Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-31
THE RICmMOND CONSOLIDATED


The Mine asd she suis from 9
Transatlantic Standpoint.
We are in receipt of the Londor
Mining Journal of July 7th. Rich
mond shares were quoted at that date
at 1927, $35. Commenting on the of
fetal reports of Superintendent Rick
ard the Journal says: 1.-THE drift from
the main shaft, at the 500. It. level, ha.
been driven in As #. in ore Of fair grade
and that 1t is now being opened on In
width to ascertain the dimensions ol
the ore body. This westerly drift
must now have been driven about SOC
#. from the main shaft. The first
body of ore struck In this DRIFT was 100
feet distant from the shaft, and here 1t
vas tested to 20 II. above the drift and
80 II. below 1t. At $50 II. further west
another body Of ore was struck, and 1t
Is in this that 45 Il. has been driven
through ore Of very fair grads;' the
evidence is thus accumulating in favor
of the theory that q very large body Of
ore exists in the area through which
the ex ploratory drift is being driven.
Until the drifts from the 400 and 600 II.
levels are connected with the rise and
winze from the 500, want Of air pre-
vents the Gre being won in any quanti-
ty. 1t appears that ID cause for the
decision not to restart the furnaces till
after the trial was the necessity Tor the
presence at San Francisco of the heads
of tie mining and smelling depart
ments. Elaborate models Of the Rich
mond and adjacent works have been
prepared and deposited i'm the
court at San Francisco, where they
have excited much attention. Both
sides have completed their aflidavits,
and the case is ready for trial. No cost
or pains appear to have been spared on
the part OF the Richmond to secure
the most able legal ad visers, and the
most eminent and reliable experts.
So far as can be learned by the Rich
mond executive, the case Of the Eu.
reka Company rests mainly on their
ability to prove that all the disjointed
beds, veins, and lodes that exist i'm
Ruby Hill form only n ledge, uf
some 700 feet In width, thus ignoring
the intervening masses Of limestone
rock which bound the Richmond main
lode on both sides.' Should such q
contention as this be established 1t
would, it is considered, overturn all
legal definitions of lodes, aud
render every mining property in
America open to attacks from its near.
est litigious neighbor. In mining defin-
initions and law 1t is vital that COM
mon sense should rule as tn their OBJ
vious meaning aud intent. Fancy
theories may meet some support from
Natures vagaries, and analysis may
prove the existence of minute traces
OF ore in what every honest miner
would swear TO be barren ground, in
the ordinary acceptation of the term.
As the trial is to take place before WI
judges of good repute, without a jury,
men OF long experience in mining con-
tests, the evidence of the eminent prac-
teal mining engineers. who speak 80
on the c~learness of the
Richmond case, can not fail to have
decisive weight. 1t appears that the
Eureka Company, in their plea for an
injunction against the Richmond. set
the value of the disputed territory at
s.. 900 900. This Is, doubtless, q great
exaggeration of the present value"