The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-24
OLD EUREKA VERY
MUCH ALIVE TODAY
Famous Nevada Mining Camp
Is Coming Rapidly Into
Prominence Again.
MILL BE 4 CAMP
OF MILLING PLANTS
Prominent Operator Says i'll
Five Years History viii
Be Repeated.

One IL Nevada hears moro about the
new mining districts in day than he
could learn about one Of the old camps
IN a month, and it is on the old camps
in a large measure, too, that Nevada
will have TO depend for years TO come
Tor its major mineral production, In
the early days no greater boom ever oc'
cured than the Eureka excitement, and
that this old camp is going TO be heard
from soou is voucbed for by w. L.
Jesnnot, managing director Of the Ne
Vada Mining and Development COM
pany Mr.. Jcannpt is guest at the
Kenyon. and when asked yesterday oy
The Tribune for the news from Eu'
reka. he said:
q People are taking notice of Eureka
again, aud I predict that WITHIN tue
next five wears the mines oil thc can!
will be producing as great aud rs rleh
a tonnage as they did in the early DAYS,
The camp has record of SEOu,oOV'VVg
mineral output during its history, ana
there were only three mines that gained
any good depth, and the deepest work
ing was 900 feet 10 the best oil my
knowledge. Each day there are two or
more mining experts investigating pIop'
critics for capital, and sale ol ihip3I-
rance has lust been e@nsum1aalTTI pS
Goldfield people The Western DcNel.
opu1ent company of Goldtieid purchased
recently the Wiudfall property Tor lhe
sum of 100000, the property sblpPlhG
iust before this sale two cars OF ore
lhat ran over $4,000.
..Thcrs are several classes OF ore IN
fhe camp. gold, silver-lcad-gol ana
straight silver-lead. In the early Gays
only a portion of the tonnage brought
nn,f1J lg market, j his
left magnificent tonnage untoucncd
for our dav. And right there lies the
secret of Eureka S future usefulness. II
IS going TO be a great milling camp
aud that means years OF work and prot
its. From the start, too, il means the
Intelligent application of much capital
and that now is being supphed.
"My company OWNS and operates the
old Idaho property. now better known
as the Holly. In the old days this
propertv produced $4,000 worth ~
ores above the 200-foot level We are
now driving 10 the 500 foot level, and
we will not do any drifting or cross
emitting until that depth rs attained
There are fully 100000 tons Of ore uu'
disturbed in this mine which the early earl
ouerators could not dispose OF. TINS
ore viii range from Sl0 a ton on up IN
silver and lead. with little gold az
well. We are going TO erect i mlA 10
treat our ores, but We desire 10 know
whit our ultimate tonnage is lkciN I"
be before drawing our mill plans re
peat, therefore, that in five years iron!
now the camp will be full of mills and
results are assured
: H. r. Bradley OF Maine and Z; r.
Hastings of Boston are interested IN
the Nevada Mining and Development
company. both being officials: ana they
are also interested III the tah-ApeN
company of Bingham. Mr.. Jeannoi
saws that from the Richmond Eureka
property of the United States Smelt
ing, Refining and Mining company, POI
tons of smelling ore daily are being
shipped. the ore having been opened
years ago By the early owners OF ttt
mine