Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-02-12
THE EVENING NEWS:

Present n PAsr.-Nos a Gay pa'
bu, we hear people talking aeou''ne e0un'
try being gone in," and wishing mem
.oivss in Montana, Idaho. New Granada'
or some other place. 1t is true, wHo-ea.
.,ock, AVE no value, as at one ame; ana
,ho,s i NOT the chances for a certain class
-, Community to feather their nests by
hrmbuoginr men, who, by industry and
n.nnomr' have laid aside a little money.
T., Ec, what makes the times so hard, at
,bs nresen,, is the in which these
hloodsuckers bled every man Of money
during the time that wildcat stocks held
SWAY, and a one-horse parcel Of brokers
swarmed around Virginia City and Gold
Hill as thick as green headed flies on a
prairie in Illinois. This is the class Of
men who are now croaking about "hard
times" country gone in" mines peter
ed" Sc. It is not those who are interest
ed in our mines; nor is it the men en-
ployed in them-for, go where you will,
YOU can not find q place where labor COM
mands such high prices or where the pay
is more certain than in the mines OF Ne
vada, and especially those of Storey
". The great question. at present. Is:
Do the mines Of the Comstock ledge ex-
tend to any greater depth than what they
have been worked land what are the
prospects Of our leading mines at the
present time: What we may say, comes
from our own observation, and not built
on hear say. From actual observation.
we notice that the Crown Point mine, OF
Gold Hill. which, by its location, gives a
greater depth with a S00-foot shaft than
sny claim in Gold Hill. has a large body
Of excellen, ore. The Imperial mine is
the mex, in point of depth, and fine ore is
also found in its lower level. In the
lower level of the Alpha mine the ore is
better than that found in the levels above.
On Saturday evening, in company with
Mr.. Moore and Mr.. Eyre, we made triP
through the Hale s Norcross mine. This
mine is perhaps more fully developed
than any other mine in the State-having
reached a much greater depth. We Will
skip over all the hair breadth escapes we
met with, and how we slipped and fell up
ladders, etc., as we are now dealing IN
simple facts for the benefit Of those IN
,erested. After gaining the foot OF the
incline, we were shown the west wall
rock, and against which there IS a clay
strata some twenty feet or more IN thick
ness, and next TO this is kind OF por-
phery or mixture of quartz clay-wall rock.
I'VE passed directly east. through this ledge
matter. for several hundred feet, 10 the re-
cent discovery, which lays on the east
wall. This is also a clay wall, and the
most perfectly defined wall we have ever
seen in any mine on the coast. The
width Of the vein we were unable to de-
termine, but are certain that it is from
fourteen to thirty feet in thickness, and
the texture Of the ore is excellent. The
most of the pay at this depth, however,
being in chlorides instead Of ~sulphides. the
rock having a greenish tinge, and feeling
to the hand like chalk. In our opinion,
the ledge that has been found in the Hale
s Norcross is the Comstock ledge defined;
and we will predict that in less than three
years it will be found that all that has yet
been done on this great world renowned
ledge has been simply scratching among
the grass-roots, and gathering up the
scum that floats over a great ocean OF
silver which shall last for ages. This is
no lightly painted picture, but it is plain.
common sense. based or facts which time
will prove to be correct. Now, in conclu-
sion, we will say to those who are discon-
tented. and have the New Grenada fever:
there is a certain number to be planted in
tina, sultry region, and perhaps you may
be among the number-if SO. the sooner
you fill your mission the better. And
YOU that have the Montana fever should
s:art early, so that you can get back before
winter, for we shall look for you as soon
IS you &c. through sowing your wild oats,
7hich will not take long. As for Excel
sior, il you wish to take q pleasure trip
YOU can 60 over, as it is near by. and take
/. look, and then return. if you wish, with
out suffering.
BULLION. - There was shipped from
Wells. Fargo s Co.'s Gold Hill office. this
morning. Is bars Of bullion. weighing
724 pounds, and worth according to assay
Sls,43o Al.
BuLLIoS.-van wyck& Sanchez, Gold
Hill, received to-day, for melting and as
say, S,3l4 ounces Of crude bullion.
BuLLloS.-Edwards s Weigand, Gold
Hill, received to-day, for melting and as
say. l4,l46 ounces Of crude bullion.