Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-01-05
Adams Hill Consolidated.
An Interesting Letter From One Of
the Trustees Of the Company.
A Valuable Property Not Fully
Appreciated by the Public.
SAN Francisco, Dec. oath, 1875.

in Eureka, Nevada, making some in
quiries regarding the Adams Hill Con-
solidated Mining Company. AS many
others besides himself in Eureka are
interested in the stock of the company,
I have thought it best to answer his
communication through the medium
Of your valuable journal, so as
to give such interested parties and
stockholders generally some reliable
information concerning the affairs OF
the company and the character of its
prospects for the future, and to show
that Notwithstanding the almost total
disappearance of it's stock from the
transactions of the Stock Exchange,
that the company is not by any means
dead but has been only sleeping, and
that its present developments justify
it's friends in believing that it will soon
take a prominent position in the front
rank of the bullion producing claims
OF the great Eastern Range. The Adj
ans Hill Consolidated Mining Com
pany WAS incorporated in this city in
1872, with a capital stock OF $5,000,-
600. divided into $4,000 shares. The
stock of the company vas originally
issued at 50 per share, and imIne-
diately advanced to s. per share, at this
figure It wa- largely sought alter, and
it was hoped and believed that the
work of systematic development
would be vigorously carried forward.
These hopes, however, were never re
allied, aud but little VAS done towards
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the levyfng of small assessments to
meet the current expenses of the adj
ministration. Many stockholders be-
came Disguised with the Management
and either sold their stock for a trifie
or suffered it to be sold for assess.
ment. rather than contribute towards
such \ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of affairs.
In May Of the pre-ent year., several
Of the stockholders, who had he'd on
TO their stock from the beginning. me
together and determined on q more en-
Ell getic policy for developing the
mines. A change was atfec ed in the
Board of Trustees. and a new board,
Composed of Messrs. s. p. Dewey.
l.. +. Rowell, f. G. McFarlanc, w. w,
Travlor and B. b. Minor, took charge
of the affairs of the company. The
new board organized by the election OF
). =. Dewey, one OF u wealthisst and
most enter prising citizens, as Presi-
dent; l.. r. Rowell. the we'll known
and energetic Assistant Superintend
ent Of Wells, Fargo Il Co., As Vice
President; w. w. Traylor, of the Eu
reka Consolidated, a. Secretary, and
j. G. Powell. OF Eureka. a. Superin-
tendent. For the past six months the
woik of development has been ,igor
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cess under the able and skiilful direc-
ton Of Super endent, Pc veil.
The property of the company con-
sists of the General Lee. Wide West.
Alabama, Ozsnkee, Stonewall, Coz.
sort and Webfool claims, all located on
Adams Hill, Eureka, Nevada. The
engines and hoisting works have been
removed and set up on the Wide West
claim. On this ground a shaft has
been INK 200 feet, drifts run and ore
enough extracted to more than meet
all the ex expenses of this development.
The ledge now worked is we'll defined,
with regular foot aud hanging walls
abou IL feet apart, the pay ore ranging
from 3 tn : feet in width and a~veraaiug
in the assay over 800 per ton. From
the so foot level a drill, has been run in
the ore 100 feet; another driit from the
$50 foot level is in ore 20 feet; iha two
drifts bsing connected by "A winze, all
in ore. A driit is now being run from
The 200-toot level, which has cut the
east vein vt a distance of Al feet; from
this a cross-cut is now being run for
the west vein, which is separated from
the east vein bv some 20 or 80 feet. A
Wine is also being sunk to connect the
$50 and 200 loo levels. and is now
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half to two feet of good ore across the
entire bottom.
The company has a first class link
motion ng,ne with ample power to
sink 800 feet, an engine house, boarding
and lodging house, ore dumps, ETC.,
etc all complete.
The Alabama claim joins the north
line of the world renowned Richmond
mine, and the Wide West on the south.
A shat, has beer sunk 100 feet deep on
the claim. At SO feet a ledge was
struck, to develop which a DRIFT from
the 100 foot level will be run in a few
DAYS.
The General Lee, another of the COM
pany's claims and the only one worked
hy the former administration lies some
distance to the east of the Wide West.
The shaft IL down 450 feet. showing a
larne vein of low grade ore. No work
is being done on it Al press mt.
The claims of the Adams Hill lie d.
rectly on the great veins Of the Eureka
district and are without dount on the
regular ore channel which can bo dis
linctly traced from the Wide West on
the north to the Hamburg on the
south a distance of more than five
miles, incloseA within Il wall OF lime
on side and quartzite on the other
and embracing the Richmond, Eureka
Consolidated, X X Consolidated, Atlas.
Hamburg, ETC., etc. The course OF the
ledge is a few points east of north and
south Of west, with a dip to h eat
The yield forthe past three months has
been largely in excess of the expenses.
being for September 100 tons OF ore OF
a gross value of $4,000; for October
100 tons Of ore OF a gross value of &c.
600; for November, 80 tons of ore of a
gross value of $1,000; an averags OF
800 to the ion. The necessity for pros
eruting a great deal of dead work in the
! mines, with the bad condition of the