The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1907-08-31
pIcu COPPER STRIKE REPORTED
D d Delmas Claims to Have
Richest Discovery Ever
Made in Nevada

Salt Lake hcEhAos mug So Wy -.
n.lmas Of this city has what he declares
:. hs the biggest and richest copper
..onosition 10 the State Of Nevada for
.ha amount Of development work done.
Hs was here few weeks ago getting
material and supplies to take out to
ann with him, but at that time he was
nnwilliug to say anything about the
,ron,rty. as he wanted TO do some more
work first. His property is located in
the head of Lee canyon, Elko County.
M. far from the line dividing that
.ountv from Eureka County and east Of
rvans' station on the Eureka & Palisade
Railroad. which is something like 20
niles south of Palisade, on the Eureka
q pallsade Railway. He has six ella ms
and writes that he is driving a tunnel
ON what he designates as the Sweep
stakes South claim. He says that ore
has been expressed to the Herald in or
der that folks here can see for them
calves what he has found. Here is the
s,orv as Mr.. Delmas tells it himself:
Great Bodies of Rich Ore
"The tunnel l am driving looks like a
railroad bore. II is seven feet wide.
eight feet high and is in solid ore. ore
that is exposed on all sides. This is the
greatest ore body l ever saw in my life
Of such high grade. ! am sending sam.
niles OF it Just as it is broken down at
the face. have filed s75 sacks with
this ore and have 100 tons on the dump
that will 20 over 80 per cent copper. /
have done but little hauling yet. on ac-
count Of the difficulty in securing teams,
bat expect to be hauling steadily in a
few days.
"But have the mine, and that is the
main thing. The vein is from so to 100
feet wide, and in one place It Is 200 feet
wide. Two OF the claims end each
other and you can see ore for the entire
1900 feet through them In the shafts,
winzes and open cuts that were made in
the ledge long ago. The ledge is con.
tao. between lime and granite. the foot
wall being lime. The ledge filling is
garnet, lime and some porphyry. The
groupings show copper for so feet wide
and they stand up 30 feet above the sur
fscs in places. The tunnel that am
driving will open this ledge to depth
Of about 500 feet and the ore now being
mined is. a gray copper and copper
glance. most Of which carries between
30 and 60 per cent copper.
A Proposition for Big Men
This is proposition that ought to be
handled by Newhouse, q Heinze or
powerful combination that could 90 at
1t right. II could get big company
on this ground to do what would like
to see done to IL, / am sure 1t would
rival the greatest mines in Butte. as
there is no question but what the ores
90 down. II big company had this
property 1t could run tunnel 600 or 700
feet below the one am driving in ore
oil the way aud tap my ground at
depth OF 1000 feet, at least. 1t is going
to cost me ~ 80 per ton to get the ore
hauled the seven miles to Evans siding.
when it ought to be done for not over
IS per ton.
Joseph Lipmann, ]. Z. Beveridge
and Mr.. Page. mining engineer OF salt
lake. as well as A. J. Anderson. super
intenient Of the Gold Quartz property
OF Tenabo, have all seen this ground
and know something about 1t. There IL
nothing about it to conceal aud any one
coming IN, will find some Of my teams
at Evans siding every day. Come and
see it,