Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-08-29
THE EVENING NEWS.

'' ana Is OF an early location, CON
pnsins about 1000 feet on the cropping
OF the ledge. The first work done on n
lam was through a tunnel, which wa
run pto the hill north of the presen
works, and after cutting a vein of ore
very rich in gold, an incline was sun
nearly " hundred feet, through a stra
tam Of clay, and a ledge Of red ore pecu
mar to Gold Hill wss cut, and for a con
siderable space the ledge was "stoped,
and nearly 800, 900 in bullion was ex,
tracsed-to no grea, profit to the stock,
holders, however paying but a tria,
more than expenses; and as has been as
eertained by work. growing less prolific
IN gold as the depth of working increased
A large amount Of work was done in The
old mine, in the shape Of drifts, shafts. in.
clines, stopping, ETC.. etc., but no indlca,
tons of silver was ever discovered in the
portion Of the mine first prospected.
About two years since the Company de-
eided 20 erect the present hoistiug-works
and building. and sink a shaft on the mine
which would permit of ample prospecting,
Getting aboard the swinging cage. tempo.
rarily used for putting in guides in the
shaft, We were soon at the first level,
opened a distance Of two hundred and
eighty feet from the surface. The shaft is
fifteen By five feet in the clear. divided
into three compartments. two of which
are devoted to working the mine, and one
to the pump. II is timbered with 10 by
IL inch lumber, and 4-inch tagging every
third set of timbcrs being set in the side
Of the shaft and bolted to the others with
iron, making q splendid piece Of work,
and can hardly be surpassed. Leaving
the shaft, we pass through the soulheas,
drift r sh IT distance. when we come to
the point where a silver ledge was first
cut, where we found some excellen. ore
remaining at the sides Of the drift, Of u
similar character with all the rich ore OF
Gold Hill proper. The ore here assumes
a tangible form of ledge. with a regular
foot-wall, and pitching at a sharp angle
but after being drifted upon a short dis
lance, a "horse" Of barren periphery
seens to have slid in and cut the ore a.
sharp as a knife could divide a piece OF
wood. This horse has been drifted on in
each direction, and found TO be a most
formidable obstruction-but at q distance
Of over two hundred feet from the shaft
the red stratum peculiar 10 that in the
old mine was cu:, and more or less gold
bearing rock was excavated from the
ledge. From this level to the bottom of
the shaft the distance is ffty.6ve feet. and
in that distance the west wall of the ledge
has been cut, and with i. an enormous
vein Of water which keeps the pump in
constant motion in order to drain the
mine. At present a pump-pit is being
sunk, aud VIII n completed the second
level will be opened by q drift south Of
east, when the ledge will be cut at a dis
lance of from 81 to so feet from the
shaft. according to the known angle Of
the ledge. and if the stubborn old por-
phyry horse Of the first level is found
above, it IS more than probable that u
ledge Of silver ore will oe cut, upon which
an incline will DC sunk. that will redeem
the entire section adjacent. The shalt
should properly be sunk another hundred
feet before drifting, but the work of sink.
ing in the adamanrine formation is so
slow, and such a n immense quantity Of it
has to be drained. that the company have
concluded 10 open the second level at the
present depth Of shaft, and will commence
TO DRIFT the last Of the present week. The
Superintendent. Mr.. c. 4. Luckhart, ac-
US. and we feel warranted in
thar his management Of the mine
is characterized by the most rigid econo.
my, As well a. By interchangeable cxerrlons
10 develop the ledge. which We have but
doubt actually exists a a certain
To give some idea Of the obsta.
cles TO be commended against, we will state
that every twenty four hours the enor-
quantity Of two hundred thousand
of water is pumped from the mine,
and whenever the pump stops five min
utes. it requires four times that period to
reduce the rushing waters to the former
point. The building over the works is
excellent, and well adapted to its uses.
The engine is of 60-horse power, stroke
feet, and cylinder fourteen inches in
diameter, which is supplied with steam
from two boilers used alternately, each
twenty one feet in length and forty-tire
in diameter. The reels. IN which
run excellent wire DE are OF small size,
and too close TO the shaft TO work effectu-
ally : and, in fact, the entire power is in
adequate TO perform the work Of pump.
ing, sinking, and working the mine. The
two pumps, one OF eight inch ccliber. and
the other Of eight and one-quar;er inches
in size, work excellently, and with more
force. could te made TO do much more
work. acting as they do on the lift and
principle. and when the lower
drift shall develop q good quantity and
quality of ore, we expect 10 see more sub
stautial power AZ once placed in position
10 dram the mine and do the work. Our
visit was very interesting TO Us, and es-
tablished the earnest belief that 4 rich lode
of silver ore will be struck at no distant
day in the Jus:is, which will not only be
cheering to the owners Of that claim, but
give to the surrounding mines an impetus
that will be beneficial to our entire mining
community. We shall visit the Justis
again when the lower level is opened.
MILlrARy.-W Whenever a grand move is
abou, TO be made by a large body Of SOL
diers the greatest quietness and secrecy is
always observed but yesterday. when
Seth H. Comstock changed his base !"
and bought the entire interes, in the we'll
known eating stand at Woods Exchange,
C street, Virginia, the entire corps Of
hungry men aud infantry rushed to the
rescue and cleaned out his entire stock Of
edibles. This morning, however, he has
received a fresh invoice Of oysters, clans,
chickens. quail, squads, and such other
herbs as will prove beneficial to the aodo-
men Of anybody.
ALMOST FISIsHED.-The huge. revolv-
ing o~re.roaster. which has been in process
Of building at the Fulton Foundry for
some time past. is nearly finished. and Is
a huge cylinder. so arranged as to throw
the ore at each revolution into a blaze Of
FIRE, that passes perpendicular!y its entire
II is for a company at Austin,
Reese River, and will be used only in the
reduction Of very rich ores. Il will be
nanoaaarv In emf away the tom of the build