Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-06
THE RICHMOND MINE.
An Old Shareholder Explains.

side of the water. The last few mum.
bers of the London Mining Journal
has contained lengthy articles concern.
ing the Richmond, which will be of in.
terest to local readers. A correspond
ent subscribing himself LEX ct Lux
appears to be at the head OF the bear
movement in the English markets.
An "Old and Large Shareholder" thus
crates to the king bear:
"Lex ct Luxn evidently suspects
that my letter emanates either from one
of the directors or from some one in
spired by them; and being one of those
who for purposes of his own gain
takes a delight in running the mine
down and trying to make people be-
lieve that its condition and prospects
are utterly rotten, he has thought tit TO
treat my statements not by sound ar
gument, hut ridicule, VIII Ich is not ar
gument. l am, however, neither a di-
rector nor inspired by them; l am
simply what my signature betokens.
He starts by calling my statement
that a saving of glO,O00 may be annu.
ally effected by the new contract rates
for haulage of ore from the mine to
the works unsupported and requir-
ing confirmation" Perhaps he is not
aware that, thanks to
UNPARDoNABLE LAUNDERING
On the part OF some one in the selec-
ton of the present site for the smelling
works, the company has hitherto been
paying the amazing sum of 81 so for
the baulage of every ton of ore
brought to the works for smelling. l
presume that he knows that a contract
has lately been made for tie next five
years to deliver the ore from the mine
at the furnaces for 81 % per ton, which
gives a saving OF 81 % per o Nov,
the furnace returns furnished us show
that the following have been the yuan
titles of Richmond ore annually
smelted: In 1874, IS. l65 tons; in 1875,
81, 900 tons; in 1876, 80, 759 tons; total,
81, $3.50 tons--i. e., an average of 32,216
tons yearly. an o which has
been worked up by an average of three
furnaces only; for though there may
have been four-and lately even five
furnaces at the works. SO frequently
have these had to be refined. especially
during the earlier years, that one can
mr. tttNbt y GS fiO . vi
Der all the year round. This gives
10. 1853 tons per furnace yearly, which
at the present rate OF working Is con
siderably under the mark, but sufi-
GENTLY near for my purpose. Let me
next remind LEX ct Lux" that a
large hydrocycle will shortly he added
to our strength. 1t has reached the
works-if, indeed it is not, as | write,
at work. Thus we may reckon on
AT LEAST FOUR FURNACES
Running continually for the future out
of the six. This additional furnace
will work up at least another l0,75S
tons of ore. Add this to the amount
smelted by the three other furnaces.
and we have 1904 tons of ore required
annually from the mine, which, at
SlA per ton saving, will give a sum of
$50, 100. or ever nor than the $4,000
which | predicted.
NAV observe, en- pdssnnt. that after
the fashion of correspondents who try
TO run our mine down. LEX ct Lux"
would insinua'e that there is a doubt
whether we shall get the same amount
of ore in the future as in the previous
years. OF this there can be little fear.
seeing we were lately informed that
there was more ore coming from the
mine than the furnaces could smelt.
Neither is 1t likely that a man Of
MR.. PRoBERT's sHREwDNEss
Would get up a sixth furnace if he
saw a chance of there being no ore to
smelt in it. Depend upon 1t Mr.. Pro-
bert and Mr.. Potts know pretty cor
rec,lv the vast stores of mineral con-
tanned in the workings on the west
side of the hill, and yet o in Potts
Chamber and it would be well were
the Chairman 10 acqnaint shareholders
with what the measurements of this
last-named chamber are,' SC that they
might calculate for themselves the
splendid bonanza which they possess.
instead Of leaving them to be terrified
by LEX ct Lux" ami gentlemen of
his persuasion into the belief thattheir
mine is being fast played out" and
hard pressed for ore. j..
As to the runs having gone up to
$40, 700 for a week or two, and then re
cede to $50, 900 and $4,000, or so, the
reason I am told is this-that Mr.. Pro-
bert. having gone away on short leave,
the smelters, in lieu of taking the ore
as it came, and as were Mr.. Probert's
orders, amused themselves by select
ing the best ore and passing that
through the fu%rnace-a practice they
had very soon to discontinue after 1t
was discovered. To this and not the
cause alleged by : Lux " may be at
tributed the much lesser averages.
The remarks regarding the drawbacks
of q Nevada winter, and the risks at
tending the large excavations, are hard
ly worth noticing. Every one is aware
that work is more or less hindered
during the winter months; but there
il no greater hindrance to I've expected
this winter: nay, far less, for we are to
have a railway ready by this date
from the mine to the works.; ana
as t o the risks of running through lime
stone, it Is difficult to see what bearing
they have on the present question, as
they must always exist, and are moth
ing new.
Trial Of Mary irwin.
For the second time Mary Irwin was