The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-03-23
Eurekas High Grade Gold Ores
In Value and Quantity Uncovered, Development IF Recent
Strikes In Secret Canyon Shows Results Beyond the
Fondest Hopes of the Most Sansuine Miners

The excitement over the new strikes in Secret Canyon is keep
ing up to the highest pitch. The snow has now gone down to the
extent of making it possible for prospectors to get into the canyon,
and several men from Eureka are out there getting things in shape
for work as soon as Spring opens Among those who have been re-
ported as taking up claims in that district are Alec Mechanics, Al
fred Huebner, M F. Murphy, Angus Gibson, Ed. Bergman, J. Muir
ray, Felix PHILIPPE, and several others. There seems to be a gen.
.eral feeling that time is exceedingly precious to those who would be-
come interested in this region, for if the present indications are one
half realized there is going to be a genuine Goldfeld rush here as
soon as the actual values n generally known.
Outside parties who have read the articles in the SENTINEL dur
ing the past few weeks are becoming interested, and each mail is
bringing many letters from men who signify their mentions of max
ing an early investigation of the properties in this region. The 40
tons of high grade ore now on the shipping dump of the Windfall
mine will bear the fullest inspection that can be given, and the ore
on a half score of the other dumps in that section will not fall be-
low par in valuation. There has not been a time when Eureka has
been in better shape to show up its worth as one of the best camps
in existence, and we predict that a few weeks will make wonderful
changes here.
The ore now sacked ready for shipment goes from eight to
twelve ounces in gold, and there are hundreds of tons IN the dumps
not sacked which, from reliable assays made, will go from one to
three ounces in gold. Work is being pushed in several places to-
ward getting shafts and tunnels in shape for large production as
soon as the r can be hauled, the condition of the roads making it
impossible to move the ore for some weeks yet
More samples have been brought in to the assay office to be
tested during the past week than were brought in during the entire
month of April last year, and it was felt at that time that an I'M
usual amount of prospecting was being done
Remarkable Values Shown By Assays
The last shipment from the Windfall mine made in November
averaged better than $3.50 a ton net; a picked sample recently as
sayed s2760 per ton there is now 800 tons of n o the second
class dump that shows from average samples assays of from $50 to
$50 a ton; 40 tons of ore in sacks on the shipping dump averages
from 5000 to $500 a ton. The new strike two miles farther south
on the Paroni property, the old Page & Corwin mine, is not falling
one whit behind in it's remarkable returns. The first assays of gen.
eral samples run from $40 to $3.50 a ton the ore being sacked for
shipment will average close to 5000 a ton. Assays of ore taken
Thursday from the bottom of the Paroni shaft are as follows
Average sample from ten foot ledge, $3.50 o. silver, 15O o. gold,
total value SIS; average sample from two foot vein, 1.62 o. silver,
1924 or gold, total value $765.55.
The work on the Windfall mine consists of shaft 60 feet deep
and a drift of about 80 feet The shaft of the Paroni mine is about
$50 feet deep Both mines re admirably situated for getting out
the ore, and the transportation facilities are excellent. The facts
and figures given above have all been verified. They are open to
the fullest investigation.