The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-08-31
Eureka's New Mining Developments
Wonderful Discovery of Rich Gold Ore In Large Bodies in
Windfall Mine Creates Great Excitement and Leads
to Offer by ColdGeld Parties of Over
100000 For the Property

ing Company is o taking out ore
that assays well mp in the hundreds.
1t Is true that this shaft is in better
material than either Of the men who
put 1t down ever dreamed, yet it does
actually miss the quality Of ore for
which they were looking. In 1878
"Doc" Hamilton and Kirk Fall took MP
the ground abandoned by Mr.. Broy
and Mr.. Ball and did some pros
pecting. The next man to be at.
tracted by the indications to be seen in
this ~extention Of Secret Canyon was
Owen Rice. He seems to have done
little work ON his claims, and Uncle
Sam again became the sole possessor Of
the property. During the period Of
more than 20 years from the late 70's
TO 1900 this remarkable storehouse Of
mineral wealth lay open to location.
when John Erickson and Josh Tingley
put up their notices and became the
possessors. only to abandon the claims
and leave the wealth untouched. At
some time during this long period Of
investigation there was an 80 foot tun.
mel run. cutting through four feet Of
good quartz ore. and passing within a
few feet Of ore that would have salts.
fed the dreams of the most romantic Of
the p~rospectors.
One day Eugene Geraty went hunt
ing for sage hen. His wanderings
brought him past q peculiar ledge
which attracted his attention and he
picked mp a small piece Of the rock. A
few days afterwards he decided 20 have
an assay made, and, upon doing SO. the
rock was found to contain 81 in gold
per ton. Mrs. Geraty prepared a loca.
ton notice. naming the claim wind
fall" aud signing the names of her
husband and her brother. q. S. Green.
wood, as the locators. A short time
after the notice was posted. Dan Morri.
son agreed to help do the location work
and pay the costs Of assaying and he
was taken in as a partner.
Creenwood's Persisfency Retarded
Up t. this point the new owners were
not different from their predecessors.
They had taken mp the claims in good
faith, and had done their work we'll;
but that much and q great deal more
had been done by the original locators
30 years before. However, it remained
for the tenacity and perseverance OF
@. S. Greenwood to do what the other
men had not done-uncover the fortune
that awaited them. He worked q full
shift in the Diamond mine during the
day and walked two miles to do q little
prospecting in the evening; he worked
the night shift and put in q part Of the
next day examining these claims; for
ten long months. a part OF. the time the
being SO deep that he was obliged
to go on snow shoes. his rugged deter.
minetion led him to ply the pick and
shovel yet. without avail, for not one
dollar did he receive in return for his
fa~ithfulness. And, right here the
merchants Of Eureka are entitled to
credit for the generous spirit they have
always shown at the time Of the pros
pector's need. for without their help
Mr.. Greenwood's time must have been
divided. But. finally. a strike of a
small body of rich ore produced a ship
ment that net ed the owners 5000.
Other discouragements have been met,
but the quality Of grit that made the
dying Lawrence. when the Chesapeake
was sinking and all but Eve of his men
had been killed, give the command,
Don't give up the Ship" carried Mr..
Greenwood and his associates through
to the final success they have gained in
~uncovering the richest treasure known
to this favored district.
1t seems to be a settled fact that the
men who have stood so h~eroically and
stesdfastly by their convictions through
the long period of uncertainty will soon
be rewarded for their efforts.
Adoinins Mining Properties
Adjoining the Windfall group on the
north lies a group of seven claims belong.
ing to Ed Bergman and Phil Paroni.
These claims lie between the Hamburg
and the Diamond mines, both OF which
have been among the best producers in
this part of the ST tie. Each has millions
to its credit, and the Diamond is looked
upon as Il of the two best mines now
in operation in Eureka County. The
Hamburg has been closed for several
years. .
Harry Father and Tony Gini recently
took a two years lease on the Bergman
Paroni group. and it is currently re-
ported that active operations will soon
be begun. There has already been q
large amount of work done on this
group. and the prospects are excellent.
A shat neal the south end has thus far
shown the best results, although pay
ore has been extracted from several