Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-24
THE EVENING NEWS.


tains 1900 feet, which were located in 1860.
There was only enough work done on the
claim to hold it according to the laws of the
District, for the first two years. That which
was done as required, was all applied in one
place, and with very good Judgment, so that
il was not thrown away, as It was in many
cases where the same system Of location and
working was adopted. The work done from
the time of location until February 1858,
amounted 20 making Il cut in the side Of the
ravne and commencing tunnel. The
Mace where the tunnel is started, is from
noint on the north side OF the ravine, 4 few
Yards below where it is crossed by the Ophir
road The tunnel runs few points north
of west. Il is now 500 feet in length, and
longer than any other tunnel IN the Ravlne.
II has been run most Of that distance in hard
rock, and some part of the way in rock so
hard that It cost $50 per foot to drive the
work ahead. Almost all the work has been
done bv contract, Mr.. N. Turney being the
contractor. At present, Mr.. Turney and Mr..
r Harken are at work on I contract, which
,hey have Jointly taken from the company.
The tunnel Is straight nearly its whole
I.nyth: but, as the rock has been hard, and
mos, Of the way had to be blasted, the sides
and top of the work presents ragged ap-
pearance. For the most part OF the way,
therefore, no timbers have been required to
Give it support. The solid massive wall Of
granite will stand for ages without crumbling
or giving way. There has been found 100
feet of soft ground at different places in run
ming the whole 800 feet. This has been
,imbered very suitably. In several of these
places there has been found considerable
water, which in all makes up a stream of
about two inches, which Is conducted in boxes
10 the Comet Mil in Gold Hill. The COM
PAW sells this water 70 the Mil Company
for 800 per month. The supply of water is
constantly being increased BY the addition of
small streams watch are every now and then
struck in the tunnel as 1t is run further into
the mill. Thus far the company has struck
no ledge. They have passed through several
veins or strata Of mixed quartz and clay, of
very good appearance, and which contain
some OF the precious metals. These strata
are very regular in formation, and have
smooth and regular walls Of very hard gran
tie. The first Of these strata is about 100
feet from the mouth of the tunnel. 1t is,
perhaps, six feet in thickness, and Of wet,
soft character. II is composed Of quartz and
clay in about equal proportions. The charac-
ter OF this stratum is about the same as that
OF the several others which have been found
further back in the tunnel. They are thought
by the wOrkmen TO be feeders. Perhaps they
do lead to ledge. Their course is nearly at
right angles with that of the tunnel, and
they appear TO run parallel to each other. 1t
NAV be that they converge, come together,
and unite IN ledge some distance from this
mining work. The company expects 10 run
the tunnel considerable distance further
before the main ledge will be reached. The
company has blacksmith shop and build
ing 10 frame timberS is erected close BY the
mouth of the tunnel, and everything arranged
for the successful carrying on OF the work 50
vigorously begun.
CONSERVATIVE were called upon this
morning by Mr.. \. Jewett and another gem
tlemau, who desired US to correct a state
menr which we made in our issue OF yester-
dav concerning the striking Of water in the
Jewett 4 Shepard mine the day previous.
They allege that no more water was found
that day in the claim than had been coming
in for several weeks previous, and state that
the water has for some time been above the
lower drift. In justice to ourselves, we will
saw that the statements we made in the arti-
Gle Yesterday, were based upon information
given US at the claim BY the foreman. He
stated to US in the presence Of a gentleman
who is an owner in the claim, that on Sun
day morning the worSmen were driven from
the lower drift By water which had been
struck there during the night; that they
were now working in an upper drift; and
that then the water was coming so rapidly
that he could not hoist it out fast enough 10
keep it down. II the statement which we
made Yesterday was incorrect, 1t was because
We were wrongly informed by an employee OF
the company.
Lors OF WArER.-The Belcher Company
continues to have great quantity Of water
to contend with but putting its pump on a
i've foot stroke, and running it at a pretty
rapid speed. the water is kept down SO that
the work can be carried on. We are credit
ably informed that the pump discharges
continuous stream Of twenty-five inches OF
water from the mine. II is not raised to the
top Of the shaft, but is discharged into tun-
mel, and conducted thence to near the road
opposite the Rhode Island Mil. The Midas
Company, whose shaft is just south Of this
one, formerly had great deal Of water, and
this Company had very little or none; but
since the Belcher struck into quartz IN It's
shaft, and the Midas shaft has passed outside
Of the ledge, the former Company has all the
water and the latter has none, though It's
shaft is forty or fifty feet deeper than the
other. It is probable that the water which
follows the ledge is kept in it back from the
them, which it cannot penetrate.
JEwErr COMPANY This company's shaft
is now lO4 feet deep. Mr.. Seamonds has
Just finished sinking 100 feet, which he did
on con tract, and is now timbering the shaft.
He had about thirty feet to timber yeSter-
day, and he will finish that to-day or to-mor-
row. The shaft, was four feet deep when he
took the contract, so that when he had sunk
down 100 feet more il made its entire depth
what it now is, l0l feet The shaft is four
and one-half by eight feet in size in the clear,
and is being tinibered with three-inch plankS.
Mr.. Seamonds is doing the work in very
creditable and workmanlike manner; and
when it is completed it will be very fine
piece of work. We would like to see the
company commence the work and carry it
on as soon as the present job is finished, and
no, let the claim lie idle. The claim Is, we
believe, destined to become valuable and the !
sooner it is developed the better it will be for
the country, and for the individuals who
compose the company.
AFALsrAFFIAS DUEL.-As we go to press,
rumOr is rife in town that Pete Hopkins, OF
Carson, having heard that his friend Mark
Twain was about to enter into a contract
TO be killed, has come to the rescue and
assumed the DYING part. Pete mas mad no
rest since that terrible massacre at Dutch
Nick's, and is DESTROYS Of dying savage
death besides, he thinks he would make a
better target than Marx, i'll which opinion we
coincide. Blood, or something else, is likely
to grow out of the difficulty, unless the par
ties can be made to believe, in he language
of Bulwer, that &" the pen is mishtier than
the sword" The duel will perhaps come of
in the pine forest at Empire City. Horrible !
most horrible!
SCHILLER CoMPANY.-This company is
now running drift from the foot of its in
cline to the east towards its ledge. The in-
cline when it had been run down short dis |
lance passed through ledge which stood
nearly perpendicular, and, as the incline
could not well be sunk so steep as that stood, |
it passed through it, and run down on the |
west side of the ledge to its present depth, |