The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1913-09-13
bONANA STRIKE At BULLION
Twelve Feet OF High Grade Ore
Reported To Have Been Re-
Gently Developed

Mondays Elko Free Press saws that
IL feet of solid ore of exceptional
nigh grade value has been opened IN
at Bullion, according to advices re.
celved IN Elko last night, and from
the reports the development of the
ore body has resulted in neither
hanging or foot wall being encount.
cred. The real dimension of the
ledge remains unknown although q
crosscut is being sent out in search
OF the walls while a drift is being
pushed ahead along the trend of the
ore body.
The discovery was made on the
lease OF Kerr and Peterson, who are
operating on the Nevada Bunker Hill
Mining Company property, at a depth
OF about 100 feet, and has been de-
scribed as beng a bonanza find. The
leasers have sunk an incline shaft and
the bottom of the workings is in ore.
The drift and crosscut sent out re-
veal a chamber of ore, the values be-
ing conservatively estimated at $50 a
ton, although assays of samples give
returns of twice this mark.
Fred Davis, superintendent of the
Bunker Hill Mining Company, de-
clared to-day that the find was one of
the most important developments
made in the old camp of Bullion in
recent years.
The newly opened up ore body
can truthfully be described as a bo-
nanza,' announced Mr.. Davis. THE
real dimensions of the ledge remain
unknown at the present time, not
withstanding the fact that a cross
cut has been sent out seven feet in
n direction to tap the wall and the
face continues in ore. In another
direction a drift has been sent along
the trend Of the vein and the face is
now seven feet from the Wine bot
tom. The drift likewise continues
in ore"
Kerr and Peterson, who have been
operating the lease since Spring,
picked up ore from the grass roots.
At a depth Of 81 feet a drift was sent
out along the ledge and this pro-
gramme was repeated at the 60-foot
depth and also at the present bot
tom workings. A car load of ore
extracted from the development
work is now on the railroad
tracks awaiting shipment, while the
operators have two car loads of ore
sacked awaiting transportation to
the railway. Three six-horse teams
are engaged in the transportation OF
ore to the Eureka Nevada Railway
in Pine Valley, and there is a likeli-
hood that additional facilities will be
needed within the next few months.
Two properties adjacent to the
Bunker Hill estate are also engaged
in shipping ore. The Nevada Bullion
Mines Company is one of the con-
Germs that is nov in the money and
the other is the Sweepstakes. which
is being worked under a bond and
lease by McConaghy and Kline.
On the Bunker Hill property Will
liam Fordham is also operating a
lease and to-day a thirdset of leasers
left Elko for the property and VIII
commence active operations within a
short time.
The Bullion district in Eureka
County is one of the oldest mining
territories in eastern Nevada and has
produced millions during its history.
For the last eight or ten years the
operations have not been extensive
nevertheless a good tonnage OF ore
has been annually extracted. With
the new discovery the possibilities
of the camp are greatly increased
and there is every reason to believe
| that the old town is again rapidly
| coming again into its own.