Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-11-23
H EVENING NEWS.

GoLp HUI PRorxR. - Yesterday IL
passing long among the mines in Gold hil
we took some notes of that part OF Golc
Hill known as Gold Hill Proper" Th'
mines 10 which we refer and of which WI
shall speak are those lying between TIT
Eclips. and the Challenge. The first min,
adjoining the Eclipse is known as the
Trench mine, and consists OF 20 feet in
length of the Comstock ledge. Next &c
the Trench claim is the Central, claiming
20 fee, on the ledge, and belongs to tn,
Empire Company. Next is the Plato,
claiming 10 feet. Next is the Bowers,
claiming 30 feet. Then the Piute. con.
sisting Of 20 feet. Then the Winters s
Kustal, claiming 80 feet. Then the Con.
solidated, with 81 feet. The Rice, with
IS feet; and joining on the Challenge or
the north is the Logan s Holmes, with &C
feet on the lsdge-making q total Of pa
feet. These mines do not vary at all in
any particular, all being composed on the
surface Of almost the same character Of
ore, being a decomposed yellow quartz. as
- AGANAaA NAAhkt gSk Shh H"hSt "H
hinty quartz is found among It. Thu
character Of ore continues down TO the
depth Of $50 feet. and to this depth has q
large proportion OF the pay in gold. The
ledge pitches to the west, almost at an
angle Of is degrees, down TO the depth Of
$50 feet. where what is known as the clay
wall and the white ledge come in. pitching
a, almos, the same angle to the east. This
aforementioned ledge seems TO have en-
tirely changed the course or direction
Of the red or yellow ledge, taking II
with it or apparently swallowing It up
The character OF ore found in the white
ledge and that found in the yellow one,
is very different in almost every respect,
one being decomposed with punches Of
hard clear finty quartz, while the other
is Of q milky color, and breaks readily
with u light blow from . hammer. A
person TO examine the TWO lodges would
naturally conclude that each one was q
separate and distinct ledge, and would
keep on in their respective angles, but such
does not seem TO be the case. for we I'M
derstand that several drifts from the lower
levels havs been run westward some two
or three hundred feet without finding any
indications Of vein matter. At the same
time the ledge may exis. aud from coming
in contact with the other ledge may be dis
placed or cut of for a depth Of several
hundred feet. The ledge in the mines we
speak OF. as they show themselves on the
surface, seems 20 consist OF three separate
and distinct veIns. each one divided or
separated from the other by Il strata or
wall varying in thickness from three to
twenty feet. These divisions seem TO be
perfect for the full length OF the mines
and extend down TO where the white ledge
comes IN, and some say they continue as
far down as the ledge has ever been pros
pec,.d, This, however, we do not know
Of our own knowledge and will not,
therefore, pretend to settle. But on the
surface each vein, or strata oil
quartz seems to be thoroughly defined.
and 70 US looks like separate and distinct
lodges, Yet in the lower levels II Is a set
tied and Fixed fact in our mind, from per-
sonal observation. At various points on
the Comstock. that there is but one ledge
exists in that portiop-at least which
pitches east-tor we find the ledge in the
lower levels between two solid walls OF q
species Of granite and iron-stone unlike
ANYTHING found between the walls. Il Is
true, At some points large bodies OF por-
phyry is found with pay ore on either
side; this, however. does not signify any
thing, for the porphyry is n OF the for
nations Of the ledge, and has a night there.
The claims above spoken OF are being
worked, we believe, exclusively IN what
is termed surface. The whole hill side
has been taken down, and the greater
portion Of i. been taken away and milled.
All kinds Of machinery has been brought
into reouisition to get the ore out. such
as horse-whims. windlasses, wheeloar-
rows. etc. At the present writing the hill
10 cut down in these mines 70 a level Of
the irst street below, and in a short time
all the ore taken out Of them will have TO
be hois,ed out At the same time there Is
4 vast amour Of ore yet 10 be taken out
of these mines between the depth worked
and the upper levels, aud years will De
consumed in finishing up this great and
immense work. A gentleman who has been
a foreman or superintendent in some OF
these mines informed US that he had pros
pected back toward the mountain several
hundred feet and found good metal all the
way, bu, in some places il was more or
les, mixed with worthless rock. The
Tim. i, not far distant when we shall see
all the hosting works in Gold Hill, rom
the Alpha to the new Yellow Jacket taken
down, and all the ledge from the surface
of the ground to the first level taken out
and milled, while two Ur three large and
powerful hosting works will be erected
ON the east side Of town, and shafts Will
be sunk TO a depth of twelve and fifteen
hundred feet, and all the ore from the va
rious mines Of the Hill will be worked
through them. The steps taken by the
Imperial and Empire is a good one, and
will do the work for all the claims IN the
upper part Of the hill, but It cannot do
the work for all il large bodies OF ore are
found a, a great depth, which evidently
will in our opinion be the case.
New Srocx.-Ye,serday we called at
White & Mitchell's saloon, where we found
some Of the old stock in the shape OF our
friend Mitchell himself, who has for some
time pas, been sojourning AZ the Bay.
While there he LAID in q large stock OF the
be,, brands of wines, brsndies and cigars.
Being in the city for a long time and
watching the market, he has secured none
bu, the best brands.
EIGHT Hour SYsrRN.- At the GoId
Hill Theater, on Saturday evening, a lady,
Mrs. Dettenreider, the wife Of a mechanic
Of Gold Hill. and "who knows whereof
she s~peake,h," intends giving a lecture on
the subjec, Of the Eight Hour System Of
Labor for mechanics and miners. lSe'
her card under New To-Day."l
FuSEnAL.-The funeral Of Mr.. o. b
Reynolds took place yesterday, under thu
auspices Of the Masonic Fraternity, OF which
Order he was 4 highly respected and es
tened member. Mr.. Reynolds was one o
Virvinia's early settlers, and has left a Wild
circle Of friends who deeply mourn his loss
The funeral was a very large one, there 0eln!
ou;te a number Of citizens in the procession
in addition TO the members OF the Brother
hood.
DANCING ScHooL.-Mr. Thomas Brother
~ ,o,ny neonle of Gold Hi