The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1911-11-04
MANY ORE BODIES OPENED
Legitimate Mining Shows Sub
stantial Progress in Northern
Eureka and Lander Counties

- Nouuties snow that
'esi'imate mining is improving rapidly
ana that the outlook for extensive oper.
a'ions Is better than il has been for
several years.
AT Buckhorn the crew of men has
oeen increased considerably and de-
Veiopment work will continue during
the Winter, with a strong probability
Oh mill being constructed next Spring.
The Mineral Hill Mines Consolidated
company has recently put on q number
Oh men and moved a quantity of ma
oninery from Palisade to Mineral Hill
IN preparation for operating the Rroup
OF mines at that place purchased and
PAID for by the company three years
ago. twenty. five years ago the mines
at Mineral Hill were among the most
prontable producers in Eureka County.
ana the resumption Of operations at
'hat place is being locke ID upon with a
great deal OF favor throughout this sec.
ton Of the State.
AT Cortez the cyanide plant working
over the mill tailings of the Tenabo
Mil q Mining Company is running at
tuii capacity. and the mine bonded TO
Tom Parker by John Rossi and Others
continues to produce good shipping ore
In quantity. At Mill Canyon Elmer
Isaac and Charles Vallenaueth. whose
strike on the Maid Queen was reported
IN a recent issue Of the SENTINEL. are
extending their operations and the ore
body continues to increase in extent
and value. Other leasers are now at
work on properties that are either part.
iy or wholly developed in that section.
The Gray Eagle mine near Hilltop. in
the old Bullion district, is now in con-
dition tn produce a good grade of ship
ping ore In large quantities. Develop
ment work has been going on In the
Gray Eagle about two years, and about
six weeks ago a tunnel that was being
run cut a ledge Of ore said to be about
40 feet in thickness. Men who held a
bond on the p.opris;y had some diff.
Guilty in meeting the payments, but the
matter has been adjusted in such a way
as TO insure extensive operation OF the
mine. Several men are now emplo, ed
there. The litigation over the mines at
Hilltop aud Kimberly seems to have
been settled to the satisfaction of the
parties aud the mines will probably re.
sumo extensive operation in the near
future.
II is reported that George Bartlett
has succeeded in putting through deal
on one Of the most valuable properties
in the old Galena district, south of Bat
tie Mountain, by which the United
States Mining & Smelling Company
will come into possession Of the Plumas
mine, and is expected to commence
operations within 80 days.
With all of these properties developed
to a point Of production and ready for
operation under the favorable conditions
that exist, mining in the north end Of
Eureka and Lander Counties is bound
to make rapid progress. Nearly all Of
these places have been large producers
of a good grade of ore in the past. and
the recent work has opened up an
amount Of good ore sufficient to make il
possible for this section Of the State to
become the most active in Nevada.
The new strike made recently by the
| Watt Brothers and James Carroll in
Gold Basin, about so miles southwest
Of Austin, is said to rival the best
strikes that have ever been made in the
| State. The ore was found at the grass
depth of 90 feet, continuing to improve
in quantity aud value as the shaft goes
deeper. The ore at the top Of the ground
carried about an average value Of 800,
while OF the bottom of the shaft 1t goes
better than $500 per ton. Ii is Of a
back manganese variety resembling
stove polish in appearance, aud is not
much heavier than charcoal. Five
claims have been bonded to Messrs.
Hume & Vision of Austin. and he
first payment of the $4,000 to be
paid for the property has been made.
A TOWNSHIP has been organized and sur
yeyed, the sale of lots having COM
menced the first Of this month. A post
office named Carroll, and a stage line
from Austin, have been established, and
a telephone line is being connected with
| the Reese River Valley line. This new
camp is situated in Lander County close
to the Churchill County line, and the
TOWNSHIP Is in a wide canyon in which
there is an ample supply of water. IL
is on the west side of Smith Valley,
and there are several valuable ranches
within a short distance Of the new
townsite. II is within about 80 miles
of the nearest point Of the Nevada Gen.