Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-04-12
THE EVENING NEWS.

claim is alongside the Gold Hill and Silver
City road, this side of the Justice claim. 1t
was located in March, 1862, and contains 900
feet. This location is on the same ledge as
the Justice, and the ledge can easily be traced
BY the groupings from one claim on to the
other Immediately after she location of this
claim was made, work was commenced on it.
BY the company. The first mining work
which they did was to run an incline, which
starts at the top OF the ledge, in the bottom
OF little hollow which rINS down from the
top OF the hill 20 The canon across the road.
This incline was run in about twenty-five feet
and then abandoned for the shalt which the
company commenced sinking on the south
side of the hollow, only few yards from the
incline. This shaft was sunk about 50 feet,
and in 1852 was then forSakcR for another
one which was commenced on the north side
Of the same rayine or hollow in the latter part
OF the same wear but on which most Of the
work was done in the wear 90. This latter
shat: was sunk to the depth Of 50 feet, and
drift run from the foot Of i TO the ledge to the
east, distance Of about - feet. The shaft
was started east Of the ledge, but passed
through It at the depth Of 80 feet from the
surface, when It was found to be about 20
feet in thickness, and TO dip to the east at
about the same pitch as it does in the Justice
mine. Near the surface the angle is about
IS degrees from the perpendicular, but as it
eoss down the angle is found to become less
and the pitch Of the ledge sleeper. The
quNli,' 2t the rock also appears to improve
with ne depth, and is found to produce more
silver in proportion TO gold At the depth Of 50
from the surface than at the depth OF 80.
These works just spoken Of were made
merely for prospecting purposes, and are not
Of much Or any account for mining, as they
now stand. The incline is narrow and Of
very little depth, and the TWO shafts near it
are small round ones, which cut through The
ledge only few feet below the surface, and
consequently are 50 situated that il carried
down 10 any considerable depth, they would
De so far removed from the ledge which pitches
away to the east, that the latter could not
be advautageouSly worked through it. This
can easily be seen by noticing the shaft north
Of the ravinc. This shaft IS sunk or the east
side OF the ledge and 1t about 30 feet down
from the top, Il comes to the ledge and passes
through It, leaving it on the east; at the
dep:h OF about 50 feet 4 drift IS started from
the SHAFT, and run % feet t. the east before
it struck the ledge. ~ this rate, had the
shaft been sunk hundred feet deeper it
would have required I drift about ljJ feet
long 20 have struck the ledge, which would
have Z de It very inconyeaicnt working the
ledge. The company is now engaged in sink
ing shaft about hundred feet or so east Of
these prospecting works, and near the road.
This latter shalt WIS commenced in '63, bat
no, much work was done until the beginning
ai the present YEAR, when or -ltiOnS were
commenced in earnest, aud have since been
carried vigorously forward, night and day, BY
three gangs OF workmCu. This new Shltt
is ) bv . feet in size, timbered with three
inch plank, and divided into two cJmpari-
rr.nts OF &c u.al size, and is now 10 :ect deep.
Il has been sunk most OF the way through
hard rock, 50 that the work has been COM
paraciyc,y slow. The company has now
started DRIFT TO the west for the purpose OF
running 70 the ledge. This work has just
been begun, ard is now in from the shaft
about 10 feet: and I Is expected II will
have 20 be run about - feet further.
which, il the rock continues, the same will
require about two weeks to do the work. As
soon a. the ledge is reached the company
expect 70 commence taking out pay rock, is
they will, then be about rs deep on the ledge
as the Justice Company was when they
commenced taking il out in their mine. The
Superintendent. Mr.. Clinton, informs us
that the rock taken from the old incline as
saved upwards Of Sl2O 20 the ton of ore, and
as this work was on the ledge nearly above
where the drift from this shaft will strike 1t,
the ledge here, !: may be reasonably pre-
sumed, will be much richer and pay well for
working. This mine is now worked o. means
Of 4 whim which was erected last January.
There is considerable water in the mine, and
now, thew usually have 20 hoist about two
tubs of water 10 TWO tubs Of dirt. The COM
panv has 4 building erected 10 cover theIr
SHAH, and within which was put up in Janu'
arv last. about the time the within was erect
ed, This buildin., is 10 b. - feet in size,
which is large enough to cover steam ma
chinery whenever the company see mt to put
irup. This shaft is started so far east OF
the ledge that it will be of very good depth
before il will strike it, and Will be at least
300 feet deep before much inconvenience will
be experienced in working tine ledge through
This shaft, even il il keeps the same pitch
which /, has on the top, and which 1t pro-
badly does not keep, but goes down more
nearly perpendicular as its depth increases.
We regard this as 4 very promising claim,
and hope it will prove as rich as It promises.
NORTHERN LIGHT CoMPANY.-This COM
pany's claim is situated jus; on the crest Of
the hill, about forty rods west of the Centre
vile Mill This claim was located in August,
1860. Soon after it was located the company
commenced to sink 4 shaft, which was, in
go, carried down about IS feet. The work
was rudely carried on, and the shaft was one
Of the common round crooked things when
were sunk all over our district about that
time. As near as we can learn, very little or
no work was done on the claim from that
time until the present wear, wGen the COM
uanv again commenced work by proceeding
IN enlarge the shaft. Work was commenced
about the lst of February OF this year, and
since that time has been carried steadily for
ward, and part Of the time both day and
night. bv two sets OF hands. The round
shaft has been trimmed down into square
one, and enlarged, timbered and sunk deeper.
Il is now fine looking shaft of four by eight
feet in size in the clear, umoered smoothly
with two-inch plank, and divided into two
COMPARTMENTS, each four BY four feet IN size,
and is now > feet deep. In one corner OF
the shaft the workmen have constructed a
ladder Dv mailing on strips of boards at con-
ycnisnt distances for rounds or steps. This
ARA. cement, though very convenient, ap-
pears to US to be very dangerous also, for the
liability of one of these pieces 10 give way Is
very great, and the chance OF 4 person with
whom il gives way catching new hold on
some of the Others is very small. The work
is a. present being carried on BY Messrs.
Fleming 4 Jetfries, who have contract to
sink the shaft ll3 feet deep. The company,
we understand, intends to sink the shaft TO
the depth Of 200 feet, and then, If they do
not strike the ledge in the shaft, DRIFT to the
east where they suppose it TO lie. Inc com
many found small stratum or seam of quartz
IN their shaft very near the top, but the work
men did not seem TO think much Of It. As
the shaft was tim5ered so that it was imP9s-
sible for us to see it, we can give no opinion
as TO its merits. No other stratum has yet
been struck, but nearly the whole course OF
the shaft has bSen through dry, hard, dead
rock. The company are carrying on the
work with vigor, and seem determined TO
prove the richness OF their claim and make
the period OF suspense as short as possible
We hope their enterprise will meet with Sue
cess. and know no reason why it will not.
RHODE ISLAND MrLL.-The improvements