Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-04-02

! the vast mineral resources OF THIS Territory
has but little more than been commenced
For FIVE years miners have swarmed on tn,
hills Of this and Virginia District. Thei
! picks have been struck into nearly every foo
/ Of soil throughout the mineral range, anC
! long ago II was said that there was nothing
/ more to find-no chance for new discoveries
But in mining, as in agriculture, ''plougt
! deep" is the motto. Scarce 4 week paSse:
I that some discovery OF value is not made, By
those who are doing "deep ploughing," il
! spots where the first surface scratching de-
ye!oped nothing-but disappointment in the
| breasts Of the "Scratchers." Many new
Corners stroll about our hills, or those o.
Reese or Humboldt for few days, then, de-
claring that there is mo chance"-"there IS
nothing left! quit the country hugely dis
gusted. If there are still chances for finding
valuable leads in this, the Oldest and most
thoroughly explored part OF the Territory,
there certainly must be no end of chances in
. the newer Districts lying to the
eastward. There are chances, not only IN
these known and partially explored Districts,
but there are thousand chances for finding
valuable mines in regions that the eye oil
miners has as vet never rested on, except as
behold in the dim distance from some lofty
mountain peak. These chances will, many
of them. be taken the coming summer. Our
prospecting mincrs-in search Of the ''big
thing" the golden gardens OF their dreams
will scout ont into these doubtful regions OF
hazy hills and smokehidden valleys. From
time 10 time stories Of startling discoveries
will reach US; these some will boot and some
yrecdiIy swallow, but gradually miner cabius
cluster along the rayineS Of the new mineral
field and almost impcrceptibly-even while
the incrcdulous are cursinS and hooting the
land-the little cluster Of cabins has grown
20 be thriving village and the village be-
comes i busting city. Yes, there are still
chances in Nevada; twenty years from to-day
there will be chances-tfty years hence some
thing will be left 70 discover. But no diScov-
cries will be made BY those dreamerS who
dream only of a lion in the way, nor by those
who fail in spirit before their hands have
touched the pillow.
McMENNs 4 WILLIAMS CoHFANY.-The
claim of this Company is on American Flat,
and comprises two locations. The first one
was made in o. This location was Of 200
feet on each OF three parallel lodges. The
second location was made sometime after
this, and Is OF 900 feet on one ledge. The
claim is worked by 4 tunnel, which is run
into the southwest bank Of Secret Ravine,
about twenty-five or thirty rods from the
American Flat road. This tunnel is $40 feet
long, and has been run all the way through
hard blasting rOck-so hard that it has cost
from so to $50 per foot to drive the work
ahead About 100 feet in from the mouth Of
the tunnel, it cuts through ledge six or seven
feet thick. The quartz is like that Of most OF
the other lodges down that way, which have
been struck near the surface. 1t is soft, white
and blue quartz, mixed with blue pipe-clay.
This ledge is confined between smooth walls
OF the hardest granite. \ drift has been run
on il to the South, fifteen or twenty feet, and
il has been found of uniform width and APP
pearance. Further on, in the tunnel, is
another ledge, which we did not 90 in TO see.
The tunnel is not being worked 1T present.
\ contract on il was finished last week, and
since then work has been suspended. An
otter Of $50 per foot has been made by the
Company to run the tunnel ; but the con-
tractors VINO have been working there are not
willing 20 take contract ut that price, and
no one else has offered 10 do so, and there
fore the work stands idle. We are told that,
liza contract is not let before long, the Com
pauv will set men at work III the tunnel BY
the dav. We noticed that I large stream OF
water was coming out OF the tunnel. In all
tae mines down this way, water is found in
greater or less quantities. In most OF them
uuite large streams are found. This supply
.! water is constant, and il taken care Of
would be sufficient TO supply several mills.
The tunnels, TOO, which are run into the hills
down By American Flat, are, compared with
those in the vicinity OF Gold Hill and Eir-
ginia, only Just fairly begun. Most Of them
range from only hundred and fifty 10 three
hundred and fifty feet in length, yet they
nearly all have constant stream from one
inch to FIVE inches Of water running from
them. The stream which runs from this
tunnel is about four inches in size. As soon
as it becomes more ;hickly settled in the
vicinity Of these mines, and as soon as mills
are erected near them, as they ultimately will
be, this water will become valuable.
NELSON CONSOLIDATED CoMPANY.-The
claim OF the Nelson Consolidated Company
is considered as one Of the best ones Oh
American Flat. 1t was located early in the
spring of 81 by Mr.. A. Lawson, one Of the
pioneers in that part Of our mining district.
The location was of four lodges, two Of them
being of ZOO feet each, and two others OF
600 feet each, making 1920 feet in all, in
the claim. This claim was formerly worked
through a tunnel which started in the south
bank OF Secret R1yine, snort distance, per-
haps ten rods, above where the latter uniteS
with American Canon, or, as 1t is called BY
some, American Rayine. 1t was run into
this bank distance Of perhaps hundred
feet, or more, until it came very near south Il
the mouth Of NcMeans Williams Compa-
ny's tunnel, when its course was changed,
and it was run across under the ravine to the
hill on the other side. There is no work be-
ing done in this tunnel at present. The
company is doing all the work on shaft,
which is being sunk about twelve rods north
of the mouth Of their tunnel. This shaft IS
4ixl2 feet in the clear, is timbered with 3-inch
plank, and divided into three compartments.
l. is now down 10 feet, and the inten-
ton OF the company is to sink 1t 80 or 300
feet as soon as possible. The work mas all
the time been very slow, on account OF the
hard rock which they have had 10 go through
nearly allthe way from the top TO the bottom.
\ horse and whim is used to hoist from the
shaft with at present, and will be used until
water is struck, which will very likely be be-
fore long When that happens steam hoist
ing works will be erected, and pump put
into the mine. The shaft is situated in near
IL the centre of the claim, so that the lodges
can all be reached at no great distance from
it, when the company wish to open, then after
the shaft is down. The rock on different parts
of this claim is of very peculiar formation,
it is of a red color, very hard, and much re-
semb!es granite in many respects. In the
shaft this same kind Of rock has been found
4 great deal Of the way, and, as water comes
into the shaft in some quantity, 1t becomes
stained 10 red color, and in its turn, when
taken out, it tints everything it touches with
the same hue. We are informed that the
company is free from litigation aud has a
prospect of remaining so, which is no small
item in considering its value. We hope that
this company, which is now going along so
prosperously, will never have that curse rest
on them.
THE DANEY MISE.-The building at the
Daney mine is most substantial structure,
100 feet in length by So feet in width, the
one-half of it being three stories high and
the remaining portion two stories, and well
lighted up, having thirty-cight windows. The
machinery inside is laid upon massive tim
bers, and so strongly put together that when
the engine and pump are in operation not