Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-01-14
charged to the following accounts

Wine 1850 s.
Ir1ffs. fossol %
Superintendence. 20.696 ia
Water and 5,Isl W
TOOLS o1z "
Machinery 4,37s OF
Buildings and gailows frsme..-..... $40 IA
Powder and fuse 3,275 SO
Iron and s4l "a
OIL and candies. l,ool %
DOG W.
wood and I,oo0 -
smart lo,t4o II
ONCE and travelling expenses......-. 64!3 76
Sundrfes 1874 SO
Profit and loss 1,41 rs
ssaoi w
The improvements on the surface at the
Albion shaft consist of a substantial
building, covering shaft-room, 25x30; en-
CINE and boiler-room, 38x50; addition,
l3x17. This structure is one Of the best
in this district, costing about So, 500. The
outside buildings consist CT Office, stable
and sleeping quarters for foreman The
machinery consists Of a fifty horsepower
boiler, well bricked in, running q double
hosting engine, cylinders 8x10; two large
drums with 800 feet each Of round steel
wire rope; an air-forcing machine dds
carded since we made connection with
Richmond mine in August last); one No.
2 Knowles pump for feeding boiler; one
Cameron steam pump for feeding boiler
and e~xtinguishing fires, and all other neces-
ssry appliances for doing work rapidly and
economically to the present depth. The
machinery and connections are valued at
$4,000. Everything being in first-class
order.
The improvements over Price and Davis
shaft consists Of a building 30x30 and o
rear building for engine and boiler 21x32.
This is a substantial structure with iron
roof. The shaft, 8x4h il down 200 feet
and heavily timbered. This will be con-
tinued down 100 feet deeper when the nee
essary machinery (ordered) comes to hand.
There is also on the property a dwelling
house for foreman, containing five rooms,
store-room, woodshed, etc. This property
takes its water from the main pipe at the
Albion works, $500 feet to the east. The
improvements on the Price and Davis prop
erty are valued at So, $50. The entire
property OF your company on the surface
and under ground is in a satisfactory con-
dition. The general summary Of inven-
tory taken Jan. 1, 1881, shows a total esti-
mated value Of personal property belong
ing to your company in this district OF
$50, ia 40. The real estate consists Of AL
bion claims, 800x1 500 feet; Uncle Sam,
200xS00 feet; Moss Agate, 200x700 feet;
Union, 100x800 feet; Price and Davis,
400x3 900 feet; the latter property patent
ed. The foregoing exhibits will acquainr
you with what has been done for the
amount expended.
Developments OF a positive value were
first met with when we encountered the
body of ore at the end Of the main level,
$50 feet east Of main shaft. Sixty tons OF
the ore were raised to the surface in 1879,
when we were enjoined from working this
.oxx 81 A.. ro..n H. tLa D,ob~.NaI Cou.-
pany, who took possession Of the ore, CIV
ing bonds for the same at its assay value
of about $50 per ton. We again encountered
ore in the southeast up-raise in August last
when we were again enjoined by the same
company, and upon a hearing before Judge
Rives, Of the Sixth District Court in
September last, both companies were en-
joined from working this piece of ground,
(see map part colored Yellow until the first
trial which will take place in February
next. This piece Of ground is of great
value, and is triangular in shape; 200 feet
long and 20 feet wide at one end and OF no
width at the other; it contains ,450 square
feet. The ore found here was of a very
high grade, and on the Richmond side Of
the disputed line 1t has opened out into a
vast body OF ore. I then started IN up
raise Just west Of the ground in dispute,
1io Oh iAo0l ~ = "a AVN oAOAS
into a formation that promises a body Of
ore, at no distant day, $50 feet above the
main level. l also started a winze in
Uncle Sam drift 100 feet west Of the line
in dispute, and at a depth OF IS feet
below the main level encountered small
punches and seams of high-grade ore. This
ore is so broken up and separated that |
can report nothing definite or satisfactory
regarding it, excepting the fact that it
proves beyond all doubt that the Ruby
Hill ore makes in the formation and lime
stone we are working in. This formation
extends for a long distance to the west Of
us, and we can reasonably expect to find
ore in the ground that the company own
between the Albion and Price and Davis
shafts a. 900 feet and for some distance
beyond. The formation passed through
in sinking the Price and Davis shaft is the
same character of limestone a. that en-
countered in the Richmond, Albion and
Uncle Sam mines with small stringers OF
ore, hence it is reasonable and fair to sup
pose thai we are liable to fnd ore at any
time after we resume work in either
mine.
The purchase of the Price and nsvis
ground IN November last, necessitated
steam hosting machinery fof working said
property. The location ~justifes substan-
tial works. A first-class gallows frame is
erected over the shaft, and all We lack now
is the engine. to resume work at thai
point. The Albion shaft having reached
a depth at which we find 1t inoonvenient,
slow and dangerous to hoist with the
present drums, round rope and buckets.
I recommended to your Board of Trustees,
in December last. the moving of the pres
emit Albion machinery, including q locomo-
tive boiler ION HANDY to the Price and
Davis shaft, and the substitution Of a larger
engine with reels, fat rope. cars and cages
for the Albion shaft. The Board acting
upon my suggestion have ordered a first
class double engine, 10x12 cylinder, reels
and fat cable. This machinery I am ex-
pecting to arrive during the coming week. /
shall, as soon as possible thereafter, make
the proposed change. To do this will me-
c~essitate the suspension of underground
work for about ten days, after which work
will be esumed at both shafts with the
following proposed force and monthly
expenses:
ALBION MINE.
Two bremen per day. $12; two en-
giueers. SO; two bucket-men. So; three car
men, $12; eighteen miners, $72; wood and
water. $40. Per day, sl24. Or per month,
50, 844.
PRICE AND DAVIS.
T~o engineers, $40; two bucket-men, IS;
six miners, S24; wood and water, So. Or
per day, $50; and per month, 81 $50. Con-
tingent and Office expense. $606. Total
estimate monthly, $4,000. Expense for
1881.
Entire amount expended since begin
ming work, May Is, 1878, to Jan. l, 1881.
$157, 487 06.
Total amount of work done, 4,245 feet.
Shafts, 70s feet; drifts. 2.475 feet; cross
cuts, 1872 feet; winze, 800 feet; raise, 504