Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-03-29
THE EVENING NEWS.

MINING IN Crown PoINr RAvINE--We
yesterday took a walk up Crown Point Ra-
vine to see what was going on in the various
tunnels and shafts which are run into the
mountain on either side, or sunk down upon
some Of the strata of quartz, which crop OUT
in the deep gorge which the water m"> ; 'I'
ayes been wearing away. On tue Ao,
of this ravine, away up on tue moun'A.'' az
unronn,oply large ledge crops "Ht' anu oi
~, ;r,T,,,;,, :, nlaiulv to be seen, must DC
Of ricb 0r,aIity. II il could b. reached At
III ,,;tb IN, rayinc which 1t overlOoks--
E-nr, the course this ledge takes, 1t must
ernxs the rayine somewhere near the Ophir
road. We followed up the raVine, along BY
rho litcIe brook which comes jumping over
the -rcv rocks thrown in Its course fr' III the
:|,aels Of the different claims which run IN
10 the mountain side. The first mine above
the Ophir road Is the reutOnia, which Is not
now being worked, and consequently OF
which We have not much 10 say. Il Is sltu-
atcd about tfty wards above the grade. II
has a tunnel run into the mountain on the
north side of the rayine, and from the amount
ofrock and earth which has been taken out,
we should think il is about l2O feet long
In the raviue one hundred and nifty yards
further is the Consolidated Mountain Com
panv'S claim, this company IS now SINKING
SHAFT which is down TO the depth OF eighty
two feet The rock in this shaft has been
very hard nearly all the way down, and con-
seGuenty the work has been correSpondingIy
slow, This claim was formerly worked
through tunnel which was run in south
ubout one hundred and fifteen feet. Close
by this company'S tunnel is that OF the Abel
4 Kev. This latter company has claim OF
300 feet which was located last Apr! on
the first ledge east Of the CLyde claim. A
tunnel has been run in the mountain south
from the raviue TWO hundred and seventy
feet. Nearly all the way It has been driven
through hard blasting rock, but In Its course
several seams of quartz have been struck,
which show tina. ledge Is somewhere close
bv. Forty feet from the mouth OF the tunnel
is the FIRST seam or ledge. II is about eight
cen inches thick. of grew colOI, and may be
cousideredas very good indication. About
twenty feet further il. IS another strata OF
quartz. softer and wider. The Superintend-
cnt thinks that they are one and the same,
and that they come together farther below.
This NAV very likely be, As they pitch at dit-
fprent angles, in such a manner as TO bring
them together at the depth OF about eighty
feet. and the rock appears 10 be Of very near
the same quality. Within the past few days
numbers of strata have been found very near
N, end Of the tunnel which look very well,
and nave the appearance OF feeders 70 Il
ledge. A man was At work on the outside Of
the tunnel, grading for 4 blacksmith shop,
which will be added for convenience IN
working the mine. Across on the other side
Of the r1yine, and few yards farther up Is
the ST. Charles Cumpauy'S claim which con-
,ains l ,OOJ feet. located the 18th day OF June
IS. and Incorporated the month following.
This company also work their claim through
a tunnel which is two hundred feet long, and
still driving forward. The rock At the back
end of it Is filled with sulphuretS Of iron and
verv hard. The workmcn think it to be the
casing Of the ledge. but this is laere Suppo-
sition. Il can only be proved By working
through IT, About one hundred and twenty
feet from the mouth Of the tunnel II passes
through what appears to be the top Ola ledge
which pitches to the west and runs north and
south. From this stratum We plcNed out
some very nRe specimens CT hight blue rock
The indications are such as make us oelleSe
tia, By Ginking shaft down upon it, or by
running drift along il, into the mountain,
verv good ledge would be developed. From
the s.. Charles we proceeded about forty
wards further up the ravine, when we camet to
the Clyde claim This claim, It will be re-
rnrn5ered, is the one which has been iuctu-
atinS in the msrkes from few dollars 10 as
high as two hundred per foot This mine Is
also worked by A tunnel, which is run in from
the north side Of the ravine, about 800 feet.
About half the distance from the mouth Of
the tunnel TO the back end, is the ledge which
caused the stock Of this company to 90 mp so
rapidly, when It was struck some few months
ago. There is adriftfrom the tunnel, branch
ing out either way along this ledge TO prospect
it. The quartz is Of blue color, and in part
-, 10 hat -1,syn1
with CLAW. This company constructed road
from their claim to the Ophir grade TO enable
chem 10 haul away their quartz and TO trans
port machinery TO their mine. There are
three or four claims farther up the ravine,
still, than this one is, bur they are not worked
n present, and thinking that the information
which we could gather from visiting them
would not paw for the labor OF climbing the
hill to where thev were, we concluded 10 re-
trace our steps and return 20 town, which was
seen through the vista Of the ravine, away
down in the canon 4 thousand feet below
where we stood. We passed down the little
graded road which leads from the Clyde, mus
ing on the probable result of all the labor we
had lust witnessed. Five large tunnels and
one deep shaft, all gathered in one little
space, in that little ravine, the widest sepa-
rated not many rods apart, and all run by
eager and expectaRt parties, to strike ledge
which is evidently hidden somewhere IN the
neighborhood. With such expectations every
vein Of quartz or clay, every stratum which
is filled with pyrites of copper or iron, nils
their minds with visions of large rich ledge
70 which this must surely lead. 1t almost
inspires visitor TO the mines with the same
belief when these strata are shown him and
their course earnestly described by the enthu-
siastic workmen. A close inspection OF these
tk,f LODI If
value had yet been found in them, but that
there will be in time, which determines all
things.
L1cExsEs.-The Town Ordinance concern
ing Licenses wilrgo into effect on the first Of
April, next Friday. All persons doing
business within the corporate limits of Gold
Hill, and who will neglect to take out license
as provided in the following schedule will be
fned-as the authorities of the town will GER
tainlv enforce the law. Therefore we say, IN
all kindness, and in the language OF Uncle
Abe, ait is easier TO pay small debt than TO
nav large debt'-and let him who runneth
read-lest he stubbeth his big toe: The sum
paid for such licenses shall be as follows
For selling malt or spirituous liquors or liquid
beverage Of any description, by the bottle,
boS. case. cask, hogshead or barrel, twenty
hve dollars per quarter; for keeping public
saloon or bar, where wines, malt or spirituous
liquors are sold, S25 per quarter for keeping
or conducting public dance house, hurdy-
vurdy house, room or establishment, $500
per quarter; for each billiard table, ten dol
lars per quarter; for each public card table,
fifty dollars per quarter for each nine or ten
pin alley, twenty dollars per quarter; for the
atrical performances, exhibitions, shows,
conrerts or circus for nonied consideration,
ten dollars for each performance, or fifty dol
lars per quarter. For each gift entertain
ment, or rattle or lottery, for money or any
article Of less value than one thousand dol
lars, ten dollars for any article or articles OF
more than one thousand dollars, forty dol
lars; for conducting the insurance business,
ifteen dollars per quarter; for auctioneering,
hawking or peddling any goods, property,
wares, fruits or merchandise Except products
Of the soil of this Territory, ten dollars per
day or fifty dollars per quarter; for each ON