Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-04-16
THE EVENING NEWS.

AsNS oNNANAA
contains 1000 feet, located on four lodges.
The company has sunk three shafts on their
claim, and are now running tunnel. This
tunue. Is starred into the Flat from little
hollow, which runs down 20 the channel of
the American Ravinc from the south. The
place where j, is started is about half 4 mile
east OF Rigby's Mil. |: runs 70 the west, or
in 4 very nearly west direction. The tunnel
was started about i've weeks ago, and Is now
run in the distance OF about 30 feet. 1t Is
the intention Of the company 70 run the tun-
ne, all the way across the Flat, and into the
hill a: the west. This Is great undertaking,
and il carried our, vii, De great work. 1t /
will have to be run all Of half 4 mile TO reach |.
the foot of the hill where the road passes, :
and il will require great expenditure OF Ia F,
Dor and money, 10 drive the tunnel ahead /
tina: distance. The Flat is 50 nearly level, !
too, that for the trSt 500 wards the tunnel
will De run. 1t will not attain the depth of
more than tivc hundred feet below the sur
face il It does that; and before the tunnel {
can he run that distance, the company will
have 70 sink air shafts u provide proper
ventilation OF the nine. This tunnel is large
aud well constructed 50 far rs 1t has been
run. and Is timoered part OF the way that
part not being ;iuIbrCci, which will stand
we'll without. 80 far, the ground has been
firm, bat n the S,ne ,'ne it has been good
picking and the wcyS such that the tunnel
could De run rapidly forward. Such
ground cannot he reasonably expected
10 continue all the way. II will become
harder or softer, and then the difficulty will
begin 20 be experienced. The object OF
starting the tunnel 50 ilr TO the east as il is
begun, i not only To enable the company 10
obtain low level but it j also TO prospect
the Hat, and determine whether there are
hedges running through it north and south
rs some people think there arc The whole
fat is covered with an alluyill soil, which
has been washed down from: the mountains,
and hidden every vcStige OF ledge, If any
has lis course through that way. The tuD-
mel will, before II Is run far, come down be-
low this deposit OF SOIL and cut into the top
Of the lodges il any lie across It's course. In
this, we aDDrehend It's chief value consists,
and !: carried forward. will settle the queS-
ton. 1t least, as to the existence Of north
and south hedges in this part OF the Hat
Before the tunnel was commenced, the COM
panv had sunk their three shafts. Neither
of them had been carried down to any great
depth. on accoun: o; water. One Is about
sixty feet deep. and the depth Of each OF the
other Two j about forty fee. each. They
we're all sunk nclr each other between the
mouth OF the tunnel and the hill west Of the
fat, but nearer the latter. TaeSe shafts, are
now abandoned, and al. the work which Is
dom. on the claims j. being done on the tGn-
mel. At present there are only two men
working on L. one in the day, and the other
in the night ring. These are rs many rs can
most conveniently work Il, present. When
the tunnel IS d.iycn in further, and the cars
mas - b. run 4 longer distance, two men will
be put on I shift, one to pick and one 10 run
l., 81 .his tr-Nrl TS SprN
us 10 demand the constant employment Of at
least one gang OF workmen, and its charac-
ter is such that only few men can work NJ
= time. We would like 20 see the work
pushed steadily forward, for we believe the
Developments which i will make, will be
suca as will amply pay for i vigorous prose
cutioa Of t.c work.
ATLANTIC CoMPANY.-The claim of this
company is situt,l in American Rayine
abou, hall 4 mile Adore Silver City. It con-
taias 500 feet, whic. were located upon a
ledge on the south side of the ravine, in 1860.
At this place the ravirS is rc-y narrow and
deep. The claim i -.ow being worked by 4
shaft. but was formerly worked b. 4 tunnel.
The Tunnel was started soon after the claim
was located. !, -Nu> in Z westerly direction
fyom a deep hollow which has been worn ont
OF the precipilouS side Of the rlyiac on the I.
south. The place WHERE It Is started IS about /,
= hundred feet from the yIyulct which makes |.
its way down over its rocky bed in the centre !
of American Ravine. The course Of the tun- .
mel was mostly through hard rock which had .
to De- blasted - get !; out, and consequently ,
the work was slow. At the distance OF about +
is fee, from the mouth OF the tunnel. .
shalt has been sunk directly from the bottom.
This shaft is round, and about 90 feet deep. Z
Il is sank about twenty-five or thirty feet !
cas-; Of where the tunnel cuts through the .
ledge. and comes down upon it at the depth .
OF about 10 feet. There : 10 wlndiaSS or .
means OF ascending and descending this /
SHAFT, erected, AZ present, so that We cd not .
90 down 10 see the ledge, which, we are told, /
Is about l. feet thick at th!S place. Passing .
over the shaft, We followed the tunnel along
about TWENTY-FIVE feet, when we came TO the .
ledge This runs northeast and southwest, /
ana dips TO the southeast ~ IN angle Of about /
10 degrees from the perpendicular. The tun- .
mel here makes tura in its course and runs /
of along the ledge in 4 southweStery dIrec- /
ton fer i considerable distance. The ledge (
here on this level Is quite well defined, and /,
about seven feet in thickness. Its Of appar- ,
emily very good quality, and Of u white and !
blue color. The company has saved the rock |
taken out and has It deposited on the dump /
Tor the purpose Of hauling away and crush /
ing, as soon as Il road is constructed up the |
canon from Silver Civ. Work is now sus- I
pended in the tunnel. The company is sink !
ing shaft few feet north Of It's mouth. !
where work is being driven ahead night aud |
Gav as rapidly as possible by three shifts OF
hands. The formation in which this work is
being done, is of the same hard kind which |
was found in the tunnel, and the wcrSmen !
nave to blast out all the rock. This shaft Is
four BY eight in size in the clear, timoered !
with two inch plank, divided into two equal
sized compartments, and Is about 81 ieets
Gee0. The top OF this shaft is about lJJ feet |
south east OF the nearest point OF the ledge !
on the same Level, and il is expected that 1t
will have 70 De sunk about 200 feet to come
down on il in this shaft, rs its dip that way |.
is such as will bring it TO the shaft at about !,
that depth. The company use 4 horse and |
whim 70 hoist from the mine with. They F.
have blacksmith shop on the claim, and
appear to DC taking every means to hurry |!
forward the development Of the mine. The |
quartz is of such quality, and the ledge IS
Of such size in the tunnel, as leads US to be- |
lieve that when the company gets the new
shaft down on the ledge, they will find rock !
which will pay large profits.
RELIEF COMPANY This company loca- !
Gated their claim the 18th day Of June, 1853.
I. contains 200 feet on each Of four lodges, !
The claim was formerly worked by means of
i round shaft, which was sunk about sixty
rods southeast of the mouth Of the Baltimore
American Tunnel. This shaft was not sunk
more than about forty feet when the air be-
came so bad in it that the men could not work
and A candle would not burn. The cause
never has been explained, but this effect is
supposed to be the result Of the emission OF
some kind of vapor, or gas, from the rock
which compose the sides. There certainly
something peculiar about it, for in other pla-
ces shaft Of the same dimensions might be
sunk 200 feet without suffering from bad AR.
After it became 50 bad in this SHAFT that II
,ras ;r,Dossible to work there, the company
commenced another one about fifteen or
,,yaD,v rods northwest of this. This latter
- -. -. E,rt,. fnnt deem but |