Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-05-28

told, 1000 feet. The claim is worked by a
tunnel which was commenced soon after the
location was made, and which was then run
between 100 and 200 feet. After this amount
OF work was done, operations were suspended
until last year, when work was recommended,
and has since been carried on nearly all the
time. AFTER the tunnel was run about 200
feet the air became close, and it became ne
eessary to sink an air shaft to connect with
the tunnel for yentilating purposes. This
was accordingly done, and good circulation
OF pure air established. From that point the
tunnel has been run forward about 100 feet,
so that it Is now about GOO feet in length.
The air is getting somewhat close and warm in
the further end Of the tunnel, and the company
has been sinking another air-shaft, which
will strike the tunnel about 700 feet from its
mouth. That shaft is now $50 feet deep, and
will have TO be sunk about sixty or seventy
feet more to come down 10 the level of the
tunnel. Work on 1t is suspended at present,
on account of water, which came in such
quantities as to prevent further work until it
is drained off, which will be done when the
tunnel has been driven far enough to come
under It. The shaft is timbered all the way
il has been sunk, so that it will stand long
time, and have no chance TO cave or fall in.
There is a stream Of several inches Of water
flowing from the tunnel all the time, and as
that work is driven ahead, the small Quanti-
ties are continually added, and the size of the
stream At the mouth o; the tunnel proper
sionably increased. The tunnel has passed
already through one ledge, and is now
just about coming into another. The first
one IS situated about 300 feet from the mouth
Of the tunnel and where il is passed through
by that work is about fifty feet in thickness
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quality. II was not very hard and when first
struck, emitted through its assures, a large
quantity of water, but it does not produce
great deal now and is continually giving out
less. From this ledge to the one in the face
of the tunnel 1t passes through dead rock
which was none Of the way very hard, aud in
which several small streams of water were
found. About fifteen feet from where the
face Of the tunnel now is the workmen came
TO I stratum of very hard rock which had to
be blasted out and which proved to be about
four or five feet thick, and the casing Of
quartz ledge. After this wall was taken out
a large quantity Of water commenced dis
charging and has continued to run eyer since.
The ledge is of good quality. 1t contains
large quantities of SulphuretS Of iron, which
occurs in masses. There have not been any
ASSAYS made Of this rock vet that We are
aware of, but it looks to us as If 1t might
contain considerable silver. The work on
the claim is being done by contract. Mr.. |
James McCone \ Co. have contract to |
run the tunnel TO and connect it with the air |
shaft. They have therefore to sink the shaft |
about sixty or seventy feet, and run the tun- |
me- 100 feet further 70 complete their job. |
The nature Of the grt und has been such that !
the tunnel has been timbered nearly all the |
way. Il is straight and very well constructed, |
and has developed the claim SO much that it |
can safely be clasSed with the best Of the |
claims down that way. ~
IXL CoMPASH.-This company is now
at work sinking on its ledge. The ledge was |
first struck in the tunnel several weeks ago. |
This work followed along in the quartz for
some distance, showing it to be generally of
very good quality. A cross drift was, some |
time ago. run both to the right and TO the |
left of the main tunnel, at point about 800 |
feet from its mouth. This drift showed the |
ledge to be about thirty feet in width at this /
level, well defined, and standing at an angle |
Of about twenty-five or thirty degrees from |
the perpendicular. Close by where this drift |
is run across the ledge, the shaft is being |
sunk from the tunnel. A chamber has been |
cut out to facilitate working, and has been |
timbered overhead to support the roof, and /
prevent pieces Of ground from cleaving and |
falling off. The shaft has just been COM
menced. 1t is three and one half feet wide, |
six feet long, and when we visited the claim
yesterday was six or seven feet deep. There
has been quite large quantity of very fine
looking quartz taken from this ledge, some
assays which have been made, show very
well both in gold and silver, and as the ledge
is quite large and very well defined, and even
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believe that it will be valuable when 1t is
worked down upon to greater depth. The
indications are certainly very promising, and
the inducements held out to drive work
ahead and develope the ledge are as great as
those in any of the claims in this district
PoNY EXPRESS CoAPASY.-This compa-
ny's claim is situated in Blue Sulphur Springs
District, and was located BY the same par
ties that located the Rock Island claim, and
At about the same time. We have been in
formed BY a gentleman who is well &C
duainted with the claim that it contains
Z, 500 feet, and that it is now being worked
by a tunnel some 40 feet long. The tunnel
has been run through one ledge, which is
forty feet in width, and is now close to ano-
ther one, which is thought to be large
There has been considerable water struck
there lately, and the ground which has been
run through for some distance, has been too
soft 10 stand until the tunnel is run far
enough to take in 4 set of timbers. The re-
suit is false timbers have to be used. We
understand that there was not much Of this
however. The tunnel is timoered about 2S0
feet of its whole length, and the remainder
of the way is in ground so firm as not to re-
ouire such support Close by this claim is
the Palo Alto company's claim, in which
there is also tunnel and in which good
deal of work has been done.
ENTERPRISE Co. u This Company keeps
driving its tunnel ahead. 1t is now into the
hill 40 feet, and is still in hard blasting
rock. For few days last week, the tunnel
was run in comparatively soft ground, and
the workmen made two and three feet per
day, but hard rock has again been struck,
and the work begins to go along slow again.
A small stratum of quartz was struck
couple of days ago, which is probably feeder
Of a ledge, and is surely good indication.
This tunnel has now passed through three
strata, of which the one above mentioned IS
the smallest. The first one is near the mouth
Of the tunnel, and the other nearly hundred
feet from the face of that work. These last
two are quite large, being each several ieet
thick, but as they are PaSSeu tuIouSn HeSA
the top, the probability is that they are much
larger below.
Mr.. wATsoN.-This gentleman, who was
so terribly mangled yesterday, at the Union
Mil at Silver City, and whose left arm was
in consequence, is quite comfort
able to-day, and all his symptoms favorable.
DIR CASTOR showed US the amputated arm
TO-DAY. It was literally crushed to atoms,
both bones for length of about four inches
being ground to atoms, and the feshy part
torn and mangled to pumice, from the
wrist to the elbow, necessitatlng an amputa-
ton above the Joint. The loss Of the arm IS,
Of course, a great affection to Mr.. Watson,
but we understand that he is man Of edu-
cation, and will be able to maintain himself
by other means than manual labor.
Prize FIeHr.- We understand that
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