Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-03-30
THE EVENING NEWS.

several DAYS past, occd>lNncd oN toe report
Of A rich strike in this claim. We Yesterday
visited the mine 10 inform ourselves as to
the true state Of affairs, concerning which
rumor has had st much 70 say The claim
is situated in American Flat District which
is \ mart Of what was Gold Hill Dis
,rict. IL lies on the side hill, about 10 rods
northeast Of N-. COnlev'S stone house on
the American Fiat road. The claim is l,6OO
feet Of TWO lodges, and WAS located in Oc,u-
Der 1868. Since then the company has sunk
shaft / BY 5 feet in the clear lji feet deep,
which is timbercd with two inch plank into
two compartments OF equal size. The work
all appears to be done in 4 substantial man
ncr. and with taste ana exar.ncSs. The
workmen struck the ledge last Saturday. in
the bottom of the shaft. They came 20 it
FIRST in the north end Ot the shaft. and since
then they have sunk about three or four feet
and were down into i, Yesterday, when We
were there, just three feet. The ledge, we
should nudge from the course It takes across
the shaft, runs IN very nearly the direction
which the hill takes, little north Of east
and south Of west. Il pitches to the south
west, at an angle OF about sixty-ivc degrees
from the perpendicular. The quartz is Of a
light grew color and what miners call tight
rock" As it lies in the ledge, it i very
compact and pick can be driven into
it only few inches, but it works out all pull
verified. almost As tRc as sand. As its color
would indicate, it produces much more gold
than silver. We were shown 4 prospect Of
the rock BY Mr.. II. CJBTnokc. which indeed
looked very promising. We are inclined 10
think, from 4 close inspection. that this is 4
very good ledge, and one which will prove
10 be quite large. YESTERDAYS. when We visit
ed the mine we measured the ledge where
the shaft was down in Il the deepest, and
found il 10 be upwards Of three feet thick.
How much lower down il goes we are unable
10 saw. but n the deepest point reached the
quartz is of the same close, compact kind,
and Of the same kind as the | ncIc sam mine,
and also from the Bclcher and the Gold Hill
mines, and, PerchauCc, this Is i continuation
Of the same lodges. Il Is on the side Of the
same hill, and If chose hedges continue on
and follow the course Of the hill. this must lie
very close to them, At least, It il is not their
continuation. But this i all speculation.
Suffice it to saw that the company have 4
ledge Of fair size with indications OF it being
much larger, which is well defined and OF
good quality, and being in possession Of
such ledge It matters lt;lc 10 the owners
from where it comes.
MrAHroNoNAH CoMPANY.-Wc Yesterday
paid visit TO the Mian;onomah mine. This
claim is situated on American Flat and close
BY the American Fiat road. L !, near by
the Golden Swan claim. This latter claim
and the subject Of this sketch we've neither
Of them located a wear ago, vet they have now
great improvements made, and quite town
has sprung up aGoUnI them. Both ave
bought and sold n quite high figures. The
Miantonomah contains 200 tstc and : work
ed by means of shaft which Is / by ) II
size divided into two cOMDartm. MS. This
company has lately been erecting steam
hosting works, which were p~t in "Ncratiou
day before Yesterday and which are the nrSt
erected on American FiIs. These hosting
works although not - large ana heavy aS
most OF those erected in Gold Hi. 5y the
large or rich old companies. do honor 70
the enterprise Of ! company which has IN
abGu, six months made So mucR improve
raeut. The engine : Of Eastern manufac-
,ure and was made in Lawrence, Na>Sachu-
sets. The boiler Is - inches n diameter
and contains - twO-iuch tucs. The cngI-
neer informs Us that with forty pounds Of
steam the engine works up 70 ten horse
power. The exact power can easily De deter
mined BY any engineer from the following
facts: The cylinder is seven inches bore and
fifteen inches stroke Of piston. The machine
" was erected By Mr.. +. J. Chamberlain, an
architect who resides in our town and VINO
has erected several sets Of machinery for diff
ferent mines. These works are strangely
put together and are sufficiently heavy for
machinery Of 10 horse power. The tounda-
zion is laid in 4 net work Of tim5erS all locked
and bolted together for Twelve feet below the
= 4 -. T.,z - b.sE,r, Ia
and the machinery has been erected Tor the
working of L pump which the company design
putting in before a great while. There IS but
one reel used which is set on timOerS strongly
framed and braced, which are one foot thick
and nearly three feet broad. The frame IN
which the ShiyeS are set IS about twenty feet
high and strongly braced and bOLted. Inc
engine was running very rapidly when we
were there Yesterday and the wOrkmen were
hosting water with large tub, vet hardly
lar was felt in the frame. \ building % BY
70 feet in size with IS feet posts covers the
machinery. This building is not yet quite
completed but il will be finished IN few days
as quite q number Of carpenters are At work
upon it. There is considerable water IN the
shaft, which makes it difficult mining. As
soon as this is taken ont the Shaft vii! be
sunk deeper and drift run into the hill in a
northerly direction.
BELLE VERNON Co.-This claim was loca-
ted in November, '63, and contains twelve
hundred feet. The company are sinking a
shaft by the side Of the American Flat road,
and a quarter of mile beyond the dollhouse.
The shaft is 4xS feet in size IN the clear ana
timbered with two-inch plankS which divide
il into two compartments OF equal size, and IS
about so feet deep. The shaft IS worked like
most of them down this way, with 4 windlass-
This is a slow way OF proceeding, and hard
on men. When mines are being worked, It
appears to us, they should be so conducted
as 10 remove the heavy labor as much as
possible from falling on the miners. This
class of our citizens are too useful 70 us to
be worn out by unnecessary exertIon. The
work which miners only can do IS in want OF
them, and il is an injury TO the best interests
of this country, to have experienced miners
windlassing until they are exhausted, when
q horse and whim would answer every pur-
pose for hosting, aud these men might EN-
ploy their time in tracing out the course OF
some rich ledge. We do not say this IN ret
erence 10 the Belle Vernon mine IN partlcu-
lar, but we say it in regard to all where the
facts are similar; where the shaft Is deep;
where the work is of permanent character;
pended. But this is a depression. Let us
return to the shaft. We were told by the
miners, that when the shaft was sunk to the
depth OF about 30 feet il came upon stratum
Of fine looking quartz about three feet IN
thickness, which ran very nearly north and
south. and pitched to the west and that NJ
still greater depth of 80 feet another stratum
was found about one foot and half thick
From the bottom Of the shaft a drift has
been run TO the northwest about thirty feet
and it is expected soon TO tap this lower
stratum and will be continued on until II
strikes both, when it is thought they will be
found to be rich.
CENTRAL AMERICAN Co.. The claim Of
this Company is situated on American Flat,
and contains 1900 feet. The Company is
sinking shaft about thirty yards southeast
of the American Flat road dollhouse. It's
four BY Ave feet in size, and 50 feet deep.
IT, ,,.o-l ;e ,niuu alpnp slow As tho rork has