Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-11-06
C MINING ITEMS.


moro favorable developments in our
mines, producing II corresponding in
crease OF confidence, and q less strin-
gent state Of the money market, the
supply of that coveted requisite being
relatively greater as compared to the
demand than it was a short time since.
We predict a good general advance on
all the mining stocks Of this section
during the coming winter. Times seem
rather dull now, but they will be good
mex, spring, if not before.
The Commercial Herald furnishes the
following statistics of the bullion pro-
duct, dividends aud assessments, of
mines on the ComstocS lode for the first
nine months of the present year:
Bullion product-Belcher, Sls,3l2;
Confidence, Sls,ss9; Chollar. Potosi,
ST, O94,35l Empire Mill, $3.50, 523 (;
Gould L Curry, SI69,5sS; Gold Hill
Quartz Mill, S56,s67; Hale & Norcross,
S7l3,27o; Imperial, S273, 727; Ken,uek,
S475,259; Occidental, (estimated),
100000 Overman, S2?3,l7l ; Savage,
81, O6S, 6G2 Sierra Nevada, $3.50, ls9 ;
Yellow Jacket (es,imated), Sl,ll0, 900.
The total for tho present and cores
bonding periods of the last three years
is 1869, S., 692 SOC T; 1868, Sc, 396, 6l9;
1867, lO,92l,6 45 1866, Ss,o27, 100.
Dividends-Chollar-P otosi, $40, 500 ;
Hale & Norcross, 500 900 F.; Kentuck,
$40, 900; Occidental; $50, 900 Savage,
$3.50, 900; Sierra Nevada, S29,5O Yell
low Jacket, $3.50, goo. The total for the
present and corresponding periods of
the last three years is: 1869, $780,
500; 1868, Sl,963, 900 1861, $780,
200 1866, Sl,0OS, 900.
As.essmeuts-Alpha, $50, 900 Amer
lean, Sl7,4OO 4; Beleher, $50, 200 Bull
lion, $50, 900; Crown Point, $50, 900 (;
Confidence, S3l, 200 Central, $4,000 /;
Consolidated Virginia, Sl7 400 Daney,
S56, 1000; Empire Mill, $50, 1000; Gold
Hill Quartz MILL. $4,000; Imperial,
SEQ, 900; Jps,is, $4,000 :; Julia, Sl2,-
500 Keutuck, $40, 900 Ophir, $780,
500; Oyerman, SIPS, 900; Segregated
B.lcher, $4,000 ; Yellow Jacket, $780,
coo. The total for the present and cor
responding periods for the last three
years is 1869, $1,000, 400; 1868, ST.
100, 100 1867, Ssl3,65Oi 1866, $685.
200.
The dividends this year are only
SOS, 100 in excess of assessments, while
in 1868 the excess was S773,S 500 in
1867, So, $40, $50 in 1866, Sl6i,S00.
SIERRA
Owing to the boiler getting out Of fix,
the mill has done very little work durin.
the last week. therefore the receipts for
the frs. half of this month may not
come up to the average. \ new boiler
will soon arrive, and be put in place Of
the old one. The winze below the car
track level is completed to the depth OF
100 feet, and n drift from the bottom OF
i, is already commenced, which will cut
that rich ledge Of white ore so feet
deeper than the present drift. The new
drift will have to be not Tar from 80 feet
in length. Air is supplied by means OF
n bellows and tube. The drift above Ia
the white ore continues TO look we'll,
and the ore holds out satisfactorily as
raised upon. The excellent body
OF ore developed At the north
side OF the surface workings,
has been drifted upon over co feet, and
turns out to be far better and more ex-
~tensiye than at first supposed. The cave
Of the high bank at the southwest end
of the main pit did no other damage
than merely to block up an air shaft
and interiors with the ventilation OF the
mine somewhat at present. The huge
body of ore At that point is all right,
the limberirg not being Injured in the
least. Superintendent Smith is now
running branch drifts from he car track
tunnel 10 cut under both this deposit
aud that at the north side OF the pit,
connecting with each by means o:
wines. 80 that both can be worked 20
the greatest advantage, and regardless
of win,ry weather. The mill will be all
righ, again shortly, and crushing away
AS usual, and when the new DRIFT cuts
tina, rich ledge OF white ore, which will
be about the latter part of next week,
something extra good may DO expected.
IMPERIAL-rNPIRH.
Sinking the main shaft deeper was re-
sumed las; Monday, but it has taken all
the week to get that operation fairly
underway. The shat. is about l,l6O
feet at present, but good progress will
be made next week. Drifting south at
the ! ,OS0-foot level, toward the Holmes
ground, wa, also resumed last Monday,
and i, progressing we'll. The drift is
loo feet in length from the shaft, aud
has about l05 feet yc; to run in order
to reach the north line of the Holmes
ground. A prospecting dritt is also be-
ing run west into the Empire ground
from this main west drift, which is al
ready in Is feet. The east drift at this
same level is in los feet from the shaft.
Another prospecting drift is also being
run from tho 7O0-foOt level Of the EN-
pre-, south toward the Holmes ground. |
The ground belongs TO the Imperial
Company, and is 65 feet in leagth along
the ledge. The good body Of ore in the
north Yellow JACKIE; is thought to dip
north through the Confidence and Chal-
leuge into the Holmes, in which case
the south drift from the Imperialism
pire shaft, l,OsO-foot level, ought to
strike it. They have plenty of frewood,
timber, etc, laid in, and are going in
for n vigorous winter campaign IN the
prospecting line. The old upper work
ingS Of the Imperial are still yielding at
the usual ~rate-about - or 80 tons OF
ore per day.
oPHII.
Nothing new developed in the lower
drifts since our last report, except wa
ter, Of which a great rush during the
last forty-eight hour, has drowned out
all mining operations. Notwi'hstHnu-
ing all efforts OF pump and bailinS tanks
TO the contrary, the water has raised IN
the shaft to the hight of about sou rect
From the fact that the water mas re-
coded ten or twelve feet in the old smart
i, is evident that the huge body OF wa
ter in the old niue is tapped, ana oeins
dr.ined bv the new tunnel. The pros
pee, of further progress in either o. .ns
drifts. at the lower level from tue new
shaft, during the next six weeks, Is MOI
good at present, as all that water -
nav. TO drain of first. The oPh'r Is
decidedly waterlogged. The assessment
nj s. per share recently levied, "gste-
Eating $50. COG, becomes delinquent on
sha % of December. The last assess,
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