The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1908-03-02
Important Strike Near Hamburg Mine

About two years ago Dan Morrison, Charles Greenwood and
Eugene Geraty relocated the lone claim, now the WindfalL, situated
about five miles southwest Of Eureka in Secret Canyon, and about
one mile south Of the Hamburg mine on what is known as Peel
Stick Hill This location was owned and worked by John Erickson
and Josh Tingley about 10 or IL years ago, and while considerable
prospecting work was done on the property by these men they were
unable to find ore in paying quantities and abandoned the claim.
In 1906 Messrs. Morrison, Greenwood and Geraty began work
on the ground with varying success. Believing from the favorable
indications they noticed while engaged in the work OF prospecting
the property that high-grade ore would rfobably be encountered, it
encouraged them to continue the search.
Early last Fall they commenced the work of sinking q shaft in
the center of the Windfall claim, and shortly after their efforts were
rewarded by encountering a vein of high-grade ore varying in width
from eight inches or a foot to three or four feet
In the early part of last November they made a shipment OF a
little over five tons of the ore to the American Smelling & Refining
|Company's smelter at Salt Lake and the assay values Of the ore per
ton were as follows: Gold, 706 o.; silver, 144 o.; lead, 1L5 per
cent; iron 80 per cent, making a gross value per ton OF $l5254.
After the cost of smelling and freight had been deducted the owners
received a net return of $73215 for the five and a quarter tons of
ore, or an average of a fraction over STAG per ton.
In conversation with a SENTINEL reporter this week, Mr.. Nor
rison, one of the owners, said: Myself and associates own group
of six claims in the section from which this shipment of ore was taken.
We are at present working in the center of the Windfall or lone
claim, and have a shaft down so feet. At the bottom Of this shaft
the ledge of high-grade looks exceptionally strong and I believe
will give better assay returns than those already received from the
first shipment There is a 2Ofoot ledge of lowgrade ore running
through the six claims, but so far we have been combining our de-
velopment work to following the rich ore found in the shaft on the
Windfall claim.
1--WE have between 30 and 35 tons of ore now on the dump that
will average a we'll if not better than that already shipped. We
expect in the near future to make some needed improvements, one
of which being the installing of a hoist, as the working shaft has
reached a depth that makes it not only arduous for windlasing, but
also impracticable in working the mine.
"The formation is shale and lime and the 20-foot ledge OF low
grade ore referred to above is, in my opinion, a contact vein. The
|bigh-grade streak or vein running through it is in an iron gangue.
OF course, my partners and I hardly think we have struck another
Goldfeld, but we sincerely believe, for the amount of work done
and the results we have already obtained, the showing is exceedingly
.hatterng. 1 have been told this ground was first located 80 or 80
years ago, and one after another of the succeeding owners, up to
the time when we became possessed of the property, abandoned it
because they were not lucky in finding ore rich enough to pay them
to ship.
"When we began work on the property we cleaned out a shaft
in the old workings, but after doing SO we saw nothing there to JUS
tiy us in continuing operations at that point We then sunk a shaft
in the center of the Windfall claim and were fortunate enough to
strike it. We not only feel very much elated over what we have al
ready found, but the prospects are bright for developing something
better. The vein of high-grade we now have in the bottom of the
shaft is not only looking strong and of good width, but we have cut
several stringers of the same character of ore which we believe are
feeders of a large ore body of the same kind. The property is very
favorably situated, being easily reached by wagon road
In conclusion, the SENTINEL feels highly gratifed in being able
to present to its readers the above verified facts Of an important
discovery in one of the earliest locations OF the district, and it be-
heves that this strike will be an incentive for others to take hold of
undeveloped properties in this district and test their merit.