Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-10-19

spin upon the mountain back of the Eu-
reka Consolidated hosting works, and he
will observe that such q revolution has
taken place, in the way OF building i'm
p~rovements, that he can hardly recognize
the situation. With a feld-glass, away
over on the sides OF Adams Hill, are to be
seen, scattered here ana there, at various
points, little squads Of workmen, doing the
requirements of the law in the way Of as
sessment work, or, with capital to back
them, are fixing TO test the value Of the
many claims as far east as the Bullwhacker;
hundreds Of new houses dot the hillsides
and fill up on either side Of the ~ravines
and canyons the various hosting works,
when we leave out the Richmond and the
Eureka Consolidated, are but just put in
place, and they are in such favorable loca-
tons that it does not seem at all like pros
pecting. Any man can easily trace the
course of the lead from which those mines
named are getting their fabulous quanti-
ties OF ore. and these new works must
strike the same body il they sink and drift
according to present programmes.
In company with +. II. Rose, who is
largely interested in the future develop
ments at the Hill, and Mr.. Walker, who
challenged a SENTINEL reporter to accom-
plish the rounds of the Ill., according
10 the rules Of pedestrianism, we sailed
out and climbed the heights about the
PHESIx.
At this mine we we're fortunate enough
to find Mr.. Arlington, the Superintendent,
who answered our innumerable questions
with characteristic pleasantest. The loca-
ton OF the new phenix hosting works is one
of the best ON the Hill; they nave only to
grade a few hundred feet to get the railroad
right under the machinery, aud as soon as
this can be done without toe heavy a tax
upon the Company. the work will be COM
menced. The conglomeration of ore,
shale and quartz being taken out in pros
pecting is used to build up on the noun
tain side, about the works, and already
quite an extensive wood yard il leveled off
on the east and north sides of the main
building. An iron roof covers the shaft,
the boilers. the engine, the carpenter shop
and the blacksmith shop, n more neat
and compact hosting works we have never
seen. The carpenter and blacksmith shops
are provided with the latest improved pat
ents for their several needs, and all is pro-
tected from fire by means of the several
tanks above them. A powerful force
pump tWight's). to which a long hose is
always attached. makes loss by fire almost
impossible. The working of this pump
was a marvel Of itself; no patent lever"
could operate smoother or nicer. The en-
CINE, in position, is as solid as the Hill
itself, its foundation being Of rock brought,
at an expense Of upwards OF 1920 per ton,
from the quarries Of Secret Canyon, and
for firmness and durability it cannot be
cqualled in this portion Of Nevada. These
blocas of granite are pinned with iron
bolts, Is feet long, to the solid stone os the
mountain. This foundation is sold, and it
has to be solid to hold firm an engine Of
rs, %000-pound weight, a spur-whcel of 1000
and shafting of 4,400-pounds weight. This
main shaft holds the c~og-wheel and two
reels. All of the machinery about the en-
sine is Of Booths, San Francisco, manu-
f~acture, and ii works as smooth and glib
as though it had been in motion 80 months
instead Of thirty days; so evenly does the
steam power do its work that but one and
a half cords of mahogany wood are used
per day, and the cages and buckets are
Noffcthht 4cttihfB6 @ho o[SS'haiiSs
When we looked at the double
meut shaft of the Phcaix we were ready to
pronounce it as fine a piece Of work in
sinking as we ever saw. The cage Q
down with the least culver imaginable;
true as it was possible to get any shaft,
and splendidly tiinbered. The sheaves
are far above the floor, and are
over seven feet in diameter, which
Is found to be a great improvement
over the smaller sheave, in that it don't
break the wire cables turn so short. The
Phenix cables are 900 feet in length. and
are connected to the cages by the most ap-
proved fastenings. The cages are dropped,
wlnn nothing is on but a car, by brakes
aud not a pound Of steam is used; but in
the case Of men going down, only the old
engine is trusted, and then as the cage
passes a station they are dropped very
slow. The indicators at the Phenix work
like a charm-directly before the engineer,
and operating so Correctly, it is almost inn
possible for q mistake 10 be made. We
noticed that the Phenix folks make their
W cars, and had seven in sight; that the
sheaves were SO high they could easily let
a stick Of timber 80 feet long, that
the store-house for powder, coal oil, etc.,
was several yards away from the works;
that they had n good dump for a few hun
dred years work; and that from a depth of
585 feet, some rock that very much
resembled ore, was coming up to the
1t was certainly s.good indica-
and Mr.. Arlington informed us
that the work of sinking the main shaft
and running the various drifts and cross
cus was progressing very satisfactorily
the most OF it being done by contract. The
men work better on small contracts, and
there is more general satisfaction all
We should not be surpi Used to
learn that before some Of the contracts now
let are finished, a good body of ore would
be struck in this mine.
THE Kso
As we circled around the dump of the
Jackson mine, we noticed among the
waste rock a great deal of what we would
place in the low-grade pile. We have seen
worse looking rock worked. They are down
459 feet; are not now engaged in sinking,
but are drifting toward the ledge, and are
working two shifts Of eleven men each.
This was about all we could gather at the
works, as Mr.. Shaw is still away. He is
expected back in a few days, and then we
shall be able to give a more detailed ac-
of operations.
MISCELLANEOUS
At the Eureka Consolidated everything
was moving as usual; ore was coming out
at the usual rate, Of which we saw samples
from four different levels, if we understood
right. A very large force was at work franz
timbers to bolster up the chambers.
There was qnite a crew at work about the
X X works. They We're repairing gener-
ally, relaying the turntables, or iron plat
forms, and business was lively, from the
carpenter shop to the blacksmith shop.
The hosting of water has been successfully
carried on, and they will very soon be able
to so to work on the seventh level.
As we walked over the trail, towards
the Richmond, the blasting underneath us
was very perceptible, during the time we
were on the Eureka Consolidated ground.