Show THE H E BIG MINES OF RUBY HILL sentinel Eur eureka elca nevada the mining situation on ruby hill eureka district continues without any marked development ore is being produced daily as it has been for more than thirty years but no extensive mining has been recently attempted drifts and crosscut cross cut tings and upraises up raises have been made good ground has been blocked and ore shipments made by the buters tributes tri but no greater depth has been attained than 1200 feet the fourteenth level being the lowest above which to the twelfth water is found the source of the water is believed to be a spring in the limestone no water level having been discovered in the mine practically mining conditions prospects for opening min eral bo bodies dies remain as good or better than before in reserve ground no adverse report on ruby hill mining operations has been made no mining engineer or mineralogist visiting eureka district and many have come eminent in scientific metallurgy has returned a report unfavorable to continued extensive development of either the eureka consolidated or richmond properties the present inactive policy of these big concerns is directly traceable to disagreements between themselves dating back ten or twelve years at that time a water channel was encountered in the lower levels of the eureka necessitating pumps with these installed and a remodelled remodel led plant costing upwards of the plant was started the results showed the machinery though built from special designs was a practical failure very discouraging to the management and when the operation of their extensive pump was found to drain richmond levels they suspended work while in ore at the lowest developed portions eions of their mine and though apparently on friendy friendly terms they have been unable to perfect an harmonious business agreement whereby their respective properties would be financially benefited the owners of the richmond which is an english company working under united states incorporation have it is believed refused several advantageous advantageous offers for their mine from the eureka management As might be expected failure of these big producers to continue extensive mining operations or attain greater depth has had an effect that was for years a serious drawback to the mining industry in eureka district the ruby hill mines are in a limestone ledge between a quartzite and shale formation with a strike slightly to the west of north the foot wall is a compact body while the hanging wall is shattered the average dip is probably seventy five degrees the ore is an carbonate of lead having of galena interspersed sper sed as as well as considerable decomposed arsenical pyrites which are gold bearing large masses of iron oxides alternate with the richer vein matter from one third to a half the values have been in gold this mineralized limestone belt extends through a district approximately twelve miles long by four in width along which are such well known producers as the eureka consolidated and the richmond at the north and running in a southeasterly course are the jackson ruby dunderberg diamond alexandria silver connor and many others all of which have taken out pay ore at a depth of less than feet and some have secured hundreds of thousands of dollars from little more than surface workings under these conditions numerous opportunities tuni ties for investment can be found throughout eureka district A few thousands spent in developing some of these properties would bring good returns and they are certainly worth investigation As a consequence of their proper development mining in eureka district would receive a sufficient force to bring a return of old time prosperity and fame to the camp as the mining center of eastern nevada |