Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-09-29

more taken up my quarters among The
~ore-seamed hills of %Sageland, l pur.
pose renewing my acquaintance
with the SENTINEL and its readers, 10y
means ofthe s%ubjoined jottings, which ]
hope will sufficiently illustrate the
mining, political and general indus.
trial aspect of affairs in this remarka-
bly, progressive camp; and apropos OF
the foregoing,
The rybO Consolidated
Company's interests being tire most
important of the developed industries
OF this place, will necessarily claim the
attention of my freshly sharpened
Faber first. These interests, though
large and valuable, viewed from a
mining stand point, can not, of course,
be said to possess the exclusive prom
inence that is such a distinguishing
feature of the old and extensively
worked mineral properties of our sis
ter district of the Ba ~ Range; but,
what of that? We all know that the
excellence of a mining property is not
always determined by the estimate en-
tertained of it in public circles. Public
report is often at fault, and never o
so than when it attempts to pass judg-
ment upon both the extent and the
value of the operations of a mining
company. THE proof of the pud-
ding is in the eating;" so likewise the
most infalliole test that can with pro.
priety be applied in proving the past
and present success of any company
will invariably be found in the month
ly exhibits than are published in veri-
fication of its doings.
AZ Eureka.
Whose fame as a mining center is
recognized, you have established
among you the works of several old
interpretations, whose operations have
Il. us far extended over many years,
and whose united patronage has col
tributed in no small degree to the adj
yaneement and prosperity OF that
town and its people, while here We
have only one incorporation. and that
of a comparatively recent date of or
g%anizatiOn, that is engaged in develop
ing the metallic wealth that lies bur.
led in the depths of our apparently
barren hills. In addition to the pres
tige of age and fame, Eureka at pres
ent basks in the enjoyment OF numer-
Gus advantages not possessed by either
this or Other districts in Eastern Ne
vada. The facilities of travel and
transportation afforded it by rail con
nection with the great trans.con;ineut-
al highway, which unites in iron
bands the Atlantic and the Pacific sea.
| aarto N not lao nNarnSf1tuuta6 anI
the measure of commercial greatness
and activity that has resulted to ii
from the completion of the present
narrow gauge was long ago foreshad-
owed in the columns of the SENTINEL
by the writer hereof.
The 2
Mine, which is largely opened botl
vertically and longitudinally on the
course of the lode, exemplifies tho sa'
gacity That prompted the purchase OF
it and the other locations that compose
the property. / recently very care.
fully examined its suDterranean ex
plorations, in which 1 found immense
and valuable deposits of milling and
smelling ores, and though l approx
mated the former at thousands of tons
that are now mined and to be mined in
the near future, l yet incline to the be
lief that the latter quality FREEDOM
mates. Two furnaces of q united ca
pacity of so tons daily, are now being
successfully run on this last mentioned
class of ore, which do not materially
differ from that found so abundantly
in the Richmand and Eureka Consol
idated properties. The fourth, fifth
and
sixth Levels
Have each been driven along the trend
of the vein, through finely graded ore
rich in argentiferous galena, carbon
ates and OXIDES, toward both its ex
tremities to the extent of seven hun
dred or more lineal feet. The three
compartment shaft has a vertical depth
Of $50 feet to the lower or sixth level
One of its compartments has been al
ready sunk forty feet below this leveI
on its course to the seventh level from
the outcrop. The lode, whose solidity
uniformity and dip have all been mos,
remarkably preserved as far as fol
lowed, exhibits an average thickness
of six feet between its walls, which are
clean and we'll formed. The angle o
inclination does not vary much from 81
degrees, and the entire depth from the
apex of the vein to the sixth level il
about SIS feet. In addition to the other
outside improvements that have and
are now being carried out around the
works, there have been lately erected
new and substantial
Hosting Works.
These are OF sufficient capacity to hoist
from a Thousand or more feet, and the
present dip of the ledge shows that the
shaft will cut it at OF about a depth OF
l,400 feet from the point at which it was
started. The hosting engine has a 90
horse lifting power, and the cylinder
! has a 12-inch diameter and a 24-inch
The whole are covered in by