Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-02-04
THE EVENING NEWS.
ALTA Mryy- INpER1AL CoMrASY.-Yes-

proper, being between the Bacon Mimi
COMPANY. a, the south, and the Apple
Bates, at the north. The claim consist
of one hundred and eighteen feet, and tn
location is one of the earliest on the hill
The first work of prospecting done wa
bv means of an incline, which was run tt
a depth of two hundred and fifty feet. o.
about one hundred and eighty feet per
pendicularly, at which depth the Ledge
was cut, and several galleries Of fine orr
was worked out; but the company ind
ing the prospecting of their mine by means
of an incline not so economical as with a
shaft, commenced their present shaft
which has at this time reached the depth
of four hundred and fifty feet, being twelve
BY four and one-half feet in the clear. d.
vided into three compartments, two OF
which are now used by the Gold Hill
Drainage Company, and one by the mine
for hosting their ore. This shaft is as
straight as plumb line, and is substan-
TALLY timbered with heavy lumber. The
company use in their compartment cage,
and in the other two are heavy buckets
for hosting water and waste dirt. Step
ping aboard the cage, down we go into
the bowels Of the earth, and soon reach
the working portion of the mine. The
shaft was first sunk to the depth of three
hundred feet and the first level opened, by
running drift due west. distance Of
nearly two hundred feet; the ledge was
cut about fifty feet from the shaft, and the
balance Of the distance is cut through the
ledge, but has since been filed in with
waste quartz. After this drift was run,
another drift, winding in southerly di-
recsion, was run a short distance and the
pay streak of the ledge struck, and "stok-
ed up distance of ninety feet, until the
works of the old incline was struck. At
the east the common blue clay wall was
cut, and the ledge found pitching east, in
conformity to the Comstoc& character. In
this level, under the old regime, but about
twenty feet in width was worked; but
lstterly, side drifts and galleries have been
run to the Bacon ground, and vast body
of good ore yet remains in sight to be
worked. The character of the ore at this
depth is peculiar, not Astounding in rich
streaks that have at times created so great
a furors in mines, but the vast ledge is
composed of a decomposed mixed ore,
that pays regularly good amount for
milling. This new body of ore opened,
is not confined to one or two sets of TIM
bers in hight, but crawling up through
massive beams distance of seventy feet,
we find another drift running in norther-
" direction, which, running through that
which has been supposed wall of the
ledge, cuts a very rich ledge about twelve
feet in thickness, which sparkles and
glistens with sulphurets of gold and silver.
How far this ledge may extend, is not
known, but from appearances it bids fair
to surpass any part Of the mine yet
opened. These galleries are timbered
with heavy twelve-inch beams and stayed
diagonally. An immense weight was
brought to bear on this timbering, and
some of the beams splintered and broke,
but column OF waste dirt has been raised
from the bottom, and acts as supporter
TO the timbering. which now stands firm
and massive. We received much informa-
ton relative to this level, from Mr.. Thomp-
son, who is foreman at this point, where
a large number of miners are engaged in
taking out the immense bodies Of ore re-
naming in this level. Returning to the
shaft, we go down to the lower level. At
distance Of fifty feet, however, from the
first level, another drift was run west, and
several galleries of fine ore worked, and
so was the case at further depth of fifty
feet, the ledge being worked from three
hundred to four hundred feet level IN
hight, but now being worked on line
the entire distance, and large amounts Of
ore being yet in sight. At the lower level,
or four hundred and fifty feet from the
surface, yet another drift cut the ledge
southwest of the shaft, and, here again,
we fluid that long breast OF excellent
ore, vet remains to be worked. At
this point drift has also been run due
north, striking the line of the Apple s
Bates ground near the end of this drift
drift was commenced last week running
west, and at a distance of ten feet from
the main drift splendid ledge was cut,
and at this time has been run IN about
twenty-five feet. The ledge here Is COM
posed of silver-bearing quartz, very rlch
in quality, and of indefinite extent, al
though not far distant from the Apple &
Bates line of ledge. Some ore we extract
ed from the ledge shows free silver and
gold. and what is far richer, chloride OF
silver. 4 great deal is expected from this
new discovery. In this, like the other
levels, the timbering is massive, and IS OF
as good quality as that of any mine we
ever visited, being a credit to Mr.. McClel-
Ian, the general foreman ofthe mine. The
drainage company are now twenty-five
feet below this level in the shaft in which
fine ore has been struck, and which Will
be opened as soon as the massive pumps
are in place and at work. Returning to
the shaft from the labyrinth of drifts and
timbers, we step aboard the cage, and
presto, up we go, and again breathe thin
air. The hoistipg works at this time con-
sist of fine thirty-tiye horse power en-
CINE, with boiler sixteen feet IN length
bv forty-two inches in diameter, and
doing daily a large amount of labor. The
building for these works is eighty by forty
feet dimensions, built In substantial
manner, and protected from fire by hose,
which at a moments notice can be attach
ed to a tank on the hillside, and a flood
of water turned on any portion Of the
building. At thenorth of the main build
ing is the blacksmith shop; dimensions,
sixteen by twenty feet; at the east is
carpenter shop fifty feet in length and
twenty-eighr feet in width. Close by are
two offices for the company's use, the
whole constituting quite a village OF
buildings. About one hundred tons OF
ore are raised per day, which IS crushed
a, the Rock Point and Gold Hill Mill
The entire mine is in charge Of Mr.. T. e.
Buckminster, who is evidently an accom-
plished miner. and to whom we are IN
debted for courteous treatment and ex-
tended information.
ISDIeNANr.-The people Of Virginia
are very indignant at the passage Of the