The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1920-08-07
Hamilton Mine Activity Grows
Records State That Old Camp Leads Nevada IN Output of Rich
Silver Ore-Center of New Operations VIII Be Near
Old Tunnel of Eberhardt Company

Activity already under a at the old camp of Hamilton. situated about
forty miles vest of Ely. Nevada. and other projects which are being careful
y planned for execution in the near future re an indication, says the Ely
Record, that the mines Of the district may % be producing o n a large
scale.
In the early days Hamilton a the third most important producer in
the State, ranking next to Eureka, which as led in production only by vr.
ginia City. Hamilton has a record Of production of about s4O,OoOoOo and
produced more really high-srade silver re than any other district in the
State or perhaps AM other camp in the United States.
During the last few years considerable capital has gone into the
supporting basis About a year and a half ago Senator Kent Keller, who
was ne of the pioneers of the district, became interested in the tailings
dumps of the old Eberhardt mines, and later secured a bond o the Eber-
vas he ssnaors mention 70 erect . cvan,ains Man. for = trsstmsn Of
about $4,000 tons of taihngs at the old plant and material was ordered for
that purpose. After a careful examination of the old mines and the samp
ling Il thousands Of tons o ores o the dumps. IT ia said that the Senator
has revised his plans and now contempates the erection of a plant for treat
ing the ores IS well a cyaniding the tsilngs. 1t is said that the Senator is
we'll financed. which assures the success of his undertaking. IS there are
thousands of tons of orr mined which will u from SIS TIC $40. and it is
also known that large bodies of good milling res II exposed in the old
workings. and it is altogether probable that bodies of highgrade res will
be discovered by further development.
WARD GROUP TO BE WORKED
Recently the R. G. Ward group of claims. seventeen in number. and
five of which are patented, lying southa and east from Treasure hill and ad-
joining the Eberhardt group on the east. have been taken over by the Ea-
reka-Hamiton Mines Company, a Nevada corporation which is amply f.
nanced by California mining men of note.
The Pocatero ore body occur along an easteriy- westerly fracture ira
verse; tt the fold and spreads from the fractures along the bedding planes of
lime on each side of the fracture. The property is opened by a 55Ofoot
tunnel IN the assure vein from four to six feet in the bedded planes. Con-
Meeting with the surface are three shafts. ranging in depth, which were
driven down in ore of a good grade. From this development work there is
now more than 1000 tons of milling ore o the dumps and 500 tons which
will average s25, while specimens car be picked up o any OF the dumps
which will run from $50 to 500. Assays from choice specimens from ores
o the dumps have been made running from 5000 to $500. This work was
done fifty or sixty years ago. but the workings are all in good condition.
Considerable ore wal shipped in the early days and treated in local mills
1t is the intention of the management to clean out the old workings and
for development purposes. The probable value of positive and prospective
ores above the tunnel level sampled and IN the dumps of the Pocateno and
Argyle is placed at s145.OOO.
GLORY HOLE FACES SAMPLE WELL
The Mahogany claim is opened by a glory hole thityfve feet n width
and from twenty to twenty-five feet deep. from which about 1000 tons Of
milling ore has been taken and is still on the dumps and will average about
sl5. Faces of the glory hole sample well and with development a be re-
lied upon for a considerable tonnage of milling ore. Ore IA also shipped
from this property years ago and is said to have u well. Samples have
been made taken from the face of the ore bodies running IS high as $40.
The Argyle claim is opened by shafts and surface workings and thor
oughly developed to a depth of thirty-si1 feet with lower developments still
full of snow and water. The ore body in the surface workings shows a
length Of forty feet and a width of eighteen feet and assays $40. There are
600 tons of re on the dump from the workings, which by careful samprng
will mill from SIS to $40. Under the new management the workings will
be cleaned out and some development work done. but it is anticipated that
the property will be developed at depth by a croscut driven from the Eber
hardt tunnel at a depth of about $50 feet. and that this work will be started
ONE time during the present Summer.
SURVEY OF CLAIMS STARTED
Arrangements have been made between the Eureka Hamilton Company
and the Eberhardt-Aurora Company for a joint survey of the claims of the
two companies. whose properties adjon for the full length of their holdings.
will probably be completed within six weeks. after which active development
work will be commenced. In the meantime the Characterization Company
will establish a camp and improve the roads built by the old timers connect
ing all of it's properties.
1t is also understood that arrangements have been made by the two
companies whereby the Eberhardt. tunnel, driven from the lower foothills
into the mountain o a distance of more than 5000 feet will be used by both
companies in further development. The tunnel is a engineering feat of
ton; and later when both companies have developed their properties It
depth, it will prove of great value in bringing their ores out of the mines
and to the milling plants located lower down the valley.
The camps of both the Eberhardt-Aurora and the Eureka-Hamiton
companies will be situated near the old town of Eberhardt, about FIVE miles
south Of Hamilton, being connected by a old-tfme road of a good grade,
but which is in need of some repair work at once. Unless this road is put
in good repair 1t will be necessary for the business of the nw camp to be
done through Eureka, which is about thirty-hve miles distant v a good
road. while the distance to Ely is about fifty miles, with two submits to
cross. The distance to Kimberley from the new camp will be about forty
miles. from which place all the heavy freighting is being done at the pres
emit time. But unless the road is repaired the probabilities ae that all of
the business will Dol be done through Eureka
Colonel House Now a Journalist
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