Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-10-28

TYPO, October "a, 1876.
EDITORS SENTINEL: Whatever may
be said Of political matters 1 have at
present not much to record in the way
of mining intelligence, if I except the
fine developments that are being daily
made in lowermost workings of the
TybO Consolidated
Company's mine. Those continued
"rich strikes" create no excitement
here, where such things are looked for,
but it is not at all unlikely hat a
knowledge of them nay interest that
portion Of the outer world whose
thoughts are conferred i'm stocks and
b~onanzas. These are subjects that
most deeply concern not alone the
people of this State but the people of
the whole country, for upon Nevada
and her mines all minds are centered.
The future of the Typo property is no
longer doubtful, for every foot of vir-
gin ground that is being driven or
sunk on, in the 2 q, establishes both
the value and experience of the entire
property, two attributes that always
have a peculiar attraction for that class
of investors who generally look for
safe, stable and profitable securities.
The value of the bullion OUTPUT tor
last month was nearly $50, 900.
The Furnaces
Are running up to their daily average
capacity, and since there is an abund-
ance OF good ore in both the mines
and on the dumps, it foil ows that there
will be no stoppage to the make of bull
lion. There is also q plentiful supply
OF charcoal Of hand to meet the emer-
2encies that are likely to arise from
the approaching winters storms.
But since the winter weather is as a
general thing much milder in this To-
cality than il is elsewhere in the East,
we are not as anxious as we might be
under other circumstances. Besides,
we have no
Long Hauling
OF ore ove nearly impossible roads,
and a radius of about eight miles
Is the longest distance from
which our coal men have to haul
the furnaces. These are not unim-
portant considerations in a country
whose winters are sometimes both
long and rigorous. The ore, which in
other places is usually hauled from
the mines by heavy teams, is here
transported from the mine to the re.
works over a twenty Inch
guage tramway in cars whose united
carrying capacity is nine tons to each
trip made. These are propelled by one
horse, aud loaded, emptied and other
wise managed by " men whose chief
business it is to attend to the ore and
h. rn Haze fa nvlo - -, ~ I IN
which there is a considerable saving
effected, and besides the inclemency of
the weather places no bar to the daily
operations. By this method of trans
the ore is conveyed from the
mine to the furnaces at a cost not ex-
ceeding thirty cents per ton.
The Mill
viii soon be ready tor active work,
now that the new Whites improved
rotatry oxidizing furnace ia approach
ing completion. This roasting furnace,
as here constructed, differs in some es-
sential points from those that have
been erected at Jefferson Canyon and
elsewhere on the coast. The inodifira-
tons that have been made in the man
ner of its construction and operation
have resulted from the long g K Experience
of the gentleman under whose imme-
date supervision it is now being built.
When completed / shall try and fur
nish an accurate description of il to the
SENTINEL. ANY metsllurgical process
that will overcome the difficulties that
are usually encountered by mill men
in reducing refractory or highly sui
phurited ores with expediency and
profit, will be hailed with delight by
the people of this and neighboring
States. The ores of this place are not,
to say, rebellious, but still they carry
base metal to render roasting
a matter of necessity.
SCION SHINGLE.