Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-03-24
THE EVENING NEWS.

on the Comst0ck range, and consequently ii!
those clIim-ownCrS whose claims lie south OF
the Uncle Sam are ANXIOUS 70 know whether
,hs letl,,eS down there are rs rich as repre-
scnted. and whether the probability is that
they continue on down that way. We veS-
tcrGay visited that mluc and will give what
facts we gathered there u our readers, who
c:;n draw suca differences from them aS in
their Judgment appears most correct. The
hnc large building whicA this company
has lately erected, i the admiration OF every
pa<ser-by. Its dimensions are loo feet front
and 90 feet deep. On the south Is the car
penter shop; in the middle Is tine main build-
inc, which covers the hosting works and
on the north Is Inter. in which is the boiler
room and blacksmith shop. The engine is
ponderouS one Of forty-niUe horsepower,
with . cvlinier OF fnuyttcn-inch bore and a
toUr-foot stroke oi piston. The reels which
are used on this claim are different from
those generally in use in the claims around
he.e. They have three grooves and rims and
are consequently less liable TO break or grind
WIKI i heavy load. The works are Of the
S,roDSe>; kind and were ha:.t by Mr. q.
7. McCLlmoni who erected some OF the best
ho!Sting WORKS in Vircinia. The company
have ;cn-iuvh purip on the ground, which
they intend ~ put into their mine iu i few
DAYS The bob Is already placed and lady
for work, that the time required - put
this machinery in operation will not he very
long. In the ore roum w were shown l
quantity OF very rich rock from which work
man was asserting 4 particular class which is
sent 70 Europe u ne worked. Having 4 de-
sire 10 see the works OF tn. mine below We
stepped upon q bur!et n company with the
superintendent. My. CorvFii. and in 4 mo-
hpIDVy
the surface. Around the shaft is quite I
large chamber, strongly timhcrcd and closely
Jagged. Here We found the foreman, Mr..
Gee. Eeleford, who showed Us through the
the mine First. we followed along gallery
leading north. About one hundred and ten
feet from the shaft / comes into the ledge,
and then runs along side Of il. with this wall
of silver on The lcft all the way. The quartz
is white and blue i'll color, and very much re-
semb,eS the ore Of the Gold HILL lodges. At
the distance Of no feet from the shaft, we
come - j turn table, where the cars are turned
20 run down through driis which follows
along the west side oE the ledge 10 the shaft.
Abou, - feet north OF this turn table, We
come 10 where We have to climb up, through
I Shute, 10 I drift about ten feet higher than
the one We have Just been trGyerSinS. From
this runs 4 cross drift which cuts through the
ledge and shows i 10 be - feet in thickness.
We then passed along north again, 70 the
end Of the calm, about 40 fee; from the
shaft. Here again Il large gang Of hands are
working on the ledge. % feet III thickness,
and Of such extraordinary richness that the
native silver can be seen in almost every piece
Of rock. From here we returned to the vi
cinily Of the turn table. where another large
gang OF hands Is EMPLOYED taxing ont some
We r1Fn rtsl This rfr hS
mine has been worked upwards about 70 feet
from the lower gallery, and has yielded hun
drcGS of tons OF first class rock. From here,
we went down TO the lower gallery, and BY
way O: the west DRIFT, 10 the shaft: from the
shaft driit i yum 40 feet south. along the
wall OF the ledge. for the purpose OF aScer-
tanning the direction the ledge takes. This
was found 70 he very nearly south. No work
is being done in tina, direction at present. all
attention being turned 70 the north end 0f the
mine. The ledge vt the Uncle sam Is large,
rich. and we'll defined. The rock which it
produces very much resembles thac which IS
found in the lodges Of Gold Hill, and the
Lodges take lust about the same course. The
report no. long ago in circulation that the
ledge Of This claim was small. and was pinch
ing out" could only have been originated in
ignorance o. malice. y view OF the inside OF
The presence Of the great rich 60 foot and -
foot lodges are what gave that claim the rise
in the market of from Sl3D 10 $500, in less
than five months. and their existence IS what
makes this claim one Of the richest in the
district.
SouTU MIDAs CoNPANY.-The claim Of
this company lies i short distance east OF
the Uncle sam, and Mr. Ann companies
claims. The company IS sinking shaft
about - Yards southeast Of the Mary Ann
companv's building. The shaft Is now l3)
feet deep, is 1 by feet in size is tiC.bered
with inch plank, and IS worked by means Of
I double winG,asS. When the shat had
been sunk 20 the depth Of 50 feet, the work
men struck some rock which they thought
10 be the casing Of the ledge. Taey Tan
Grif. east, and, only 4 few feet from the shaft,
struck i ledge which proved 10 be 9 feet in
thickness. The strata Of the quartz are near
IL perpendicular. In color the quartz Is
very nearly white. and in quality not rich
enough to pay. Having aScertaincd the true
position Of their ledge, they could tell how TO
conduct further operations. The plan they
have adopted is 70 sink the shaft 30 feet
deep, and then again tap their ledge, where
thcv very reasonably expect - find 4 good
steam hosting machinery 20 work the mine;
10 take on; quartz fit will pay, and if not, TO
sink down deeper. The quartz Lodges Of our
mines which pay anything near the surface,
invariably grow richer with depth: and when
a company, as in this case, once find 4 well
defined ledge, which gives L good prospect
so feet from the surface, they have sufficient
encouragement to authorize the erection of
substantial and durable machinery.
AcCIDEST.-We learn that Mr.. Pharrer OF
the Theatre Saloon, while riding out yester-
day TO American Flat, got his leg broken
He was dashing along the road BY the segre-
gated Crown Point claim, and in passing
quartz team. his horse became wedSed in be-
tween the wagon and large coulder by the
side Of the road against which his leg was
damned and broken between the ankle and
knee. Strange 10 say, he ut first did not no.
tice il, and had ridden on several rods when
ne remarked 20 4 companion that he thought
MS leg was broken, and upon examination
il was found that the bone was broken in two
places, we are glad to learn that he has the
prospect Of 4 speedy recovery.
JuDeE ATw1LL's COURT. THIS MORNING.
Rather more than the usual amount of
business was before Atwil's Court this morn
ing. The Court was occupied all the fore
noon in trying the case Of People vs.. Garrity
assault and battery-which was not yet
decided when our reporter left. The follow
ing cases were on the docket, for trial to-
day: Connolly VS.. Power, suit for 500 on
promisSory note; Newield VS.. Lachman, suit
for S65 on book account; People VS.. Purcell,
assault with deadly weapon with intent to
do bodily injury, set for o'clock this after
noon.
JUICE ADVOCATE CLAIM.-This is a new
claim, located in January last. 1t situated
about forty rods northwest Of the Belcher
Company's shaft, and contains 900 feet. The
Company have a shaft AS feet started, and
have it down fifteen or twenty feet. They in
tend TO push work forward as rapidly as pos
sible, thinking they have "a big thing"