Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1895-11-09

some Pertinent Facts C~eneernfng
Eureka lining District.

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urek Mining Dfstrfet.
An Eastern correspondent writes the
SENTINEL for information regarding Eu-
reks Mining District. An outline OF what
il has been and the opportunities still
here to again make it q great mining CEN
ter, are given briefly. as follows:
Lying So miles south Of the Central
Pacific railroad, in the heart OF the min
ing region Of the Pacific Coast. 10 the
State Of Nevada. is the silver mining
district Of Eureka county, embracing .
territory about five miles square or q sur.
face Of rs square miles.
In this district are located the famous
Eureka Consolidated mine from which
have been taken s17, 3S9, 1852 60; the
Richmond Consolidated, with an output
Of SIS, 6l9, $50 81; with the Marguerite,
the Bowman, the Altoona, the Bull
whscker, the Idaho, King Lear, Paul
Pry, Silver Lick, Silver West, Williams
burg, Adams Hill Consolidated. Barton,
General Lee, Lone Pine. Macon City,
Members, Wide West, Oriental & Bel
mont Consolidated, and many others.
Those named, however, are located on
what Is known as Adams Hill and Ruby
Hill, within q radius Of one and one
half miles. These properties. with the
exception Of the Barton, the Oriental
Belmont and the Altoona have been op.
Grated for from Is to 25 years, and the
output has been as stated from the Eu-
reka and the Richmond, and from others
in the same proportion for the amount
expended and the developments made.
The Eureka and Richmond are the old
est mines in the district, and have been
backed by ample capital. The Diamond
mine, owned by Salt Lake capitalists,
located on Prospect Mountain, is consid-
cred one Of the finest mining properties
in the district. The company is system
aticalIy prospecting its series OF mines,
and the output Of ore already has been
very considerable, remunersting the
owners handsomely. The company pur.
chased this property about six years
ago. When the prospecting work now in
hand is completed, the Diamond will rem
der q good account Of itself. The Members
has been worked less than any OF the
mines named and has produced $751;.
3l7 40 in the past 10 years. Various
other mines in the district need only
capital to develop them into paying
properties. Among those properties are
the Dead Broke, Silver Conner, Will.
Jams, Avon, Industry, Matamoras, Pros
pect Mountain Tunnel, Ruby Hill Tun-
mel, the Magnet series, the Atlantic and
Pacific series. the Colorado. the Edo.
RADIO, the Banner, and various others.
Not one OF these properties named, and
others in the district not mentioned have
failed TO yield good returns on the small
investment which owners have been able
to make, and instead Of having q popu.
lation Of 1900 inhabitants, Eureka
should be to-day q iourishing city Of
25, 900. whose time, labor and capital
should be devoted to the development Of
the hidden wealth Of the district.
The question is sometimes asked:
"wHY ARE GOOD MINES FOR SALE ?"
Acapitalist was never knownto discover
and locate mines. This is always accom-
plished by the poor miner, who. with
pick and shovel, wanders through the
mountains seeking their buried treasures.
These miners are generally too poor to
reap the benefits Of their hard labor and
industry and are forced to dispose Of a
part of their possessions for such small
sums a. will enable them to partially de-
velop the other. Their lives have been
spent 10 poverty and . hard struggle for
existence. They know they have . for
tune and they have had enough Of battle
and strife. They want to enjoy life.
they have dreamed Of . "good time"
and they want to realize their dreams.
They want to take life easy, to move
from . miners cabin into . home Of com.
fort and provided with the Injuries Of
life so long denied them.
Then, too, they know that in order to
realize their dreams Of . home Of COM
fort they must part with some Of their
possessions, for II takes hard cash to de-
velop the wealth they have discovered.
Capital 10 always ready to seek good in
vestments, and it nesds only the reason
able assurance OF profitable returns to
bring about . transfer Of valuable prop.
critics for the necessary funds with which
to develop them.
To view Of the admitted value Of min
ing properties In our district, il Is sur
prising that the people manifest so little
interest in their development. II the
people here would use the same methods,
the same energy and take the same in
terest that mine owners in Colorado.
Montana, Washington. Idaho, Utah and
Arizona do toward letting the world
know the value Of their possessions,
Eureka would soon have the population
and the business which her surroundings
should bring to her.