Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-19
THE EVENING NEWS.

we paid & visit to this eompanv's claim, which /,
located on the side of the hill northwest of Amer
lean Flat, and is reckoned IS one of the American
Flat claims The location is made the 22d day Of
May, 1900. and recorded the eth day of June. in
tho same year The location il on the Wash pe
Ledge, which crops out for some distance on the
claim, and is there very large and looks very
wide, and gives an excellent indication OF a large
rich ledge beneath These Groupings conta u
considerable mineral on the surface An assay
was made Of some specimens taken from the lon :
quartz ocuiders which crop out above the surface
of the ground, the side Of the hill, just aboN q
where the company is sinking shaft, WIFI h
gave $50 10 of gold and silver 10 the ton of
ore. This yield was mostly in gold. Work
was commenced on this claim in 90 soon after it
was located Early in the summer OF that year,
several cuts We're made across the ledge 10 ascer.
tain something OF its extent and richness. The
results being favorable, the company set at WORK
20 run a tunnel from a ravine at the northeast end
Of the claim. TWAS commenced in August, and
worked that autumn and the following winter
by Mr.. Lawson, who tan the tunnel about 40
feet, but in such direction that i; did not come
anywhere near the ledge. The tunnel WA after
wards abandoned and no work has been done "u
il since, The company Is new sinking shaft "u
the side Of the hill. about a hundred fee; below
where the largest groupings are found \ shaft
was commenced here at an early day, we belle >
in 90 and was carried down some distance but
was not worked for some time. and never d much
This shaft which the company is AZ pres, sin y
ing, is a much wOrr substantial rOOmy I'd ia
ishd piece cfwOrk, than the former Itv sco,I.
menced abou; the first Of January last. an, $ n, W
81 fee: deep IL is by ; feet ia size in Il Gle r,
timbercd all the way down. The first ~ feet il
timbered with two-inch plaakS and for the re-
mRindcr of the way thrce.inch ones are used. It
is divided by partition into two compartments,
of equal size. The most Of the way which the
shaft has been sunk has been in hard rock 80 q Il
the work although kept moving has been comp lr-
itively slow. This company had some d. fhcu "
with the OueOto company which sunk shaft Just
by the side Of it. got down deeper than tais ole,
and ran drift under il. This proceeding ;opps
work in the san Francisco shaft for l. e, a. i
the prospect was shat things would all t, inmate
in long litigation hut the storm has blown ov IT
and this company have sunk It's sha down
through the drift, that was run under and is
sinking i; deeper. and no litigation has com
menced, The ledge has been uncovered below
the groupings for 3 considerable depth, and # m
the position in which the ledge stands IN re, i is
probable that Il pitches 70 the sOuth-e,I I, q ID
will be reached by the shaft by going 20 4 graf
depth. The shaft comes nearer 10 il the lurtncr
il goes down, so that although it does M; CO he
down as TO strike the ledge. the deeper it 'es
the shorter the distance will be which the drit
will have TO be run TO reach il. This cnmpa v
has no; yet found any rock Of VALUE, in amy OF =
works nor could il De- expected That il would 10
soOn but as soon a. the ledge Is struck we expect
TO hear of great results.
GLOBE Co. This company j. one Of the oldest
Of those who located their claims on American
Flat It's claim is Of go feet on u ledge which
runs about northeast and southwest along the
side hill northwest OF the Flat. The ledge cr"nS
out nearly all that distance and since the tin' It
was located, which WAS in 80 has been worked
in several places The first work don, was the
sinking OF shaft on the ledge, IN abouttt middle
Of the claim. Next, the company ran . Iun'.el
into and along the ledge, from raw at TIE
north end of the claim. The ledge here
found TO be large and Of fair quality. n, xI
piece of work commenced was a tunne 1t iae
south end of the claim, which was begu' N the
side of the hill. short distance below IL lede.
