Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-05-13
MINING

Facts I'm Brief About Oar Mines
All Along In Line.
There is one foot thick of heavy gAlena
ore il the Williamsburg mine.
Large shipments Of custom ores are be-
ing received at the Eureka Con. furnaces.
Prospects are good in the Ruby Hill
Tunnel, on the west eide OF Prospect Noun
tain.
A shipment Of ore will soon be made
from the Diana mine on Alhambra Hill,
Pinto District.
Work in the Bergman Tunnel, Silver
ado Mountain, is running smoothly and
with good progress.
Seven tons of ore were hauled from the
Rocky Point mine, on Hoosac Mountain.
to the Eureka Con. furnaces . few days
ago.
A new shaft is being sunk through the
cap rock OF the May ledge on Adams Hill,
and some very good ore is being found in
the crevices.
The ore bins at the Richmond furnaces
are fuller thar they have been for several
months, and the floors are crowded with
custom ores.
Five tons OF high grade ore have been
shipped to the furnaces from the Sterling
Tunnel, the property OF the Alexandria
Mining Company.
Good developments still continue in the
frankie Scott Con. The lessees are run
ming a tunnel from the Charlotte location
to tap the vein and to facilitate develop
ment.
Ore shipments to the Richmond fur
naces are being continually made from the
Home Ticket, Dunderberg, Idaho, Bay
State and Connolly mines, and also from
the mines at Silverado.
A contract was lately let to run 200 feet
Of the west drift from the main shaft of
the Medora mine, Secret Canyon District,
At 50 per foot. The contractors show
great faith in the mine, and believe that it
will develop into one Of the best.
The Dilligent shaft Of the Alexandria
Mining Company is down about 200 feet,
at which point q station is to be cut out.
At q depth Of 315 feet another drift or
main level will be run to connect with the
bottom Of the Alexandria old incline shaft.
New holes are being sunk in the Rich
mond Stag dump, resulting in continued
rich discoveries. In one day Of last week
. cart load Of base bullion was taken out
y AhAo 10 AO "a ~ eAOOS
who had charge Of the smelters previous
to L. W. Davis administration.
The main shaft Of the Altoona mine on
Adams Hill is down IS feet, and Joe Mo-
limo is now engaged in running . drift
not yet through 1t. Joe expects to find
good ore in the hanging wall, and he is
seldom wrong in his seemingly natural
scent for ore.
Fine progress is being made on the
are improving rapidly. A few days ago q
vein Of quartz six inches thick was cut
through. This, added to the late fine ore
development in the Home Ticket. a few
feet from the line dividing the two com
panies. sets up the Golden Rule series
among our valuable mines.
To the late Joseph Potts is due the dis
covery OF most OF the ore chambers in the
Richmond mine. The drift which he ran
for the discovery Of the No. Z chamber was
done against the advice Of the manage
ment, who knew but little Of what he was
doing until the ore body had been pene-
trated some six or eight feet. This led
to the discovery Of ore that threw millions
Of dollars into the company's treasury. Joe
was q very eccentric man, but nevertheless
was exceedingly fortunate, il not positively
keen scented in relation to ore discoveries.
At the Eureka Tunnel the Engine shaft
10 now down l19 feet. At . depth Of los
feet It connects with the No. s drift on the
frat level. The No. 2 winze 10 connected
with the South Addison chambers at the
bottom. This chamber 10 IL feet high.
le feet wide and 20 feet long. The ore IL
striking northerly. Four feet OF this ore
10 very rich. Progress Ia being made in
upraising on the North Addison ore body,
which 10 also looking well. The carbonate
seam 10 not looking a. well a. it did. yet
the ore output has not decreased on &C.
count OF this. In fact, since the nns
tions mentioned above were made the out
put has increased, and expenses have been
lsssened.
A new shaft has been sunk on the Bios
som claim, which the Ruby-Dunderberg
lately bought from D. J. J. Mclaughlin.
A small donkey hoist has been placed on
IL. and : new ore bin and platform have
been built to facilitate the removal 0! the
ore. which Il increasing rapidly in guam
tity aud quality. This new shaft has been
sunk to connect with the Home Ticket
upraise from the Dunderberg third level,
and all the ore extracted by days pay
men il being taken out Of the mine
through IL. The new shaft ID situated
about 40 feet distant from the east side
line Of the Golden Rule ssries. and 10 cal.
oulAted to become the outlet for tbs lArg.