Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-01-15
THE EUREKA CON.
TIE OLD SHELTERS ARE BEING
TORN DOWN.

A New Dine ~ Being Constructed,
80 as to Give the Company More
Dumping "pace. and which VIII
Allow Them TO Reauce Ores More
systematically and at "a Reduced
Cost.
Through the courtesy Of Frank Robbins,
Esq, the new superintendent OF the Eu-
reka Con-. properties, and Mr.. W. j.
Stevens, for many years foreman of the
c~ompany's shelters, a reporter Of the SEN
TrNEL was yesterday made acquainted with
the many improvements that are now 60
ing on at their works in the lower part of
town.
The site, 35x40 feet, for a new water
Jacket furnace is being excayated i'm
mediately west Of the trestlework in the
side Of the hill, some "a feet above where
the old smelters stood. The furnace will
be IA feet long by ga feet wide, and will
have a daily working capacity of 60 tons.
Its character will be a combination Of i'm
provements determined upon by Mr.. Rob-
bins and Mr.. Stevens, and its foundation
will be built Of solid fire rock. The main
floor will be on q level with the tr~estlework.
By this arrangement as much or more
space for dumping the Stag. etc., will be
acquired a. il has taken since the Summer
OF 1870 to fill up.
The old smelter buildings are being
torn down, and on their site will be
erected q dressing floor 22x100 feet. On
this floor the crude ore will be received
and mixed ready for treatment. The con-
dition OF the mixture of ores after dressing
will be such that the oxygen inc acids of
the basis will be as one to one.
Underneath this floor will be built q "
shaped ore bin with a capacity Of $50 tons.
Being 80 shaped the ore can readily be fed
from its lower part into q skip or car. The
latter will be fitted with Hanged wheels to
run Oh a track, which will be laid from a
point II feet below the dressing floor. The
skip, when filled, will be hoisted up over
an incline track to the feed floor OF the
furnace building, where il can be handled
readily and conveniently by workmen.
The new works are to be built on
& plan calculated to thoroughly sys-
tematize and lessen the cost Of smelt-
ing. 1t is intended presently to build a
refinery, so that the company will not be
required to ship their gold and silver in
lead, and besides it will enable them to
hold their lead for an active market, Is
well as to have metallic lead to aid in saw
ing the gold and silver from the speiss, and
also in fuxing dry ores. There is an i'm
mense quantity Of the latter. which will
be treated after the refinery is built. In
order to estimate as nearly as possible the
quantity Of Stag and speiss that it will pay
the company TO resmelt. a tunnel and
! r~rosscut have been driven through the
dumps, and the required information OBJ
tsined.
The foundations OF the old furnaces
which have been made solid by the contin-
ued seeping in OF the rich silver lead bull
ion, are being cut up, and will be smelted
- ore. This will add several thousand
dollars to the company's treasury.
The improvements will not only be OF
| benefit 10 the company, but to the people OF
| this camp at large. and particularly to the
owners Of small mines, who will have COM
| petition in the sale Of their ores.
The Eureka Con. Company will receive
custom ores during the time that the i'm
| provements are going on, and will have
large quantities IN hand when they are
ready for smelling, which will be in about
six weeks.
The new smelter is to be so located on
| the side OF the hill that others can be read
| ily and conveniently added to it as the re-
quirements of the company may demand.
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