Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-11-28
THE ALBION CON.
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE PRO-
GRESS OF THE MINE.
Immense Inlprovements-What n
Output will Reach The Debt to
be Paid off in 60 Days.


be Paid off in go Days.
San Francisco Daily Exchange.
With a desire that our readers, so many
of whom are interested in the affairs of
this company, should know the facts as to
its present operations, we have ascertained
at the Office Of the company in this city,
where all information is c%heerfully fur
nished by the Secretary, Mr.. Chisholm, as
of the Superintendent, the mineis grand"
Furnace No. l is running steadily, as it has
run ever since it started on Nov. 5, and is
everything that can be required of it. 1t is
turning out about 900 bars of bullion per
week of an average assay value in gold,
silver and lead of about $500 per on.
are unable. from motives of economy, to
run this furnace to its full capacity. They
are now running through only about 35
tons of ore per day, when it can easily
smelt so tons, and if forced, 60 tons. The
dust-chambers, which consist of a series of
five underground chambers or parallel
tunnels, run into the side of the mountain
in proximity to the furnace. These parallel
tunnels, which are about seven feet apart,
are connected at each end with a cross un-
mel, and into one, or rather between No. l
and No. 2 tunnels, the down-cast iron tide
from the furnace stacks will discharge its
fumes and dust, which will then pass
through all these tunnels, and finally pass
out of the up-cast on the mountain side, a
L. ono 80 f-. A. aa mLA-.
tunnels are already driven into the side of
the mountain about 100 feet each. The
iron connecting iues from the furnace
stacks to these tunnels were shipped from
here Thursday. They are of heavy sheet
iron, and the weight is about eight tons.
By the time they reach their destination
everything will be ready to receive them
and put them in their place. To do
this will require probably from ten days
to two weeks. The tunnels or dust
chambers are so arranged by means of
IRON doors that the dust-laden fumes
can be carried through all of them or
through any of them. The importance
of saving dust alone independent of get
ting rid of the terrible inconvenience of
the flying dust and the fumes, which now
cause so much trouble) will be readily
understood when We state that the dust
comprises at least five per cent of all the
ore which goes through the furnaces that
the dust now wasted from furnace No l
assays 80 per cent lead and from S35 to
$40 per ton in gold and silver, and {. the
was forced would exceed that
value and quantity very materially. The
dust will be saved in the dust chambers
and returned again to the furnaces. As
az this arrangement is completed
No. 2 will be started, when the
of bullion will reach at lesst
10000 bars per month. The average
weight of the bars is about 100 pounds.
When this work is done the bullion will
also be increased in value and will average
about $3.50 per ton.
The supply of coal is already very large,
and no fears are entertained of any short
either in ore, coal, fux, lumber or
The water storage capacity for
use has been increased until it is
now 80 900 gallons, with a supply per day,
if required, of 40, 900 gallons. As the con
sumption when running full will not ex-
coed 5000 gallons daily, it will readily be
seen that this important element is abund-
Owing to the great abundance of
ore, with the limited demand for furnace
/, quite a force Of miners has been
laid off until No. 2 starts. 1t is conf
IDENTIFY asserted that there is ore enough
developed in the mine to keep both
running steadily for two or more
to come, and the officers of the COM
pany do not believe that all the ore con-
tained in the 4 500 feet of ground belonging
TO the company is known or developed.
On the contrary, they believe that but a
very small portion of it is known.
TIL debt of the company is considerable;
out it has been incurred for work and
material on hand, and, with both furnaces
will be entirely paid off within
sixty days. The bullion comes regularly
to this city. consigned to the com
bankers, the Bank OF California.