The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1910-02-12
WNGHELD TELLS
ABOUT DUCkHORN
First Authentic Statement From
the Nevada Millionaire Concern
ing This New Gold Field

r,n ,5s Reno Gazette Of February
In an interview yesterday George
Wiuefeld made to the Gazette the hrs
authoritative statements ne mas gwen
ous regarding the new camp Of Buck
horn. in which he and his associates are
interested. Mr.. Wingfeld's language !"
tba, of a conservative mining man VINO
knovsthe dangers Of unwise booming
and will be read with interest BY the en-
tire mining public. which has hitherto
beeu somewhat in the dark a. to what
has been found there and what Is beng !
done in the way Of development Inc
interview follows:
II have seen and heard of q great
many articles ia State papers regarding
the camp Of Backhorn. We nave % Oh
60 men under our employ and we are
the only company working there. 10
fact, we have 1900 by 1900 feet along
the vein. There has been no ore shipped
for il is q low grade camp, but we FOUND
one stringer that runs up several hum
drsd dollars a ton. We are sacking IL
separately and have not decided to ship
ANYTHING from there. IL is our inten-
ton, providing this ground makes good,
to put up a plant sometime next year
but before il would justify a plant
we would have to do a great deal more
work.
I'VE have never attempted to boom
this camp-in fact. there is no stock Tor
| sale. There Is no cause for q boom
there, for with the present condition OF
affairs the camp would only support q
few business places. / should Judge
that there are about 200 people in the
camp all told. There is one small hotel
going up and one store is already there.
| Application has been made for . post
Office.
"Buckhorn is located about 30 miles
south of Palisade and 20 miles west OF
Blackburn station on the Eureka &
Palisade Railroad. 1t is about 9 miles
east of the old camp of Cortez and about
the same distance from q mining camp
called Kearns. IL the ore bodies con-
tinue with depth. it should make a very
good low grade camp. At the presen'
time we have crosscut the vein on the
100 foot level and have also started
to crosscut from the $50 foot level. but
50 far nave not picked up the ore below
the 100 foot level. We have plenty of
water a short distance from the mine
for milling purposes.
"No, | do not think the camp. as it lie
to-day. would justify the Eureka &
Palisade Railroad spur running in there.
| for | am satisfied that before they would
want to build a railroad % or 20 miles
they would want to see where they were
going to get a lot of freight in return,
and until we have done a great deal
mere work it would not justify them to
build in there. From present indications,
it is what might be called a one mine
camp In fact. we only have q bond on
the property which expires on April /.
Il don't like to see new mining camps
build up too fast, for from all Of our past
experiences. where they did some one
got hurt by going in and investing their
money in different ways. and the towns
have grown faster than the mines. Thii
has been the case in every one Of oul
mining camps even after some of the
mines have been proven. The orei
which we have opened up SO far rur
about rs per cent gold and rs per cen
silver and will be quite difficult to treat.