Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-03-14
MINING MATTERS.

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mary OF What IL Being Done NJ
the Eureka Con. and Richmond
Works, and Also Of what in Being
Done by the Eureka Con. and
Other Producing Mines of the Dis.
trfct.
A stranger to visit Eureka at the presen,
time and notice the prevailing stagnation
among business men and the large num-
Der OF idle miners and others would natur.
ally suppose that mining was generally
suspended in Eureka District. Not so,
however. What makes the situation no.
ticeable to such o visitor is the fact that
the town OF Eureka was laid out and built
when her mines produced daily thousands
OF dollars in bullion and employed up
wards OF 1000 miners. Our massive brick
and stone structures and the host Of beau
tlful cottages serve ss remembrances OF the
booming era the town has experienced.
The idle men about the streets are princi-
pally those discharged recently from the
Richmond reduction works and from the
Richmond mine. The general belief is that
their idleness is only temporary, and that
their services will again be called on within
a couple Of months. At
H EUREKA CON. WORKS
A massive stone structure is being laid for
the new water jacket furnace, which is ex-
pected TO arrive in Eureka within ten days.
Ii is a combination OF recent improve
ments, and will have a daily working ca
pacity OF 60 tons. The work OF construct
ing the building for the receiving, mixing
and binning of custom ores has consumed
more time than Supt. Robbins believed it
would when he commenced 1t some two
months ago. 1t is now about completed,
however. Carpenters are engaged in put
ting on the roof, which is 75x112 feet, and
which will be covered with Porter patent
roofing. The sampling floor is full Of mixed
ores to q depth Of five feet, while the bin
underneath is full TO its utmost capacity.
Altogether, there is upwards Of 2 200 tons
OF ore at the works awaiting reduction,
and for this reason Mr.. Robbins is push
ing the work necessary to be accomplished
before operations can be resumed with all
possible despatch. He believes, though.
ne will be able to fire up by the 5th Of
April. While all work Of reducing ores at
THE WORKS
Has been temporarily suspended, a num-
Der OF men are busily engaged there max
ing provisions to better facilitate the re-
ceiving, handling and working of ores in
the future. A new foundation is be-
ing made for the scales at q more
eligible point, arrangements are be-
ing made for the putting in Of
an extra or Jury" engine which will serve
to run the ssmpling mills and which will
be utilized in case anything should happen
the larger engine, the location Of the
sampling mills are being changed so as 10
better accommodate the work in connec-
ton Herewith, Q new and spacious dump
ing ground is being cleared for the recep-
ton Of custom ores, and a number Of other
improvements will be made which Fore
man Davis has in view. The refinery
is still in operation, but will probably be
closed down next week. A large lot of
custom ore is being accumulated, and
when the works start up there is no
doubt but that the company will have
enough to run their three furnaces at
full capacity for some time to come. All
work in the Richmond mine is suspended.
THE MINES
OF the District continue to look well.
The Eureka Con. is looking better than
it has at any time during the past year.
Some 10 men are employed in it at
present, and good ore is being extracted
from four or five Of the different levels.
The developments on the 7th and 18th
levels, which we spoke Of recently, are
said to be looking we'll, but they are
sufficient to create an excitement. The
best feature Of the deposit on the 18th level
Ia the fact that il was until the past year
believed by many that no such ore would
ever be found in the mine at that depth.
Owing to the fact that the company have
on hand an unusual accumulation Of ores
at their reduction works, only eighty
tons have been brought down from
the mine the past week, and most
OF that still remains in the cars
on the track. The Lord Byron mine
continues to look and yield well. During
the past week 6Sk tons Of ore was shipped
to the Richmond works for reduction.
During the same time there was shipped
to the same works from the Jackson mine
IS tons; Thoms, s; Rescue. 4; Altoona, d;
Mortimer, S; Williamsburg, 8; Flavin. 8;
Bald Eagle, /; Silver Lick, IA, and Dun
derberg IA. Following shipments were
recently made to the Eureka Con. works:
Silver Conner, rs tons; Lone Pine, "a; W..
Haskins, 9k.