Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-05-21
THE ALBION 4 N

An accurate aud Comprehensive
statement of Its Present COndi-
ton N ITS Prospects The Mime
ALI Ready to be Worked as Soon
as the Laws Delays are Ended.
Last Thursday SENTINEL reporter went
with Col. E. N. Robinson, Superintendent
Of the Albion mine, all through this prop
erty, which is, at present, the center of SO
much interest in the community. Were
the disastrous litigation hat has kept the
Albion back removed, a hundred men
would be set to taking out ore and pros
pecting on a large scale, instead of there
being several gangs of three or four en-
ployed. But it is reasonably expected that
the "dog-in-the-manger" fight, which the
Richmond Company has kept up 30 long
with such an exhibition of smallness and
spite, will soon be ended and the right
prevail. We are satisfied from the OBJ
servations made in our travels through the
Albion, that it is a mine of great value,
now, and that its prospects justify the
speculation that when once it has been
allowed an opportunity to show up it will
pioNO itoCll q pCCi VI VIC lblCuiuOuu Ut
Eureka Cor. in their prosperous days.
Until lately very little prospecting has
been done in the Albion mine between the
Richmond west line A G and q line about
400 feet west of same, this part of the AL
bion mine being that portion in dispute,
and which has lately been declared their
property by the Nevada Supreme Court.
The work done for months past, and until
lately, has been at a depth of 900 feet from
the surface, and about $50 feet west of the
Richmond mine.
The Albion main shaft having been
located several hundred feet south of the
ore channel, it necessitated long drifts to
reach the points where it was expected ore
would be found.
1t has taken time and money to accom-
plish the object in view. AT the depth
named, and at d point 300 feet north of
shaft, small feeders of ore were encoun-
tered in a very promising ore-bearing for
nation, and there seems no doubt that
with a very limited amount of prospecting
at the point named, ore in quantity will
be found. This, at least, is the opinion Of
intelligent miners, who are acquainted
with the Ruby Hill formation. Every
thing is in admirable shape in this part
of the mine for future work, when the
time arrives to do it. The late develop
ments lave been made on the 335-foot
level, on the 435 foot level in the Albion
cave, and 10 feet above the ave
Since the hearing before Chief Justice
Leonard, at Carson, the north end of the
cave only has been worked, and the ore
breast exposed there is quite extensive and
rich. 1t is seemingly pitching to the
northwest, and into that part of the AL
| L;o, rro,,l chat hos rauar hmm aynlnrn1
and where the general trend of the large
ore bodies near the Richmond line will
carry them. Seventy feet above the cave
and about fifty feet north, a new upraise
has penetrated an ore body that is believed
to be a part of the ore body "B" that
figured in the late hearing at Carson. This
being SO, Mr.. Robinson's estimate of the
size of the ore body B was too low by
several thousands of tons, for the new de-
velopment lies about fifty feet to the south
and about fifty feet west of ore body "B,"
and here the ore body seems to be going
west, into the uneXplored ground. A drift
has been run from the west side of Albion
cave, Oh q assure, in a northwesterly di-
~rection, about 1870 fest, and at the extreme
end of the same, and about 200 feet west
and 100 feet below ore body "B," ore has
been encountered lately. The cave itself
contains several thousand tons of ore that
remain un~disturbed, awaiting the action
of the Courts to be taken out.
We visited two upraises near the middle
of the cave, that extended upwards for
about 80 feet in ore.
The ore exhibited in the last 10 days in
the exploration Of the north end Of the
cave alone exceeds in quantity the exhibit
made by the Richmond experts at the late
hearing in Carson as to the quantity in the
| entire cave. The second level has lately
been connected with the lower or 600 level
by a winze l25 feet deep, and that Lowell is
now being put in order to continue pros.
pecting ut that depth, where ore In ANAL
quantities was found about two years ago.
at which date work was suspended on &C.
count Of litigation, iniunotions, etc.
This portion OF the ground seems as
promising as any part We visited not show
ing ore bodies, We inspected the lime
stone belt at q point 450 feet west of the A
G line, and found 1t about 800 feet wide,
and without exposing the hanging wall OF
shale or the foot wall Of quartz, eto.
The same character OF limestone is found
here for the eptire Width that We noticed
surrounding the ore bodies elsewhere.
From Dur observation we are confident
that the ore zone crossing tho Albion east
and west has not been penetrated for a dis
lance of 700 feet west except at one place
on the main level, and here the very best
of ore indications were encountered.
From what we have seen Of ore deposits in
this district, we are led to believe that the
UNEMPLOYED ground Of the Albion is equal
in prospective richness to any that has as
yet been uncovered on Ruby Hill.
We passed entirely around a block OF
limestone ground in the Albion mine ur-
ing our visit that will measure 600 by 600
by 600 feet, which has been p%rospected
only to a limited extent, and in fact there
is one block Of ore bearing limestone 600
by 225 by 500 feet that has not been pene-
trated at all.
We also passed around and through a
block Of ground, 800 by 400 by 200, out
of which millions have been taken, and
this same block lies next to the A g line
and joins the unprospected ground OF the
Albion.
The ~reasonings of Chief Justice Leon
| ard, placing the bond at the figures he
did, are, in our estimation, we'll drawn,
and with the testimony that could be FUR
nished to-day, as to the ore now in sight, he
would have been justified in placing the
bond much higher.