Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-08
Phoebe Mining Items.

lFrom inc hecOru, OeI. o.
In the Meadow Valley the incline
shaft, No. 3. has reached q depth Of
973 feet, the bottom being 9S feet be-
low tho ninth station. The rock In
the bottom Is quite hard, but works
we'll. The west drift from the ninth
station Ia In l23 feet. The face shows
q strong vein OF quartz, carrying a
little metal. The east drift from the
same station now runs 2l3 feet from
the shaft. the face being In a mixture
Of country rock and Quartzite. The
seventh aud eighth levels have been
connected by a winze, which secures
good ventilation. Work has been re-
sumed In the east drift from the eighth
| station. The east drift on the seventh
level Is In Col feet. There remains a
distance OF 80 feet to DO bored through
before n connection Is made with the
east drift from the fourth station OF
| No. 5. No. 5 Incline has reached a
depth Of SIG feet, the bottom being G6
feet below the fourth station. The
only work being done In this shaft Is
the running OF the east drift on the
fourth level to connect with No. 8.
Work has been resumed In No. z, and
the west drift OH the eighth level has
been continued to a distance OF 400
feet from the station. The usual guam
tity OF ore IL taken out and shipped
daily.
At the American Flag the shaft has
reached a depth Of 300 feet, where the
eighth station Is being constructed.
At the seventh level, a drift Is being
run west to connect with q wlnze
which Is going down from the sixth.
Considerable r. Is In sight In this
winze. and the men will commence
Stopping as soon as the connection Is
made. The vein throughout the mine
continues regular. with we'll defined
walls. The mill Is still running. and
1t Is doing very satisfactory work.
From the Newark, during the month
Of September, 53S tons Of ore were
taken out, and shipped to the Amador
and American Flag mile. or this
amount 500 tons have been milled, the
gross yield being $55,S7S 80. This Is
about "a per cent. of the silver In the
rock, as shown by the pulp assay. The
Amador mill Is still running on New
ark ore. This showing would indicate
that the mine Is able to stand consld-
cradle black-mailing.
Work continues In the west drift Of
the Washington and Creole, which has
now run 600 feet on the ledge, expos
ing a continuance Of a regular fissure
vein throughout. Two wines, n
east and the other west Din tho ledge
In this drift are being sunk. The
winze going down eastward Is 65 feet,
aud to the west IS feet. The assays Of
the ore from these wines average
$500 to the ton. The ledge In the drift
Is two feet wide, and contains a streak
OF paying ore nine inches In width.
During the past week bullion was
shipped to the amount Of $500.
In the HUM 8 Hunt the fourth
station has just been made, at q depth
of 1853 feet. The shaft Is perpendic-
ular. Drifting on the ledge In both
directions will be commenced imms-
diately. The vein at the point where
the shaft Is sunk, Is almost vertical,
and for the last hundred feet has been
partly In the shaft. 1t IL, at the point
now reached, strong and we'll defined,
and carrying mineral.
At the Phoebe the new shaft was
yesterday morning 292 feet deep, q
progress OF 20 feet having been made
during the week. It Is we'll tlm-
bered the whole way down. Teams
began hauling ore to the Amador mill
on Friday. The mill will begin to
crush 1t this evening. In the old shaft
the usual work Of extracting ore Is