Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-06-26
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The following interesting official letter
from Superintendent Captain Drake is the
latest received at the company's London
Office. 1t explains the closing up Of the
| tunnel to visitors:
To the full information by wire on the
4th instant ] can add but little. The facts
that day were as given. In reference to
the ore body in the mine, it was very un-
pleasant to have to telegraph u~nfavorably,
but the showing would allow Of nothing
different. The greatly improved assays
that induced my favorable report Of the
John Wild North we're made on the 4th
instant at the latest hour to be in season
for my dispatch, from rock broken in the
face Of the drift running northerly from
rise, on the list, I'd, and Sd instant, partic-
ularly on the Sd, thus not only advising
the board promptly Of new Developments,
but giving also to the convened sharehold-
ers the latest information possible. The
point Of meeting with the improved ore in
the drift is vertically above the tunnel
floor about 81 feet, and east Of it about so
feet. / have not yet made any exact sur
vey Of it. Assays, John Wild North: In
corroboration of my cable relating to the
John Wild North, / now beg to give the
assays above referred to, which were as
follows: From drift $40 90, 81 IS, $14 13,
$65 "a, $40 SO, S73 50, and S157 08. These
ASSAYS, in connection with those given in
my No. 32G of the 3oth ult., from the rise,
are indeed encouraging. / have given
them as l find them, without knowing Of
course whether we nave any great extent Of
the improved ore or not. Last October,
when we met with only very poor quartz
in the tunnel, some were inclined to blame
ME because some one magniicd the simple
fact into q huge strike by cabling it to
London before the change OF rock was
known by any one to be worth cabling. /
have repeatedly assured the board that any
marked improvement, even before knowing
much Of its extent, will be promptly ca
bled to your Office, even SO now l can only
transmit present facts. II our continued
developments prove as favorable as indica-
tons now promise / shall have nothing to
regret. Ny great solicitudc is now to be-
come assured that we have to hand an ex-
tensive ore body. The ore in the drift is
to-day indeed looking fine, aud that in the
rise continues also very favorable as work
advances. North Aurora Mine-The ore
that we have so many months been follow
ing in the mine in all its varied phases OF
the past, again has the appearance that we
nave about reached the end Of it. We,
however, yet nave some little ore left, and
there remains the bare possibility that it
may widen out again. But the present
showing is unhappily small, and u hopes
Of 1t are proportionately diminished. I
have now taken off two of the miners and
put them to asserting in the ore-house. I
shall further regulate the mining force as
the nature of the rock met with may seem
to indicate. Hauling Of the assorted ore
was commenced on the LIST instant, running
one eight-animal team, just at present de-
livering about 10 tons Of ore per day. I
expect to soon do considerably better. !
have two men repairing the mill.