Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-07-15
THE EVENING NEWS.

NoLO CoMPANY.-This old compan,
has been driving work ahead on its CLAIM
with fury for the past few months, no
has it held up on account of hard times
Its claim of 1900 feet on each of tire,
Lodges was located in 81. and since tina
time has been worked very steadily anC
with hattering results. The main part o
the work has been done on 4 tunnel which
was commenced soon after the claim was
located, at point few rods south o.
where the Federal House now stands anc
has been run between 1900 and LOO fee
IN direction few points north Of west
This spring the company commenced sink
ing shaft AZ about 500 feet nom the
mouth of the tunnel, which at the depth
of 222 feet comes down to that work, htty
feet west of the east casing of large ledge
which was passed through by the tunnel
the tunnel in its course passed through
three Lodges. The hrSt was the regular
Gold Hill ledge which was cut when the
work had been driven in 3 or 400 feet. This
the company lay no claim to. Inc second
ledge reached was the one spoken OF TO
which the shaft IS being sunk. 1t is very
large. The east wall i stratum OF
tough blue potror's clay, about eight or
ten inches thick, which stands nearly per-
pendicular between the body OF quartz
and a bed of granite. The first II or 10
feet next west of this clay wall, is mass
of good looking unmixed quartz, which,
though not rich enough to pay at this
level. gives promise that II viii do so at
the depth of hundred feet or so below.
\ drift has been run along this stratum
some distance 10 the north, which has dis
closed large and continuous vein OF
quartz 50 far rs It was run. The thick
ness Of the ledge Is BY no means limited to
II or Is feet. but beyond that distance
from the clay wall It becomes broken up,
and this broken up mass extends west be-
vond the shaft, which is about 30 fee;
from the wall. as above stated. About
225 feet west of the shaft Is another STRAIT
um OF quartz which some experienced
miners consider as a kind Of pay
streak in the same ledge, Of which
the clay wall 2T5 feet 10 the east is the
casing. Other men well experienced in
mining matters declare this stratum to be
ledge by itself. Whether it Is or not Is
no matter. Both. or the one, belong IN
diSpUtablv TO the company. The tunnel
has been run a long distance beyond this
stratum, and most of the way IN very hard
rock, some OF which was so extremely
hard that it cost the company SO per foot
10 run the tunnel through It. Since the
shaft was started this spring, the tunnel
has not been run ahead any further, and
Ill the work which has been done on it
has been retimbering some places where
the timbers put in had been TOO weak and
had given way. The shaft which the COM
pany has put down is 4 splendid work OF
the kind. Il IS composed Of three COM
paruuents, each four by four and half
feet in the clear. The outside umberS are
three inches thick, and the partition planks
are four inches in thickness. The shaft Is
timbered all the way down 10 the tunnel.
Ii Is now being sunk below that level, and
is about eight feet deeper than the tunnel.
That distance has not been timbered, but
when It Is fOur-inch plankS will be used
all the way through. The dirt from this
part of the shaft will be raised by the men
ut the windlaSS above as far as the tunnel,
and then put into car and run out
through that way. This saves good deal
of work in hosting, and will enable the
company to sink the shaft 500 or $50 feet
without putting up machinery. The COM
pany contemplate sinking it that deep, and
expect then 10 find pay rock, which I'M
doubtedlv it will. The claim IS now I'M
der the superintendent of Mr.. VIM. NJ.
Long, who IS doing everything he can to
drive the work ahead. Under his super
intendence the shaft has been constructed,
and that Of itself IS high recommended
ton 10 its constructor.
FIRE IN YIRGNIA.-A fire broke out
last evening, about ten o'clock, in the fur
uiture store of VI. Goldman, on c street,
Virginia. The Enterprise says: The build
ing is a very large one, and contained
about 500, 900 worth Of goods, furniture,
and house furnishing. The loss by fire
and water Will probably not fall much
short of $40. 900. 1t Is hard TO say how
the IRE originated. but it appears 10 have
started about the stairs leading up from
the first floor. as these are completely
charred from the bottom TO the top. 1t
appeared TO be the opinion Of the hremen
that the FIRE started at the bottom of the
stairs, for it would be very unlikely to
burn down against the draft Of the stairs.
\ man employed about the store asserts,
however, that the fire started among some
pull mattresses up stairs, and that some
of the burning material from above fell
down and set fire TO the stairs. y very
considerable amount of furniture was
burned, and much more so Scorched as to
be ruined. After the fire was eNtln-
guished, the water stood nearly two inches
deep on both the upper and lower floors.
The store, we believe, was nsured-tor
what amount we did not ascertain. Well,
we have made another escape, and are TO
thank our fremen for it. All praise to
the gallant FIRE laddies Of Virginia!
The Hale & NorcroSs Company's new
engines are being rapidly put together.
The company has splendid machinery.
1t is beautiful and strong. 1t is being
put up too in a manner which adds to its
appearance. Both the engines are set on
a raised bed of solid masonry, the tops OF
which are composed of huge blocks of
granite, which have been fitted to each
other by the stone cutters chisel. The
smaller of the two engines being put in
place, is nearly ready to run. The large
engine is not yet put together, but the
huge bed-plate, which Of itself weighs
several tons, has been set, and the Cylin-
der, rocker stands, and so on, are bsia5
cleaned and fitted ready to be put together.
The smallest of these two engines is Of
6O-horse power and the larger one over
IOO-horse power. When this new ma
chinery IS put at work the company can
again sink down three or four hundred
feet, and all that distance will probably
find as rich OF richer rock than has YET
been taken out of the mine. The ledge
we believe is now opened and worked to
the depth of about 400 feet. The greater
part Of that however would not pay, but
hereafter every foot of the ledge Will IN
doubtedly pay largely.