Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1889-05-04
THE %RICamosD AND COW.
Reasons why fhey Have Net
Jointiy Pumped h water from
They nInes.


EDrroR sExTIxEL: The Issue Of The
sExTrsEL Of the 20.h instant contained
the f~ollouing clipping from Money" =
London Newspaper:
The foIlosing fro1 Money" = leading
London financial i%ournsl. il hesded
- Common Sense wanted" "PriTAte
advices inform ~ that IN the EurekA Con
solidsted mining property, adjoining the
Riehmond Consolidated. the upper Sork-
ings are cleared Of ore. which u Also The
case With tie Richmond
In order 70 make 8 future success Of
either mine 10 will be necessary 70 sink
deeper. The Eureka people sish their
~neighbors to assist By paying bali coat OF
running the pumps. This il opposed BY
Mr.. Probert. resident manager, for rea-
soma beat known 10 himself.
"Ths local directors Of the Richmond
would, II they dared. approve the plan.
but Gus Of regard for Mr.. Proberts feel
ings they remain inert. II is TO be hoped.
for the sake OF the English shareholder,
that q modus vivendi will be arrived at.
II would be . grave scandal II two hne
properties like the Richmond and the Eu-
reks were 10 remain unworked. owing 10
the pique OF m obstinate Official"
This article not only nisrepresents the
fsets. bat does gross injustice 10 Mr.. Pro
bert. Mr.. Probert never did object. and.
a. I understand it. does not now object 70
the payment By the Richmond Company
OF one-hAh Of the " cost Of running the
pumps " to free the mines Of the two com-
panies Of water. On The contrary, Eve or
Elk years since Mr.. Probert, on behalf Of
the Richmond Company, offered to pay
half OF the " cost OF running the pumps"
to free the mines Of water upon conditions
fair and reasonable, and such as any pru-
dent business man would have required.
And that offer had never been Withdrawn.
Some six or seven years since the Eureka
Company pnt up hosting works and
pumping machinery at it's new shaft, re-
puted 10 have coat Q quarter Of . million OF
dollars. Instead Of exercising the com
mon sense commended above aud adopt
Jog machinery that long experience had
demonstrates as suitable and adequate TO
do The work required Of il. the company
pot up complicated and costly machinery
upon q new plan, comparatively untried.
The experiment proved g disastrous fail
ure. The expense Of erecting and run
ming il was enormous. and Eastern stock
holders. owning Q majority Of the stock
OF the company, on that account becom-
ing dissatisfied, at the next company cleo
| tion changed the management. Doctor
Mckenzie Was elected President Of the
company At this time. Upon the change
Of management the results Of the expert
ment we're so unsatisfactory that the
pumping was stopped. In fact, il had
been demonstrated by 3 fair trial that the
rrnn rfn .uAAhfnAr1 ARcI8 tnA4A-
| quate for the work demanded Of IL.
shortly after Doctor Mckenzie was elected
President Of the Eureka Company be
commenced negotiations on behalf OF the
Eureka Company with Mr.. Probert, act
ing for the Richmond Company, for the
purpose OF inducing the Richmond Com
pany 10 pay half Of the cost OF pumping.
I WAS present at their conferences. Mr..
Probert expressed entire willingness 10
enter into such an arrangement, but
pointed TO the failure OF the Eureka Com
| pany to free Its own mines Of water with
the machinery then on the mine and ex-
| pressed . doubt as to the adequacy Of that
machinery 10 do the required work and an
unwillingness 10 involve the Richmond
Company in what he believed would be an
expensive and useless trial. The result.
finally, OF all the conferences, was an offer
on the part OF Mr.. Probert to enter into
an agreement with the Eureka Company
to pay half the expense OF pumping OF any
time whenever the Eureka Company had
demonstrated the adequacy Of Its ma
| chinery TO free the mines OF the two rom.
panies OF water. l have scarcely 3 doubt
that the Richmond Company would make
such an agreement Ct any time II called
upon. This offer Doctor Mckenzie de-
| clined. That Mr.. Probert was right. in
5000 40 AZ --EAAaa o AhA r,n-f--
machinery at that tim on the Eureka
mine to free the mines OF water. was sub.
sequently shown by Its removal by the
Eureks Company and the substitution OF
other machinery at great expense In its
place. Now, II the Eureka Company sim
| ply want it's ~neighbors to assist 10 "by
| paying half cost Of running the pumps"
would il not be as well to make the propo-
sition directly to the Richmond Company
instead Of inspiring q newspaper writer in
London, for / take ii for granted that the
article In question was inspired by some
of the Eureka people. to propose IL
through his newspaper. Under the cir
cumstanoes ID is not unfair to infer that
the object Of the article was not for the
purpose OF securing the aid Of the Rich.
mond Company to pump but in order to
advance some Interior object OF the Eu-
reka people that they anticipate Mr.. Pro-
bert will oppose. This inspired writer
says that "the local directors OF the
Richmond would, il they dared. approve
the plan, but ont Of regard TO Mr.. Probert's
feelings they remain inert" This sent
ence is not only untrue bat absurd and
Inconsistent in itself. We are informed
by the writer that the local directors dare
not {" approve the plan, " and. in the next
dozen words that they do not approve 70
tout OF regard TO Mr.. Probertis feelings."I II
would be 80 difficult TO reconcile these
conflicting assertions as ID has been found
10 put mp proper pumping machinery
upon the Eureka mines. But what plan |
is ID that the writer alludes TO when be !
says that the local directors Of the Rich
mond Company dare NOT approve II, etc.
No plan has ever been proposed to the
local directors to test their daring. As
one OF the local directors or trustees I
have heard . great deal OF vague talk
about the two companies cooperating to |
pump the water out Of their mines. but
with the exception OF the proposal made
By Mr.. Probsrt to Doctor McKinzie I have
heard. a. . director or individual.