Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-11

THE MINES OF THE EUREKA COW
SoLIDATED COMPANY.
we yesterday visited Ruby Hill. for
the purpose of taking an internal view
OF some Of the leading mines of the
district, which are thereon located.
We had miscalculated the task. and
afier several hours of climbing
through the lahrynths of drifts. cuts
wines, etc, of the Eureka Conso,j.
uateu mine, we found ourselves con-
slderaDly exhausted, and the after
noon lar advanced. We were there
lore Obliged to give over the investi-
CATION OF the merits of any other
claims Till another day, and to si:e Int a
CONSIDERABLE portion of the mine
Wnlcn we were permitted to enter.
VIC also made a lainentabie mistake
IN not donning N com monest attire.
Tor we carried away on and about our
garments a larger quantity of red
oxide, chloride, bromide and other
ICES than we had any use for.
Nhen The men had been lowered to
tneir respective stations, after 70
o'clock lunch, we entered the
LAwTeN SHAFT
In company with Mr.. Lamb, the gen.
tlemanly foreman, in whose care Mr.,
Ellsworth had given us. This shaft
is down a depth of 800 feet, with four
main drifts. Descending to the bot
tom. we entered the first of these,
which is run a distance of 23O feet, but
which develops nothing of interest
nus Tar, except some very flattering
indications at its extremity. Work
upon its prolongation is being con-
tinued. The first cross.cut is in
about fifty feet. Nothing particularly
noticeable has been brought to view
here, but. from mathematical calcu-
lation in relation to a body Of ore, the
Whereabouts of which is already
known. it is expected that something
OF consequence will be found in the
next twenty-five feet. The second
croSs-cut, counting from the main
shaft, has been pushed forward some.
where near seventy feet, and shows
fine prospects, but nothing in partic-
ular beside. The third is the most
important cut from this level. 1t has
a ilneal measurement of 200 feet, with
FINE BODY OF ORE
at the furshermost working, which
has been brought to light within
the past few days, and which assays
considerably into the hundreds. Its
extent, of course, has not vet been
ascertained but developments by an
eight-hour shift are going on with
speed. Already a face of line mine
raj, which measures, laterally, per-
haps twenty feet, has been exposed.
A small winZe is being driven from
the mouth of this cut, to connect with
fhn laval bN.a Tor tIn T. 6
ventilation. 1t has already been car.
ried up sixty-tive feet, at an angle of
eighty degrees from a horizontal, or
ten degrees from a perpendicular. At
present air is forced in through a
small rubber hose from the vicinity
OF the main shaft by a bellows
worked by hand. After completing
our survey of the lower workings, we
stepped upon the cage and were
hoisted to
THE THIRD LEVEL,
which is 220 feet from the surface, and
which is carried in horizontally about
800 Or 400 feet. The work of its con
tinuance is being carried on. with en-
cOura9ing prospects as explorations
proceed. The workmen are coming
into iron indications, which is con-
Sidered a favorable prospect for silver,
as the former metal is an inevitable
accompaniment of the latter, but the
latter not necessarily of the former.
The first cross-cut from this drift is
about fifty feet in length, from which
high grade ore is being taken in large
quantities. There is no estimating
the extent of the argentiferous depo-
sit which this cut has tapped. AS far
as the developments have proceeded,
nothing but ore has been encountered.
The second cut from this drift has
been completed for about 400 feet, and
from the Windsail shaft. 1t is daily
anticipated that ore will be met with
in the explorations here, the indica-
tons upon the surface above this
point leading to or warranting that
expectation. Three ore ShuteS come
into this drift from the level above,
from which the metalliferouS sub
stance is taken in abundant quaint
ties.
This finishes our observations in
this locality, and we ascend to
THE SECOND LEVEL,
Which is 40 feet from the surface.
The work upon this drift is going rap
idly forward, he SUPERINTENDENT II
foreman being melted by the prospect
of exposing something. worthy or a
vigorous effort, from the Indications
Which appear upon the surface per-
pendicularly above; The first eNpior-
alton at right angles with tins mas
been abandoned. The second cross
cut has been carried in 200 feet, with
the double design of prospecting the
vicinity OF the Buckeye n Nam
creased ventilation. The fourth cut
measures thirty feet, and exposes n
of the mos perfect walls anywhere
to be seen. 1t presents a surface as
smooth as that of the hard-finlshed
wall Of building, and equally as per-
feet a plane.
The first level possesses no interest
at all, being used for carrying n ore
from the point of its intersectlng n
main shaft to the surface below the
hosting works.
We next visited the