Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-02-24
CONSOLIDATED MIN.
ING COMPANY.

uwOND CONSOLIDATED MINI
ING COMPANY.
r.,,scriimary General Meeting
r.,,. Shn rehSl l,lcrs-M Mcssrs. Pro-
S.rt and Corrig"n give ~" Inter.
ting Account Of their steward.
s,n and She Prospects Of the
Compamy.
In extraordinary general meeting of
q shareholders of the Richmond
c.solitlatcd Mining Company was
| "a in London recently, to hear the
o,ts Of Messrs. Probert and COrri-
- Both of these gentlemen are well
ssown here, and what they said will
.,b,le,s I've read with interest. The
S.;l which arrived yesterday brought
London exchanges. From the
16aing you,mM We copy the annexed
lori of the meeting, simply emitting
- prefatcry remarks of the chair
IN:
The Rev. Mr.. Probert, who was
sndy checred on rising, said he cOn-
vei he almost owed the sharelOld-
an apology for bringing them there
that occasion. 1t was with the
.atc,t reluctance he consented to be
cause Of bringing them together,
rauSe he thought the shareholders
gathered from the letters which
had written all the information he
Md give them; but several share
lldrrs came to him and represented
I l.. -, . ~ ~ kr
- and genuine shareholders if he
I've information which might remove
lsapprehen,iOnS, and doubts, and
spicions, which rendered them at
eSent the prey Of designing and in-
rested persons, who sent out circu-
hrs, paving the postage, and who
pfintcd them, no doubt, from motives
q pure benevClence. daughter and
eheer>.} But he could not believe that
the shareholders were to he moved by
any such proceedings No doubt there
we're some affected by it, but such
sAareholdcrS were the very stock-in-
hadc of such persons as those to whom
/ k had alluded. (Hear, hear.) lie was
Drry he had no means of exhibiting
q large scale something like the
contour of Ruby Hill, but he had Il
racing OF the chief claims on Ruby
Hill. The hill was Il spur of Prospect
Mountain, and on the top of the hill
ras the celebrated lookout shaft.
On one side Of the shaft was the ell
&ance into the old Richmond mine,
md on the other side was the present
Q,rance to the LiZette tunnel, out of
which the ore was brought, and an
ether shaft was being put down. The
Whole ground extended about loo
Del down to the northern end, and
whatever ore WAS found between the
No points on the crossing the COM
panv had perfect right to follow to
any depth between the ends of the
lne. The mining laws of the United
Mates gave the company the right to
lollow the ore to any depth, and, there
Ore, did not matter what claims
Mere might be on that side, this COM
rnv could go under the claims to
make ont the whole lode. The grea:
od, on Ruby Hill, commencing on
@e Tlptop ground, took curve
Mrou,h the Richmond ground, and
aine INTO the Eureka ground through
me champion claim, and proceeded
R!uarly for about threa-quarterS of "A
ede. The ore was not ditfuSeu
enr"aghout the whole extent of the
DUG Which was coed thing, because
lthe ore were diffli>cd through the
Sh"ie distance it would probably not
worth touching, for they could not
sork II III that country; but, fortunate
y'h was concentrated in Il I" Shoot"
cniinney, or" "pipe," AS it would
ca'i,u III this country, about 100 or
8" "rt wide on the average, between
ana :" feet thick, and 600 feet from
crop to the present working. If
nef would take the trouble 10 c;.lcu-
e me solid contents of that they
.oulu hnd 1t would be enough to oc-
euPF them long time; the ore being
concentrated enabled it To he worked
smaller cost than if more ditfused,
u lhe natural position and contour
'he hill afforded great facilities for
~hlhs up the mine and working the
e. Cheer>.) As vet they had not
puiid any water in the mine; it was
r'ectiy dry ground, and they might
nl%ct TO go down a further 300 feet
nhout finding any water. The ore
sas lrahe and easily broken, and by
nea''s OF levels was easily run out in
at moderate cost. 1t was
oo.' or pipe, of ore pitching down at
W H'' to the horrisOn; they had
nn"ed it from the outcrop steadily
"n, never losing it, and never find
less than 100 feet lateral extern
i' and they had got it down 600 feet
ohl the incline. Since August the
"sN'er incline had been put down
'n. the level of the Lizette tunnel,
had been carried down 300 feet;
aiu lie believed without 49,, nx,.,-,,,