yielded, from irst 10 last, probably not
less than three million dollarg, and has
been regarded as the third best mine 10
Eureka District. The Hamburg has pro-
duced little less than q million, the Con-
molly upwards OF $500, 600 the California
and Silver King about $40, 900. and the
Bald Eagle about $50, 600. The ore from
the last named mine was extracted from
single chute. which dipped aud took it's
course towards the Golden Rule mines.
While Eureka 10 known as 9 silver pro-
ducing camp, the yield from this chute
was over three-fouribs gold.
The Golden Rule series. comprises in all
about 70 acres OF good mineral land. 1t is
mainly covered by U. s. patents, and is
bounded by the Helena Mortimer. Cali
fornia and Silver King, Dunderberg.
Home Ticket, Connolly and Bald Eagle
mines. and 9 big strip OF the group.
lately patented, lies Immediately between
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Eagle mines. This group Of claims has
yielded ere In several places. IL has the
appearance Of being one OF the most vAlu-
BILE and Ia one OF the most extensive proper
ties in Eureka District. II certainly has
received merited attention, for the
reason that the owners have not had suf-
hcent means to develop their claims, aud
they have been continually handicapped
by parties who have never permitted
capital TO be brought into this
camp unless they received 9 Tip" OF
IS 900 spiece or more. So little has been
said about the Golden Rule group OF
that hardly anything is known
about them by the public, or even the
miners who have worked in the adjoining
properties; the latter for years believing |
that IL mainly belonged 10 g company |
whose ground adjoins it. II. however,
needs capital. which, il applied 10 its
development, would make il one OF the
best properties In this district.
The Eureka Tunnel has lately COM
attention. IL has been worked
during the Winter by two Cinnamon.
One OF them, All Tone. formerly kept the
clearinghouse at the mine and owned the
boarding. house building. As it was not
worth while TO pay any one TO
the mine buildings. All Tone was
to take q partner and work an
der a lease. For some time they worked
q subsistence around the old Add
son chamber, but during the Winter they
drove a crosscut from the main south drift
the tunnel level, and have broken .
pile OF ore, estimated as IL stands, at
from 800 TO 400 tons. II will need as
but ID contains some very rich
rock. The Chinamen's lease has expired,
but there Ia yet . big body OF the same
kind Of ore in sight. Two young men are
on the 200-f loot level, driving Q
but we have not learned with
what success.
Southwark from the Eureka Tunnel are
q few OF . number OF mines that are being
worked on tribute, among which is the
Lord Byron. Some Italians, who hardly
a thing about mining, lately went
there TO work on tribute. They started on
a seam OF iron. above the tunnel, and ran
TO a pipe OF good ore. We learn that
they have taken out over 100 tons and are
working like t~rojans TO get out more.
There are other tributers In this mine who
have earned considerable money In II and
are still doing we'll.
Az the Diamond mine. which was
bonded by Salt Lake parties. practical
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the merits OF the property for themselves.
the tunnel is within IS feet OF completion.
Another small seam OF rich gelena ore was
cut In ID several days sgo, which may be Q
feeder from . large body. Anyway, there
Ia ore enough In sight in the chamber al
ready discovered 10 justify the belief that
the mine Is a very valuable one and will
pay the purchasers handsomely for their
investment.
The tributers In the Jackson mine, on
Ruby Hill, have broken down large guam
titles OF ore ready for shipment. and the
property, we learn. has not looked as well
for years past as ID does now. The Phe-
nix we do not hear much about at present,
but there are some tributers at work In 1t.
II was a large producer In early years. and
IL capital applied, and IL were we'll han
died, we think II would soon come again
to the front rank.
Over $50 tons Of ore have been shipped
10 the furnaces by the Dundsrberg tribut-
ers since The Richmond Company resumed
purchasing custom ore. and We bear that
they have from two to three hundred tons
more broken in the mine.
John MeNaughton lately sent twenty
tons OF ore TO Salt Lake for treatment
from the Williams mine on Prospect
Mountain.
Martin Pisntoni is working his mine.
The Dead Broke, and has got put . lot OF
ore, but what quantity We have not
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