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

AMERIC Az CITY MINING, Tunnel AND WATER
CONPANY.-Thjs company was organized early
last winter 20 run tunnel through American
Fiat 10 drain the mines which are located there
and 10 discover the lodges which have their course
through that section: also 10 determine their
oct location In accordance with the proposed
object the company made location of eleven
Lodges lying parallel 20 each other and running
through she Flat. The aggregate of these claims
amounts 70 some 5000 feet. and the number Of
the iocatCrs j. some tighty-two, which makes
very large claim and IN equally large company.
The work on the claim was commenced soon after
zoe location was made, and since that time the
company have run tunnel abou: one hundred
and Efty feet in length. This tunuel-whch is,
without exception. the best one we have ever seen
us commenced in American Ravine AZ point
onc-half . mile below Reeds mill. The tunnel
ruus ia = northwest course, aud i intended TO be
run il the direction until il cones under the
hill north CT the Fat where the rich claims are,
\ branch will then be run TO tho LETT along under
the hill and one also 10 the right. Here, AZ the
hill he tunnel will be nearly quite thousand
FEET below the surface. By survey which has
been rnaleit has been determined that this tunnel
will cross under the American Flat road very
nearly beneath the dollhouse. and Il! q depth of
CO.. feet The undertaking Is q great one, and
will require an expenditure of amounts Of
money to carry il through. So fur no pains have
been spared in making the work as strong. con-
veuivnr and durable as can well be done and no
time has been lost in driving the work ahead.
There are three shifts of men employed in work
ing the claim so thar there is no cessation Of the
work either day or night. This tunnel is large
enough for two wide tracks. and high enough for
a horse or a mule 10 work in when il has been run
= sufficient distance 10 require their aid or make
their assistance available. IL i timbered all the
way in the most perfect maReer. There are sets
composed Of caps. and sills. each BY inches in
size placed every four feet and against the sides
OF these and over the top of them. is covering Of
.hreeinch pianks which are closely fitted together
These sets are feet wide on the bottom. feet
wide on the top. and are feet high in the clear
The tunnel i run very nearly level there being
only about four inches rise in one hundred feet.
There has little water been found which flows
out OF the tunnel through a gutter which is con-
structed under the sillS: and where before the
tunnel has been run half way across the Flat
probably will be a large stream flowing The
tunnel will probably find much more water than
any other one in the country which does not pen
citrate a greater depth than this one does, Tor q
majority Of the claims down that way lind large
quantities very near the surface. The MAINTAIN.
UmOh. the Harold & Argo the King Soloman, and
several Others, all struck water within less than
4 hundred feet of the surface and in such quanti-
ties as almost to prevent working. In the Gale
tIonia Tunnel too, which i about 500 feet above
the level OF this one, there are found numerous
springs which in the aggregate produce splendid
little stream Of several inches. The water which
rhis company will undoubtedly obtain from the
tunnel will be source of revenue so long as wa
ter rams. but the value which the tunnel will be
in exploring the fat for minerals will be very
much greater than this
HOMES & NORTON CoMPASY.-This company's
claim was located about year ago. 1. contains
l 80 feet. and is situated south Of the Caledonia
Tunnel Last summer the company sunk n shaft
OH a claim 10 the depth of Toe feet Ii was started
90 hill vv-kf - anil a
south of the ravine where the Caledonia Tunnel is
commenced, and is about forty rods southeast Of
the mouth of that mining work. The shafI which
was sunk last summer WAS part Of the way
square and the remainder Of the way round, and
ri very small dimensions. The first fifty feet,
which was ,imbered. was only about three and a
half feet square, and the remainder, which was
round and was not tiIbered was no more than
she same length IN diameter. In hiking this shaft,
a hedge was found which was Of considerable size
aud of very good quality. When winter came on
work on the claim was suspended and was recon-
lnenced oniy a week two ago. The company
Is now engaged in cutting down the shaft and
making IL large enough, 50 that when II Is TIM
bred il will be four by eight feet in the clear IN
size The rock near the surface here Is very
hard and makes slow work. but il Is expected
that by going few feet further this will be passed
through the same as il in the small shaIt, and
the ground be good picking until within ABOUT
ffy feet of the bottom of the latter work or nfty
eight feet from the top of this shaft. Inc cut
which has been made TO enlarge this shaft u not
more than eighteen feet deep 1t il timbered only
a part of that short distance but the nmoers
Tor a considerably greater distance are on the
ground and already framed to be put in when re-
Quired The shaft has always been worked by
common y.ind!aSs and we noticed on the rope
which was used hook different from anything
which we have heretofore seen in use. The hook
in question is about six eight inches long, and
Of proper strength for in such place. The
bottom part of il is turned over in the ordinary
manner. and the point tip there is joint IN
which is fastened trian gular shaped piece ofiron
which. when the hook Is shut, extends across from
the tip TO the shank, and one part Of the same
triangle extends along up the shank of the hook
and hts into q groove cut into the shank. Around
the shank is q piece of iron which is fitted 70 slide
up and down along il, falling down Of its own
weight. so that when the hook ID closed this ring
Is down the part Of the triangle that is fitted
into the shank of the hook, and flstens il to its
place The workmen say that il is very handy
10 use and person can tell by glance AZ it that
il is infinitely better and safer than the twisted
hooks so generally in use where claim is worked
BY 4 ,yindlass Ii was made by a blacksmith on
the Flat whose name we did not learn, but we
can say that there IS considerable ingenuity shown
in getting il up and il will probably usurp the
place of the others when 1t becomes better known
FINE JEHELRY.-It Is a source Of much graft
hcalion and perhaps pleasure to many persons to
wear a handsome waichchain. beautiful ring or
\ breaStpin, and mayhap, if the party can afford
it, first rate timekeeper in the way OF gold
watch. And the ladies' (Tnay the Lord bless then)
have little weakness IN this way, too, IN graft
fying their artistic tastes and pleasures Max
Levy, opposite the Eclipse Stables, in Gold Hill,
has the very articles. and any quantity, and at