Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-07-02
THE EVENING NEWS.

MIR. J. Ptoutz, the Secretary of this CON-
pany, we this morning paid visit to its
mine. This company's claim consists of
600 feet, which were located in 1859 by
two men, Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Buchanan,
who located it under the old law, which
allowed each man 800 feet. The ground
was then known as the Buchanan ground.
1t lies Just north of the ground now owned
by the Alpha, Minerva, Superior and
Omega Companies, which was at that
early day known as the Bowers Ground,
and subsequently, went by the name of
the Coppers and Mills Ground, by which
term it is now generally designated when
spoken of in the aggregate. This Buchan-
an ground was located as an extension of
the Bowers ground. and the Cr9sus claim
is therefore an extension of the last of the
four claims above mentioned, which all
claim successive portions OF the main Gold
Hill ledge. The claim is situated IN a
place convenient for carrying on work,
and quite extensive operations have been
carried on by the company at various
times heretofore. This present spring the
company has erected some 1rSt-claSS hoist
ing works, and is now prepared to Cary
on developments in future with greater
vigor than ever. The company has a
strong, substantial building, thirty feet in
width by ninety feet in depth. the
front of which is weatherboarded and
painted and all Of which shows good
workmanship. The hosting works were
constructed BY Mr.. F. ]. Patten, and are
strong and massive. The frame works is
constructed in the general manner in
which that of hosting works are usually
built in this and Virginia district. One
feature we noticed however, rs being some
what different from what IS generally seen
in other works, and that is, the eNtraor-
binary heighth of the pit heads which are
80 feet above the shaft. The steam ma
chinery is quite different from that in gen.
eral use. 1t consists of two link motion
horizontal engines, Of equal size, one Of
which is right and the other left acting,
and both of which connect on the same
shaft. The cylinders of each engine is 10
inches in diameter and each has q p inch
stroke. Steam is admitted to both at the
same instant through the same throttle
valve and reverse motion is given to both
BY the movement of one lever. They are
set side BY side and stand 1--WE feet apart.
On the center of the crank shaft which ex-
tends from the pillow block of one engine,
70 that of the other, is pinion which |
drives the spur wheel Of the reel shaft.
The reels are TWO in number; are con- !
structed mostly of wrought iron and |
weigh 1850 pounds apiece. They are I
both on the same shaft and about feet /
aparr, and their weight rests on the same /
foundation and bed tinbers as that Of the |
engines does. They are Of entirely differ !
emit construction from those in ordinary !
use, and work with wire instead OF |
hemp rope. The wire rope which this !
company uses is tiattened and is three in
cheS in breadth and one and q half inches |
in thickness. 1t IS composed ofnumer- !
Gus little wires about the size OF the |
steel knitting needles which our |
grandmothers used TO use. These |
wires aIc regularly vet intricately woven !
together, and form rope Of immense
strength and great durability. This one
i, We are informed. warranted to raise
weight of twenty-four tons. This rope |
does not coil on the reels like the round
hemp rope, but coils layer on layer. and
is guided and kept 10 its place by Ranges
on the reel The rope does not weigh as
heavily as one would naturally suppose.
It's weight is less than two pounds per
foot. There are $50 feet of the rope on
each reel, which weighs l,225 pounds.
The steam which drives this machinery Is
generated in boiler which is twenty-five
feet long and forty-eight inches IN diane
ter. The company IS now sinking its
shaft at the rate of about four feet per day.
The shaft Is now 336 feet deep. 1t has
been sunk about sixteen feet during the
past couple of weeks, since the machinery
has been in operation; the rest OF the dis
lance was sunk before. At the depth OF
800 feet. drift was run both east and
west from the shaft, which showed the
ledge at that depth 10 be full one hundred
feet in thickness. At that depth the ledge
was found TO stand nearly perpendicular.
Above. it pitches slightly TO the east. 1t
is not easy to determine its position fur
ther down. The quartz which Is now be-
ing taken out is Of brown color, and .
most of i crumbles easily. 1t is of very l
good quality, but not quite rich enough |
TO nav for working. The company eS- |
poets TO pass through this brown stratum |
in a short time, and come into pay rock. |
We are told that rock Of this same charac-
ter has been found in a number Of our
mines OVERLAPPING rich deposits. We have
no doubt that by going down hunrcd
feet or so deeper, rich rock Will be struck.
The claim certainly has good prospect
of being on of the most prominent ones
along thst part of the Comstock Range.
OvERHAr1ISc.-The Eclipse Company
is giving its hosting works thorough
overhauling. Extensive repairs and re-
placements are being made in them' both
in the castings and frame-works. The en-
CINE is receiving thorough repairs, and the
old reels are being replaced with new
ones. The new ones arrived yesterday,
and are now being put into position.
They are two in number, and weigh $500
hounds spiece. The foundation on which
they rest has been put in new, and IS COM
posed of massive timbers, firmly bolted to
their places. There is considerable work
10 do vet to put the works in running Or
der, but there are two gangs OF mechanics
EMPLOYED, and work is carried on night
and dav, and will be until the repairs are
completed. Great exertions are being
made to have the machinery in running
order Immediately after the Fourth. There
is considerable yet to do to complete the
work. but by hurrying it up, it can prob
ably be done by that time.
The EMPIRE COMPANY, continues to
take out immense quantities ofpay rock
all the time, and at present while the
Eclipse mine on one hand, and the I'm
uerial on the other, are neither OF them
being worked as deep as this one is, this
one has to take out considerable water.
1t hoists the water by means OF a tub
which is constructed square like the COM
,,or,,,on+ of rho shaft in which II works