Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-08-27
LOCAL MINING ITEMS.

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The Gould & Curry shows the prin-
cipal degree Of activity Of the week,
as far as stocks are concerned, based
upon the new developments mentioned
In our last report which new strike
has turned out better than expected.
As to the financial situation, the Aitd
says: "There Il very little change in
the supply of money which flows into
bank as Individual deposits as freely as
usual at this time of the year. The de-
mand for mercantile and industrial en-
terprises Is, however, small. The sup
plies of bullion are fair, and coin Is
abundant" The following are what
Items we have to give relative to the
mining situation in this section:
OCCIDENTAL.
The new mill started up last Tues
day, and Is running well OH ore from
the lower tunnel Of the mine. MI.
VIM. Weston Is General Superintend-
ent Of the company, Simon Sclilewick
has charge Of the hew mill, and VIM.
Skyrme Is foreman of the mine. The
mill runs twenty stamps, Is most eS-
eellently constructed In every respect,
and very eligibly located. some 300
yards below the mouth of the lower
tunnel Of the mine, being supplied with
what water Is needed by the fine little
eight-inch stream flowing from the tun-
mel itself. This tunnel has been prop
erly Strengthened and put In the most
complete order from n end to the
other, with q new track laid through
out. Il Is ITO feet In length, being
the longest tunnel In the State, and
full arrangements are made for extract
Ing and milling the ore with the great
est facility and the least possible eX-
pense doing away with all or nearly
all the cost Of transportation. Under
the present management Of mill, mine
and general affairs, there Is every rea-
son Tor the future prosperity Of the
Occidental company. The ventilation
of the mine Is most excellent since the
completion of the Wine connection
between the upper mine and lower
tunnel. This winze develops n con-
tinuous body OF excellent ore between
the two points, 400 feet in hight, fol-
lowing the dip or inclination Of the
ledge, which has we been touched.
II Is from eight to twelve feet In width,
and Is sufficient to run the mill for
years-in fact the mine is capable Of
supplying twenty just such mills. The
ore Is ali Of low grade, averaging, per-
haps, $15 per ton, but owing to Its
ascertained evennsss Of quality and
continuousness, it can be definitely
figured upon. The old mine estab-
lished this fact, independent Of the
extensive new portion developed and
opened out by the lower tunnel. For
600 feet at the further end, this tunnel
follows the foot wall Of the ledge OF
nav ore, and terminates ut the Wine
aforesaid, which is now being opened
out wider and prepared for n shute
through which to dump ore from the
upper mine. The tunnel has not yet
reached the north line Of the mine by
800 feet. The principal chamber now
inst opened out for the extraction OF
ore for the mill, Is 800 feet from the
Wine and north end Of the tunnel.
II Is only some forty feet long by six
feet high as vet. From the mouth Of
the tunnel to the mill Is ll75 feet;
There are at present Is mel employed
In the mine, but plenty more will soon
find employment there.
cHoILAR-PoTosI.
Daily. yield about 275 tons, somewhat
of a falling Off from last week, but
owing to scarcity Of water the mills
cannot crush the ore fast enough to
nee the dumps of the mine, which are
all full, necessitating q reduction oil
the number Of miners. The principal
ore supply Is from the Belvidere sec
tion. The body Of r there Is I'm
mense, to say nothing of that being
worked tn the old Blue Wing section,
which furnishes one-third Of the yield
OF the mine. All this ore being at and
above the Potosi tunnel, 1t Is all mined
very cheaply and run out through that
tunnel, no hosting whatever having to
be done. Prom the first station OF the
. new shaft, $50 feet from the surface, u
drift has been run GOO feet west, to the
vein developing body Of low grade
.ore 20 feet wide-cutting through It u
two places. It Il still being p~rospected.
and will do to work some day In the
future, when the present rich and eX-
tensive supplies In the upper milne nil
No work Is being done in the mine be.
low that point. The shaft Is l,24O feet
deep, but no work has been done al
the bottom since the burning Of the
hoisting works a little oyera year ago
YELLOW kcEET H
Nothing particularly new to report
since our last. Daily yield 225 tons,
Sron the 500 and SOOLfoot levels,
Through the south SHAFT. The drif
north at the 1000Efoot level Is still
going ahead at a satisfactory rate Ia
The softer yein-matter to the wesI
Of the pay ore struck. The direction
of II, however, Is now changed a little
more to the eastward, moving for the
.winze from the 900-foot level, which
a. about 100 feet distant. The LOO
foot level drift north from the Crown
Point milne Is discontinued for the
n,esent. In order to avoid so muct
Idead work" and concentrate the
forces upon the other work OF the
mine. =
HAZE 3 NoRcROss.
The sinking Of the main shaft deeper
for a new level was copmenced TIM
last week, and Is progressing favor
ably. The north and soIth ore oreasu
at the seventh or lowest level continue
looking and yielding well, and the
ralse south Of the shaft IS now up o
feet In excellent ore all the way. The
an door. Of this level, north OF ths