Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1899-11-25
EUREKA INNING DISTRICT.

EDITOR SENTINEL: No doubt you have
noticed how eager people in Nevada are to
get information on mining matters. All
classes are interested in this subject. and
they read what is said On mining affairs II
they have no time to read anything else.
The rich man wants reliable information
because he finds profitable investments in
other lines scarce and growing less, as the
wealth of the country increases. He also
knows that mining investments pay better
than most any other investment. The old
miner wants information and wants it
very much. He likely once made ten or
twenty thousand dollars by mining, but
was unfortunate in losing what he made,
and now his highest ambition and fondest
dreams are that he may "strike it rich"
again before he 'shufies off this mortal
coil" Hence he is intensely interested in
the mining business.
The poor class are eagerly looking for
information on this all-important subject,
because they want employment with living
wages. They know that good mines pay
better wages thar any other business
which they are able to do. The fact is, all
classes are interested in mining, especially
in Nevada. Here we have a vast common
wealth. We nave one Of the healthiest, if
not the healthiest State in the Union, and
our climate is not surpassed by any other
State. What we need is more people to
occupy this great domain. If all the mines
in the State were developed and in opera
ton we could give employment to at least
fifty thousand men. If all the mines in
Eureka district were being worked. and the
tremendous bodies of ore lying untouched
because of lack of capital to put in ma
chinery to treat this ore, we could give
employment to five thousand men and sup
port a population Of fifteen thousand PEG.
pie, instead of fifteen hundred. If Eureka
Mining District were located in Colorado
or Montana this would be done in less than
six months time. The necessary informa-
ton would be furnished and capital would
pour into the camp, and it would soon be
uONtipBCaf d tDc idStS WCfC hnoWh W Vic
mining world that Eureka, Nevada, con-
tanned such immense bodies of ore, it would
not be long before capital would seek in
vestments here.
If it was generally known that this camp
has produced more than one hundred and
twenty-five millions of money and that no
deep mining has ever been attempted,
surely men of experience in mining, who
have money to invest, would come here
and invest, there is no better place for
sure investments in the State. Some one
inferred from our last article that we had
no faith in deep mining in Eureka and that
we did not advocate this proposition.
What we meant was this: So long as we
have such a vast amount Of ore near the
surface which could be worked here by the
cyanide process, and that with rich profits
to both mine owners and the owner Of a
cyanide plant, it would be unwise to spend
our time in advocating deep mining. 1t
would be like giving up a sure thing for
something not so sure. We know that we
have great bodies of ore within one hundred
feet of the surface and that this ore will
pay big if some would start a plant to treat
the ore here, but we do not know that
great bodies Of paying ore could be found
1,500 or 1000 feet below the surface;
although many practical miners and geolo.
gists firmly believe that such would be
true, should deep mining be undertaken.
Is it not true of all great mining camps
that where so many million dollars have
been found within 800 feet of the surface
that deeper mining finds even richer ores
The Comstock mines are some 5000
feet in depth, and yet they are advocating
deep mining at Virginia City. Eureka
does not need to advocate this so long as
she has something sure. What we want
above everything else is a process to treat
the almost unlimited amount of ore in
sight, and it is a puzzle to us why this has
not been done. One thing that would be
greatly in favor o. this being done now is
the fact that two gentlemen from Cali
fornia of means are interested in a coal
mine t~wenty-four miles south of Eureka
and they will put in a diamond drill and
develop the mine in the early Spring. When
this is done fuel can be furnished very
cheap. Col. j. G. Roote, one of the
company, is an old experienced coal miner
and he says there is an abundance of very
good coal at Pancake Mountain. He says
three tons of this coal will make two tons
of coke. Colonel Roote is very much in
terested in the bright prospects of Eureka.
VENI VIDI.