The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-11-03

| defoite advices yet as to the extent
Of the damage TO the several mining
properties involved. The total loss
by the FIRE is now placed at from
three to four millions.
SAN FRANcIsco, October IS
dispatches published this morning
say the very latest from the mines Is
that the smoke from Ophir is due en-
tireIy to the irst few timbers which
were burned. The men at Ophir be-
Iieve there is no fire below. The
machinery is to be covered in, aud
much OF il is good for use again. As
soon az timbers can be bad, retlmber-
ing will commence. Consolidated
b. A, which, like Ophir, was bulk
headed by filled cages, is believed to
be safe. Smoke this afternoon came
from seams Of the bulkhead, but the
foreman says it came from OPhir and
that there caunot possibly be any fire
below. This is deemed strange by
many, as there is no connection be-
tween these mines except at a point
considerably below the q Thousand
feet level, and as u strong coal-lIke
gas cannot be into Savage, as the
connecting level is b~ulkheaded.
From the information received
this morning from private sources, it
seems evident that the exact condi-
ton of the mines is yet unknown.
The presence of gas and smoke ex-
cites considerable suspicion that some
serious damage has been sustained in
the workings. In open session this
morning "a feeling of uncertainty was
manifested, and Ophir aud Bonanza
stocks vibrated at figures off from
yesterdays quotations.
LATER.-Private dispatches con
vey the gratifying information that
the mines are all right. Men have
been through from Gould and Curry
to Ophir. There was no fire in the
workings, and no danger. The
water is decreasing. The damage to
the0phir shaft is limited to a few feet
at the top. Consolidated Virginia
evidently feels the effect of this news,
having just gone up to 255G250 in
the board, against 1921 in open SEES
sion.
VIRGINIA CRY, October 2S.-I
have just had l p. NJ. an interview
with Jehn Mackay. He says: |
have been through all the mines
this afternoon, and they are all right.
There is no gas or fire in any way
connected with the Curry mine.
When the old side shaft was burned,
now used as an ore shaft for the
Andes, the gas went through the
Latrobe tunnel and worked its way
into the mines. That gas is now
all gone. Work will be commenced
in the way of hosting ore in the
Consolidated Virginia within sixty
days, meanwhile, about three hun
dred tons will be hoisted daily
through the Gould and Curry shaft
from the Consolidated Virginia mine,
and we employ about three hundred
men Immediately. We have been
employing on Consolidated Virginia
seven hundred men. Four hundred
ofthese, together with those employ
ed at the Consolidated Virginia mill,
must remain idle. If Ophir had not
been burnt, we could have hois:ed
through their shaft as well as Gould
and Curry. Things look more cheer
full to-day than they did yesterday,
and by spring everything will be
running as well, if not better, than
they did before the fire. Many me-
chanies and laborers will have to go
to California and return in the spring.
This they probably would have done,
even if no fire had taken place"
SAN Francisco, October 28.-The
work of obtaining and forwarding
relief to Virginia has been going on
vigorously to-day. Several thousand
dollars were collected to-day, citizens
and corporations, especially mining
companies, responding literally.
Donations Of clothing, blankets and
other accessories were also forwarded.
The favorable reports Of the condi-
ton of the mines received to-day
have had the effect to create a much
more hopeful feeling in business cir
cles. A dispatch from Virginia SAYS
matters are much more cheerful. The
women are doing a noble work in re-
the distress Large numbers
of men are already at work clearing
the ground and :ebuilding. Work
has commenced on the Ophir shaft
and men are clearing away the ruins
of the Consolidated Virginia works
One engine was found to be good.
The record vault ofthe court house
is being dug out. The ruins of the
Bank of California are being cleared
away, and besides a good many
workmen are engaged for private
par;ies.A number of firms have re-
sumed business. The insurance adj
are hard at work. The liza
bilities, as can at present be ascer-
are about one and a half mil
lions. Prisoners held for petty of
fences were set free, and the others
removed to Carson and Gold Hill.
There was a meeting Of lawyers to-
day, to make such arrangements as
he necessities of the case demand.
A committee was appointed to call a
meeting of the county next Thursday,
% consult with regard to reconstruct
ng the county buildings, and petition
or an extra session ofthe Legislature
% provide for cases arising from the
destruction eff records and municipal
Institutions. There was a light fall
snow about noon and more threat
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