The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1922-10-21
EUREKA MINING NEWS


s,amsut OF speiss to the united
smalters In Utah. The present
.s sIa.s. ordered is from $50 to 275
tona, rsr month, and the speiss VIII
!ohs .ssn from the old Eureka Con-
- os.sstsd Stag dumps at the north
enc ~ - resumption OF speiss ship
AZ this time is credited to the
ns.ed nsn demand and advanced
..s. for arsenic, which recently
advanced from 6h cents to
"s,d 10 cents per pound. In 1920
.s,ts arsenic sold up to l5 and l6
cents per pound. 100,
For several months early IN 1871
~ Richmond Eureka Mining Com
ss,v shipped an average OF 1000
80 80 NJ speiss monthly from its Stag
.rs ~. IN Eureka, and had the price
- srseuic held up 1t Is generally
.so.sht both the Eureka Con. and
u,shmond Stag dumps would have
sssn,uslly been shipped to the Utah
srsItsrs. Cursory surveys were made
M there was some talk OF allowing
~ tocal railway to temporarily use
s,s AZ Eureka's back streets for a
s,rsct line from the local depot into
-. Richmond dumps, In order to es-
..ns the long haul and heavy grade
ovsr the high line through Mob Hill,
IN, the price of arsenic dropped to
Sslov 4 profitable shipping figure and
thsre have been no shipments out OF
eureka during the present year.
with the rapid advancement Of
,orticulture and the necessity Of pay
Inr greater attention to tho killing
A. insects, the demand for insecti-
49, has grown enormously. Sever.
Il hundred tons of white arsenic is
used annually for killing weeds along
abroad tracks, for which crude ar
,enIc trioxide is cheaper and nearly
= seryiceable as the refined. Water
bvacinths In Gatun Lake. Panama.
we're poisoned by spraying with q
solution made by rs pounds OF ar
ssnie, rs pounds of soda, and 25 gal
Ions OF water, boiled together for an
hour and then mixed with 425 gal
Ions Of water. Arsenic is being ex-
psrimented with for use in non-foul-
Ing paints for ship bottoms.
Other uses for the mineral, not SO
loug ago thought to be useful only
a drug, Is in shot making. This
use 10 rather limited, only FIVE or ten
tons Of metallic arsenic being used
Der year. The use of arsenic In max
Ing shot Is said to make the shot
rounder and harder.
Alive to the possibilities of creating
profitable business out of the treat
msnf and handling of a formerly
wasted product. the various smelling
companies OF the United States have
entered the arsenic manufacturing
industry, and the speiss dumps here
n Eureka are an important source OF
arsenic to the United States Smelling
Z Refining Company's smelters in
Utah. Eureka speiss. the settings
from the Stag pots Of the old smell
ters. carry, II Is said, from So to IS
In silver and lead In addition to
fairly high arsenic content.
EUREKA-UNCLE SAM
y. T. Torpey. President of the Eu-
rska-Uncle Sam Mining Company,
has been here this week inspecting
the mines and comforting with the
Management. When asked for an ex-
precision Of his Impressions. he said:
7 am extremely gratified over the
way the property is turning out. Dur
ING the past two and a half years
continual development / have looked
forward optimistically to the day
could say the mines success was alb
solutely assured. That day has now
arrived. Every days work Is in
creastng the size of the ore bodies on
ne 800. $50. and 900 foot levels.
When the mill is ready for operation
next Spring. II is believed there will
= from $4,000 to 100000 tons of
high grade milling ore blocked out
above the 500 foot level.
On the 500 foot level nearly 1000
leet OF laterals have been run, and 1t
anticipated these will be further
developed during the Winter months.
resident Manager Rosenshine is also
making arrangements to sink new
snaft 1000 feet in depth.
In short, will say that when the
completion Of the company's mining
ana milling plans are reached and op-
efations under them are under full
sway. fully believe the Uncle Sam
hamburg will be one Of the big divi-
eead payers of Nevada. and contri-
oute In q large measure to the pros
perity Of Eureka"
kUREKA-SECRET CANYON
". H. J. Brown. vice president and
general manager of the Eureka Sc
ssst canyon Mines. Inc, arrived In
Eureka Thursday from the camp at
escret Canyon. Returning with him
seFe Clarence Johnson, superinten-
oent. and w. NJ. Clute, mining engin-
ssr' tne latter being engaged in max
lug detailed geological examination
:" sae mines owned by the company.
Inc Administration building of the
sompany was completed this week.
ana all other buildings placed in
sooa repair. II weather conditions
.onunue favorable additional build
.ass VIII be constructed to take care
VI tne increased force that the COM
Winter.
Recent development work is prov
lug very satisfactory and q new
saart will be sunk on tha c1d cnor