The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-09-06
Vast Tonnage of Proven Milling Ore Is the Basis for
Large Industrial Operations That Will Make this
District One of Greatest Silver Producers in
World, Is Opinion of California Man
Extensive Finds of High Grade in New Territory in
Prospect Hill Confirms Judgment of Famous En-
gineers That Ore Bodies Reached to
Great Depth

That Eureka IL aSSureu dIutuTe oI
great activity in the mining industry
and that the new prosperity will be
soundly based on the comparatively
inexhaustible supply of mineral
wealth, is the prediction of Frederick
Faulkner of The Tribune of Oakland.
California. who has spent two weeks
in Eureka going over the Prospect
Hill District. Mr.. Faulkner says
the entire Pacific Coast will feel the
influence of the new mining activi-
ties in Nevada and that consequently
It is watching operations with close
interest. The Oakland Tribune. which
is the most influential and one of the
largest evening newspapers on the
Pacific Coast. has been paying con-
siderable attention to the mining in
dustry. 10 discussing the local out
look as to mining. Mr.. Faulkner said:
1T is not incumbent upon a non-
technical man to apologize for talk
ing about certain factors of the gen.
eral situation in the Eureka mining
district. Their significance is obvious.
They may be read and comprehended
by the most casual lay observer.
First, is the abundance of milling
ore in the mineralized area. / have
been afforded every facility for in
specting several of the largest active
properties. In the Eureka-Croesus.
Peerless and Eureka-King groups of
locations the work done in the past.
important and productive of enor-
nous quantities of bullion as it was,
has merely proved the extent of the
ore bodies and the vast tonnage now
available for treatment under mod
ern mining methods. The percent
age Of ore which it was possible to
take out under the old regime, where
in the operators had to contend with
onerous handicaps of operating and
transportation costs, was only a frac-
ton of what was left behind to await
the day of quantity extraction and
treatment of ore and better and
cheaper transportation facilities.
Thus millions of tons of shipping and
milling ore are in the old workings
In the dumps, tunnels, slopes and
glory holes" of the old mines.
This reject however, is not low
grade in the sense that low grade
is understood and applied in other
mining districts; as in Alaska, for in
stance. where they are prohtably
mining ore that assays less than S2.
In the prosperous Eureka days prior
to the 'nineties it meant anything.
In nearly all cases. under $40 ton.
But the large tonnage exposed
by the early operators is not all the
promise Of a brighter future by any
means. An exploration of the new
workings in the Eureka-Croesus
shows that the deposits are at least
as extensive and of as high value be-
low the lowest reach Of the old work
ers as those which were uncov-
cred in the old workings. The
non-technical man may see this
II he looks. The formations are
consistent, the signs unfailing. The
upward forcing of shale and gravel
through schisms. the smoked sides
and tops of domes. tell an unvaryine
tale everywhere-of chambers OF
milling, If not high grade shipping.
ore.