The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-11-26

ioAaOroesus Mining Company VIII
follow conservative plan Of develop
ment and equipment Of the mine on
Prospect Mountain in Eureka district
is evident by the reports Of two emf
nent mining engineers. DR.. Walter
Harvey Weed and George P. Hyde,
both OF whom are members Of the d.
rectorate. The reports are strong en-
dorsements Of the value of the prop
critics owned by the company and
both engineers recommend and urge
that smelter be built to treat the
product of the mine and custom ores.
On this head Mr.. Weed says:
"As an appendix to the foregoing
report, think it wise to call atten-
tion to the following conditions: The
mining industry of Eureka is serious
ly hampered at present by the excess
sive railroad rates. The remedy is a
local smelter. A 200-ton or 250-ton
plant, treating local ores would be
protected by the high freight rates
and could also make handsome prof.
1t on custom business. The erection of
smelter in the district with a ca
pacity sufficient for treating the ores
from other mines would, in my opin-
ion, so stimulate mining In the dis
trict that there would be an adequate
supply to keep the smelter going full
blast.
"It should be remembered that Eu-
reka was formerly a great smeltering
concern; it was eventually put out of
business by the demonetization of sill
yer. To-day the Pittman Act assures
99A cents an ounce for silver and
the mines OF the camp produce aurif-
erous, silver-lead ores. These facts
are commended to your careful con-
sideration.
1T is my opinion that the ore bod
les of the district supplemented by
available outside lead ores should
they be required, furnish an ade-
quate basis for the profitable opera
tion of smelter at Eureka"
Mr.. Hyde is equally strong for this
method OF ore treatment. He says:
while there is to be had a con-
siderable tonnage of ore suitable to
treatment by cyanidation, the only
practical way of handling the ores
of this district and the surrounding
camps is by smelling. These ores are
practically self-fuxing, as regards
iron, lime and silica, and any def1ci-
ency in lead could easily be secured
nearby where an abundant tonnage is
available, running from 40 to 60 per
cent lead, which would permit the
handling of the large tonnage of low
grade ores of Eureka camp at prof.
1t to both mines and smelter Artesian
water is in existence on the proposed
smelter site in quantities sufficient
for all purposes. I have never be-
fore seen a district where all the es-
sentials were to be had in such abund-
ance."
Under the head of the Present
Development" Mr.. Hyde gives the fol-
lowing description of the work now
being done:
"The work done by your company
consists in the sinking of the Catlin
shaft, contiguous to the Connolly to a
depth of 400 feet, and the driving OF
levels at 200 and 400 feet in more
or less northerly direction and toward
the ground developed by the Atlas
workings. On the 400-ft level, con-
nection has been made with the Atlas
workings and several wines have
been sunk below the 400-ft. Catlin;
the Bonanza winze and the number 8
winze being the deepest, each sunk
325 feet on the incline. The Bonan-
"a winze is being developed at the
present time at it's deepest point and
also by drift to the northeast about
100 feet from the bottom and in both
places ore of shipping grade is be-
ing extracted in quantity. with the
promise of opening up a very large
ore body. This ore is undoubtedly
downward extension Of the Connolly
ore body which produced in the past
large values. The number winze
has very recently been equipped with
an air hoist and the work of sinking
is being carried forward. This work
will bring into development the
ground opened up by the seven and
eight hundred foot levels of the Atlas
shaft.
GENERALIZATION of this section OF
the property is very extensive and In
many places in the old workings ore
is in the faces and new ore bodies are