Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-01-12
GEDDEs d BERTRAND.
Some Items with Regard TO the
: Mine aud Mill.

some Items with Regard TO thu
Mine and Mil.
A representative of the SENTINEL had al
interview yesterday with Mr.. Atchison.
foreman of the Geddes & Bertrand mine
He tells us that they have just made
shipment of IS bars of bullion, $50 fine
valued at 81 900 each approximately, to the
reduction works Of selby & Co., San Fran.
cisco. The mill is reducing about 81 tons
daily, the average assay value of which is
2S ounces, for which they got in December
81 1879 per ounce, or about 1872 per ton.
This, Mr.. Atchison says, is about the
average yield at present, $50, 900 per month
of 30 days. The total expense of running
mill and mine is 5000 per month, leaving
thus a net profit of S2S. 900 for the month.
There are 30 miners at work at the mine
in two shifts. In the mill there are GO
men employed, also in two shifts, both
mill and mine running continuously. The
principal work now going on in the
mine is on two upraises, from the To-
foot level. These upraises are $50 feet
apart where started from the level, but the
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a formation Of black lime and quartzite,
they are found making towards each other.
Both reveal large bodies Of ore, bright
yellow %sulphurets or antimonial silver,
that goes $50 per ton. The indications
are that these upraises will come together
about 60 feet from the surface, from which
point up to the grass roots the ore, it is
expected, will be found in q continuous
body. Plenty Of good ore, also, On the
300. Important work is being lone on an
incline $50 feet in extent, going down at
an angle of As degrees, from the
$50 level. 1t looks more and more,
as developments progress, that the
tremendous body Of ore in the Geddes
d. Bertrand extends in one body from
the surface down to the 300 level and in
definitely deeper. The ore taken out is
not assorted with much care, loss of time
or expense. 1t is the policy of the man.
agement, in fact, to utilize all rock that
contains the precious ~metal-silver, there
being but little gold in the mine-which
accounts for the average value of the ore
reduced being about $50 per ton. The
reduction works have been shut down for
the last three days, owing to a scarcity of
water, but they started up again to-day.
The most troublesome drawback, indeed
the only drawback, that there is to contend
with is the scantness of the water supply.
There are no springs near enough to be
utilized but those already tapped, and the
well sunk near the works yields only q linn
tied supply, running dry directly. The
proposition is being discussed of negotiat-
ing with Walter Harrub for water from his
spring just this side Of the summit, over
which he has a windmill built, about a
milo and a half from the works. The
trouble will be to raise it some rs feet to
the top of the hill, from which to the
works there is a fall Of 100 feet; either
this, or raise it as high as possible by
syphoning and then tunnel through
the crest of the hill. The look of things
about the mine and works is tirst-rate.
The net output is about 81 900 a day, piles
OF ore in sight, the teaching a complete
success and no embarrassment but for
water, which will doubtless be overcome
at an early day.