The Placer herald., 1870-07-02
VIRGINIA (NEv3 CORRESPONDENCE.
VIRGINIA CRY. June 1870,

. VIRGINIA ClTY, June 10. 1917.
EoIroR PLACER HERALD:-It may be In
tersstiog to your many readers to hear from
The State Of Nevada, the land Of silver and
ssgs b,ush. many Of whom never crossed
the Sierra Nsvadas., A. m old pioneer oI
Placer just arrived bsrs in Virgiuia City
from Auburn, drop you this letter. On my
trip over The mouotains my 6rst stopping
place WAS at Alta. Here the cars atop for
supper. found my lion. friend Banvard,
proprietor Of the place. and am we'll satisfied
he is doing rushing business, and gives
good satisfaction to ell tha, stop At his place.
N0thiag worth mentioning until we reach
Reno. and here vs met emig,ants in num-
bsrs coming TO the once nr nov woul,l.be
gold fields of California. l part with them
they 20 west and due south on stage for
2I / 2 miller, when | CONS 10 to the north
eud Of Virginia City. Here we find the
6rst mining works. the Sierra Nessds claim
Il has large mill connected with the mine.
and works ab'ut sixty men. 1t is more gold
thsn silver; nice cool place to work. about
two hundred fee, below the surface. This
is on G atres,, and the first we eo,er coming
from Reno. Ii is the principal s,r.st 10 the
cVV, nv tuo O'u WoIkS NT0 tItUNtou on n
snse,, and vii oi those run north and south.
psrxll.l with each other. and all are to 4
d,p,h of from five !. undred 10 sev.n hun
drs'l feet. The ledge. (ih- C.'mstock) has
pitched east on an angle uf 55 degrees, SO
the company have gone east from A ST. eel
down to ID, crossed the same ~ E. a"d open
ed eLsf,s. and new hristing works The frs,
YOU Meet Of those new works 70 the o, .hir
|, is down 700 feet. For the last six mon,hs
they have besn d"ing nothing bot pumping
water. They have got the better Of it nov,
t, strike the old ledge. Ii they do the
stock will go up. The next is the famous
Could and Curry. The new. shalt is down
1000 feet. They work about 200 mo:
Then comes the Savage. whiobis down 900
feet, aud works about 100 men. The mine
looks we'll. aud tho company is coM,nenring
10 sink another hundred fest Then comes
the uals and Norcross. which is down 1850
fss'. aud has "a iedge'of very rich ore from
80 TO 100 feet wide. They work about 200
men. Then comes the ChoIar Potosi IL
Is down 1000 feet, bu. have not as yet struck
their ledge, and are still sinking and drift
ing. and work about 200 men. in the old
and new works. most Of them in the old
Then comes the lmp-rial and Empire, con-
solds,ed, Zone shah.) on the Divide, as
you 90 to Gold Hill. This claim is on an
elevation above the first msotioned Of about
800 feet. II is down 1900 lesi, and has
reached the same ledge, but it seems 10 be
barren as yet. The Alpha comes next, and
then the Bullion, which is The deepes,
shaft on the coast-about 500 feet deep,
and no pay yet. AT Gold Hill we come to
The Yellow Jacket, 1000 fee. deep. and
ledge 100 faat wide, oi good ore. 1t is own
ed bv the California Bank, and works about
800 men, all Of whom have to work ten
hours. and the thermometer stand. at 900
in the other mine. They have air forced
down by small engine for the acco,nmo-
da,ion OF the men, Ibis Gold Till was
formerly called Slippery Gucb and runs
down to Dey,on. There are several other
mines that cannot speak Of now. Now
commences The mills. and continue along
Ibis gu'ch eight niIea, supplied by water
from Virginia City, taken out Of tunnels aud
hoisled ou, Of the new shafts. forced 10y en-
gines up 10 the foot Of MI. Dawson, aud car
ried in tcoms for many miles to the mills.
have said plenty abou, mills and mines.
Now for those that work them. The miners
OF Virginia City number 1900 strong. in
actual numbs,s. They are going to tu'Id q
hall ld's summer for their scconm cd ation.
We're it not tor this Union miners would
now be o'king for three dollars per day;
row they have four. Cold Hill has about
700 men in its Union, but the two are all
the same, and accomplish the ssms sDds.-
The offsets Of these Unions are to maintain
the rights Of the miner. and protect him
sgainst the capitalist. The God Hill min
~rs have their hall 10 fair way Of being
finished. |. will bs ready for our Fourth Of
July turnout. MINER.