Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-03-14
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TEBPRErATEON.

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TEBPRETATKON.
A geegat Uspy Of the London Mimi.
Journal sefers 70 an article which ap
pearSd in our columns in the follow
Ing terms: "The Eureka sentinel, o
yanpry It'll, has = long leading article
written to establish the general propo
sltion that the various mines on Ruby
Hill possess characteristics which en-
ables them to be considered as perma
nent a. the Comstock ITSELF As th,
lode, cut In the Richmond works ovel
800 feet below the out-crop, 1.-THE shat
Is on lower ground than the groupings.
Ed Is $50 test wide and yields black
sulphuret ore assaying from $500 tc
$1,000 per ton, and carbonate ores in
abundance ths$ will produce $50 to
800 per ton by smelling process, there
Is good reason for believing that oui
mines are 1t least as permanent as are
those of the exhaustless Comstock,
though they may not be equal in ex-
tent"
On looking back to the article from
which the above was taken, we are
compelled to admit that we spoke of u
body Of ore 100 feet wide, but we did
not intend to say that such was the
width of the ledge exposed in the
winzs from the 400-foot level of the
Richmond shaft. Our information
was was to the effect that a flat bed of
ore had been found in the works lead
Ang dow n from the old Lookout cham-
Der, which had that measurement
nearly in one direction, and that in the
Wine referred to there was a lode Of
very high grade ore having an average
thickness OF so feet. How the latter
figures we're left out WI can not pre-
tend to say, but suspect that in copying
in q iair hand the closely scrubbed
manuscript, SO as to avoid the anathe-
ma Of the compositors, a line had
been omitted. We did not see the
proof and did not carefully read the
article after 1t appeared, or the error
should have been corrected at the time.
II we had intentionally declared that
the lode alluded to was 100 feet wide,
we need not have spoken of it as be-
ing smaller than the Comstock, as that
would have been a veritable Comstock-
ian width.
The article in the Journal perverts
our reasoning in regard to the proba-
bilites Of fissure vein being ultimate
~ exposed In the center of Ruby Hill.
Here are the comments on the ques-
ton We have given: 1.-THE above ex-
tract indicates a great change in opin-
ion in respect to the limestone stratum.
the local prsjudices being for a long
time in favor of the unfounded notion
that nothing but pockets or beds Of ore
could be expected in that formation.
The delusion that the Richmond lode
was only q great pocket, and
therefore, exhaustible has, however,
been dissipated at Eureka sooner than
in this country" We were endeav.
oring to prove that along the line of
contact between two distinct forma-
lions there had been found numer-
Gus isolated bodies Of ore, and that
deep exploration might lead to tho dis
covery Of Q assure vein having a
course corresponding to the general
stricke Of those "pockety" or pipe
like ore bodies. We were not writing
for the benefit OF any'particulaf com
pany, but giving what we conceived
to be . statement Of facts concerning
one Of the principal mining locations
in the district. We also object to the
intsrpretas3on put upon our assay fig.
nres, which had reference only 70
email pieces aud not 10 the bulk of the
orc. 1t IL we'll known now, however,
that the great lode opened at the bot.
tom Of the Richmond main shaft has
ct least $1,000 ions of ore in sight
which will yield In bullion 800 Pol
ton. or in the aggregate 3 5000, 900.
This fact proves conclusively that oul
mines arc permanent.