Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-08

been through the workings Of the X X twice
within the last two months have been in the
workings Of tbs Kichmond; fouud ore ut al
the points between tho walls; that is my
reason for thinking it is a vein; find tbs
quartzite foot.wau on tho surface. and in all
tho workings from there down to and on the
10th level; find the hanging wall in ths Eu-
reka Consolidated at the 10th level and at the
neli shaft tunnel; there are no workings pr,-
,octed Jar enough to the N: to strike tbs hans :
ing wall at other points; tbs two walls on the
10Th level are 25 1t. apart; there is a DRIFT
running from wall to wall; tho hanging wall
Is clay, the same substance as shown by Mr..
shaw; did not cut through it; it crumbIes on
expos, ire to the air; it has crnm,! d OH or
inside of the wall, and noxt up 10 it, is a soft,
sandy limestone; there is about y fl. OF that.
and thon We come to the ore: ! saw, on my
first visit to the K K. u hanging AMI foot-wall;
saw the hanging wall on the Sd level. and the
foot wall from the I'd to the 5th: the SIN 10Th
surface OF thu clay ex posed on tho I'd level \
distance Of 80 it,: l did not see any point
where they had cut iato the clay: saw r d
iron orc matter. between the walls; in ths
Richmond workings | saw tho hanging walls
on the 9TH and 7th levels; saw it on the 9Th
level in the drift going ava from the shaft
mar tn ore: | estimated tn ore to be about
~ OK 81 tt. from the hanging wall, out CO Id
not m4asars; saw it on the IN lsve', nearly
nn1er and IN a n =. direction from tn shaft;
saw no ore on the 1ti level that !! recollsct
Y DID not sx anime it very closely; in my
opinion, it is tbs same hanging wall that l
saw in tho Bell shat tunnel, Eureka Con-
.olidat.d and X X; it nearly cores pond I'd IN
appearances; saw no otcer walls b ,tween the
two mentiOned; | think the two walls inclOss
tho vein; ore bodies and limestone are found
bstween the wa j.; the pr0po, ton of line
stone is much greater than the Or; | don't
think that the ore would amount to tn one
hundredth part OF tho filling; we find the ore
bodios in every shape and very irreg liar;
Limestone m braces those bodies Of the ore;
first. pay ore, then IRON ore. hen limestone;
the ore lays in many places on Quartzite, and
in othOr olacss it does not connec with it; the
ore can be foInd in the Lawton sha t. to tho
surface, along or near tho quartlite; hud
groupings q ! over the locations Of the nine;
l suppose them to be outcrops Of the vein:
there are ore indications On the At Last; tls
quartzite runs along the south RI side; /
have been in Potts cham bvr and tho work.
ings below that to the +. Of the compromise
line; those workings are on the same vein or
lode; | have no reason 70 tLink that there is
more than one lode; l have traced tho ledge
to the b. rs far as the jackson: l think til.
Jacn son, Phonix, X r.. Eureka Cons0lida tsd
and Richmond ars all en- tho same vein; |
vein matter, and the same strike as the
Jackson; tho 8 rike Of veins is always
crooked: there Is great irregularity in the
walls Of this lod;; that lrregularity does not
snake my opinion In It's DolDX one ledge, the
general course Of tina loot walls correspond
with red lines on map A; general course is NJ,
~ dg. w.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
l am familiar with the workings of tho
mines ON the ComstocK; l have been in nsar.
ly every mine 90 tn, lode; the ComstoeK
foot wall is ~syenito; have seen the hanging
Naiis In many places In nearly every mine
that 1 have ed; it varies in distance
from foot wall from nothing to 500 It,; ia
Crown Point and Belcher do not find the
the hanging wall; ind the hanging wall in
wide in the Yel,oS JACKET; the hanging and
loot wall como together in tn Ch,l,ar and
Exchequer ut h depth of sou It the ~alis
come together with a clay seam between; in
tho wider parts, tho nillns is porphyry, bar
ron, aud ore bJaring quartz; on the 7th level
OF the Bslcher, the cross-cut is nearly ali in
pOrphyry; did not mud the hanging wall; it
the cross-cut wore extended, have no doubt
that the hanging wall woAld be found at
some point: tue proportion oil quartz to por.
phyry is very small; the proportion of pay
ore to quartz is very small; some Vt the quartz
is barren; the ore bodies are found lying in
porphyry or barren quartz; sVnetimes near
foot, sometimes near hanging wall; in the
Empire mine, 1T Goid IL. ], ut q depth of 500
It | have Seen q clay wall that split tho ors
body in Two; never saw any clay seam b.
tween tho ore body and porphyry; the mat
ter Is mixed and runs into each ether
NIOosecAdult0Co 4hvy C1h ~ uhTItu
filings, horses and bodies Of porphyry;
there are acrss of perphyry; ore is
surrounded by barren quartz; the greater
part of the vein Is porphyry; / have seen
small punches Of porphyry called horses,
surrounded by pay ore. there was a seam At
the foot wall; IL differed In APPEARANCE from
hanging wall; We found quartz mixed with
porphyry; l. never mined IN Il limestone dis
t,ict until l came to Eareka; l don't know
whether hanging walls are generally found
10 limestone districts; sysnit is the foot wall
of the ComstOck; in north end it il gray stuff
rssom bling granite, and IN tho south cnd 1t IS
. black stuff, called by rrof. Newcomb,
~syenito; l can not say that both ends run in
TO -porphylito; l did not take courses in. he
X X, nor in the Boil shaft tunnel; l relied on
Mr.. Reads measurements.
kedirect-1 asked Mr.. Read to take these
courses.
Cross.examined-I find groupings Of ore
body running through the Champion.
AT this Point the question was raised IS to
whether the Richmond Mining Company
Qimitsd), or tho iIchmond Mining Company
After considerable discussion by respective
counsel, Mr.. Wrsn Wa, called to the stand to
testify, and testified as fUllows:
The men employed in the works and mines
Of the kichmond Company are paid by the
nichmond Mining Company Of Nevada; tbs
xr uni is absolutely owned by the Ne
vada Company: it was located by pri-
vste individuals, and belonss to the Me-
vada Mining Company; / decline 10 answer
lish Company; l presume the Engli.h Com
pany dividl th , divid snds; there are = great
many soarss; the English Company own sli
the shares, except i've. b I'D BY the officers
and trustees in Eureka; the Nevada Com
IOWA to the labarer's; | don't know what be-
comes o the bullion. but / think it Is sii sent
to Daniel Msycr; l think he is the agent for
tho sale of The b%ullion, and it is shipped to
Company draws upon him; | don't know tn It
any agrsement was made that Igor should
act as agent between tn, English Company
and tho Nevada Corporation; the English
Company can not hold q possessory tit . to a
mine in Nevada, but can hold stock OF a
local company; tho Nevada Corporation is
formed to extract and work the ores and con.
duct the business.