Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-03-26
THE EVENING NEWS.


claim is of $500 feet, and was located IN
1850. Il lies back Of the Uncle Sam some
eight hundred feet. Shortly after 1t was 10
Gated, thew commenced tunnel PACK Vi
where the Uncle Sans works now are ana
run j, into the hill quite i distance; but
,rbe, The Indian war broke out and the peo-
ME got so badly frightened that they eX-
bpc,sd 10 see Pi-Utc start up from every
1rrr,r 81 Sacr-bruSh, this claim, like many
others. was torsakeu by its owners, who made
Gilpin speed IN getting over the mountains
10 places OF safety. When those troubles
had subsidized, the claimants yCntured back
and again commenced operations Since
then At different times considerable work has
been done. The tunnel was continued on
until il had been run IN two hundred and
hftv feet About eighty feet from the mouth
Of The tunnel it passed through ledge thirty
Zee; in width Of very good looking quartz.
After they had run the tunnel beyond that,
70 the distance above mentioned, and found
no other good prospect, they came back and
commenced developing the ledge through
which they had passed. An incline was run
down upon il eighty feet, aud II was found
10 improve very rapidly as the depth increased.
When the incline had been sunk about sew
en,v feet the water began TO come in, and in
creased 50 rapidly that It prevented the work
acn.g carried more than ten feet deeper.
Last November the company entered into an
arrangement with the Mary Ann Company
bv which they secured the right to work their
mine through that cOmpany'S tunnel, which
was run in about twelve hundred feet in the
direction they wished 10 go. Since they
commenced work in there they have run the
tunnel four hundred feet further, making 1t
sixteen hundred feet in all o.; and the further
end is now nearly six hundred feet below the
surface Of the ground, and between seven
and eight hundred feet west OF the Mary AIMS
shaft. We yesterday climbed into the dirt
car and took 4 free ride through the whole
length Of the tunnel. In going in we passed
two large, rich lodges claimed BY the Mary
Ann Company. One of these is thirty feet
in width. and the other is somewhat: narrow
er The first one is about six hundred and
thirty feet from the mouth Of the tunnel and
the other is in very nearly nine hundred feet.
should that company come out OF the Ntiga-
ton in which il is involved, with good title
20 their lodges fully established. the ground
would be worth at least $500 foot. Since
the Colorado Company has been running this
tunnel they have passed through several
seams of quartz, and particularly one about
fourteen hundred feet from the mouth OF the
tunnel, which might almost be called ledge.
The ground through which 1t has been run IS
mostly blue clay t.led with PyrIteS and sui
phurcts OF iron and copper, and IN some
places to such au extent that the greater por-
lion of piece is mineral. This tunnel is
now within about 6ity feet Of the Colorado
Cou.panv's ledge, and they will reach 1t IN
the course Of a couple OF weeks. We have
the promise Of an early knowledge Of that
event when it does happen. and we hope we
shall then have the pleasure Of informing
our friends OF another rich strike.
GoLD HILL AND VIRGINIA Tunnel AND
MINING CoMPANY.-This Company's tunnel,
which is started in the west side Of Gold
Canon, in a little rayine nearly mile below
our town, is the best finished work OF the
kind in our Territory. The Company was
organized for the purpose Of running tun-
mel from some poInt down the canon which
would tap the lodges OF Gold Hill and Eir-
GINA at sufficient depth TO drain them
The work is, therefore, one Of great import
ance 10 parties owning interests IN any OF
those mines. Il is started AZ so low point
that, keeping the same grade At which II mas
hsen started, il will strike the lodges OF the
Uncle Sam ~ the depth Of about 800 feet, and
the Lodges Of Gold Hill proper will be reached
Z
while the mines of Virginia will be drained
BY it cutie 1000 feet below their surface.
We are unable to give the exact figures of
the survey, but these approximate distances
are ysrv nearly correct, and We hope at no
very distant day 20 give the numbers to
fraction. This great work was commenced
last summer, and the tunnel Is now IN SUI
feet. The grade Of it is > inches rise in
every one hundred feet, which is found Suih-
Client 10 make leavy car run out OF the tun-
mel almost OF its own weight. This tunnel
is Of much larger size than any other in this
country Il has double track, only one OF
which, however, is now used. Il is firmly
timbered with sets OF sillS, posts and caps,
every tour feet, and. Jagged closely between.
The sets Of timbers are accommodated TO the
nature Of the ground. Where the ground is
hard and firm, the timbers are not so heavy
as where il is wet or loose, and they vary
from 9 to - inches square in size. The posts,
sills and caps are Of such lengths as to make
the size Of the tunnel in the clear feet wide
al the bottom, 81 feet high, and So feet wide
az the top. When the tunnel IS run N fur
Their, mule will be used 20 haul the cars in
and out. The work is being carried rapidly
forward by the contractors, NesSrS. Gal
layher, Valley & McCarty, who have yet 100
feet 10 run on the contract. This Is one Of
the most important Of the works which are
being carried on for the development OF our
mines. The great depth at which II will reach
our Gold Hill and Virginia mines, will allow
of their being worked much cheaper than
they otherwise could be. When the lodges
are worked below this level, the water will
have TO be pumped only as high as the tun-
mel. An enormous expense will therefore
be saved. We hope the work will continue
as rapidly and vigorously as it has hereto
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Ophir mine Of Virginia, when it will be up
wards of two miles in length, and more than
a thousand feet below the surface Of that
claim.
JrsrIcE CoMpASY.-This claim is situated
on the west side of Gold Canon, nearly OPP
posite 10 the Pioneer Foundry. This Com
pany, few months ago, struck ledge in
their shaft, and since then the claim has gone
up in the market from $40 to upwards Of
500. The discovery Of this rich ledge has
given an impetus to mining in this part OF
our district which has been equaled only BY
the vigor and energy displayed on American
Flat and in that vicinity since the discovery
Of the fabulously rich ledge Of the Uncle
Sam, and OF the other claims close BY. Al
ready, since the ledge was struck in the JUS
tice there have been numerous claims OF eX-
tensions, made or revived on either side Of it
in the direction which the ledge may be sup
posed to take. This Company are now
working their ledge through shaft, and an
incline which is run from the bottom of the
shaft. The shaft is Axe in the clear, divided
BY partition into two compartments of equa!
size. The ledge was struck at the depth OF
80 feet, and as il pitched to the east the work
on the shaft was suspended, and the work
was carried down on the ledge BY means OF
the incline. The depth to which the mine
has been worked is only $50 feet, yet there
have been great many tons OF very rlc9
rock taken out. The ledge has been found
TO De from six to fifteen feet wide, and quite
uniformly of reddish color. At present
there are about nifty men employed in the
- h-,k as the claim is larye-containing