Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-07-18
THE EVENING NEWS.

company's claim is situated in rayine
leading up north from Gold Canon, lit
tie below Land, Skae 4 Cos. new mill.
When passing along the road in that VI
cinity couple of days ago, we noticed
that work was being done on the claim,
and therefore, to find on; the extent of the
operations being carried on and the amount
of mining already done, we crossed the
deep canon, and threaded the narrow "a
vine until we reached the mouth OF the
tunnel which has been run in the claim.
Here we encountered a solitary workman
who informed Us that this segregated
claim on which he was at work, was part
of the Mitchell claim which was located IN
September. 1862. The segregated claim
contains 200 feet. II has been worked by
a tunnel which has been run into the
ledge and is about 80 feet in length. Inc
ledge was struck near the surface, and al
though some very good rock was taken
out, it is not OF depth that will produce
pay ore. The man at work on the clam
was grading off place at the mouth OF
the tunnel, where the company intend to
sink shaft as soon d the place Is graded.
When that Is commenced. the intention,
we are told, Is 10 put OF more men and
push the work ahead with vigor. The
old company has tunnel run towards
the ledge from the same ravlne few rods
below this one. Il is at present 425 feet
in length, and will have to be run about
so or 90 feet further TO reach the ledge.
There Is no work being done on 1t at
present. When il is run on TO the ledge
il will strike i at the depth of 200 feet or
more, when its value and size can be very
definitely determined.
LAND. SKAE & Cos mill will be ready
to commence operations in a few weeks.
This mill will be one of the largest as well
as one of the best, if not the most perfect
Of the numerous mills in Gold Canon. 1t
stands away from the main road and yet
it Is easily accessible and probably more
convenient where it Is, to the teamsterS
who will haul the quartz worked there
than if it were close beside the main road
where blockades of teams are liable to &C.
cur. There are no buildings near to the
mill, and the proprietorS of the latter own
quite large parcel of ground around II,
and will suffer none to be erected IN close
proximity 20 the mill. which Will endan-
ger It bv fire. This null is of about the
same size as the Rhode Island mill which
is situated lust in the lower part of town,
but its arrangements inside are such that
it will be of greater capacity than that
splendid one is. It will have much
more powerful engine, and five more
stamps. There will be connected with 1t,
too, a labor saving machine, which no
other Gold Hill mill yet has. This ma
chine is Blake'S Rock Breaker, contrl-
vance which is said by those who have
used it, to work admirably. The effect Of
this addition TO the power of the reduc-
ton works in this vicinity cannot but
prove very beneficial TO our mines and
our mining community. The construc-
ton Of such mills shows the prosperous
state of our mines, and are the strongest
evidences people can ask, of their dura-
bility as well as present prosperity.
DARpANELLB Co.-This company has
now got fairly TO work at its mine. The
wzter was all taken out yesterday, and
last night at eleven o'clock men COM
nenced work below. The first thing
which will be done, we are informed, will
be to clear out the drift, put IN new tim
pers where they are required. The drift
from the bottom of the shaft Is about 40
fee; long. As soon as the drift which has
already been run. and which has been
submerged for the past several months has
been cleaned out and reitted, the company
will commence running It ahead. Inc
probability IS that it will not have TO be
run far TO reach the ledge. In fact the
indications are, that the wall of the ledge
has already been cut. Last winter when
the workplen were driven out by water,
the latter came in so rapidly when 1t was
first struck as to prevent any further
work whatever, or 10 any investigation as
n whether the water came from a ledge
or NOT. It IS thought from the known
course of the ledge further north, as well
as from the rush of the water into the
drift, when il was first struck, that the
ledge Is close to the face Of the drift. A
very short time will now suffice to deter
mine the question, and the arrangements
Of the company are now such, that II the
ledge lies where t is supposed to De-
work can be commenced in 1t right away
and if i lies further from the shaft It can
be reached and opened in few weeks at
most.
The MACHINERY for the Justice Com
-oany has arrived at the claim. and Will
Immediately be put up. There are two
large boilers, one of which arrived several
DAYS ago. The engine is splendid one
reckoned at l20 horse power, and was
constructed at the Vulcan Foundry IN
San Francisco. There are two reels
which are made for the purpose OF using
a wire rope. All the parts Of the ma
.chinerv are very heavy, and designed to
be durable. This Company IS emphati-
raIiv the eaterprising Company OF the
dav. 1t outsrripS all its neighbors IN
building, and it beats them all or ma
cbinery, Perhaps the reason Is, that It IS
taking out about thirty tons of $50 rock
per day, with a prospect OF taxing out
three times as much OF that which Is men
Or when the new shaft Is down 10 the
LEDGE, and the new machinery Is ready Tor
.,peration. The new shaft which the com
nary Is sinking is considerably larger than
Tba General size. 1t is being sunk as rap
div as possible, but it is in hard rock, so
hat notwithstanding the efforts OF the
vorkmen. it is not carried down many
feet per day. By keeping steadily at
work on it, however, the company will
nrobably succeed in getting 1t through to
the ledge by the time the machinery is
ready for use. If it can do that it is
enough. Work in the ledge can then be
commenced from this opening without de-
lay.
The Lucerne Company is not atpresent
a, work in its main mining works. 1t IS
working in the old tunnel which is run
into the ledge from above the road east OF
he company's hosting works, and from
that part of the ledge the company is now
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