Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-10-11
HILL.

An old Mining District VIII
Mines of treat Value Capital
Need eel for DcveIopment-A very
Promising Outlook.
About Eve miles east Of Mineral Station,
on the Eureka and PalisAde railroad. lies
one OF the oldest mining camps in Eureks
county, known as Mineral Hill Mining
District. For several years 10 has hardly
been noticed by mining men, but Amos
Plummer. one Of the principal mine own
ers there has struck what looks like an old
fashioned body OF ore that may restore 70
the camp some Of its former activity.
II is 10 what is known as the North Giant
ground. and at present shows e face Of ore
twelve feet high and nine feet wide, which
will work at the rate Of 500 per ton as 10
IL broken. There is also q large body OF
lower grade ore above. below and on each
side Of ~, with plenty OF room for IL to
make into a big chamber. The Giant be-
longs 10 q group of mines owned by
Barker. Spencer * Co., known as the
Austin, Spencer and Great Republic &
Troy Con, /" ell held under U. 3, patents.
Mineral Hill has undergone all Of the
OhauHCo abAatAJ nCt1Ch v AtAtAA teURts
ITS DISCOVERY
Was the result OF an accident. In 1869
| Jim Ward, Dave Eorthey and John Shea.
we're QUE from Austin on q hunting and
prospecting trip. They were camping In
Diamond Valley, and one morning swoke
10 find that their horses had strsyed OF.
In the search for them one Of the party
caused the others considerable uneasiness
| h.. aoVaxaNfno hfnaaalf and rarnafnfnn ak-
sent some time. The others climbed up
the mountain side in search Of him, and,
TO their establishment. found an sbund-
ance OF rich float rock. The party made
locations, taking Dave ID aid in with
them. After taking put large quantities
Of ore, In the Fall Of 1870 they sold ont TO
Geo. d. Roberts and VIM. M. Lent, OF San
Francisco. CAL, for $500, O00, and the
Mineral Hill Mining Company was formed.
Allan Curtis and Joe Huber OF Austin,
built a fifteen stamp mill near the mines,
and after running about four months on
custom ore they sold the mill 10 the
Mineral Hill Mining Company. After
mining and milling ssyeral hundred thou
sand dollars worth Of ore, this company
sold 10 an English syndicate for one and q
half million dollars. The English people
held possession for a number Of years IN
der the title OF the Mineral Hill Silver
Mining Company (Limited). They done
a great deal OF work and took out vast
quantities OF ore; but, owing TO the low
price of silver in 1878 they sold out 10 the
present owners, Barker, Spencer d Co.,
who have since
MADE MONEY
Right along. They are reputed 10 have
realized q profit Of sixty 10 seventy thou
sand dollars by running through the mill
tailings. They also ran the mill from
1882 to 1886 on low grade ore, OF which
there are now about 1000 toni on the
dumps. The ore ard tailings ran through
worked up TO IS per cent. The mill has
been closed down since 1886 on account Of
the low price Of silver. The ore that has
been mined since then was assorted, and
lots valued from 500 10 $500 have been
sold in Eureka and Salt Lake. The char
acter OF the ore is quartz and chloride,
free milling. Evidences Of the large de-
posits Of ore that were extracted from the
mines are shown by the great open cuts on
.ho surface and immense chambers under
ground, but the mines have nowhere been
developed TO g greater depth than 100
feet. The only attempt at development at
this depth was In a tunnel which was con-
neoted With (by running into one OF the
largest chambers. The Taylor Tunnel,
ABOUT zVO Ieet utepeII 10 III oVV iect' Uut
no development work has yet been done In
it. Had the English Company held the
mines up TO the present time they would
probably ~inaugurate developments on .
large scale, as there is nc doubt . big
mine there yet, and the rise in silver
would be q great stimulus.
Lying TO the southeast OF Barker,
Spencer a Cos. mines. Joe Flynn has .
valuable claim, the Red Jacket, from
which he shipped ore last year which ran
from $50 into the hundreds per ton.
George Buchanan and--------
also have adjoining claims that yield base
ore as we'll as ohlorides, There are also q
number OF other claims 10 the district
that show great promise. Of which we will
write at length In the future. Al present
we have not the space TO give them.
Mineral Hill at one time supported .
population Of about 800 people, bus the
town was visited with q condagration
which destroyed most Of the buildings In
Ii, since which no effort was made to re-
build. II, however. 9 sufficient amount Of
capital was employed 10 developithe valu-
able mines In the district. lie population
would increase into the thousands.