Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-03-23
THE EVENING NEWS.

ECLIPSE MINE.-Ne yesterday paia i
visit to this mine. Its fine building, which
l,oks down from Gold Hill upon Main street,
L., ., .,,.,rv one who
Hi"Nss us '''H''o" ""'"'
has ever Travelled the upper par " OK '""-'
The fine appearance OF the building Is IN no
wise IcSsened rs Won come near 10 Il. When
YOU step into the broad doorway, you see Just
in front OF You the shat, and Just beyond
that the brakes and the reels with their great
coils OF two-inch rope. \ little way back in
the building, on the right, Is the furnace and
the engine. The latter IS reverse acting,
with a cylinder OF lO-inch bore and 2-foot
stroke Of piston. Its standard is p horse
power. The hoiSting machinery throughout
has all CT that simple strength which charac-
tcriZcS the work of the architect, our towns
man Mr.. Geo. Fl1IStcad. Inc machinery
keeps continually running. ana every minute
or TWO car q! ore bOunceS mp, out OF the
dark shaft, as Il II were tang OF LIE.
When these cars make their silent, sudden
appearance, If one observes, he Will generally
see sitting on the load Of ore one or more
sacks filed with something; and il pains are
taken to examine them, they will be- found to
contain I biack-lOUkiuS ore spanSled with
sjlvcr-,he richest silver ore ever found in
this district. We Yesterday accepted the in
vita;Ion Of the SentIcm1nIy superintendent
Of this mine, Mr.. ). W. Wright. to go down
into the mine and sec the place from whence
all these rich ores are taken. Accordingly
we stepped into car, and, in company with
that gentleman, descended down into that
dark and almost bottomle<s pit The hrSt
gallery runs Off from the shaft. 30 feet from
the top; but no work IS being done in IL al
present. All is dark. We don't stop
there, but 50 down another hundred
feet, when We come 70 stand still
and % light. We climbed on; Of the car, took
hight and began 10 look about us TO see what
We were - meet in these lower regions.
Alang westward stretched gallery heavily
timbercd and CLOSELY Jagged, Of roornY height
and width, along the bottom Of wE.ch runs
track for cars. We passed along this, enjoy
ing breeze Of air, tempered by the warm
earth, almost like that OF Summer. A short
distance from the shaft, perhaps hundred
feet. we came 20 where two tracks divergad
from the main one; one running 10 the right
anu yHUi"S 70 t,,s % - ,J ,a,J;nI,
70 the Bowers and the Winters claims. On
the right, just after we pass this cross IT!ti'
lug ~ - ~: ~ O',,I;.S IT, -
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leNe. o. 'ae S".e'E S'9"".Ns' ''"-' - N'''yst
Is strongly umosTcH As Il rises FROM 'l's
place We PToccedsd tarouSn S"''efs running
s"utH aIonS tue !eu-e' "I'''' We S.''"S :" 'I'S
Bowers claim wh'tS '''Ss gang W lux"
were AZ WORK u""eE '''e "'rSSs''i' o. w, rs
IeT ana rom mere We 'SS TO- "'o'. J.,
SSI.erH E"cA - s"S sI"t'' - -
l! Is WEI. 'sH'-1A'su' Si" - '~"' . .t';.,-
aooH' i Is strong anu "l''o''' "N' t'J.s t"',s
vel. arranged. Il mas orea "Hc % the mus
profitable OF the TH'c iii!t MiNeS' ana o'IS
fair 70 attain supremacy.
C,<sCr,n,rrn Cnup,xy- lit Wi,
De remsn'oSEtU IH"' S9'''' H'''T "s' "s S"'s
Z verv full description Of the mining works OF
This rnmnarv th,, are above ground. Yes
.s-d,y tn S,,nsrirrspdert showed us some
re,,,rsabI; rirb rock which had lust been
;o~rJ in me hor. lalr,. and havir-a natural
Ca-srN go hFs,s and whore S1lrN p..ttprlur
,SSsses cf cold and silver we're found, We ac-
ceN,e3 m. inv;tation 20 nav their mine visit.
re- Isssand;nr N the dcp,h Of $50 feet. to
+bs love- Level we ind = drii; l-5 feet in
length emitting through all three Of the Gold
Uii7 Iadoas In this DRIFT the front ledge is
some cInht fee, wide. Then, passing on
tbrorgh a rixture of granite bed rock, niled
with small veins o: quart, OF feeders rs thew
are called, the middle ledge is found 20 be Of
= good width, although varying considerably
as i; is worked upwards. Between this and
the back ledge there i I wall OF bed rock
about six feet thick; vet. in this stratum of
rock, there Is considerable quartz, almost, II
not quite, enough to make Il part OF the
paw ledge. Il seems tdIr 10 conclude that the
middle and back led.eS are really one, and
that there are las in all lodges rich streakS;
or parts Of the ledge. This is particularly so
in this claim; as where the rich orc Is now
being extracted, there Is a vein OF from twelve
20 twenty-five inches IN wIdtn, that SURPRISES
ANYTHING ever vet found IN GoId ttil. Ipon
either side OF this vein, 10 the width OF twenty
feet, very rich paving ore Is being mined.
II is simply useless for one to attempt to
convey 4 correct idea Of the wealth OF such
mine as this. One has 10 GO and witness 1t
with his own eyes, before he can realize the
vast amount OF precious treasure that IS hid
den away, in these barren hills No wonder
that men get wild when they allow themselves
10 contemplate sIca scenes. Gold and Sill
~. :. e.. -, ~, 49, sborIJ he and i
prevailing malady in Washoc: Should any
one think that this sounds like putting mines,
let him go anu inquire ana eN'Hllne tor MIN
seIf' ana ne WI" ma 'A'' 'Ae "a" mas NOT
been 'o!d; Inc more we see OF tne oeNeIoP-
ment oil the mines mere N: more are we eou-
Vlnced that' as VET, we nave haFuiy COM
menced TO bring eArtaS r!cAest treasures 70
hight: 1t seems as though men Snoui? NOT
ask Tor anything oetter or r'eher' thah IS 70
be found IN TINS c'ai'n' even at the ueptn
they are now. 1et, ever upon the LOOKOUT