AMERICAN RUBY MINES
THE ONCE: RUBY HILL TUNNEL AND MINING COMPANY
Ruby Hill Tunnel 1877
Spring Valley Road, Prospect Ridge
Eureka Nevada, Historic Mining District
PRIVATE PROPERTY | NO TRESPASSING
AMERICAN RUBY MINES
EUREKA, Nevada, USA
DEVELOPMENT HIGHLIGHTS
Tunnel driven into Eldorado Dolomite 1950' depth
Patented 5 acre Mill Site
Fronting on the Spring valley road
Water access
Cluster of 5 Patents & land claims
300 Acres
Location: immediate North of NPR, immediate West of McEwen's Jewel Ridge & immediatly South of i-80's Paycore lands and adjacent to Sky Desert Mining.
HISTORIC MINE
Historically owned by the Ruby Hill Tunnel and Mining Company
MULTIPLE DRIFTS
The Ruby Hill Tunnel has drifts with multiple winzes and raises and a shaft to surface for fresh air supply.
WATER SUPPLY
NORTH WEST - Water is available from the Spring Valley. The de-watering of the Archimedes open pit, a potential secondary future source of water supply.
SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERY POTENTIAL
Limitless activity within Historic district
adjacencies.
PROVEN DISTRICT
Signature geological characteristics.
Significant historic and recent mine production in the district.
INFRASTRUCTURE
The Eureka area has excellent infrastructure
capable of supporting a major open pit gold mine. Mill facilities in close proximity (approx.3.8 miles) at the former Ruby Hill mine.
PROPERY ACCESS
Patented 5 Acre Mill Site, 3.5 miles (5.6km) from Eureka supported by a county maintained gravel road. The last few hundred yards to
the tunnel entrance is via a graded gravel road.
MORE INFORMATION
The Ruby Hill Tunnel Project is located in Eureka County in north central Nevada, and is approximately 250 miles (400km) by road east of Reno and 90 miles (145km) by road south of Elko. The project is about 3 miles (4.8km) southwest of the town of Eureka, on the eastern side of Spring Valley and on the northwestern margin of the Fish Creek Range. It is in the Eureka Mining District, first located in the 1860’s.