Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-12-18
LETTER FROM BCREKA A.
RUBY HILL A1INE5.-BRANCH RAILROAD TO THE
COLORADO RIVER.


of a school house and a Miners Union Hall.
Quite number of buildings have been erect
ed during the past Summer and the Hill pre-
sents an attractive and thrifty appearance
All the principal mines are in full running
order In the
they are down to the seventh level, which is be-
tween six and seven hundred feet, and are tax
ing out ore from the workings above, between
the limestone and quartzite, on contract. A
new ore body has been discovered which prom
ises to develope well.
THE CONSOLIDATED
lis looking well and fine quality Of ore is be-
ing brought to the surface. We have been
informed, (by the way 1t is as difficult to get
information over here as it is on the Com
stock. We have the greatest confidence, but
we feel somewhat like the Cockney up at
Spooner's They may be a lying to US, you
know.'O that the strike of the ore body from
the compromise ground between the Rich
mond and Consolidated below the ninth and
tenth levels, depth of about 800 feet, is east
and west with dip to the north, fating fast
at the point where the ore body leaves the
limestone for the quartzite persons posted
on under ground indications opne that the
dip from the Potts chamber will eventually be
in the Richmond ground by the compromise
line to the \. " Work on the
JACKSON
is being pushed vigorously and the prospects
are good Have been told it is a good buy,
but our greatest trouble is that the good buys
come along when there are no groupings in
our pocket. We wish it could be otherwise,
but - twas ever thus" The shaft is down
50 feet in an ore body with no water. A good
quality OF ore is found and it seems to last.
From the location of the Jackson it ought to
be one Of the best mines on the Hill.
THE RICHMOND
is the king pin of them all. We have been
hearing on the streets of rich strike there,
but heads of departments are reticent on the
subject There is doubtless something in The
wind or rather in the drifts. We were shown
some fine specimens Of rock and it is i!nprov-
ing in quality as they sink. The stock is held
almost entirely il England but directly affects
t,e market Le-c.
TIE FOURTH ii. 5-.T
mine which is owned largely - Carson car;-
talists is said to be locking better than it ever
has before, It is situated in break y ng in
an easterly and westerly direction about three |
quarters of mile wide. The ore is OF a good
quality and mined without much difficulty.
,iajor Gardner and Buck Davis are Oh their
way here to look after matters and will prob
ably put on an additional force An impor-
-ant feature Of the Hill, and which is great
abor saving institution, is the Branch Narrow
Gauge, by which the ore IS conveyed from the
mines to the furnaces. It's lines originally,
Eureka Consolidated furnaces to the mines of
he Company. Now, branches have been con-
tructed to the Richmond and the Jackson.
The line runs in every conceivable direction,
S wild with curves, has snow sheds, fences,
nd all the modern improvements. We asked
n honest miner how long it was and he told
Is it hadn't its growth yet. That it grace l
t'1Iy 1hcdluCICu dIOulltl Gllt curves dllu DGiluS
f the mountains, past the dumps and the
riffs and it is intended to continue it through :
he defles and canyons of 'regions wild and
Toody' and across the lonely sage brush des- a
rts, until it reaches the raging Colorado. e
hese were not his exact words but they con- .
ey the general idea. He spoke very rapidly
nd seemed to believe what he was saying.
We told him we would like to get pass to
ollville when it got through, and he seemed N
be quite offended at our evident skepticism
-owever, the little railroad is of the greatest ;,
rvice to the District and is doing it's work tt
ell. VI
EUREKA DISTRICT e'
Is held out far beyond the expectations of
e old timers, and gives no indications of
The bodies of ore are in a wide
nestone belt, dipping into the limestone in
aces Where it ''makes fiat the ore bodies
e large, and where it "makes steep" they >
e small and are called by practical miners
pes of ore. Continuous veins of ore are not
be found in any direction. Upon this lat
r proposition great minds have been known AT
differ. Anyway the mines are paying, the
strict is prosperous, the town lively and
lreka will give big Republican majority
xt Fall, or we are no son of prophet &c
SMITHERs