Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-05-01
TIE REA BONANZA.

The extensive and Immensely ricl
body of orc developed and still devel-
oplng in the Crown Point and Belcher
mines, Is simply an exaggerated speei.
men OF the ore deposits EinE within
tho limits Of tho great Comstock lode.
The lode itself extends definitely to
the distance Of about three miles In a
northerly and southerly direction,
with a dip or inclination Of forty-iyc
degrees east as It descends into the
bowels of the earth. It's width be-
tween the walls varies greatly, being
from fifty to three hundred feet, or
Whereabouts, wide, the north end being
apparently the narrowest, while ut the
south Its real width seems more and
more indefinite rs further developed.
The general character Of the vein mat
ter between tho walls Is porphyry,
quartz, clay and similar material, COLI
siderably mixed, with oocaslonslly
veins or. pockets OF water. The ore
bodies are the exception 10 tho general
character of the ledge, and do not
seem to be In regular chimneys or
streaks, but, In Independent deposits,
occurring simply wherever they are
fouud-to use q common expression
Of tho most experienced superlntend-
ents and mining men.
These ore bodies or bonanzas are Of all
sizes, aud In two instances show signs
of regularity or continuous connection
from the surface down to the greatest
depths yet attained. One instance Is
that Of the Gould s. Curry, appearing
at the surface and following down In
an almost uninterrupted chain south
ward-and eastward with tho dip Of
the ledge-through the Savage aud
Hale S Norcross, and evidently Into
the UNEMPLOYED lowest depths Of the
Chollar-P otosi. Tho other Is that Of
the Bclcher. extending from the sur
face or Whereabouts northward down to
the lowest depths Of the Crown Point.
Bonanzas of all sizes have been found
and worked out In various portions of
the ledge, near the surface, as In the
Ophir, Mexican, Chollar, tho mines Of
Gold Hill proper, the Yellow Jacket,
Ovcrman, etc. An important speci.
men was the rich Belvldere body In
the Chollar-P otosl, extending from at
or near tho surface to about 200 feet
below. 1t was nearly 200 feet long,
and GO or 20 feet wide, e~gg-shaped,
and Was nearly all worked out last
year, yielding some millions Of dol
lars. In the Overman several consid-
erably smaller punches Of rich ore
were worked out In times past ; and,
as We have stated, the prospecting OK
p~lorauons In the various mines along
the great lode are liable to develop
new bodies Of greater or lesser import
ance at any time and where least ex-
pected.
The great chief bonanza o fall, how
ever, thus far, Is that encountered In
tho lowest levels Of the Grown Point
aud Belcher. Already it Is known to
be four hundred feet In depth, a hun
dred feet or more In width, six or eight
hundred feet long, and Its limits In any
direction arc far from being definitely
known. Widening as 1t descends, 1t Is
literally one grand m~ountain-like mass
Of rich silver and gold orc, to which all
the other bonanzas or punches Of orc
heretofore found are mere stray no
dulles. 1t gains to the north and south
as depth is attained, and bids fair to
not only include the entire length Of
the Crown Point and Belcher claims,
but also to extend Into tue Segregated
Belcher and other mines south. Thus
far 1t has exceeded the utmost limits Of
the widest and most sanguine imagl-
nation. and no man, even now, may
set n definite limit to Its boundaries.