Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-08-18
THE EVENING NEWS.

hN HstN AAO Llllluk lLllpIONC
ments in Excelsior: Whether any of tn
lodges will pay to work, is yet a question, TO
the rock IS extremely hard to quarry out, ant
consequently very difficult to work. As al
onset, however, we will say that there il
plenty Of water power and wood convenient
so that II 1t were all Comstuck ore that wal
to be worked, it could be done for FIVE or 81,
dollars per ton. This rock here, however, is
altogether different from any / have ever seer
in q sixteen years experience on this coast
n resembles the Comstock none At all.
How traetably it may work remains to be
proven, and milling tests will soon solve the
problem. Mind you I an in the above only
speaking Of the lodges in the immediate vi.
cinity OF this town, and upon the strength o!
whose supposed richness this rapidly grow
ing town is being built. OF the amount OF
work done in the way Of mining about here,
can say but little, for there is little done.
The work has been mostly confined to : few
open cuts and shallow shafts in the groupings,
all Of which, however, is done at much eS-
pense, on account Of the extreme hardness of
the rock and the roughness Of the country.
III California Company, on the California
ledge, about a half i mile west Of town, are
actively at WORK sinking q shaft, which is
now twenty feet in depth, BY the side Of the
ledge, and also have run 4 deep cut into the
heavy groupings, which are from sixteen to
twenty feet in width. Following this ledge
to the southeast We come TO the Excelsior
ledge and Company, which, however, is claim
cd By many 10 be the same ledge as the Cali
fornia. The Excelsior Company have an
open cut or so on their ledge, where consid-
cradle free gold is 10 be found visible in
much Of the rock. The ledge runs along 4
rocky ridge, and at the base Of the hill 4 tun-
mel has been run at great expense, owing TO
the adamantine character OF the rock, which
has just penetrated to the ledge after running
10 feet, cutting the lead about 90 feet below
the groupings. This developcs the ledge ut
l greater depth than any other in the district,
and shows some very rich looking rock. In
the open cut on the groupings, the decom-
posed rock and earth by the south side of the
ledge pays n dollar to the pan. The quantity
is very limited, however. There are two wa
ter mills being built just below the dam,
which will be finished in about six weeks from
now. After these get TO work, Of course
more will be learned Of the richness or pow
ersy Of these lodges, but yet they will proba-
bly, have 20 experiment on the rock, and not
be able to work it at first; therefore it will
be late in the fall, or perhaps next season,
before these lodges will be satisfactorily pro-
ven. Meanwhile, those who locate lodges
here only do work enough on them TO comply
with the law in order 10 hold them for I year.
For this reason I think there will be COM
paratiyely but little work done in the way Of
developing the lodges this fall but next
spring, If they are found TO pay, all will go
ahead with = rush il not, vice versa. There
has been but little development OF these
mines thus far to warrant the present excite
ment. II reminds one of Como, Palmyra
district, in 1868; but let us hope that this
town may not "petcr out" quite so badly as
Como did. A great deal Of capital is being
employed here from San Francisco, Virginia
and New York. Now that things have taken
4 start, something good is apparently bound
TO be developed.
RrSGwAT.-Last evening, about 5 o'clock,
As d six-horse team, with 4 wagon heavily
loaded with wood, was passing down Crown
Point street, opposite the Crown Point mill,
the brake gave away letting the wagon for
ward against the horses, which were unable
TO check its course. The wagon after rush
ing f~uriously down the street for several rods,
crowding the horses before it, ran off TO the
left and brought to, right side up with care,
in the soft, wet ground on the north side Of
the street. No particular damage was done
IS far as we could learn. The leaders took
fright and kicked themselves loose from the
rest Of the team, and with the doubletrees
Gathering behind them ran At John Gilpin
speed around into Main street, and as far up
as the Post Office, where they were stopped
and secured. Too much care can not be
taken in the construction Of the brakes 10
our heavy wagons. II was almost entirely
by good luck that this team was saved from
being crushed BY the wagon.
REPAIRING THE R~EsERvoIR.-Thc town
authorities, last evening, had the water all
drawn GU. OF the Town Reservoir, for the
purpose OF having it cleaned and repaired.
The water pipes were left full up to the gates
at the reservoir, so that there is enough water
available to drown 4 moderate fire if judici-
ously and promptly applied. There was
about eighteen inches of sediment-rcgular
slumguliion-found in the bottom Of the res
eryoir after the water was drawn of, which
will require several days for removal. There
has been considerable leakage from the res
eryoir for some time past, and much water
has been wasted thereby. We are in hopes
that that after the repairs are completed there
will be such 4 saving Of the water that VIC
can once more have our streets wet down
regularly every evening rs We used to. The
FLYING Cloud does very good work, but it
can't compare with the town water works as
/ street sprinkler.
Struck IT RIcu.-wc were this morning
shown 4 large quantity of very rich rock
which came out OF the bottom of the main
shat, in the Empire claim in Gold Hill.
The rich deposit Of ore from whence it came
was struck a few days ago at the depth OF
els feet, and the shaft has been sunk into 1t
some eight feet, with no signs OF getting
through. The rock is very hne grained and
is composed largely Of rich black sulphuEets
Of silver, but also shows considerable free
gold. II is very hard and has TO be blasted,
and for that reason, and on account OF the
presence of 4 great deal Of water in the SHAFT.
which makes blasting difficult, the company
have quit sinking for the present.
ARE THEY PHrERISo This is a question
often asked BY timid, fearful, "be-careiul
men concerning our mines. To them we
answer The Alpha Company, at the depth
Of $50 feet from the top OF their shaft, have
struck 4 large body OF richer ore than they
ever have found before the Empire Compa-
nv, at the depth Of 6l5 feet from the top OF
their shaft (which is the to,eeSt po'e yet
opene9 on the ComStock lode. though the
shaft is not the dcepest), have found an I'M
mense deposit Of rs rich rock as has ever yet
been discovered in Gold Hill. We dom call
this petering, though il we are mistaken IN
our conclusions, we go IN Tor letting EN-
peter"
GOVERNMENT TITLE.-The City Clerk, OF
Virginia, yesterday, filed a certified copy Of
the map Of tina, ci,y,.in the Land Office at
C,r,on. The citizens Of that place can there
fore now secure Government titles to their
c;,y lots by fling declaratory statements, and
nroceed;nS according TO the law in such cases
made and provided. Stevens : Fish, at the
Recorder's Office, on. B street, are prepared
20 attend to all business OF TINS KIND, ana
viii do so in the mos. prompt manner and at
the lowest rates.
New SrRIxE.-Thc new strikes or discor-
cries OF rick leads are not all made in the
rsv.., mining districts. We learn that