Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-12
INTELLIGENCE.
Ruby Hill.

eoND DAYS DEMONSTRATIONS
Mono THE MINES-THE RICHMOND
Nd X. X. CLAIMS.
yesterday morning j. B. MCGEE,
%perintendent of the Richmond
bpany's mines, gave us a written
INIT directed to Mr.. Rossitter, the
eman, granting us the privilege to
Pcend and explore the workings of
Richmond to our s itisf action. We
pved upon the ground ABOUT half
one =. NJ, and soon commune
ed to the foreman. who was below,
object of our visit and the value
our time. We dared not enter
$ne, lest we should lose our reckon
in the multitudinous eXcavated
Pmbers, drifts and shafts that form
subterranean 'ield of our obServa-
d. We we're soon descending the
lder of the nam incline. each pro-
led with the Indispensable candle,
nus the candlestick. This drift
eserves an angle of about forty de-
PES from a horizontal during its en-
length, which is $50 feet. We
lowed the incline about hundred
and then entered a level drift,
pen led us into the southeastern
fltlon OF the mine. We first ex-
Plned Winze Number Five, which
Gays the finest of ore during its
pole eXtent-i fact nothing but Ore
Visible at all from it's mouth to the
Efe'nlty. The southeast drift was
~ explored, and displayed the
lie amount of the valuable metal
trons substance as the excavation
mad left. This drift is between
ly and fifty feet in extent. and is
mature In form. We next followed
guide through count IS cuts,
Pits' ihcllnes, etc, a description OF
p ,ch Is beyond our power to give,
sley are run at all angles and in
~ direction. with the view Of as
tanning something of the extent of
a%slohishing body of ore which the
E,.AihGs penetrate. An hour and a
~ We're spent in endeavoring to
~ an Idea of the mine and its
Erlts. during which time we passed
rG1Sh nothing but a formation
eaiy argentiierous. No adequate
sol THIS lead can be formed from
Sscfiption. 1t is claimed to be a
ose,o or assure, although some call
assertion in question. A hanging
was pointed out to us which is
" a. d.stinguishable as such. The
uiopments thus far will nOC allow,
Nurse. OF an unmistakable conclu-
III the matter. The body has been
kpoSed for above POO on its
t6iaii ana will average eighty feet
IS bananess. In some places stopping
tbo oeen continued for eighty feet
Th INV exhausting the mineral.
! d;,uinpering, which has been done
t 70 OF the foreman, cannot
rvo engage the attention of the OBJ
FelUr 81 regular, substantial and en-
an !; sechre has it been done. The
kh, Una between the tiers of up
6er ohioers. placed one above the
esa a horizontal layer intervenes,
latter being bound by cross-tics
Sd ~ original with Mr.. Rossetter.
6ac, nee.s with the approval of all
hn cna miners who have seen it.
Is hone place in the workings a shaft
n Inc put down fifty-eight feet, to
I, ana coitlnuance of the vein mat
'sults SHOWS mows the most encouraging
Snden. Ibis was done during the
Ia cnn OF the recent suit between
ben ;,'pshy and the Consolidated,
kmer" was a leading point for the
ID not "snow that they had a vein.
n fro,n ~e,te tunnel, which is being
ID wh;oh' me north side of the hill,
ore hor a Is intended to tap this body
the cn,,zohtaily, will be completed
6ork fInurse of tour or six weeks.
i'onl either end Ia beinu rushed