Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-05-30
ADAMS HILL.
Valuable Mines Of the Adams Hill
Company.

vniu"DAo nAAueS OI the AORImS Hill
Company.
The Adams Hill Consolidated Min
ing Company owns several valuable
mines on the great ore channel north
of the Richmond, the principal of
which are the Wide West, General Lee
and Alabama. The General Lee is
one of the best defined lodes near the
surface that has aver come under our
observation in this section of the State.
or late years, however, the operations
OF the Company have been mainly
THE WIDE wEST.
This mine is opened by three per-
pendicular shafts, the deepest Of which
is AS feet. well and substantially tim
bered from top to bottom. The first
station was established at a depth of
~ feet from tho surface. From this
point three drifts have deem run; one
north, rs feet, producing ASSAYS from
$3.50 to $500 to the ton; one east, 70 feet
IN hard quartz of an encouraging ma
ture, and another west, 80 feet in
quarizite. The next level is found at a
depth of l25 feet. Two drifts have
been run along the ledge from this sta
ton, one south, 225 feet, and the other
north, l25 feet. The south drift has
yielded ore which worked So per ton
in gold and S64 in silver. The north
drift, however, produced the richest
ore, some OF the assays going as high
as $3.50 to the ton. Seventy five feet of
this drift is in ore, and so feet in vein
matter. There Is also a raise of % feet
from this level in ore. There is also a
40 foot drift running east, which shows
ore in lunches. Level No. 3 is also
well ~prospected, having nearly 400 feet
OF drifts, WINES, ETC., all looking favor
able, and II portions yielding con-
siderA BILE ore OF fair grade. A Wine
of 80 feet connects the third with the
fourth level, all the way in good ore.
ON THE FoURTH
There is a DRIFT III feet long and a raise
of 80 feet, disclosing a fine body of ore.
On the fifth level the lode seems better
defined than in any of the supper work
ings. The walls are smooth and regu-
lar and the lode compact and easily
followed. There is a 75.foot DRIFT at
this point, showing ore in punches in
termixed with iron. The ledge is eight
feet wide and the ore found is of a high
grade. About 100 feet deeper is level
No. 6, with "a 95-foot DRIFT east, cutting
three seams of ore from two feet to five
feet i'll width. The prospects are es
pecialiy fiatteriDg at this lowest point
in the mine, and no doubt is enter
tafanI fltaf fntprn nxa1nnp.nnt x.tIl
add greatly 10 the value of the prop
erty. SHAFT No. 2, or the north shaft
on the mine, has "A depth of 40 feet, at
the bottom OF which are eight feet of
low-grade ore. The west shaft is down
$50 feet in quartzite, with here and
there spots OF ore.
TIL ALABAMA
Lies Immediately south of and adjoin-
ing the Wide West. This is getting
we'll along toward the Richmond and
is therefore looked upon as a most
valuable piece of territory. There are
| 900 feet in the claim. 1t is opened by
shafts, one of which is 40 and the
other 20 feet deep. AT this point it is
designed TO erect substantial hoisting
works with the view OF putting down
the main shaft To great depth. Work
has lately been resumed on
II GENERAL LEE,
And q very nice streak Of ore discov-
1t is two and a half feet wide
and carries ore which gives a return of
$50 10 500 10 the ton in silver and
per cen lead. The whole property
is in fact a valuable one, and, as shown
by the annual accounting published
in the SENTINEL a few days ago, it has
produced a very large amount Of bull
A vast ainount of work has been
done, and all of the improvements
been carried forward in the most
manner. The property is
under tue general superintendent of
G.. Powell, ably assisted by Joe
Milleno, foreman i'll charge of the