The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-11-23
GOLD STRIKE IN NORTH
ERIN EUREKA COUNTY
Recent Discoveries in Lynn Dis.
trict Said To Be Causing a
Stampede to New Find

west OF Oarlins nevada, as foilows:
what has all the appearance of develop
ing into Q big gold strike has been made
In Eureka County, 90 miles northwest of
here. It is in the Lynn mining district,
at the head of Sheep canyon and Lynn
creek. This Is in the Oortez range, ct
an elevation of 1000 feet. The ores of
this strike lie in q silicious porphyry,
oxidized iron and sugar quartz covered
with Q Gaping Of rhyolite. The por.
phyry lies in an easterly and westerly
direction. and the oxidized iron and
quartz lie in assure veins cutting the
p~orphyry at right angles. The vein is
opened up for 800 feet with five ten.foot
holes showing shipping ore FIVE feet in
feet deep shows IA inches of ore assay
ing $110 a ton and five feet of milling
ore that averages $50. so a ton.
"Seventy.ive feet from this shaft is
the main shaft. 35 feet deep, that shows
10 inches of high-grade running from
500 to $3.50 a ton, aud five feet of
splendid milling ore assaying from 1926
to $40 a ton. On this particular ground
there has been float found that assayed
1896 q ton. These ores are free milling
and the highgrade pans from 80 to 80
cents q pan.
Last May Ernest Happier found a
gold nugget 800 feet from the Big Six
group, Of which I am writing. tibet was
worth $50 TO-. Mrs. Ernest Happier has
this as a specimen. Her address is Oar
lin. Nevada, If anyone doubts this. We
are in the same range as George Wing.
fields Buckhorn mine and in the same
belt as T~uscarora. C~ornucopia. Gold
Greek. Edgemont, Goldfeld. Bullfrog.
Tonopah and National, according to our
manager, O. d. McNeill. who has
owned interests in each, and had show.
ings hat looked like q kitten compared
to the Big Six. He has also been in the
camps Of this belt and hnds the charac-
ter of ore the same.
Craig Guerrin of l65 Broadway,
New York. has tied up a group Of eight
claims belonging to William Barney on
a bond and lease for $26, ZOO. This
group joins end lines with the Big Six,
where this grand discovery has been
made, and shows the same values at
same depth. Mr.. ai~llsborough, an ex-
pert of New York. made examinations
for Mr.. Guerrin and claims he has
never seen anything that could equal
it. Mr.. NOEL of Los Angeles also made
examinations for Mr.. Guerrin and re-
ports an excellent showing.
"Mr. Tanner of San Francisco made
an examination of the camp for San
Francisco capitalists. He took 1875
samples and every n Of them showed
good results. Mr.. Skelly of Tonopah
was here in camp for four days looking
after the interests of Tonopah capitalists
and made examinations Of Mr.. Clark's
property, reporting very favorably. Mr..
Sicily PANIED ores from the Big Six
and said the showing was marvellous.
During the last week over 30 pros
pectors and miners came to the new
strike and they are coming at the rate
of 10 to 10 a day, and the road to Osrlin
is lined with two, four and six-horse
teams, and a Thousand men will be here
before 60 days. There is q splendid
wagon road from Oarlin on the South
ern and Western Pacific right to the
mine. and they drive it in 40 minutes
with autos. The climate is mild, but
little snow and no cold weather.
"a company has been organized
under the Nevada laws of the Big Six
group of ten claims. and is named the
the Free Wire Gold Mine and Milling
Company, with A. f. Sundberg. Presi-
dent; A. Royal, vice president; M. f.
Eakle. secretary; j. Hillstead, treas
urer; and O. P. Farnsworth and O. l..
Rollins, directors. Q. d. McNeill is
general manager. The general office is
at the mine and the branch Office is at
AZ Continental bank building. Salt Lake.
''Since the company was organized a
force of men has been put to work sink
ing ON the main shaft, and it is going
down at the rate of five feet a day with
two shifts. A shaft house l6x24 feet is
in course of construction also boarding
house, bunk houses, blacksmith shop.
barns, etc.
There are about 30 tons of high
grade ore on the dump and $50 tons OF
milling ore. A thousand canvas sacks
are on the road to the mine to ship
high.Rrade to the Murray smelter.
Plans are being made to sink to the SOC
level. with crosscuts aud drifts run at
every 50-foot level on the vein. when
il will be blocked out for shipment.
Arrangements are being made for a