Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-11-15

dizziness and supplied the sinews OF war
for legal encounters, added many valuable
acquisitions to the Company's original pur-
chase, and last and best, has it not fur
nished in abundance the precious COM
modify 80 priced, courted and hankered
after by the world? Has it not effected
all these and more? What wouldst thou
have that has not been accomplished?
But, as the alage has it, eaten bread is
soon forgotten, 80 il 10 mot improbable
that thou, gentle reader, in thy forgetful-
ness, hast not thought Of these examples,
otherwise it is likely thou wouldst not re-
fuse rendering the CSsarian tribute 30
justly due at thy hands.
GOOD management, my friend, means
economy, vigilance, experience, prosperity
and dividends; bad management the con
verse of these. Success results from the
first; ruin, sometimes swift and sure, from
the second. The former p~resupposes brains,
intelligence and ability, while the latter
generally results from the want Of them.
Make a note OF the foregoing, my dissatis-
fed friend, and when leisure permits, try
and recall the English ventures which nave
been from time to time set in motion in
this country during the past decade or
more, and il you can find out how many
Of them have survived, and still survive,
and how many Of them have been brought
to an untimely end, sunk in hopeless obliv-
ion, as il were, under the blighting curse
Of bad management. Does the present
prosperous condition Of the Richmond
arise from the former or latter ? From the
former, most assuredly, otherwise its divi-
dend disbursements would soon become as
few and far between as celestial visitations
to this whirling planet Of ours.
Contrary to expectation, l note by the
Journal, that the fire, the loss, the stop
page, though forming a pretty strong
COMBINATION OF UNrowARD OCCURRENCES,
Did not affect the value of the C~ompany's
securities neither very much nor yet very
why they should. / have shown elsewhere
in this letter that the burning OF the old
works, so far from having been a great
calamity, will ultimately prove q great
| blessing. The loss-time not included,
though time is money in this land of
sagebrush and silver lis a mere trife, and
it yet will be pruned down to so a~ttenuated
a figure that it will appear like a drop in a
bucket, compared with the ever increasing
resources Of the Company. Why, the
bullion extracted from the foundations OF
the old furnace alone, and now piled up in
Vic NuIu, do ltICLiCA ~ "a a. i~S 'NNN ~
letter, will, it is conceded by good judges.
be ample to liquidate a very large proper
ton Of the current expenses. Besides, 1T
must not be forgotten, that OF the 1900 600
bushels OF charcoal which had been binned,
FORTY THOUSAND BUSHELS AT LEAST.
Probably more, were saved, thus proving
that the flames were not entirely victori-
Gus, Notwithstanding the infiammable char
acter OF the commodity amidst which they
rcveled. The loss in itself is trihing, but
were it even greater, gentlemen holding
Richmond stock need have no fear that the
friendly services of that our OF last ap-
peal-the winding. up court-will ever have
to be called into requisition 50 long as the
bottom Of Ruby Hill remains intact. But
it Ia just possible that capital for partisan
purposes may yet be, II it has not been
already, manufactured out Of the late dis
aster, to the great dctriment OF the COM
pany's interests, both at London and here.
We all know that men sometimes play to
get even. We can not ignore, the fact, too,
that both vanity and pride sometime $ play
an important part in varying mems judg-
ment and in giving coloring, force and d.
rection to their thoughts. The heart
becomes at times a very turbulent mem
DcT Oh but nuildu OISiul6ttlDu. THU
rnined his Satanic Majesty, and, like him.
there are not wanting those who would
rather rule in the sultry regions in which
he governs. and in which the Italian poet
beheld his lost Beatrice, than serve in the
celestial spheres. The demolished works,
called into existence, as they were. at a
period when, to say the least, mems minds
were permeated with remarkably crude
notions regarding the reduction OF silver
lead ores, were q nuisance, having been
planned and constructed by and under the
supervision Of early managers, one at least
of whom, ii is safe to say, knew as little of
the requirements Of smelling as an African
Busliman did Of the grand epic of Homer.
The defects of the old works could not, Of
course, be rernedied without tearing them
down, and this course could not be coun-
tenanced, in view OF the cost therefore
the management Of recen. years had sim
ply to acquiescc in a state Of things which
1t could not subyert without entailing loss
upon the company. But this state OF
things no longer exists.
THE NEW WORKS,
Even as they are now seen in their incipi-
ent stages Of construction, promise to full
I'll every requirement; and, in a hygienic
sense, they promise to be even as great a
boon to the furnace hands as they will be
to the company, though the results to ac-
crue to the latter cannot be overestimated.
l have not the honor of being either q
prophet or the son Of a prophet, neyerthe-
less my judgement tells me that many BEN
efts will low from the plans and improve
ments Of Mr.. Richard, whose ability and
experience have brought order out Of chaos,
| and harpnnny hptb nf 1aoiDu aud 1afail
ont OF ~iacongruous surroundings. / write
this in simple justice to a man whose
greatest ambition is to acquit himself hon
orably OF the great trust imposed upon
him, and not for any other purpose and
that he is doing this, is within the knowl-
edge of everybody here. Ability, like
blood, will tell.
He has not only remodeled aud enlarged
the furnaces, of which two are now well
under way towards early completion, but
he has introduced other improvements cal
culated to greatly facilitate their being
operated with less expenditure Of both
time and labor than were the old ones.
They, as originally built, interposed no
barrier whatever to the free leakage Of
bullion from their wells into the seams
and interstices Of their foundations. I'm
der the new order of things, this waste
will be done away with entirely and for
ever. As now being erected. each furnace
foundation, which has a slight elevation
above the surrounding surface, has been
provided with a
SUBSTANTIAL CAsr-IRoN PLATE,
Cast by sections, the better to fit and handle
it. These are firmly bolted together in
place, and the joints, so formed, are caulked
in such manner as will effectually prevent
the flow of metal through either the sides
or the bottoms of the furnaces. The side
and corner plates-the latter Of which
are quarterscircle, giving to the ex-
terror of each furnace an exceedingly
symetrical oval shape-rest in grooves pre-
pared for them in the bottom castings.
BY this cnntriyanee not only the hnItnma