The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-01
The GOLDEN EAGLE MINE
A Good Property in the Gen.
trail District.

About twenty-five miles west of Win
Is situated New Central min
ing district of which very little has
been said in the last few years, pu'
nevertheless this camp has a promis-
ing future as there is situated in that
camp one of the best mines In the
county, If not in the state, and ike
other mines throughout the state u
LAYING idle today for reasons no'
known to the writer. for 1t has one OF
the best showings of any in the state
or else. This property Is
called the Golden Eagle, and is a gold
mine with plenty of ore In slght aho
about 1900 feet of development wofh
done. There has been shipped ron
the Golden Eagle property about oo'
tons of high grade gold ore hat netteo
a good profit to the company, ana
there is considerable quantity OF high
grade ore in sight in the mine al the
present time. 1t showing up on at ieas
three different levels. The properl!
IL In frst-class shape and the Slope
are all opened and ore can be extiac''
ed Immediately and plenty OF 1t. be
sides there are on the dumps W
1000 and 5000 tons of good miiliht
ore. carrying good values in gold ant
silver. with gold In the lead, also Oh
these same dumps there are 6,ooo ton
of ledge matter which would be COZ.
sidered fair ore in any camp. I'M
material runs "a in gold n ioui
ounces in silver, not bad for vast.
rock.
The Golden Eagle has three pareiiei
veins, all carrying good values IN sois
and silver, and are opened up by tui
nels. upraises and WINES. The Colo
en- Eagle vein is connected with IN.
surface by three tunnls which are oes-
ignated as first, middle and lower lev
els. The first level has 60 feet o.
cross-cut and 300 feet on the vein
howin good ore. Considerable ship
ping ore was taken from this lev
and worked $50 to the ton in gole
There is ore of this character at TN
point at the present time. The mo
die level is connected with the suifaea
by a 540-foot tunnel, with 400 feet i
ore. About 200 tons were shipped frol
this level and there is still shipping 0 s
left. The Slopes are opened up y
good shape and chutes to handle tt
ore. Tie ore bodies look fine on tn
level. The lover level from the sur
face has a 1440-foot tunnel with 30,
feet in ore. The Slopes are we'll OF
x,rl - n~J -hfnptn- ora a ha SEQ
at different places with any quantit
of low grade ore. This level connect
with the surface tn Tough the othei
levels and also has an 80-foot Wine
which has drifts running north ane
south. The north diff Is in 60 fee
and shows $50 in gold ore. The south
drift is 4n $50 feet and has a ive-foo
vein of ore. This winze has a well
equipped gasolene hoist, and is in first
class shape. Also from this level thers
is a cross-cut tunnel 600 feet in lengt;
run in top of what is called the cas-
vein and shows fair ore in the face
The east vein produced $50 gold rock
on the surface, 1926 above. Very little
work has been done on the vein where
the tunnel cut it, so very little is
known of this vein at his point
There is a 60-foot shaft on another
vein on this properly showing low
grade ore.
The Golden Eagl, property as &.
whole is well-tunneivd and laddere6
and the different Levers are clean from
cave matter, and ready to be wosxed
at any moment. Taking it into con-
sidefation the amount of ore on tbs
dumps the showing in the mine
1t don't look possible thai a mine like
this should be laying Idle today.
In this same camp is situated tn.
Ophir mine. situated on an opposite
hill from the Golden Eagle. This
MIN has 500 ses. of tunnel and 800
feet Of shaft, n upraise. The ore
averages s31 in gold and 6 ounces In
silver to the ton. with a fair sized
vein. This is considered a good prop
Ell ty.
The Gold Hill property is also situ-
a ed In this camp and has been pros
pected to considerable q ,ent and some
good ore has been exit acted. This
oil opefty adjcins the Golden Eagle on
the spnth. There aia other good pros
poets here and the camp is so situated
that there are pie nty of wood and
water nearby. Thu. vestern Pacific
will run within seven Or eight miles
OF his camp. which viii mean a whole
lot to New Central.