The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1905-02-18

Eureka a Gateway to the
New Southern Camp.
Company Is Letting Leases and De-
velopment Work Begins at Gold
reed-Still Looking for Water.

reed-Still Looking for Water.
E. W. fremont. who left Eureka q
few months ago for southern Lincoln
County as the representative of the Eu.
reka Prospecting Company, but who
went to Kawich shortly after that place
was discovered, returned Thursday
evening for mining supplies. He ex-
poets to leave again In a few days to be-
gin work ON a lease he secured for his
company last week. To a SENTINEL
representative Mr.. fremont gave the
following account of the outlook for
Nye County newest mining camp:
"When / arrived at Goldreed, 1
found the country staked out for miles.
and after prospecting the hills for un-
discovered claims, concluded that the
best had already been taken up, so / de-
cided to locate in Goldreed and wait
until the company was ready to let
leases on its property. This did not
occur until Friday, Feb. 10, and it was
an amusing aud interesting sight to see
nearly 200 men following the engineers.
each one anxious lest he would be left.
| From Friday up to the time l left Sun
day, more than 100 leases were given
out, and the engineers were driving
stakes as fast as they could for others.
"As soon as a man secured his hold
ing, he struck out for the necessary
supplies to begin work. for few went
into the camp equipped with outfits.
Eureka As a Supply Point.
IT came to Eureka for my supplies,
knowing / could get everything cheaper
and quicker than if 1 went to Goldfeld
or Tonopah."
Do you think, then. that 7 reka is
IL feasible point to supply the new
camp? was asked.
"In my opinion" Mr.. fremont re-
| piled, Eureka on the north and Los
Vegas ON the south are the most acce s.
sible railroad points to the Kawich.
Aud I am sure when this fact is known
a great deal of travel. and possibly
freight, will be diverted to Eureka. in
| stead of taking the out-of-the-way
Tonopah route.
100 Miles South of Eureka.
"Goldreed is situated on the east
| side of the Kawick range. 40 miles south
| of Reveille, and $50 miles south of Eu-
reka. There are several large quartz
lodges cutting the porphyry formation.
The trend of the lodges is northwest
and southeast, dipping to the east. but
not enough development work has been
done to show the actual dip. The lodges
run through the range a distance of four
miles to the town Of Nixon on the west
side.
"The Goldreed Mining Company's
group comprises 26 claims, and up to
last week S22 claims had been recorded,
| while there are probably as many more
hat had not been put on record. The
deepest hole in camp is the Discovery
shaft. which the company has sunk to
a depth Of 80 feet and is now cross-cut-
ting on the ledge.
1.-THE o~utcroppings are strong and
well defined, and in some places carry
very high values in free gold. Develop.
ment work has been retarded by lack
of water. On the discovery Of water
the immediate future Of the camp de-.
Ponds. I say immediate future, because
work will be prosecuted even If water
has to be hanled in in wagons until
development justifes piping water from
q distance. Several hundred dollars
was subscribed by the citizens to sink a
well. and it is being sunk on one of the
dry lakes A depth of 1875 feet was
reached last Sunday. but no water had
been found. Several parties are sinking
wells in different places, and ! hope
they will have struck water by the time
I get back.
"Al Dees of Eureka and Joe Walters
of Huntington are partners in a we'll IL
miles east Of Goldreed. and they struck
water at Z or 8 feet, but are going
deeper. Mr.. Dees told me he expected
to come to Eureka soon to get a four
horse team and barrels to haul water
into camp"
Terms Of the Leases.
On what terms were the leases given
out? was asked.
Each lease comprises 100 square feet.
The company reserves every alternate
lease. in addition to 800 square feet sur.
rounding the Discovery shaft. The life
Of a lease is nine months. with the priv
ilege of prospecting for 80 days. At any
time within 30 days o lease may be
thrown up and another n taken. II.
however, at the end of 30 days a man
decides to hold his lease. his contract is
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