Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-05-24
THE EVENING NEWS

shaft now being sunk on these claims, Ia:
evening, and cleaned the following add
tonal particulars relative to what ma,
prove to be the grandest scheme yet maa
apparent in the history of Nevada silve
mining. The present shaft is being SUM
on the site of the old Spanish shait-ne"
and splendid machinery having been re-
Gently erected on the premises-and II j
expected to sink to 4 sufficient dePIh u
drain both mires from the vast BODY o,
water that has been encountered anu
which has prevented work peio" 'nI
seventh station. Two double engines u
S0-horse power each. have been put up
that do the hosting; buckets with Stro"s
I-inch wire rope being used at present y
pumping engine " lS0-horSc power mas
also been put in place. and Is now IN run
ming order; this last engine Is indeea
powerful piece OF machinery. having an
eighteen inch cylinder, and htty-t"o
inches stroke OF piston-rod. The ny
wheel is eighteen feet IN diameter ana the
whole moves with no Percepnoie jar
The necessary supply Of steam to run the
three engines is furnished by three boilers
set in one range, each sixteen feet III
length and four feet in diameter, with four
inch fines. The steam drum IS twelve
fee, long and eighteen inches IN diameter
and strongly bull. OF the very best mate
rial. The steam IS furnished each OF the
engines through separate pipes, anu also
IS carried through ground pipe dis
lance OF three hundred feet 10 the engine
At the Central shaft. The pumps which
this huge engine are to run consist OF one
If. and one plunger, working TO and from
a reservoir at q depth OF three hundred
fee, from the surface. The pipes are T.
inch, and with sixteen revolutions OF the
main pump beam per minute. vii! be ca
pable Of raising about 400 gallons OF va
Ter per minute. The column OF pipe Is
completed, and in short time the pump
will be at work. and the work OF sinking
progress rapidly. The shaft, which Is
fourteen feet in length by four in width,
is now down five hundred and sixty feet,
at which point a considerable quantity
Of water IS encountered, and It requires
constant work, with huge buckets, to
keep the shaft clear. The lower one
hundred and sixty feet OF the shaft Is
timbered with "setts," four feet apart,
and of fourteen inch timbers. Yesterday
evening a quantity of vein matter was cut
IN the shaft which, ii found in the Pine
Wood district, or some other place
thousand miles in the desert, would at
once cause stampede OF persons who see
nothing good at home. The quality OF
the rock struck IS quartz, with evidences
of gold and silver, yet to be tested by
assay. Il is expected that the main ledge
will be cut in sinking twenty or thirty
feet further. and the vast body Of water in
the mine tapped; by which time the pump
will be in readiness to keep the shaft clear,
and then the prospecting Of the ledge
where the famous hot spring was struck
will a. once be taken in hand, and with
The promised hattering results the Ophir
will at once resume its former prestige.
We await the result. The Ophir is
still at work through the Central shaft.
and recently considerably quantity Of
irst-class ore has been taken out of drift
between the sixth and seventh stations,
which now promises to be very extensive.
Some of this ore goes as high as Sl,I00
per ton. In past times We have frequently
had occasion to pass structures upon the
course pursued BY the company. but
under the present efficient management we
are pleased to note that the old plan Of
penny wise and pound foolish" has
been discarded, and that good, strong and
sufficient machinery has taken the place
of the miserable trash that killed one man
aud nearly ruined the prospects Of the
pioneer mine of Nevada. The President,
VIM. Blanding, has extended and liberal
views of mining, and aided by our prac-
tical friend. the Superintendent, James
Dickey. everything goes on swimmingly.
We are indebted to the obliging foreman,
Frank Kinney, for an afable reception
and thorough information.
SAPPHIRE MILL.-This mill, in the lower
part of town, is being thoroughly over
hauled and repaired, and is having added
TO it more amalgamating machinery. That
part of the building which contains the
amalgamatins pans is being increased IN
size, and will, when completed. be about
larger than before. To the ma
chinery will be added eight amalgamating
pans. There are already forty pans in
the mill, but were found insufficient TO
work the ore which the sixteen heavy
stamps used IN the mill are capable OF
crushing.
To BE RENovED.-The quartz mill at
Como has lately been sold, and the parties
purchasing it intended to have taken it
away. but have concluded to let it remain
for awhile until the Montgomery Com
pany reach their ledge, with the drift they
are now running from their shaft. The
drift Is being run at the depth OF about
200 feet, and will reach the ledge in very
few DAYS. If the rock found pays for
working, the mill will not be removed,
but will be supplied with rock from the
Montgomery claim. The people Of Como
have little fear Of the mill being removed.
The OPERA House MEIoDEoN.-This
continues to be the place for
in Virginia. The manage
ment has, at considerable expense, secured
the services of Miss Matte Field, and Du.
rand, the jig dancer. This evening will
be presented the extravaganza entitled "a
Trip to the Moon" in which any quantity
of "shape" will be seen. Tomorrow
evening several new performers will arrive
from San Francisco.
Struck IT RIcH.-We are informed that
the Imperial Mining company struck an
exceedingly rich body of ore in their mine
Yesterday. The deposit is also thought to
be yery large. The ore is black sulphurets
at silver, intermixed with considerable
Quantities Of native silver. For long
,,me this mine has been yielding unusually
rich ore. but the body struck yesterday is
aid 10 exceed in richness anything they
have heretofore discovered.
F,RE.-About one o'clock, this morn
ins. a fire was seen in the lower portion OF
Virginia, which proved to issue from q