Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-18
LOCAL MINIne SUMMARY.
For the Week Endins October 10, 1879.

The week has been rather lively In
the matter of stock transactions, with
good prices, although most descrip-
tions are a "little off" to-day. Con-
solidated Virginia, under the stimulus
Of new, good and more extensive de-
velopments Of ore, has d~eservedly gone
up considerably In price, and the good
ore developments also found In the
American Flat section stimulates
prices in that quarter. Justice Is for
similar reasons also looking up. Pros
pecting goes on vigorously in all the
old mines along the ledge, and in turn
they must all eventually give better
showings than they have at present.
Some stocks are not up to their real
values according to the actual merits
Of the mines they represent, while
many others are above their true mer-
Its. Money Is easy, and the Eastern
financial panic does not seem to ex-
tend to or effect this section to any
appreciable extent. Below we give
what we know about the mines:
Consolidated virginia.
Daily yield. 100 tons of ore, which
Is being extracted through the Gould
& Curry shaft. Average assay of car
samples, 1923 per ton. The MariPosa
mill has been running steadily on ore
from the mine during the week, and
the Bacon mill was started up day be-
fore yesterday, the lease Of the Silver
Hill Company having expired. 1t Is
expected that another mill will be
added to the crushing force Of the mine
before the close OF another week. The
body Of ore opened OH the llG7-foot
level has been breasted out seven sets
Of timbers In width and three sets In
height, and continues to Improve In
quality as the development proceeds.
Much of the ore strongly resembles In
looks that Of the old Ophir chimney.
worked several years ago. The third
compartment Of the shaft Is complet-
ed, and holsting ore through their own
shaft will be commenced to-day. The
daily yield Of ore will be increased as
fast as mills to crush 1t can be OBJ
tanned. A drift running east has just
been started to strike the ledge and
open the ore body at the nearest point
to the shaft. In a very short time. as
soon as everything Is In good working
trim. the restrictions will be removed,
and those who feel interested, and de-
sire to do so, al have an opportunity
Of visiting and seeing for themselves
this new development of the wealth
Of the Comstock.
Dayton.
The ore dump is full. and hosting
ore has been suspended until mills a
be obtained to crush the ore. The
northwest drift ut the second station
to connect with the Wine from the
old works at tho first station, Is being
driven rapidly ahead. This tthe Sec
ond station) has been heretofore spok-
ell Of In our reports as the first, 1t be-
Ing the first station In the new shaft.
When the mine was first opened an
incline shaft was sunk on the ledge
100 fee: in depth, then a tunnel u
from the north side OF the hill which
connected with the bottom of the In
cline, after which the incline was con-
tinucd on the line Of the ledge l2O feet
below the level of the tunnel, aud a
drift run northward which struck and
developed the top of a chimney Of fine
paying ore. The level Of this drift
has always been known as the first
station, aud Is go feet below the crop
pings Of the ledge. The first station
In the shaft second station OF the mlne)
is 100 feet below this Drift and 800 feet
below the groupings, the second sta
ton In the shaft or third station In the
mine Is 400 feet below the groupings.
We make this explanation. because. In
speaking Of the location Of the differ
ent levels, we shall mention them In
this manner hereafter. The ore body
at the second station has been breasted
out 40 feet in extent aud shows finely.
That at the third station about 80 feet,
which Ia also looking we'll.
American Flat.
The. main southwest drift, at the
third station, has been extended $50
feet south from its junction with the
main west tunnel. Fifty feet south Of
tho Baltimore line a cross-cut west las
penetrated the ledge ten feet, showing
a body Of fine ore, a sample OF which.
taken by u reporter, gave $04.30 In
silver and $780, 3 IL gold ; total, $l24.43.
Fifty feet further south another west
cross-cut has tapped the ledge to the
extent Of eight or nine feet, also ex-
posing a fine prospect Of excellent ore.
an average sample Of which assayed
$47.13 in silver and $l5.07 In gold
total, $62.20. Both these cross.cuts
are narrow drifts, barely wide enough
for a single miner to work In and
wheel out the rock excavated, and
were run for the sole purpose of ascer-
tanning the exact location Of the ore
vein. As soon rs that was definitely
known a large working drift was
started neal the north line In a more
westerly course, with which 1t Is H.
tended to tap the ledge and then drift
along 1t both north and south. The
prospects of this mine were certainly
never more fiatterlng than at the pres
ent time.
Belchcr.
Daily yield 400 tons. Next week
this amount will DO increased to 500
tons, the water having risen In the Car
son river sufficiently to enable the
mills to crush 100 more tons per day.
The main incline Is down ll9 feet be-
low the 1901 foot level and Is still In
hard blasting ground. The south Drift
on the same level Is In 400 feet, ore Of
excellent quality still encountered.
The winze from the 1300-foot level Is
down l0S feet In fine ore. The drift
north from the main incline on the
1900 foot level Is In &c feet, tho face In
hard blasting ground. The main north.
east drift at the s50.foot level Of tho
main incline Is In &C feet. The vari-
Gus ore breasts throughout the mine
are looking we'll and yielding the
usual amount Of ore. The bulkhead
between the Yellow Jacket and Crown
Point has been removed, and last
night the Belcher Company commence
ell raising ore again through the yell
low jacket shalt.
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