Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-03-06

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level, but non below on this body.
The floor of the chamber is a solid
mass of ore so feet in length, and be
low it Is virgin ground. 1t is pitching
TO the northeast. 1t will be raised
on and stopped out from the tenth. A
hasty peep into the famous Potts
chamber sufIiced us and We started for
the engine Wine.
TENTH LEVEL
This Wine was sunk 81 feet when it
struck and followed the quartzite to
the tenth. 1t was afterward straight
ened out, timbered and a cage placed
in it, and worked by one of the little en-
gines. The ole is hoisted through it
both from the tenth and eleventh lew
els, the WINES having after ward been
carried down to that depth. Leaving
the winZe we ~journeyed through the
east drift 800 feet, stopping at different
points to examined ore developments.
A. great amount of ore has been ex
tracted from this portion of the mine,
and from observations we should
Judge that there was no apparent dim
unition to the supply. AT n place
The miners have raised about so feet,
all the way in ore. In a raise from
this drift, 30 feet above it, the largest
cave ever found on the ode was brok-
en- into. Crawling in on our hands
and knees through a small opening,
we found ourselves in an immense
cavern, whose gloomy recesses could
not be penetrated by The feeble light of
our candles. It's a>certained proper
tons, however, are 800 feet in length,
100 in width, and from 20 to 30 feet in
height. Its wonders deserve a sepa-
rate article, and we reserve the subject
for a future notice. Returning, we
followed the west drift some 80 feet to
a point where ore was encountered.
The vein at this place is "a feet thick,
and has been raised on to a height OF
80 feet. Good ore is found in the root.
but the proportions of the body can
only be determined by future explora.
tons. There is no present indication
OF its giving out: in fact, all the signs
point to the opposite conclusion. In
the east DRIFT, two wines have been
sunk TO the level below, 80 feet apart.
Both of these vent down through ore
all the way, and high grade at that.
The conclusion is inevitable that there
il a solid body of ore at this point be
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both ways outside, but how far only
future prospecting can tell. Coming
back 20 leet We came TO an uprai>e that
followed ore all the way between the
W levels.
ELEVENTH Level.
Scrambling down this to the eleventh
we found a deposit, of as yet
undeveloped proportions. Between
the two wines a raise of 80 feet has
teen made in the ore. The main east
drift is now advanced $40 feet, and we
venture to say that not a loot has been
run but what ore has been found. The
intricacies and laDyriuthian winnings
Of the ddits and cross-cuts in this por-
ton of the mine would confuse
almost any ~ who was not
perfectly familiar with the ground.
We managed, 10y the aid Of u compass,
To Keep a clear idea of the course and
directions. 1t matters little, however.
whether we did or not. The one grand
fact remained that the tenth and
eleventh levels of the Consolidated lit
orally TEEN with rich, high grade ore;
every DRIFT and cross cut, winZe and
upraise, through which we passed, or
up and down which we ~clambered, de-
monStrating the truth of the existence
of vast deposits awaiting the drill and
pick of the miner to pour forth 5
of wealth. A still more gratifying
fact is that at the lowest depth reached
the ore is making in strong, proving
the permanence and iuexhauStibility
of the Eureka lode. In the light of
present developments, it will not do
for any one to sneer at the once de-
spised limestone. 1t used to be fashion
ahle, but facts, stubborn fac's, con-
found The theorists. The wealth of ore
that exists in the tenth and eleventh
levels of the Eureka Consolidated is a
standing refutation of the once sup.
posed unreliability OF the limestone for
nation.
THE INCLINE.
More than satisfied with the results
of our trip we sought the Wine, and
were hoisted up to the ninth level, and,
vending our way outward, stopped at
a point 600 feet from the LAYTON shaft
to examine the incline be ing carried
down from that locality. 1t is substau-
tial and we'll timbered. Two com part
nents, each four 10y four and a half
ieet, are being constructed, and it has
already attained a depth, following
the downward angle, of 100 feet. When
completed it will play II most import
ant part in the economical working of
the mine. A large. double air COM
pressor engine will be used to do the
hosting. the foundations for which are
we'll under way, and the engine is on
the spot ready To be set up when want
ed. The incline will be sunk to the
eleventh level. A few steps further
and we turn into a drift running to the
north, where a winze communicates
with what is called the Little Tenth.
An engine does the hosting work here,
and mounting the tub we were soon at
the bottom. The ore body is large, and
preserves the same characteristics met
with elsewhere. A large quantity of
ore is being extracted and sent to the
surface. Here u explorations ended,
and, although we had been five hours
in the mine, our DESCRIPTION is but a
curSorv one. II would take a week of
observation to do justice to its magniti
cent resources. They are to-day APP
p%arently inexhaustible, and the future
rs much brighter and more assured
than at any time during its history.
II ANAGEME