The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1909-07-31
VISITOR WRITES OF EUREKA
@. A. Rowland of the Reno Ga.
zette Sends His Paper the
Following Correspondence

Four years ago Fitz Mac wrote a very
able article on the rise and fall of Eure.
ka, and stated that although s160. 900.
600 had been taken from Mother Earth
in that vicinity. there were yet $780,
900. 600 worth Of mineral that was actu.
ally uncovered. and that the time would
come when these properties would be
worked again and that the town would
again see the good old times of the SOS.
At that time any ores running less
than SIS a ton could not be worked to
advantage, with the crude facilities of
those days.
But with improved methods ore as
low as sl2 or $40 a ton can now be
handled with profit.
At the time Eureka was in the height
of her glory no q thought of looking
for gold In this one and the result Is
that an old shaft worked by various
parties under different names for the
past 80 years for lead aud silver is now
a producing property of gold and silver
yielding from $50 to SIS to a ton.
This is the Windfail property, of
which very little is heard of except in
Eureka. but they have here one of the
best and most modern cyanide plants in
which they can save from 90 per cent
to 98 per cent of the values.
This will sound preposterous to the old
timer in Nevada. but these figures are
not guesswork but actual results already
accomplished.
The first three weeks cleanup brought
out a bar of gold valued at $40. 400.
The directors Of this property have
been very loath to give out any infor-
nation as TO what they are doing. but
the very fact that they are quietly max
ing arrangements to buy the adjoining
old Hamburg shaft would lead one to
believe that they have struck a bonanza
and are keeping it quiet until they COB
BILE what they consider the best sur
rounding property.
The shaft at the present time is little
over 300 feet deep. but they have over
81. 900. 900 worth of ore already blocked
out.
At the old Richmond e. Eureka prop.
erty they have installed at an expense
of over $500. 900 one of the finest min.
ing and pumping equipments that
money can buy.
1t was generally supposed that these
properties would be actively working
long before this. but certain frictions
came up between the Fries interests aud
the United States Company and until
these differences are settled there will
be very little work done outside oil
shipping about 200 toni of ore a day tt
the Salt Lake smelters for fuxing pur-
poses.
With these two properties working
there will take pace = general influx o.
capital into Eureka. aud with sy stematit
development it is safe to predict tina
the camp will make a second Leadville
The geological formation is the same
as found in Leadville, and Leadville in
days gone by has been as dead al Eure
ka. but the fact remains that the ore il
there. not only lead and copper but sill
yer and gold.
Eureka is served at present by thu Eu'
reka & Palisade Railroad. and while il
is only a narrow gauge at present. the
moment the owners can see a prospect
of getting q fair return on their invest
ment they will build a standard guage
road.
The climate In Eureka is all tina,
could be asked for. While the Summer
days are warm, the nights are always
cool. and it would be very hard if not
impossible to find a more equable eli
mate the year round.
The Big Three Mining Company al
Mineral, 81 miles south Of Palisade on
the Eureka & Palisade Railroad, have
struck shipping ore that will average
from $40 a ton up.
The deposits of the Eureka County
Bank have increased over % per cent in
the last six months.
The above facts in regard to Eureka
are based on the monetary values as
they stand to day. but it is safe to say
that our increasing trade with the
Orient will naturally bring the price OF
silver up simply from the law of supply
and demand. and under those circum-
stances Eureka will take a jump that
will be beyond the dreams of the most
optimistic.
Eureka is but one Of the many camps
that with proper development work will
make Nevada N of the greatest min.
eral producers that the world has ever
known.