Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-09-13
REPORT ON THE WALES CON.
sOLIDATED MINE.

j.. Henry Applegate, Jr., Secretary Wales
Con. Mining Co.:
DEAR SIR: Pursuant to arrangement. I
take pleasure in communicating to Won
such facts relative to Eureka Mining Dis
trict and the property owned by your COM
pany as came within my knowledge after
several days careful Investigation. I
doubt very much whether there is such an
other mining district on the American con-
tinent which can point to so prosperous
and profitable a career as this. There
have been in this district in the past ten
years more than fifty producing mines,
Whose aggregate assessments we're but a
few hundred thousand dollars against a
total yield Of nearly sixty millions Of dol
lars.
The Ruby Hill mineral belt, or ore chan
mel, upon which the mines in this district
are located, is situated two and a half miles
southwest OF the town of Eureka, conn
mencing q short distance west of north of
what is known as adams Hill" thence
rum in a southeasterly direction easily
traceable) for a distance of more than
eight miles. This mineral belt, varying
from a few feet to nearly or quite one
Thousand feet in width, consists of meta
morphose limestone, with a quarizite foot
and a shale hanging wall. The ore bodies
thus far discovered, although very irregu-
lti in shape, are of great magnitude, yield
ing in some instances nearly three millions
of dollars in gold and silver. The assay
value of the ore has been found to vary
from $50 to 500 per ton, the average be-
ing $40 to $50 per ton. Although experts
differ on minor points relative to the lode,
yet all agree with me that the ore deposits
are certainly Of the permanent kind, and
must extend downward into the earth
rome thousands Of feet.
Thu nine loca lions owned by the Wales
Consolidated Mining Company (all includ-
ed in the co~nsolidation) cover 1900 feet Of
the great ore bearing channel above de-
scribed, and lie between the Richmond and
Silver Lick mines. The surface in this
particular locality, like that of the Consol-
dated Virginia and California mines on the
Comstock lode, shows no especial signs of
ore. The ground, however, is covered with
vast limestone groupings, which in this
district mark the ore channel throughout
lis entire length. 1t is doubtless owing to
the fact that no ore made its appearance
on the surface that this properly was al
lowed to remain undeveloped until it passed
into the hands OF this company. Below
The Wales Consolidated ground lie several
| important and well-known claims, includ-
ing the Silver Lick, Lone Pine, Macon City,
Wide West, General Lee, Horace Tony,
Bullwhacker, Silver West, Williamsburg
and Idaho-the gross yield from which az
| gregates quite three millions of dollars.
Owing, however, to litigation and other
causes, they remain idle at present, with
the exception OF the Silver Lick and Macon
City, whose ores continue to be reduced at
the Richmond works. Above the Wales
property lies a strip of ground belonging
| m tho Nnrtbuoatnrp and RichpAnd Con
solidated thence follows the Eureka Con-
solidated, K X, Phenix, Jackson, etc.
The property belonging to the Wales
Consolidated Company, in my opinion, is
one Of the most desirable locations on the
lead, and the fact that the mineral belt at
his point is over seven hundred feet wide
make it a most favorable locality for the
development Of a big mine. The company
have several very substantial buildings at
their niue, including shaft house, black
smith shop, superintendent's Office, stable
anG carriage house. magazine, etc., besides
several small buildings built and occupied
by the miners. Considering the short
time the mine has been in active operation,
a large amount Of work has been done, all
in q most systematic and substantial man
ner. This work includes upward Of 1000
feet of wagon road; the 'sPilot" shaft. so
lttt dcCDt Will eLdlts AO ltNl utcp, tic
Wales double-compartment shaft, cribbed
and thoroughly timbered, over 100 feet in
depth; a tunnel four by seven feet in the
clear, 120 feet long, driven into the hill,
connecting at the first level with the north
compartment of the Wales, or main shaft,
thus furnishing excellent ventilation
throughout the entire underground work
Jugs of the mine. Also 200 feet of lateral
drifts, six feet in the clear, run northerly
and soatherly from the first level. together
with four crosscuts a~ggregatipg so feet in
length; over go feet Of lateral drifts north
erly and southerly from the second level,
with two crosscuts, one 20 aud the other Is
feet in length. From the southeast cross
cut on the second level, q winze is being
sunk TO determine whether the ore body be
continuous on the third level. Al ore
body was discovered at the first level, and
after running the lateral drifts above men,
toned, four crosscuts were run at different
points into the ore, thus showing the ore
body at this point to be at least go feet
long. The width of the body, however, is
not determined-the crosscuts as yet not
having passed through it. The main east
crosscut was run into the ore body 20 feet.
with the face still in ore. At the second
level, but one erosscut has penetrated the
ore body; this, however, is sufficient to
prove its continuation from the first to the
second level.
From developments thus far made. it is
difficult to determine the exact amount Of
ore in sight, but a fair and reasonable ap-
Proclamation can not place it below 5000
tons, which will assay from a few dollars
per ton up to as high as $500 per ton; the
greater portion of which, however, can not
be considered as high grade. should the
continuation of the ore body be discovered
on the third level, it would be a very de-
sirable plan, in point of economy, for the
company to erect its own reduction works
on the company's mill site near the mine.
In conclusion, ! may say there is no rea-
son why, with proper management, the
Wales Consolidated should fail to take its
stand among the dividend-paying mines Of
this district, and eventually develop into a
bonanza to its stockholders equal, if not
superior, to that of the famous Richmond
or Eureka Copsoiidated; for the grade and
character Of IFS ores are precisely the same
as that found in the upper workings OF
those two and other mines on the belt.
Respectfully yours, L. V. JULIEN.
Since the above report was made the
condition Of the mine has constantly i'm
proved, especially in the winze between the
second and third levels. where an mmens
cave has just been discovered, exposing a
large quantity of beautiful carbonate ore,
proving that the ore body widens. and also
establishing the very important fact that it
is continuous. Mr.. Julien is not only an
expert theoretically, but has devoted many
years to practical mining therefore his
opinion carries weight wherever he is
known. For the last two years or more
he is known as being directly interested
with Lucky Baldwin and that crowd" in
San Francisco, who control large capital
invested in mining enterprises, and it is