The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1920-08-07
EUREKA MINING NEWS
ETREKA-CROESUS

a,tlon. A shipment of SO tons oI
high grade material was completed
last Saturday, and another SO tons Il
now in the bins and will be sent tc
Salt Lake next Thursday. making q
total of 200 tons In less than 40 days
As stated in a previous issue of the
sentinel" the occurrence of these
ore bodies in unexplored portions oi
the zone of crushed limestone is es.
pecially gratifying.
In the Dunderberg and other con-
tiguous claims. comprising part OF
the holdings of the Eureka Croesus
Company, ore was extracted to q
depth corresponding to the 400 foot
level OF the new shaft of the COM
pany, better known as the Catlin
shaft. No maps of the former un-
derground developments were avail
able from which plans for recent OPP
enings could be made, and necessar-
liz much of this work had to be done
on what appeared at the moment to
be the most favorable line to follow,
but later proved to be really unfavor-
able. In that old slopes and drifts
we're discovered from which ore had
been extracted many years ago. thus
preventing any great tonnage of ma
terial to be obtained from present day
Developments.
Some months ago, 1t was seen that
hnf % 4. a.
best opportunity to find ore on, and
above. its horizon In the area of
crushed limestone to the north of the
end of the drifts. Development was
begun, and In few weeks evidence
OF correctness of the theory was dem
onstrated, and ore bodies of fine ship
ping values were found. The lowest
depth at which the mine slopes had
reached was also found, and connec-
tions made with the Atlas shaft at its
bottom.
A winze was sunk along the princi-
pal north-south fssure, where good
mineral was showing for 20 feet, a;d
there the ore body widened out to
over six feet. While cleaning out the
bottom preparatory to putting in a
round of holes, an old drift was brok-
en- into that had been abandoned
within eight inches of the ore. Thurs
day II mine cars of this ore was
broken, all of 1t being a compact lead
carbonate. of a greenish hue, the col
or being caused by silver chlorides
and some copper carbonates. The
face of this material as now exposed
is Q by 10 feet, and has strong indi-
cations of making" large deposit.
EUREKA-HOLLY
The Holly is also being held up by
shortage OF cars, and their bins and
other available points on surface are
now full of ore awaiting an oppor-
tunity to send II to the smelter. Two
full shifts are now at work in the
mine, and the ore body continues to
maintain an average width of about
10 feet. and carries apparently high
er metal contents than 1t did on the
intermediate 450 foot level.
A 10000 gallon tank for fire pro-
lection and water reserve is now in
use. and the recreation room COM
pleted. The boarding house will be
running next week.
The new head frame is reported as
now being in Palisade. and its arrival
and erection at the shaft will remove
one of the principal causes of delay in
the program of underground develop
ment.
EUREkA-PRINCE
A fifty ton consignment to the
Utah smelter will be loaded by next
Monday night, and the production OF
this class of ore is continuous, the
ore shed already having accumulated
good supply since the first lot was
sacked. The general outlook for the
entire property Is most satisfactory.
and the year will conclude with the
largest production in any similar per-
iod of its history.
RUBY HILL
With their bins on surface full. and
chutes underground also, due to lack
of railway cars, but few tons OF ore
have gone out this week. Pumping
operations may begin any day. as pre-
liminary tests of the pumps and con-
nections have showed all of the new
machinery to be working smoothly,
and the few adjustments and altera-
tions necessary have been completed.
Three crews are now ready. for shaft
work.
EUREKA-KING
The ore in the drift at the bottom
OF the winze In the Eureka tunnel is
larger than last week, and with the
same gold and silver contents. NO
raising or sinking will be attempted
until the limits of the ore on the
south are determined.
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