Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-06-22
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a Shareholder DESTROYS OF BofnE
se~nethtng villa Prospects Houn.
tain Tunnel.


AIR Tunnel.
EprroR SENTINEL: The Prospect
MoantAin Tunnel cost over $4,000 Its
length Is . triHe less than 2,4OO. At its
eastern end it is approximately 900 feet
b<lOw the surface. Four years were
consumed 10 running it. Eight hundred
feet from the mouth Of the tunnel = pipe
Of ore was struck assayiDg $500 = ton.
A few sacks Of ore were taken out and
nothing farther was done at that time to
prospect it. Subsequently, a few blasts
were put 10 above the tunnel and the
pipe was followed upward perhaps Is
feet, and so it stands to-day. years after
il va, discovered. From this point east
ward iu the tunnel for over = ZOO feet
tire are Numerous places where favorable
indications for ore are seen-iron and
that peculiar appearance OF the lime
stone well known to miners as q sure
sign Of ore close by. At q place .
very large pipe OF chimney Of iron is
passed that it is safe to say If followed
would certainly lead to ore. and yet
with all Of these favorable prospects dis
covered in the tunnel several years since
and over $4,000 Of capital lying dead.
no considerable mount Of prospecting
has ever been done by the company.
Forty thousand dollars could be raised
to run the tunnel 9, 400 feet across the
iodes through barren limestone, but not
$4,000 to run on any Of the lodes
crossed by the tunnel. "Give the devil
his due " is an old saying, and the tunnel
has yielded q considerable amount OF
good ore without any prospecting. This
was taken out by the company-that is
all that was in sight and a little dead
work to find more, and then the com
pany lost heart and quit with large bod
les Of iron all around them. The little
work that was done. however, was Of
value in one respect-the ore was fol-
lowed down below the tunnel level and
continues down below the lowest work.
ings from which it is fair to infer that the
lodes and pipes of ore on the west slope
| Of Prospect Mountain extend down to
great depths. Since the company "los'
heart this part OF the tunnel property
has been let to tributers who have done
and are now doing remarkably well, tax
ing out good ore and making good wages.
As | stated in last weeks SENTINEL the
eastern end Of the tunnel is under the
Silver Conner. That mine has only been
worked to a depth of 500 feet. But in
working TO that depth the owners have
taken out 4, 240 tons OF ore and sold il
at the furnaces for slS6, Isl "a, and
there is no reason to believe that mine ID
worked out. A few hundred feet south
of the tunnel is the Matamoras. A
drift from the tunnel would undercut
| this mine 800 feet. Fourteen hundred
and sixty-three tons of ore have been
taken out of the Matamoras, yielding al
the furnaces $40, sSs 0s. The Williams,
adjoining the Silver Conner, has yielded
/, 1893 tons of ore sold at the FURNACES
for S79,45S 25. The Banner, lying 9
little further south but within "easy
reach " of the tunnel has yielded l,223
tons Of ore sold at the furnace for s43,
4s6 IS. The deepest and most exten
sive workings in ore on these mines arr
all on the Silver Common and may b.
fairly termed simply surface scratching
There are several other mines along the
line of the tunnel of less Importance sc
far as yield and development shows, but
all of them showing good prospects. Tt
all, the tunnel company years since pub
licly offered the right of way through it,
tunnel for prospecting and working Oh
liberal terms, but 80 far none have
availed themselves of the offer. The
owners, like the owners Of the tunnel
have "lost heart" Micawber.like they
are waiting for something "to turn up
for the happy time when some fellow
with more money than brains will buy
their prospect for 9 mine at extravs
CANT figures. I do not know it to b
the fact, but I think it safe to say tina,
there is some good ore in sight in all o.
these properties. I have already pointed
out the fact that the miner who has
streak Of ore in sight as large as . knit,
blade in this district by following ii may
find . body 10 or 200 feet thick. I OWL
interests in the tunnel and in mines ad
jacent thereto. I am tired Of idle cap
ital. Fellow owners in mines and tun
mel. wake up. We are getting old. W.
should do something before we die. Lei
US prospect through the tunnel. Consol
idate-do something-do anything rather
than lie idle. THOMAS WREN.