Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-07-10

LOCAL MINING ITEMS.
YELLOW JAcKpr

LOCAL MINING ITEMS.
YELLOW JACKET.
During the past week an increased
number of men have been employed.
and nearly $50 tous per day OF ore have
been extracted. About zoo fee, of the
south shaft, between the 400 and 600.
foot levels, are undergoing accessory
repairs. Last Wednesday, ia order 10
ascertain whether the IRE still exists !"
the burnt district, the blockins or bar.
ricade of the T00-foot level, anout 100
feet from the shaft, WAS removed. C1H-
siderable gasissued forth, aud continued
to do so steadily day after day. The re.
opening Of the Crowa Point drifts crrA
ted q psrceptible Increase of this sas,
and this morning considerable smok.
mixed with it combined TO drive out
some of the miners, aud -, moan To day
it was considered advisable to close
that 700-foot level again as sooa rs pos.
sible, there being evidently plenty of
FIRE somewhere. This old north hosting
works started into operation yesterday
afternoon, for the FIRST time in II little
over Il year.. The boilers are reset, the
engines lined up, and all the rest OF the
machinery put in complete order. under
the direction Of |. F. Thompson. the
well-known mechanical engineer. The
hosting reels are being turned oil to-
day, and about mex, Monday the hoist
ing of water FROM the shaft will Ire com-
msnced with great activity. There are
about 800 feet OF water in the shaft, and
after this 10 out II winzs correction viii
be opened from the T00.foot level
which is as far as the shaft goes down
10 the 500 and 900.fnot levels, thus crea
ting a fine draft of good ,ir throughout
the mine.
SAVAGE.
or late this famous mine has shown
signs of weakening. The monthly
Weld of bullion has been falling of
month after month, and there ia no, so
good Il showing OF ore in sight a. there
was last year at this time. At the
9th and sixth levels especially, rs well
as in other parts o. the mine there are
i%uelhaustible quantities Of low grade
ore, but Of the good high class ore only
about 5000 tons are estimated TO be IN
sight. Considerable repairing is being
done TO the timbering Of the shaft.
This will occupy about Il month yet. \
drift is also being run west toward the
old mine, with the idea of striking
some good ore considered TO exist vt
that point. They hope, however, and
with good reason, too, to ut
their lowest or seventh station n con-
tinuatiou of the good body of ore now
being worked in the Hale 4 Norcsoss
lowest level.
SIERRA NEVADA.
A prospecting Tunnel north OF
the hosting works and mill, aud Il lit
tie above the level of the battery dump,
develops an unexpected continuation oil
tue rich gold bearing ore Of the upper
workings. 1t is even VI "a richer aud
more favorable character than that in
the level above, and Of which il is evil
IDENTIFY a portion. The ore now being
run through the mill is principally from
the north end OF the hugo surface pit,
and Judging from the Very rich free
gold specimens continually ,ound, it
will show an extraordinary yield at the
frat half months clean up, which Will
bs made on the 18th instant. 4 meet
ing of the stockholders was held last
Thursday a, San francisco. and II was
decided to increase the capital stock OF
the company to $4,000, 600, to be
divided into share, Of $500 ""ch. The
second regular monthiy dividend OF
So so per share is just declared, paya-
BILE to-day.
IMPERIAL EMPIRE.
All operates well under the new sd-
ministration as far rs working progress
ia concerned, but no show o. devel-
opinp good q ore at any p'rt OF the
lower levels exists at the present time.
Sinking the. shaft deeper is discontinued
in order to make requisite repairs !" Tue
timbering of the same. About so irst
of it, 500 feet from the surface, - "eing
repaired. An awkward crook IL tue
shaft exists at that poin, by reaso" OF
the saggiug or settling of the srou"d.
The only good future hope Of the cam.
pauy, as promised at present, consists
in what may be developed by the south
drift to the Holmes ground, which IS
expectea to strike the same good body
of ore known to exist in the north Yell
low Jacket, and which dips northw"rd,
The old upper workings OF the Imperial
Weld about so tons per day, but c""n"'
hold out many months longer.
o POINT.
Tho drift at the ~l,00o-foot level ""
ing through the ledge, the heavy h1dE
Of water tapped at that point has
very materially decreased, allowing o:
,.,;.r nropress being made in drifting
=, the |. i0O-foot level. No rich and
..,ansive bodies of ore developed a.
%, n being considered likely that tn"
trs in the upper levels Of that aud the
V.r,uck mine was at length smother-i
~, ,bree of the closed levels next
~. the 1000 were accordingly re
opeusd yesterday. The result Is 'n',
M. Gre is found to be still! ourn'nI '"'
an increase Of gas aud smoke Is 'r,nr'
ont through the Yellow Jacket. !"
AIM, have to be closed again. A"'h'"S
new to report relative to the N"''"'H'
HALE L SoRcRoss
Ths GOOD body Of pay ore at the h''',
- oso-foot level, holds out w"u, All
.hows NO signs Of falling la fact tie
mors II Ia developed the better II ',"N' :
and when it shall be found e1p"d''n'-
At some future time, to sink deei'rr tor
smother working level, this sam" POD!
Of ore will doubtless be ''u"d I"
s,,epd at least 100 feet deeper re
old upper workings of the niue s,,''
siso Weld considerable very hns ore.
Tbs dividend of Sc per share, de'iar'd
last Tuesday and payable to day.
amounts to S4s, 900 in the ags'es he
GOULD 4 GERRY.
y,.,dinp about so tnus per day from