Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-04-06
THE EVENING NEWS.

they have * ABOUT TWO hundred Yards Osvund
the Uncle sam Company mining WORKS ana
on the west side OF the american ia road.
This shaft WAS started last spring, and since
then has been worked very nearly al the
time, the or3v ;"l" when l; stood idle being
when the Company were hIviu-, work done
on the ho;st.uS apparatus. For 4 long time
: whira was used for hoiStiug, bu: about two
months az the Company purchased IN en-
CINE and had il set ~ Al this shaft. The
engine was formerly used ut III. Mcclellan
shaft in Gold Hill. |: IS Of 2j-horSc power.
has 4 cylinder Of 10 inches bore, and two feet
stroke. The boiler IS about ~ fr". lOag, IS
inches in diameter. The machinery Is COW
cred ~ 4 very Guc building which the Com
paEv erected over the mine last summer,
when they were working t by y whm. This
mining wcvN il called bv the Company their
old shaft. l. i by feet IN the clear, and
is SIS feet deep. \ drift has been started
and rt.r in several feet to the west from the
bottom o; he shaft. This drift struck
ledge close to the shat, ami is now run into
il 4 few :ac. The quartz j. white co,Ored
And considerably mixed with blue cisv, which
is in many eases H..et with pirteS OF iron,
50 as - be almost pure mass o; that min
era. There are three drifts run from the
shat; a the depth q 22O !eet, one to the east,
one 20 the wS>. aud one 70 the north. This
a. -f.S
were nUs up. and since then all the work done
here h4s bcca in the shaft, shaking il deeper,
excepting the few DAYS work on the drift,
wh;,h they have run FROM ,Ae bottom Of il.
T&c Company has lately ordered TWO new en-
giacS. one Of ~ and one Of 3J-hOrSc power.
The smallest one will be Erected AZ ;hlS shaft,
and used - UT.ve pump which Will be put
in the mine here. The 0,Her me vii. be
pat into use a: wha: the Company cali their
lower shaft, and will be used 70 dclye the
pump and 70 20 the hoistipS from the mine.
This lower shaft Is around the curve o! the
hill! and on American Flat, very near the
further eud OF the claim. |: was started last
June and worked down - the water level,
when work was suspended on II. until 4
couple o: months ago, vain was ERECTED
and w0r., resumed. This shaft Is 80 feet
deep, Is t!mbcyed with fouy-iuch plank AZ the
bottom for souc distance upward, and above
thai. through the dry ground. with
yh-ee-iuca plank. the shaft Is d.
viGst rs 4 partition into two conf
pArcmen;s. each BY Il fee. n size. Two
drifts have been run from this shaft. one 10
the east and another 70 the west. for pros
pcctlnE p&rp0ses. As soon a, the Company
Srr their new engine in operation here. thCv
vii, Sjuk this shaft deeper. AbOu; thirty
rods northwest Of n. lower shaft. the COM
panv mas another one. which : l6d .cet deep,
and Of ne same number o: compartments, OF
the same SIZE - the one jus. described.
Over ;..> sAai:. the Company has had tIne
building erected. which Is 5 by - feet in
size, w.,a i painted front, and which very
nauoh resembles the building IL the old shaft
in external appearance. This shaft is down
20 the water level, and IS not being worked a.
present. Besides these three shafts. the
claim = opened Nv tunnel. which has not
- y snr
the hill from ;he American Flat road, At
p0:r; l ,ho-; distance south from the Com
Uap='S OH Saaft. Il Is we believe, the oldest
work Of the Company, IGd one OF the oldest
mining works south f-on Cola Hill. For
the pas. eight months :hc:e has been 4 great
zeal Of wlrN being doing IN this claim, and
il, market value has risen from about $40 TO
the D-,rs wa!Sh It now brings. which IS
quoted ~ about Z hundred and forty. The
saa!;s ana :Unnel are a. along IN the same
course which the Lodges OF the OyeruIan. the
Uncle sam. and the Mary Ann claims evil
den,.v take Ye. with all the prospecting
which ta=, Company has done, they have
never found those lodges. The reason why
thev have not been discovered IS hard 20 give.
Sorac think tina; those Lodges pi;ch deeper
into the ground IS they - Souia. and ina;
thev wi! oe found AZ I great depth IN this
claim. We are inclined - think that this
theory IS correct. In the Uncle sam and the
Narv Ann ;ac Lodges which arc being worked
are n. deep under ground II fact, IN all the
mines down taa: WAY, the r:ca rock IS found
8: least q couple OF hundred feet deep, which
fact shows 0: Itself tina; A. The Lodges extend
down that wav tnev 90 deeper into the earth.
The claim n: the North American Company
les 5eS0Ed the latter claims, and the Old
shaft, where most work has been done. is
also sunk from higher ground. This Com
PAW have the prospect Of iu8ingsgoOd Lodges
bv going down deeper, and chis will be done
as soon ~ the necessary machinery can be
put IN operation.
GENTRY Co.-The claim Of this company
is located on the side hill in the west part OF
cur town. Il contains SO feet, and was
located in January OF the present year. 1t
will be seen. therefore. that it IS one OF the
latest discoveries. The way 1t came to be
located Was something a follows some men
were grading 10; iDy : house on the west
side Of -he road which leads down from the
Yellow Jacket claim to Crown Point Ravine,
and Jus: below the dump O; the Major Com
Dany incline and when digging into the bank
came upon 4 vcrituble quartz ledge. The
COMPANY took possession of the ledge, stuck
their stakes. and pU: up their Tysces, in due
time put men a. work - SinN SHAT
directly on the spot. 4 few days elapsed
and the worHmen mad the shaft sunk to the
depth Of ten or fifteen feet, when one day
about a dozen men from the Yellow Jacket
claim cymc down there and filed up the
shaft. which the new company had sunk, and
which the Yellow Jacket Company deemed
10 be 4 trespasS on their ground. Whethe.
il was or not we do not profess 70 know, and
in regard 10 sucn matters we give no opiUlHnr
However. the work was renewed IN day or
two. the place was graded of, and in short
time the company had their nice little shaft
house, and office erected on the spot, and
ara:n commenced business which has very
steadily gone forward ever since. The COM
oanv let L contract soon after il was started,
20 sink the shaft fifty feet. This contract Is
nearly completed, only TWO feet more Is yet
% be done, and the contract 70 sink hun
dred feet more ! already let 10 another par
". who will commence work as soon as the
present contract i fniahed. The work, II
seems from this, IS 10 be carried forward as
as rapidly as possible, and speaks well for
the cain. The indications on the top are
such that it is evident good paving ledge
will be found not very far below the surface,
which shaft at the depth Of 80 feet will
reach and deveIope.
PrAyISE DISrMCr.-We were this morn
ing SHOWN Solhe 'CLH 4''e HV'SI'i4S'-S VI ''N-'
and a bar Of bullion from this district, BY Mr..
A. B. Chubb. The bar was the proceeds Of
about iour pounds OF rock, was mostly cop
per in bulk. but had less in value OF that
metal than Of either gold or silver. Mr..
Chubb showed US the certificate of an assay
ofthis bullion by Thcall & Co., which shows
that the rock from which it was obtained
produced per ton as follows: Gold, $40;
silver, $40; copper S36-mtking the total
value SID to the ton Of ore. This certainly
is not a poor Weld; and especially in this
case where, Of the four pounds OF rock as
Sayed, three OF them came from only about
three feet below the surface, and the fourth
pound came out of the ledge about twenty
fee. down. This rock was from the Green
Ledse-which lies about three and half
miles from the Truckee river, and twenty
I'VE miles from Nirg!nia. Several companies