The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-10-11


Robert B. Todd Mining Company and
Of the Star of the West Mining Com
many. and who has had more than 30
wears of actual experience in mining
on a large scale in the West. left here
on Monday after having spent sever
al days in investigating the condi-
tons in this camp. His past expert
erce and knowledge of mining rem
der his opinion of unusual import
ance, and what he has to say regard
ing mining conditions here and the
outlook for the future may be relied
upon as being well founded. Before
leaving he authorized the following
statement:
ITO say that | am surprised at
what have seen here would be to
make about the mildest statement
possible. have been actively en-
gagged in mining for more than a
quarter of century, and during
that time have had occasion to visit
nearly all the big mines in the coun-
try and must say that no where.
at any time, have / ever seen such
large quantities of ore opened up
and ready for economical extraction
as | saw in the Eureka Croesus mine.
had read and heard many reports
concerning this property. and while
was prepared to see great deal.
must confess that the information
| had previously received fell far
short of the facts.
ut is unbelievale that conditions
such as | found here should have been
permitted TO lie dormant all these
years. | cannot understand why capt.
tai did not years ago avail itself of the
wonderful opportunities that exist
here. Even at the low price of silver
and lead which prevailed prior to the
last year or two. mining could have
been carried on here if conducted on a
large scale at a great profit. How
ever, when camp is heralded as be-
ing dead. like all other dead things,
live people hesitate to touch it. Not
withstanding Major Henry G. Catlin's
firm opinion and unwaivering faith
that at depth larger and richer ore
bodies would be found than were en-
countered in the prosperous days of
the discSict, no one seemed to be in
clined to test the correctness of his
theory nor the soundness of his be-
lief until he impressed the situation
upon Eugene Davis. Since then, the
story of what has taken place here is
even more familiar to the readers of
the SENTINEL than it is to me.
Now that the Eureka-Croesus
property has been sufficiently de-
veloped to bring into sight great
quantities of high grade milling ore
as well as proving that below the old
workings enormously rich ore bodies
OF great size exist, determines
the correctness of Major Catlin's
theory and the soundness of his be-
lief.
The company could not have
made wiser move than it did when
1t placed the metallurgical depart
ment of its business in the hands of
George 0. Bradley. whose success in
this line of work justifies the great
est confidence in his ability to estab-
lish reduction works here that will
treat all classes of ore at the smallest
possible cost. This / am reliably in
formed is soon to take place. Iknow
Mr.. Davis sufficiently well to know
that the reduction of ores on the
spot is only matter of short time.
Eureka is as certain to become one
OF the greatest. if not the greatest
silver, lead. gold district in the Uni
ted States as it is that the day fol-
lows the night.
Now that the railway has been
secured by Mr.. Davis and will be OPP