Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-07-27
THE EVENING NEWS.
DAnDAszIIs CoNraxr.-This company

VIII be ready to commence running its
driff ahead in day or two more. In the
meantime it viii continue engaged in the
occupation which has been followed ever
since the water was first taken out Of the
shaft, and work commenced couple Of
weeks ago-that of clearing ont and re-
timbering the drift. The old drift was
not tmbered all its length, and was con-
sequently considerably damaged by the
water standing in it so long as it did while
the machinery was being procured and
put up. 1t viii not take long after every
thing is made ready and the drift is com
menced, to run it far enough to determine
the value of the claim. The superinten-
dent keeps things straight on top of the
ground. He has lately been making i'm
provements in the shape Of bulwark to
keep the water from flying in all direc-
tons when discharged from the tank.
there IS not much water TO hoist at pres
ent-about six or seven tanks per hour
being sufficient to keep it down.
Struck 1.-THE Kentucky Company
struck stratum Of quartz in its tunnel a
few days ago, and since then has been fol-
lowing it up in that work. The stratum
struck is evidently feeder to ledge.
1t is about a foot in thickness, and is
composed Of excellent looking white and
blue varieties of that mineral 1t pitches
to the northwest, into the hill, very
slightly, and its course seems to be nearly
or quite parallel with the course Of the
hill. The tunnel is now about 665 feet in
length, and viii not have to be run more
than hundred feet or so to strike the
ledge. At the present point which it has
reached, the face of the tunnel is about
2oo feet below the surface of the ground
above, and at thepoint where it win strike
the ledge, which it is running for, it viii
have attained the depth of 275 or ESQ feet.
CENTRAL AMERICAN CoMPANY.-This
company IS down to the depth of about
100 feet with its shaft. and is now run
ming drift to the west. The drift is in
about fourteen feet. No ledge has yet
been struck, but the drift viii not be run
far without coming into one. The ledge
which is being run for is about 100 feet
west of the shaft, on the upper hill side.
1t does not crop out, but it comes to the
surface, and its situation and course is
well known. The work on the claim is
carried on all the time with one shift of
workmen. Until recently two shifts were
worked, but after the shaft was sunk
nearly as deep as the company intended
to 90 before drifting one shift was knock
ed off.
BALTIC CoNPANY.-This company is
now running drift from its shaft west
ward to the ledge. 1t viii probably have
TO be run two or three hundred feet in all
to strike the ledge, but it is well under
way, and q considerable portion of the
distance has already been run. The COM
pany have no doubt but that when the
ledge is struck by the drift, it viii be at q
sufficient depth to find good pay rock.
The company has for some sine past been
busy running drift to the north, to con-
meet with the North American mining
works, for the better ventilation and de-
velopment of both mines. That work
having been accomplished few days ago,
there Is nothing else to do but to drift to
the ledge, and that work IS therefore
rushed ahead as rapidly as possible.
The WORK on the Globe Claim keeps
going steadily along. The company is
becoming conscious of the fact that the
shaft which was commenced 70 work the
ledge through, was started too far down |
the hill from the ledge. The probabilities |
that ledge pitches the same way the hill
does, are generally very slight, and al |
though on top and near the surface, 1t IS
known to dip in that direction, it is no !
sure sign that it does deeper down.
Lodges running along In side hill gene |
rally pitch into the hill, and though they |
may stand perpendicular near the sur
face, have almost universally been found |
to change from perpendicular to an IN |
elined position deeper down.
NEARLY READx.-The New Oregon
Company is nearly ready to commence
operations with its new machinery. 1t
viii probably start it up tomorrow. We
understand that the shaft below the tun-
mel has been cut down to conform with
that above, as far as the water level. The
remainder will be cut down to correspond
with the part above as soon as the new
machinery can be used to take the water
out. The track from the tunnel which
ran over the American Flat road this side
of the dollhouse, has been pulled down
because of no further use, and hereafter
the rock and dirt taken from the mine viii
be hoisted to the top Of the shaft.
TIE KS1cxBnBocxBR CoPASY is
working at its lower shaft, at present run
ming drift we believe. We understand
that the company intends to suspend oper-
atoms here, in the course Of week or so
and commence work in its upper shaft
arain. The lower shaft where work is
now being done IS on the side hill below
the lodges. The upper shaft Is nearly
northwest, and on the opposite and upper
hillside of the ledge. 1t is at present the
deepest shaft on the fiat. II the ledge
pitches into the hill, which il in all prob
ability does, this upper shaft Is the proper
one TO work the ledge though ter it ap-
proaches nearer to the ledge the deeper IT
goes.
ENORMOUS YIELD.-The Belcher Com
pany Just as they reached the water level.
in their old works, struck vein OF very
rich ore, which was sacked, amounting In
all 20 six tons. This small lot was work
ed at the Eureka Mil, NJ. J. Iurd, Sup't
and Welded the enormous sum of seven
hundred and seventy dollars per ton.
This we know as we have seen the bars at
MAYNARD 6 Floods Bank. The Belcher
Company are sinking their south shaft, so
as 10 drift at lower level, where they
win intersect the same strata.
The Jewett s Shepard Company is still
busy sinking its shaft daeper. There Is
considerable water, but rct more than IS
easily taken out by the use Of the ma
chinery. If the company keeps on sink
ing few weeks longer, which It intends
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