Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-29
YIRGISIA CITY.
Result Of an Interview with Flood, Of
san FTaHciScO-Ihe Works nj the
Leading Mines 10 be Rebuilt
at Once.
Theatrical Benefits and Subscriptions
for the SUifcrcrS-InsuTancc In
dercstimated The Mines All
Right-EtC,

SAN FRANCI.Co, October 1.-THE
/ Post OF THIS evening publishes an account Df
an interview with " II. Flood, al the ii m If
/ Flood pBTlon. Mr.. tl""d stated that the
work OF repairing the damages TO the work s
/ and mils OF the COnsO. idaJod Virginia ana
CailiOrpis would be pushed 10 com. 4 ION
Win me utmost dispstchf tiat Gould q
Curry 3 shaft snd works -T0uId be Of no use 10
tnCul, and that tire production OF the mine
must ceH . tHl the Old works could be repaired
I o. new ones obtained. Mr.. FlO,d was d's, u
clined to express an opinion sS &c f... length
OF time AZ would Ia Ike 10 set III work Tnp gFf4r
again, but intimatpd s,IlueJBiDg oyr2 si,l,-
/ days saying ig would be foolish 10 hold cut
hopes o! too early resumption. Mr. Flood
stated that 8n offer had been received from
the Lady Washington company .! their new
holstihg worKs, lust eon'Pl5te1 a. Enfop
foundry. These works, which are A dnpi cate
in many respects OF those deStrnvesi, would be
purchased II they coaid be- made avsl able
= II that could be said with dchuijcucSS ahOut
the Whole matter was that he most ,pasib}.
plan OF proceeding that suggested itself
would te pursued, whether Il building
new works OF repairing Inc OLD He did nor
know 70 What extent the old works were in
Iurs.', tut - could be assumed with certainty
mat sae bed-pigtes ana other OF the most
eoIid parts OF the machinery are sound and
uninj uueO. But ev, II if the least Aupuosabl e
damage were done, it would be folly 10 expsc.
that the neceSsaiy TepBITs could be made in
side Of thirty DAYS, or even q considerably
longer period, The Consolidated Virginia
battery and mills Will also be repaired es soon
rs Pc slOie. the enJie Z. end &. mill cost
about I'VE hundred thousand dollars, but a
pOTtiDG OF 81 was lett intact. The Consolidated
Virginia mill was also very expensive and
complete. The difficulty about ore ur, due.
lions, however, does not lie in the failure Of
milling facllit!eS, for until the new establish
mcnts are erected recourse could be had to
BrRWnsWlck q Molgan's mills, WHICH ale
equal in capacity to the one bpYneN Besides,
there are several other S'-ah mills which
could be CeGSa intO ieqGislttOn. As regards
the OPkir Mine and works, a dispatch re-
ceivet to-day shows that the shaft is all right
and the boilers and most OF the machinery
are available.
A specia! dispatch 10 the stock exchange,
from Virginia City, to-day, says that he vault
of the Bank Of California agency wss blown
open this morning, and the treasure removed
TO the Gold Hill agency. Several deaths have
occurred from exposure, excitement and
lyphold fever combined. No organized
movement has yet been made Ia this city for
the relief OF the Virginia City sufferers. The
people are ready and willing TO contribute
nOeIaIly, but Mayor Otis Is confined 10 his
bed by illness, and 10 one has yet &c ne for
ward TO head the movement. With the exceD-
uon OF the six thousand dollars subscribed
yesterday by The big stock board, nothing Of
any consequence has been done. Sacramento,
santa CTuL and 1 OS Angeles have forws rdod
money and supplies 10 some extent, and there
VIII DE probably pretty general mGvnTnehJ
through the state OF California Tie theaters
VIII give benefits Ter tie sufferers Saturday
evening, The Nora NJ papers will urge the
necessitr ri Organization, ana no doubt some
thing viii be done tomorrow.
A special 10 tue CAL from Virginia this
evening says the Gould & Curry mine is full O Z
gas from The injured mines, and The men
cent go down. Work is stopped in the mine.
Thirty feet of the Consolidated Virginia shaft
timbers were burned. Mackay, OF The firm OF
Flood d O'Brien,s says that no ore viii be hoist
ed from the damaged mines before next
spring; that this throws twenty-five hundred
men out Of employment; that five thousand
people Will leave here, and all that is now
needed Is money TO transport them.
The Pacific stock exchange mas started a
subscription for the Virginia sufferers, and
expect to raise Tour or five Thousand dollars.
A meeting was held tonight at the Palace ho-
lGN
Sharon ana Jones' Mayor otis L. J. Baldwin
James K. Keene, j. e Flood w T. Coleman
" +. Babcock, and other prominent citizens
A committee was appointed, which Will meet
lief.
1t is now stated that the Insurance. on Vir-
ginia property has been greatly uudcreSti-
mated, and that the total losses of the com
panies cannot tall much snort Of two million
dollars. 1t is feared ihat one or two local COM
Panles may go under.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 23.-The
press dispatches published this morning say
the very latest from the mines is thai the
smoke from the Uphir is due entirely 10 the
nrsI few umbers which were burned The
men at the Opnir believe there is no fire be-
low the machinery. which is to be covered q,
ana nuch OF IL l. 2 81 tor use again. AS soon
as the timberS can be had the rettmbering
VIII commence. The Consolidated Virginia,
which, like the Ophir, was bulz headed by
filled cages, is believed TO De safe. Toe smoke
this evening came from the seams of the
DElKhead, but the foreman says it came nom
any fire below. This is deemed strange by
many, as there is no connection between
these mines except at a point considerably
below one thousand feat level and as a strong
c0al-llke gas comes from The Curry, ii creates
Tears. The gas cannot 90 into the Savage. as
the connecting level is bukheaded. rrnn
Information received this morning from phi
vate sources, IL seems evident that the exact
condition of the mines is yet unknown. The
presence of gas and smoke eXclteS cOnSidera.
bic suspicion that some serious damage has
been sustained in the workings. in the open
session this morning q feeling OF uncertainty
was manifested, and OphIT ana Bonanza
stocks yibrated at figures OF from yesterdays
q uOtatiOns.
Private dispatches convey the gratifying in
formation that the mines are ali right. Men
have been through from Gould d CJlrystO
Ophir. There is no fire in the workings, and
no damage was done, The water Is cecreas-
ing, and the damage to the OphiT shaft is linn
tied TO few feet at the top. Consolidated
Ntrginian evidently feels the effect OF the
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