Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-04-08
ALBI0NvILLE.
The Collapse Of . Smart Little
Village.

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Ret0rm OF the PrOdfgal Son., o.
How Champagne Charley MAJ
PIny tIde Devil with = Mine :
Three Blacksmith with Three
Helpers Am Extra 0rindst0n'
and the Cost Of . Grindsf0nt
squirt-Splendid Ruins-The Phe
MIX Hsrd 20 Rise Again.
A SENTINEL reporter visited the Albior
works and premises Friday for the FRS
time since last Fall. What . change II
the meanwhilel Then the surface Of tn,
ground t~hereabouts swarmsd with me
chanics and unskilled laborers. The two
elegant furnaces we're then nearing com
pletion. The mountain side resounded
with the stroke Of pick and shovel tha'
were smoothing the way for the egress and
the exit Of the providing teams that were
to haul in forests Of wood and coal. The
hammer and the saw were making cheer
full music under the roof Of Mr.. Leyshon'i
hotel, which was being hurried TO compile.
ton, that nobody Of the future army ol
Albionites should lack the modern com
forts Of lodging and board. A city wa
being built.
EXCITEMENT AND CONFIDENCE.
The metropolis wa 10 live and thrive
and be merry upon the bullion that was
to pour out Of the Albion mine down "a
the E. d p. depot in . continuous and
swelling stream. Everybody was glad to
zee these improvements made. They were
symptoms Of confidence in property ex-
hibited, it was thought, BY the Albion
The belief was general also
that the mine was valuable and prolific,
and that the expenditures undertaken
we're warranted for its proper and system
ATTIC development. People In . mining
feed upon excitement and have .
keen relish for this their ofttimes princi-
pal diet. But few were cool enough to be
'.bears" and ask hard questions Of policy
and expediency. Money was turned loose
.ud "got . chance in the camp. And
then who would risk unpopularity by
predicting . reaction? Better go ahead,
show enterprise, than to drag along
md work . mine In ; one horse fashion.
And so 1t seems the world was once again
deceived with ornament. But
THE EVIL IA
Came nhes q reckoning was called for.
The difficulties that were encountered in
the violinist has been our daily
tory sor some time. It was an i'll wind,
but IL blew some good after all.
rhe situation might have, certainly would
rave, been worse had the storm been de-
ayed. In debt about $500, 900; the debt
vas growing all the time. The running
expenses Of the mine when the attachment
uits we're begun were not less than 81 900
YER day. The product vas not enough to
'ffset the leakage at the bung-hole, and
he longer the leak continued the worse it
Fas getting. The village had TO be de-
ere long, as . consequence Of ex-
ravagance and waste. Silence and empty
Iouses had to take tho place sooner or
tier Of noise and bustling hostelrie.
There were 200 men employed in and
bout the mine, at an average per day Of
scr 81. As long a. this could be kept up
a the course Of : wholesome business Gu
erp.ise il was very fine, but unsustained
. business basis il must be disastrous,
8 has been shown by the experiment..
TIE SKELETON DISPLAYED.
1t Is not hard. now that the skeleton is
xposed. to see where the $500. 600, and
,uch more, went to. Go into the finely |
uilt. double-compartment machine shop
3 simple rough board structure would
ave donel and see how the timer Was
mployed. You behold . grindstone duly
Mounted. Above the grindstone you OBJ
erve = nice pot made Of heavy tin, fur
Iished with = brass jet and stop-cock. It
ook the timer two days to make this use
nj ornament. At 50 per day for his labor,
ost Of material. etc., the Albion Company
urchased that grindstone squirt for hardly
~ than $40. Any old tin can might
ave been rugged up suitable for every
urpcse (save expense and ornamentstion)
. half hour almost without costing .
snt.
And then behold another grindstons four
set In diameter and nine inches thick, |
1850 pounds. leaning up in the
aodel machine shop, with the sack still
artly protecting Il from tho air. The
ost Of freight alone on II from Ban Fran
lsco to the works must have been from
IS to $40. And then thers seemed TO be
o use for itl
THE STOCKHOLDERS souEAL.
Pass on into the new blacksmith apart
lent adjoining. In this busy place there
ere kept employed only three black
and three helpers. God, help
sp ~(helpers) was = p~ardonable excla. |
lation from creditors and stockholders.
Pass next into q OF those several tuu. |
els which were constructed TO arrest and |
Dol the due dust. ChArred ruins. The
mb6fs consumed by nre and the passage
'ays obstructed BY the caved earth, use.
See the mammoth coal bin. 20 braced
nd boltsd that Il would laugh In the face
I . Cyclone. II II should ever have this
opportunity, which seems to have
cen anticipated IN the building. Hear
1s coal descend into ~ depths and get
ulvertxed for waste
And, then, there u the ample stors-room
,r odds and ends that could not b sym. |
letrically placid anywhere else, hard
nished and kalsomined
But these are incidents and minutie.
THE rurunr.
II looks now q though the surroundings
70 b made dependent upon the mine. |
OF the mine upon the SURROUNDINGS.
Tndsr the new regime, T. J. Read Super
atendsnt, there are seven men on days
~. twelve men working on contract. and
our on tribute. There are two epgtnssYs.
carpenter a.nS Sone asasss2.sS. Pros
sstsaSsA SSsng on. A. the SxNTIxrL has
aid often before, the opinion prevails
mong miners that the Albion 4 . good
nine. Economical and judiclous work
I'LL be done 10 test their opinion. The
re bodies that have yielded 30 handsome
: In the Richmond trend directly into the
Ilbion ground. In the nsighborhood Of
hs Uncle Sam line the Richmond Com
any have worked ont acres Of pay ore.
,hs:s bodies. NJ. Read aays. move up.
D bs looked for Soma 10 fsst, be thinks,
bovs the Albion SS6 lsvel-in which local
y they have not heen prospectsd for yet.
70 ore 10 bsine taken out Of the mine d
no = N sroRT.
Mr.. Bloc, foreman. says there u NO ore