Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-12
THE EVENING NEWS.


nearly north and south. 1t lies in south
east direction from the Caledonia Tunnel
claim. The ledge does not crop out above
the ground, but its course has been found by
sinking prospecting holes down on IT, The
Company is now running a tunnel into the
hill in which the ledge lies from the northeast
side, At point abou; twenty rods southeast
from the mouth OF the Caledonia Tunnel.
The tunnel Is now in i distance Of 40 feet.
IL runs nearly west, bearing but ID few points
south Of west. Through its whole course, it
has been cU0 through very hard rock, and for
$50 feet Of the way all the rock has had to be
blasted to get it out. The remainder Of the
way the rock had to all be worked out with
the CAD and SleGSe. The wnrkmen who ran
the FIRST hundred feet Of the tunnel did not
carry It through on level, but in that dis
tancc had run il 50 that At the face the bot
tom OF the tunnel was As much as two and 4
half OF three feet below the level OF the bot
tom at the mouth OF the tunnel. When the
tunnel was run 4 short distance further,
there was considerable water struck. which
came in, and Of course settled in this low
place. filling it up 20 the level of the tunnels
mouth, and covering 100 feet OF the tunnel
This compelled the wOrkmen to cut a trench
along on one side Of the bottom Of the tunnel,
raise the bottom OF the tunnel higher. About
100 feet from its mouth the tunnel passes
through a stratum Of broken up quartz, clay
and rock, which the woTkmCu believe to be
the top Of ledge. On the east side of the
mass Is i stratum OF tough clay, about two
inches thjcS, and on the west side is another
stratum, about six inches in thickness of
tough blue clay, such Is is generally found
- form the walls of well defined lodges
Here too, i found considerable water, and
when il was first struck large stream burst
out and continued to flow for some weeks,
but has since been gradually failing. The
presence Of this water Is also an evidence of
thlS being LEDGE for they generally contain
more water than the surrounding ground.
The tunnel is not run far enough vet 10 reach
the ledge which is Eouad Just beneath the
surface of the hill above. The distance to it
cannot, however, be far, and the company is
now driving the work rapidly forward to
reach it. The ledge is not very large nor
very rich at the surface where it was uncOy-
cred, but II Is thought that NJ the depth which
the tunnel will strike It. it will be larger and
OF better quality. l. Is thought by many
that this claim and the ones IN this neigh
borhOOd are on I range within the Gold Hill
Lodges, but with this theory We cannot con-
cur. In our opinion these claims lie TOO far
east bv At least 4 quarter Of 4 mile; but we,
nevertheless believe, fgOn what We have
seen, that there are very good Lodges passing
through this way.
Brown CoMPANY.-rhis company located
claim OF hoo feet, quarter Of L mile
west Of the Justice, about the first Of Febru-
arv, OF this present wear. The location was
made on the Divide between Gold Canon and
American Flat. on ledge which was diScov
cred in digging small prospecting hole III
the side of the hill. Since then the ledge has
been traced both north and south L consider
able distance and found 10 keep about two or
three feet below the surface all the way.
Where the ledge was first discovered there
has been an incline run down on II several
feet, which has shown il 10 be between castings
Of hard blue granite. 81 ilr aS Il has been
developed it has been found 10 be uniformly
about I'VE feet in thickness, and TO pitch 10
the east At an angle OF about thirty degrees
from the perpendicular. The company Is
now sinking 4 shaft about twenty feet east OF
the top Of the ledge. The shaft Is four and
one-half feet by eight and unc-hai! feet IN
size, and mas been sunk a. the way III hard
blue granite. IL IS now about .OTty-hve feet
deep. and BY sinking it about liteen or twenty
more will bring il tn the east wall OF the
ledge. The rock Is 50 hard. however, that
il will take more than two weeks 10 sinS II
that distance. The appearance Of the ledge
on the top, Is such ;h.t the owners IN this
claim are led to believe that tAey have struck
II rich. This Is not the only ledge when mas
been found in this part OF our district. Another
one was discovered in 4 similar manner ABOUT
twenty rods west of this one, and Is now being
worked bv another company. IL Is GOOD
I Z H., y N
and the one located by the Brown company,
will prove valuable. and that we will have
paving mines here As wei. as IN other parts
OF our district.
JrDGE RoRINSoN's COURr THIS MORNING.
The police business of Gold Hill is becoming
more lively than it has been. The reason
why there is not more police excitement is
because our town is one OF high moral
S,andard-everybody attending to their leglti-
mate business, and but few lOafers or bum
mers around. Judge Robinson'S court how
ever, opened this morning with L. Buliner,
charged with a breach OF the peace, who was
found guilty, and fined $40. The defendant
not having the "kale seed whereSltn 10 get
clear. was committed TO work II out IN the
public service, that IS 20 say, on the reservoir
for the water works, until the tne aforesaid
was paid. One of Uncle Sans recruiting
officers coming along about this stage OF the
proceedings. defendant concluded that he mad
better ego ~ u SOger, and the court com
Gliding with the idea, he was accordingly en-
listed, and is perhaps now on ms way 70 tue
Fort, 10 take his first lesson N the tactics OF
Hariee- J. Labouchellc and l.. Carrlgan
were also arraigned, charged with aistGroihS
the peace, but as no great harm had been
done. the Judge gave them good talking
IN" with n hint Of what would be done, II
rhev were again arrested, and discharged
them. Tom. Russell and Andy Johnson,
charged with standing around, without any
visible means of support, were also reprl-
manded, and advised 20 go TO work.
ANOTHER FoUSDRY.- Messrs. McCurdy
Brothers & Co. are now erecting new build
inc for foundry and machine-shop, down
the canon between the Nevada Hotel and
the Imperial mill. 1t will De called the Gold
Hm Foundry. The foundry itself will occu-
ny a part of the building, sixty-hve by forty
feet in size. The machine shop will occupy
the other part of the building, and be sixty
five by twenty-five feet in size. There are
several partners composing the hrm, VINO are
all acquainted with the business, and when
the building is complete, and the machinery
ready to run, which will be IN about four
weeks, each department will be suPerintend-
ed by one OF the partners, who Is master OF
that special business. By this arrangement,
they expect that they will be able to surpass
the other shops, both in neatness and dis
patch of work. They have on the ground a
new steam engine Of ten horse power, which
is to furnish the motive power. The Iathes,
ETC., which will be used in the machine-shooP,
are the same as have been used in the foundry
down at Johntown. The fan which viii be
used in the foundry is thirty-six inches IN
diameter, and OF Dem6elds pattern. The
inside arrangements will be made as soon as a.,
the building is completed. The engine Will
be nut up, and the lathes set so that the time
will not be long before it will be in full blast.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.-Father O'Reilly has
taken up his permanent abode in this place.
and is now canvassing for subscriptions for
the erection of Catholic Church, which Will
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