Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-08-30

THE RICHMOND LEADS THE VAN IN THE
MATTER OF DEVELOPMENT.
vAGRANT THOUGHTS AND sPEcU-
LATIONS.

cation Of our fondest hopes. Has man
been always thus ambitious of acquir.
ing wealth? We answer yes, for he is the
same to-day that he was yesterday; the
same in this that he was in the earliest age
Of the world Is influenced by the same
acquisitiveness, actuated by the same Sc.
cretiveness. and embued with the same
sordid feelings and desires which seem to
have taken possession Of his soul when ex-
PEELED from his terrestrial paradise.
"a rabid being insolentiy bold,
And steeied to misery through Inst OF gold;
He sails Ger seas. the unknown world explores,
The Cross his standard. but his faith the sword,
he steps DER graves. DER prostratc realms he
To worxhip Mammon. while he bowed to God"
THE PRIVATE FORTUNES
OF some OF the ancients were enormously
large. II, however, we are to credit his
tory, both their Inequalities and their ex-
penditures were dispensed with a freedom
and magnifcence proportional to their
means and influence. They had, of course,
their millionaires as we have. yet we
seriously incline to the belief that, though
half barbarian and wholly pagan as they
were, they were not altogether forgetful
Of their duties to others, nor indebted to
the questionable practices pursued at the
present day for the acquisition Of their mil
lions. But we must remember there were
neither land grabbers nor corporate monop-
olists in those
pATEIARcHfAL TINES
No rings within rings to put up jobs to
rob confding citizens out Of their hard
earned savings +; no polished, richly APP
pareled mining sharpers to issue fraudn-
lent stock certificates nc stock exchanges
to place fictitious values upon worthless
but nicely Autographed pieces Of paper; no
~oily-tongued brokers to wheedle one into
the belief that they were the piIrest and
best Of mankind, neither corrupt Office
holders nor perjured politicians, and prob
ably there were no Kearneys to advocate
the cause OF the toiling masses, set people
to thinking, and tell the hungry ones
amongst them that they possessed rights
which ought to be respected, and which it
might not be altogether polite to ignore.
All these and many other appartenances Of
modern civilization they knew not Of, and
therein lay their happiness and their i'm
munity from the trials aud temptations
which in time begets insanity, bankruptcy
aud suicide. They had, however, as we
have ourselves, their Ophirs-their mines
OF gold and silver, and doubtless their
mining magnatos and big bonanzas to over
shadow the lesser concerns OF life with the
glitter Of their wealth, the power it inn
parts and the maynifeenca it produces.
They had, however, neither a Comstock
nor .
RUBY HILL
Such as we have 10 gladden. us with their
periodical developments, 10 impart re-
newed life and activity to the channels of
trade, increase our store Of the noble
metals. stimulate industry and give nm in
creased momentum to enterprise and specu-
iation.
Ruby Hill is. perhaps, to-day n OF the
most valuable mining localities In this
State, If not in the world. And il any,
thing were wanting TO strengthen our be-
lief in this particular, or sustain US in
regard to what We have heretofore written
Of its wealth and permanence, the recent
magnificent development ON the fifth level
Of the
RICHMOND MINI
More than bears us out in all that we have
from time to time given to the world con-
cerning its apparently inexhaustible re-
sources. It's course thus far has been a
wonderfully successful one, for no sooner
does one bonanza give out and, indeed,
long before it gives out than another is
uncovered to take its place. and thus by
an upbroken chain Of operations, add to
our local pros perity while keeping up the
reputation OF the district abroad by inn
parting confidence to those whose dollars
are invested in it.
We nave been often called upon TO em-
ploy our Faber in chrouiciing the success
which has invariably attended each sue
cessive step in the underground cxplora-
lions carried on along the line of Ruby
Hill, or from the Richmond and the less
youthful Albion on its northern extremity
along the slop $ OF Prospect mountain to
the termination Of the outcrop Of the lode
at Secret Canyon. but we have at this writ
ing no recollection Of having ever been
called upon to employ it with as much
willingness-we might say satisfaction
as We do at present.
Although we have heretofore frequently
pointed out the absurdity of outside fears
regarding the permanencc OF the ore de-
posits Of Ruby Hill, we are not aware that
We have been very successful in removing
the fears and skepticism of persons resid-
ing in remote sections Of the country, such
as New York, Boston, st. Louis, Chicago,
London, and the other %populons centres
reached by the SENTINEL. We're the Rich
mond and the
EUREKA CONSOLIDATED
Properties but located ON the lode whose
developments are now exciting the public
mind and emptying the public purse, to.
perhaps, by aud by bring about pub
lie sorrow, they would be found away
up among the 80s and 90s, leading all.
But II denied this privilege, we can console
ourselves with the reflection that in the
present condition Of the Base Range the
Comstock finds a competitor worthy Of its
reputation, and one that will in future
contest the honors with it.
We have said that the recent strike in
the Richmond mine has been the
+ MOST IMPORTANT EvER MADE
On Ruby Hill. This we are now able to
reiterate upon the most positive testimony.
The orc was first struck while drifting on
| the fifth level. and it ranges in value in
| tho precious metals from SIS to $50 per
ton, to which must be added fully SO per
per cent. Of lead. The explorations that
have been thus far made, however, are
necessarily limited, owing to the little
time that has elapsed since the discovery
took place. The ore has, however, been
followed downwards some sixty or seventy
feet, by means Of q Wine, without having
encountered the bottom, and sinking is
being pushed ahead as vigorously as 1t Ia
possible for muscular power to accomplish
IL. Upraising has not. we believe, been
yet commenced, but will just as soon al
some lateral and linear openings can b
made, so az to allow Of more extended ex'
plorations. When these shall have beer
perfected, uprising viii be i~naugurated
and other steps taken to prove the dimen'
sions of this newest Of bonanzas. Thu