Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-04-23
THE EVENING NEWS.

4 Nl>l+ 10 THIS company cllln when Is sit
uatei on the west side vi Gold Canon
only abcIt i quarter OF mile above the
De,irs Gate. This is one o: the oldest locI-
tions in the Canon. it having been made as
early rs 1859. Since that time 4 great amount
o. work has been done, and no small portion
Of It applied in such u manner A. rendered 1t
useless. The claim contains l.SpD feet. The
ledge crops Ont on the sid, hill above the
Devils Gate Toll Road, west OF the road. In
some places the groupings are up the hull
several hundred feet from the road, out At
the northern end OF the claim, It comes near
sr to the foo, OF the hill. The Superintendent
Of the claim has been connected with it only
short time, and has Rot We; become very
familiar with the history uf the different
works. bu, by the aid he could render, and
n, information W. gathered from several
workmen who have occn engaged in the mine
almost ever since It was uySt worked, as well
As from close inspection Of the works our
selves. We think the distances and dates we
give are nearly or quite correct. The first
work which WAS done towards developing the
claim was - run tunnel u the ledge from 4
point on the side hill about the ccntrc OF the
claim. and half way from the road 10 the
ledge. This tunnel was run in 50. Il is
about Seveuty-Gvc feet III length, and after il
strikes the ledge. / drift. IS gUu both north and
south along II. The principal drift runs
southwark along the ledge, and quite large
quantities Of rock appear 70 have been taken
uu;. This drift: i pcrhnns hundred feet
long and At the end i = LARGE circular cham
Der about twenty-five feet III diameter, and
the same in height. This j. where some OF
the best roc< in tae claim WAS found. and is
quite near the top o. n, Ledge. The work
which was next done on this claim is, 4 tUu-
ne, which i run in from lower down the hill:
the mouth OF it being ubn&l ono hundred and
nifty yards South-ea~; If. Ii the mouth OF this
one. This work w3~ - near as we could
learn done in 20 ana 81. The length OF this
tanncl is about l15 feet, and from the end OF
il, : drift IS also run north and south along
the ledge. Appearances indicate that con-
siderable rock ms been taken our Of this
mining work. As the drift Is in some places
worked upwards, upon, much higher than I
otherwise would have been. These TWO tun-
neIS and their drills, are neither Of them
timbereG and neither Is POW worked. Abou.
200 Yards north, from these tunnels, 4 couple
of shafts have been sunk. near together.
They we're both. we are informed, pul down
last summer. Cac i aH0u. 80 feet deep,
and the o;her one N nj - feet deep. The
are both Of small dimension and were sunk
merely - pro>lrc, ire ledge a; Iais point.
and have not bsru w1rSci since last yea-.
They are lust below the road, bout y rods
north from the Succnr mill. These two tuD-
retS and the two Sh1f,,. comprise all the
works Ct This company u any iGl"or:oncc,
which are not HOW used. The work in the
mine IS now a.s;o,, % Through a shaft, and
INCLINE, and Il ,ruau,, and their connecting
d-:ltS. The shat; is started higher up the
hill than the OcEcr works and very near the
groupings OF the ledge. |. is sunk down
about $50 iec:. but not quite perpendicular.
Il Starts 10 the east A. an angle o. between ,
and 10 degrees from the perpendicular, Is
feet by q feet il size, tIiU6S-eI. and divided
into Two compartments. GIt Of these COM
ptrtnentS is used for the hosting machinery,
and the other one for dump. At this depth
the shaft connects w;ga tunnel which comes
in from the east, starting from the bottom Of
the rarirc, and which : about $50 feet long.
From this point where the sGaft and the tunnel
connects, An incline has 6een run down on the
le&ss lhoVc one hundred and SIXTY feet The
pi:ch OF the incline is varied with the pitch
Of the ledge, some places being nearly per-
pendicular. and other places being almost
horizontal. bGr in tie whole, averaging al
angle OF a5ou: forty five degrees. THIS in
Glue is closely t!;I5Crej, and Jagged w:ch
plank. 1t is eight by nike feet IN size, and .
most Of the way IS divided BY i partition into
two compartments, IL one OF which 4 track 3
is laid, and IN: ouEa when rock is hoi>tcd 20
the tunnel, and the pump pipe : laid, and
the connecting rod works in the ether. ~
the bottom OF this incline there Is stump
some ten or twelve feet deep, into which the .
water from the various drifts runs, and from .
which it is drawn by the pump. From above .
This sump, drit: i run on the ledge both .
north and south. and from the main drifts
cross drifts are run n every little distance,
which cuc through the ledge 70 show its .
its thickness and quality. The main drift .
which runs 20 the north : about one hun .
dred and forty feet in length, and the one .
running 10 the south ten feet longer. AN .
this is considerable below the water level, .
and the ground i more or less soft, the drifts
are rimbe-ed and closely Jagged. Every
thing down in the mine has the appearance .
Of being carried on carefully, and jud!cIously. .
Work is being done in both OF the drifts, ,
and quite : large quantity o! rock Is being
extracted. The hosting from the mine : .
done bv 4 steam engine OF about twenty
horse power. The cylinder Of the engine Is
Of nine inches bore and twenty-five inches .
stroke Of piston. The s'cam-Ocilcr, we T,
should Judge. is thir,y-siX inches in diane
ter and eighteen feet long. This engine .
besides hOiScing the rock does the (.
work Of driving an eight inch pump which I
Is Of six feet stroke, but which Is not now
worked on more than half stroke. The water /
from, the mine is discharged into the tunnel,
and through that conducted 20 the raylne AZ
its mouth. Where the water is discharged /.
into the tunnel, little donkey pump OF j. !
inch bore, Is placed, which forces enough
water for the use OF the boiler up to 4 tank
above the top Of the shaft. The ledge OF tins
company runs nearly north and south, and
pitches 20 the east IL an angie OF about ~
degrees. Il IS in some places upwards OF 30
feet in thickness and contains both gold and
silver ore, out principally the former. The
vein IS very well defined, the walls OF the
ledge being very regular, but the quartz IS
badly mixed with gypsum. At places the
quartz is quite free OF this scientific matter,
and is in such cases Of dark color and OF
excellent quality. Although brown IS the
prevailing color Of the quartz in this mine, II
is NOT the only color. In the ledge where the
work IS now being done there sometimes &C.
cur several strata oil quartz OF different coiorS,
and at that depth, there is found considerable
blueish looking quartz which indicate the
presence OF silver. This ledge is large and
the ore undoubtedly rich, and but for Its con-
tanning so great quantities OF gypsum, and It
being so difficult to separate the ore from 1t,
the ledge would be one OF the best IN this
vicinity. As it is, the ledge has yielded con-
siderable bullion, and when II Is worked down |
upon the yield will probably be increased.
SMOKING EN- our.-The Yellow Jacket
men, and the men of the Gentry company
have lately been having lots Q! fun smoking
each other out Of their respective Mines
The Gentry company are sinking shaft on
ground which the yellow Jacket company
Claims. This latter company ran DRIFT
from their mine under the Gentry's shaft.
and last tuesday the worknen in that shat
came down through into it, whereupon the
Yellow Jackets built FIRE, and raised such
= smoke as soon made them leave. Gentry
rolled down rocks and threw down dirt unit!
their shaft was flied above the drItt, and
,hey were again free from smoke; Ihey
then commenced 10 run drift, and 50 did
tho Yellow Jackets who followed along be-
- L. ,;-rht !