This tunnel was likewise run 10 the Il. iSe, u.Id
from il was taken several tons oi rock. VIII i
was crushed at Rigby's mill, and yielded 80 Ter
ton. The rock crushed produced mostly gold:
only trace OF silver was found in 1t. Tbs quartz
itself would to indicate thIS. |; is white nd
brown. and when lying in 4 mass presents Z lie
latter appearance. IL does NOT contain the D lie
seams. spots or strata which are found in s,ly r.
bearing rock, and which indicative of the
presence of silver SulphUrets The company is
now sinking shaft about 80 feet below the ledge,
near the middle Of the claiul which, As the ledge
pitches 20 the southeast, which Is the same way
the hill slopes is expected 20 strike the ledge Al
the depth Of about 300 feet. This shat. is down
about leo feet deep al present and is strongly
timbered all the way, In size il II four by eleven
feet in the clear The first sixty feet Of the shafi
is tinbersd with three-iuCh p.aRkS. and for the
remainder of the way four-!ach are Used.
There has been considerable water in the shat
but az present there does not much come il; is
heretofore Il Is now ali kept ouJ with
bucket, worked by horse and whial, and I. ~
without extra eXrTtIUn. \ short time ago u ca .e
in 50 rapidly that the horsS had 10 be kcP; going
on troi all the time. 10 Keep the water down.
Il il probable that the water which came in 80
rapidly was from some reservoir which was hid
near the surface OF the ground, and was tappsd
BY the shaft, when il was being sunk This p
pears to be the most reasonable theory offered 10
account for the sudden rush and then the graz lal
drying up of water found in such PLACES. The
company intends to keep sinking down and viii.
II possible not stop so doing until the !edg' i
reached. When it reaches the depth at which
this shaft will strike il, il it Is kept stra,, ht
down. the ledge vii! in all probability be found
very rich.
ACADEMIA very serious and painful acct
dent happened at the Empire mine on Monday
morning to one of the workmen, the blacksmith.
whose name is Ellis He was engaged in Prying
around one of the reels of the hosting wo -.
with an iron crOw-bar, when through some is
take or Encouragement on the part Of the brsie-
man. the brake was let 60, and the reel set Lp-
idly revolving When il started i; caught he
bar which be had been using at one end, eau> og
the other end to iy up and strike him. 1t lit
him on his under,jaw, dslocafing and htctufiug
il badly, knocking out several teeth, and
making a horribly bruised and manged g'lsh ii he
lower part OF his face. and another one over ais
eve The medical assistance of Drs. Herei 'rd
and Campbell was immediately obtained TIey
dressed his wounds, and under their care he has
been rapidly improving, and considered 10 be Ouf
ofdanger He has no recollection Of aly trtng
that transpired from the time be was jured at 4
A. ~, until three o'clock in the afternoon.
THE LARGEST SBAFr.-The Ophir Company
has for several weeks been sinking a shaft W ,ich
when it was commenced was the largest in the
Territory; but the Savage Company has lately
commenced one which is larger skill. This la, ter
shaft is commenced at about fifty var Is south.
east of that company's hosting works, and
Is upwards of eight wide and NV 'nty feet
long and is about fifty feet deep. Tn shast is
now being timbered; the work conn aeins at
the bottom, and being carried upwarls The
timbers which are used are hewvl tw, c inches
square. and are placed one above the 9 er three
feet apart These timbers divide the taft into
four compartments, each i've by six te' IN size
in the clear. In sinking this SHAFT s. far TWO
windlasseS have been used. one at each nd; but
when il is sunk down some deeper, diff, .ent
power will be used for hosting.
WILL HAVE wHIN - The Consolidated
Mountain Company, yesterday, had the whim
and frame which was formerly used by the North
Ophir Company, taken down TO its claim, wdere
it will be erected and used TO work the shaft
which has lately been sunS- This appears "a il
the company is going to work in ear. Il. This
company, ever since the time of its loo ton has
been driving work q head with vi;or, b It in both
its tunnel and shaft has had very h..:d rock TO
contend with, and al one time was ; udeTSd a
good deal by water This within will 80 the first
one in use above the Ophir road, and we hope is
the precursor 20 more perfect and powerful. ma
chinery.
MARY ANN Co.-The Mary Ann Company has
got its shaft sunk down TO the water Ieye- and
can go further until it puts up machine fy to
take the water out or some of the ncishboriug
companies pump out the water and siuS down 10
their claims in which ease il will drain this one,
and this shaft can be sunk as deep as th,irS-
The company has within few days taken Town
the old within which it had in its building, and il
now putting up a new one outside, and in 'front.'
of the building, leaving the latter empty and
clear so that steam machinery can at any time
hereafter be erected without causing the work
in the mine 70 stop.