Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-11-27
Imperial and Empire New Hoistins
Works Completed and Starting into
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Operation.
Prominent at the upper portion
Gold Hill stand the fine large building
and hosting works, now about com
pleted, over the new shaft of the lmpe
rial and Empire companies, the eSpen'
of said shaft and hosting works beinI
borne conformity by the two companies
the Imperial paying ,hrec-fourths ant
the Empire o%ne-fourth.
THE NEW SHAFT.
The sinking Of the new shaft wa
commenced January 18th, ls66-nearl.
two wears ago. 1t consists Of FIVE com
nar,ments, the extreme southern on
for pumping purposes, being o!
seven feet, and the other four four ant
n half by FIVE feet in size, in the clear
The three south compartments are SUM
TO the depth Of go feet, but the othe'
two are but 600 feet deep as yet. Inc
deeper sinking of the shaft has not beer
nrosecuted for some time past oy
reason of having to a Tor tue com,
nle,ion of these works in order to riu
the shaft Of the great volume Of
water encountered, n whieh mas
since risen some six or seven nuu-
dred feet in the shaft. The shaft from
ton 10 bottom is timbercd in n very SUD-
s~tantial and workmanlike manner win
twelve inch square timbers, piaeeu III
set,s, "A feet apart from center 70 cen
Ter. leaving a stump or well Tor Tue
nump. of 90 feet in depth, q driit VIII oe
commenced, at the 900 foot level run
ming west for the ledge, which aceo!u-
inc 10 survey, must be about liV iee'
distant. The two north compartments
will mo-, be sunk deeper ut present, ont
all work will be done through tue three
soutb ones. two being used for hosting
and he other for pumping. The pump
co,pmn is twelve inches in diameter,
divided into sections OF go feet each,
one above the other, each section being
n comple,e pump in itself One section
will obviously be about u undred tcet
shorter than the rest, On account OF the
depth Of the shaft. The water will
have to be raised entirely to the sur
face. there being no convenient tunnel
through which it might otherwise be
made TO find an outlet.
THE BUILDINGS
Were commenced on the 10th OF May
las,-juSt six months ago-and are all
complete with the exception OF some oil
the minor details Of ceiling, etc. The
main building, over the shaft, is 90 by
90 feet square, with 50 feet posts, n
contains the gallows or hosting frame,
and three engines. The engine room is
IS bv Co feet square, with n ceiling IS
feet high. The carpenter shop adJoin-
ing, on the north, is so feet long by 90
in width, with is feet posts, being prob
ably the largest clear room in the State.
The boiler ROOM, at the south OF the
main building, is 45 feet square, WIN
Is feet posts; the blacksmith
shop adjoining it on the south
is twenty by forty-6ve feet square,
Is feet posts. The gallows or hosting
frame over the shaft is the most
substantial structure of the kind we
ever saw, being constructed OF very
heavy timbers, the largest OF which are
l6 bv "a inches square; the posts are 80
feet high, very heavily braced and Sc
cured in every direction. The entire
mass of timbers composing this frame
contains 40, 40 feet. Mechanics and
others have said that they considered
this frame unnecessarily strong and
substantial, but when one considers
that the shaft is to be sunk to the depth
of 1900 feet, with four compartments
of it in full hosting operation, II VIII
be found no stronger than required. IL
is a very credi,able piece of work, and
was executed in charge OF Mr.. ID. POW
ell. The timber of which it is composed
was growing in the tree in August last.
THE ENGINES AND BOILERS.
The hosting will for the present be
done by two engines Of one hundred
horse power each. They are both placed
in full working position, on soho
granite foundations, and were started
I'M on Sunday last in order TO Try
them. They were also u q short lime
while we were present this morning.
and worked as smoothly and success
fully as could be desired. They were
manufactured at the Miners Foundry,
Sam Francisco, and are of the horizon
tai link-motion style, with sixteen inch
cylinders and four feet siroke Inc
pump engine is not in position, but
ready on the ground. It is q heavy
Cornish pump engine Of 500 horse pow
err. forty inch cylinder and twelve feet
stroke, and is considered amply capable
of raising the immense column OF water
from the contemplated depth OF l,ooo
feet. There is room for two more MOIST
ing engines, north Of the two in position
At present, which will be added in case
heavy amounts Of ore are ncountere
Mt the lowest depths contemplated.
The steam power for hosting will be
generated by means Of four boilers, l6
feet long and SO inches in diameter,
containing so three-inch tubes each.
The boiler for the pump engine is n
huge steamboat boiler, l7l feet long,
5 feet in diameter, and containing 10
two and a half inch tubes.
IN CONCLUSION
We would say that the Imperial and
Empire new hosting works ranks among
the best, aud in many respects they are
the best in the State; at any rate they
will be when completed as eomtempia-
ted. Much Of the work has beer done
by contract, and it is claimed to have
thus been done better and cheaper:
Mr.. J. D. Greentree, Superintendent OF
the Imperial mine, who originally plan
ned or materially assisted in planning
and projecting these works, r. X. Col
cord, under whose general supervision
they are thus far perfected, I. Nc.
Auiey, the constructing engineer, and
G. B. Burke, the chief carpenter, are all
deserving Of much credit in their sev-
eral departments; and to them are we
indebted for gentlemanly courtesies in
furnishing the material for this article.
The works will so into full operation on
Saturday next, using large hosting
tubs for the present, in battling the wa
ter from the shaft, which operation will
take four or FIVE days, after which the
drift for the ledge will be commenced
at the 900 foot level, rs before described.
The new works are well worthy a visit
from those interested in such matters,
and are indeed an ornament aud o credit