The hydraulic press., 1860-01-28
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has been entered into with Frances Smith to
construct twelve hundred feet of iron pipe
from the ditch on the hill side south of town,
to the mines ON the north side. 1t will prob
ably cross the reservoir of the Middle Inba
Company, and be laid through town, partly
under ground. 1t is to be of sufficient ca
racity to deliver 1900 inches. Further par
ticulars cannot be obtained at present 1t
is believed that an understanding exists be-
tween the rival companies not to sell water
for a lower rate than twenty cents per inch.
As this is fifty per cent less than was paid
previous to October, and as water can here
after be had in larger quantities, the miners
generally consider their prospects greatly
improved. We hope that both classes can
now get along harmoniously, and both make
good interest on their investments of capital
and labor. After the introduction of the
Eureka Lake water, several companies that
now only use 200 inches will increase their
regular head to 400 or 500 inches, and the
gold yield from their claims will of course
increase in a like proportion. 1t is supposed
that eighteen companies will be washing on
this hill in few months. Several bedrock
tunnels that have been under way for years,
at immense cost, are nearly completed, and
will soon be prepared to receive and vomt
forth floods of auriferous earth. We hear
of only two yields for the past week, other
companies not having cleaned up. The Eu-
reka Company realized from partial clean
ing of their sluices after ten days run,
about ST 700. A thorough clean up would
have given them $4,000. The cone of yell
low, well retorted metal as we saw it was a
better clean up after Il days washing. 1t
amounted to $2,267.
SwEETLAND.-We have visited the ledge of
| rock, near this place, which was last week
reported to contain cinnabar, but could dis
cover no positive traces of that mineral,
though there is abundance of a red, ferrug-
inous rock somewhat resembling it in exter-
nal characteristics. The wall ofquartz in
which this red rock lies contains iron py-
rites and doubtless gold in sufficient quanti-
ties to warrant thorough test of its value.
Fourteen claims, of one hundred feet each,
have been taken up in body on the ledge,
which is very wide and might be traced for
mile or more. Three of the claimants re-
joice in the name of Broderick We do not
know if they expect share in the deceased
Senator's estate.
On Buckeye Hill, adjoining Swcetland,
though in Birchville district we believe,
Lewis 4 Hiscox lately washed from drift dirt
$1,000. The expenses of the company for
the time employed in extracting this sum,
were only about $500, and part of that for
running an inclined tunnel. On Manzanita
Hill, a long fat as yet barely prospected,
several tunnels are under way. Some are
already in 500 or 600 feet, and one company
is laying sluices to commence washing, along
Shawmut rayine.
MoNrEzUMA.-The Mammoth Company is
sinking All inclined tunnel, which is about
ten feet wide, divided by partition into
two passages, and on grade of two feet in
| five. 1t will be about five hundred feet long
when completed to the paying gravel, and
| is already more than half done. The rock
and dirt are raised, and the tunnel kept dry
by an engine of thirty horse power, which
was made at the Nevada foundry. The
Scotch Company is running branches
from long rock tunnel, which cost five years
of labor and great deal of money Twenty
men are employed, and one man drifting in
pay dirt takes out gold enough to pay all
expenses. The Keystone claims are paying
so well that shares of one-twentieth sell for
$4,000. Good yields are reported of the
Irish Company.
| INDIAN Hill, SIERRA CoUYTY.-Six hy-
draulic companies are at work here, using
about 900 inches of water, employing from
six to ten hands each, and cleaning up from
81 900 to $4,000 per run of two weeks
Wages is three and half and four dol
lars per diem. The price of water has been
reduced from 25 to 20 cents since the first
instant. The branch ditch of the Truckee
Lake Company, which partly supplies these
diggings, is to be enlarged. Heretofore In
dian Hill has had water for only a small por-
ton the year; henceforth the supply will
be nearly constant. Mining operations are
conducted very Systematically. The obtain
ing of dirt is very much facilitated by run
ming series of drifts at the base of the per-
pendicular gravel banks, widening the same
as they go back, then drifting crosswse
from gallery to gallery, until the superin-
cumbent earth, some 70 feet high, crushes
down the pillars and tumbles forward in a
crumbled mass, ready to be piped off, Welsh
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