Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1896-04-11

EUREKA, Nevada. April D, 1870.
EDITOR SENTINEL: Just nos there 10
= gold mining boom on. Parties desir-
ing to invest in gold mines are securing
all OF the mining States and Territories,
except Nevada. from Alaska to the Dor
ders OF Mexico. seeking paying gold
mines. Why is it that Nevada attracts
so little attention generally as . gold
mining State! The irst mining in Ne
vsds was placer gold mining near Vir-
ginia City. and led to the discovery Of
the Comstock lode. The Comstock is
one Of the typical veins Of the world.
1t was discovered by gold miners wash
ing gold on the surface over the lode. A
large share Of the product Of that great
vein has been gold. Between Lovelocks
aud Kennedy. in Humboldt county,
placer gold mining has been carried on
proitsbly for many years, and no doubt
at some time in the future rich gold lodes
will be found there. At Kennedy .
large number Of gold mines have been
opened, some Of them exceptionally
rich. North Of Winnemuecs, in the
same county, gold mines. both placer and
lode, have been discovered and located.
In Esmerslds county valuable gold
mines have been opened at . number Of
places. and also in Nye county. 10
Douglas county both placer aud quartz
lodes have been found, and considerable
quantities Of very rich quartz have been
taken out. The quartz lodes in Douglas
are anomalous in their mode OF occur
renee. The patience and skill in mining
only learned BY long experience and OBJ
servasion will be required TO finally de-
termine their true character and value.
In Elko county there are gold quartz
mines st Tuscsrors, and placer gold
mines north Of that place. In Lander
county quartz gold mines have been dis
covered and opened in several places. At
Kingston q large amount of work has
been done upon gold mines; one mine at
that place is unusually rich for . gold
mine. At Anstin one gold mine was
worked in early days with an ~arsstra.
Eureka district alone has produced not
less than twenty-five millions in gold.
In lSSS there were two hundred and
thirty-four productive mines on the
assessment roll. nearly all gold producers;
the product OF some Of them wal almost
exclusively gold. In White Pine, at
Bald Mountain, City miles northeast OF
Eureka. there are placer gold mines that
have been worked many years, scarcity
of water alone preventing extensive
mining. The gold lodes are numerous
and rich. If they were in some dis
tricts in. California the owners could sell
them readily for double the price they
now ask. The largest and most impor-
tsnt gold mines in the county, however.
are found at Ely. There are two gold
mines at that place that would sell up
into the hundreds Of thousands il at
Cripple Creek in Colorado. Gold mines
are also found on the west side Of White
Pine Mountain, and at humorous other
places in the county. In Lincoln county
gold mines are found in . number Of
places; the now celebrated gold mines at
DeLsmar in Lincoln, and illustrate the
almost magical results Of the applica-
tion Of large capital under skillful man
sgemens to gold mining in this State.
Why is il that under these conditions
90 few seekers for gold mines visit Ne
vsdaf There can be but one answer
outside investors know next to nothing
about the gold production and gold
mines Of Nevada, and our citizens do not
take the necessary steps to call attention
to the number and value of our gold
mines. THOMAS WREN.