Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-16

Present Condition and Prospect of
1 Important Property.

Present Condition and Prospect Of
this Important Property.
r. D. Clark, Superintendent Of the Ber-
trand Company, informs us that the mill
will be started up again in about two
months. The cause Of the present stop
page is that the wood and salt supply is
exhausted. He is daily expecting instruc-
tions from headquarters, in accordance
with a suggestion made by himself, to re-
sumo work in the mine. Mr.. CLARK
thinks that it is necessary to do a good
deal Of dead work in order to put the mine
in shape to meet the requirements Of the
mill, or teaching works. When the works
are running, so tons Of ore are required
per day. When a less quantity thar this
is reduced daily, the works being in mo-
ton to reduce the maximum quantity, the
cost Of the superfluous force and wear and
tear is lost. The poor facilities Of ore ex-
traction in the mine and the smallness of
the hosting works have been out Of pro-
portion to the capacity Of the mill; in
other words, in the sense intimated, the
mill is too big for the mine. This being
the case, Mr.. CLARK thinks the size Of the
shaft (now 81 feet and the hosting
power should be increased. Either this,
or q plan Of operations should be
adopted different from that which
has hitherto prevailed. The Bertrand
Company have always insisted that the
mill should be kept going, and their
wishes have been complied with. An
amount Of ore simply prodigious has been
extracted and reduced, which will appear
evident to any one who reflects how long.
and how nearly continuously, the teaching
works here have been kept going at their
greatest capacity. In order to furnish the
needed supply for this enormous con-
sumption of ore, it has been necessary for
many months to keep all the men whose
labor could be utilized in the cramped
mine, On the keen jump night and day.
Another consequence Of this has been,
that all ore that could be reduced at any
profit whatever, never mind how slight,
had to be sent to the voracious mill. Mr..
Clark's idea in opposition to this plan,
was to stop the mill during the season
when water Is scarce, from Sept. to Jan
/, and during this time accumulate ore
enough to start the mill for q contin-
uous run during the rest Of the
year. by uOiuB ~ no WIS VI tuo
opinion, besides, that the leisure could
be employed in partially sorting the ore
extracted and in exploring unprospected
portions of the mine in which he feels
positive new ore bodies or combinations
OK those ore bodies now in sight could be
found. But, as stated, he has worked &C.
cording to the high pressure ideas Of the
company. He thinks now it looks as
though they may adopt his plan for ex-
tracing ore and prospecting-the plan Of
continuous work in the mine and running
the mill only when a big reserve of ore is
ON hand assorted and affording a wider
margin of profit for reduction. In the
mine now there is q vast quantity OF low
grade ore which may be worked at q small
profit, but, with further prospecting, Mr..
Clark thinks it is likely he will strike
bodies OF niger grade ore which, mixed
it valuable. At all events, whatever may
be the plan Of future operations, Mr..
Clark has no doubt that work will be re-
sumed in the mine as soon as q supply OF
salt and wood can be laid in at reasonable
expense, the condition of the roads, at
present. rendering the cost of these arti-
cles. laid down in Secret Canyon, very
great. We confidently expect from what
Mr.. Clark tells US, and all that he says
may be implicitly relied upon, that the
Bertrand niue will be alive again within
60 days. and that before midsummer the
big mill will start up to run her best con-
~tinuously with q reserve Of ore always
ahead of the quantity required for reduc-
ton.