Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-09-23
THE DANEY NINE

This mine Is situated in Spring VAL
ley, Lyon County, about one mile in a
s~ou.heasterly course from Silver City.
The new hosting works just compile
ted and started up yesterday morning.
are near the head Of the Valley, and
about 600 feet east Of the heavy crop
pings of the ledge near the north end
Of the claim.
The New building
Is l0Ox36 feet In size, strong and sub
stantially built, Of the best material,
Is commodious and convenient in ar
rsngement, and admirably suited to
the purpose for which 1t Is intended.
The hoisting frame over the shaft Is IS
feet In height, and a perfect model Of
strength and compactness.
The Pumping Engine
Just completed and ready to run has
an is inch cylinder, 4 foot stroke and
a capacity Of 100 horse power. The
fly wheel IL Is and the main spur
wheel s feet In diameter. The pump
cylinder Is Il and the water column
49, inches In diameter. The pump
when running at n moderate rate OF
speed with a 9 foot stroke, Is capable
OF hoisting an immense volume OF
water. and draining the shaft with ease
to the depth Of 1000 feet.
The Hosting Engine
Is very neat and efficient engine with
IL inch cylinder, 2 foot stroke, 80 horse
power. and is capable Of doing the re-
auired hosting to the depth Of 500
feet or more. Both engines are placed
on q solid foundation containing near
" 700 perch Of stone, IL feet In depth
and the entire mass penetrated
bound together by heavy anchor bolts
so ~ to almost a part OF the oed
rock upon which IL rests. Adjoining
the main building In process OF con-
struction Is a neat and commodious Of
flee, also a blacksmith and machine
shop for the use Of the mine. The en-
sines are supplied with steam by two
81 inch boilers, IL feet In length aud
so arranged that one a be Cleaned
or repaired while the other Is In use.
The Main shaft
Was started 4.xlS feet In the clear,
divided into three compartments. but
In order to expedite the sinking. but
two compartments have been carried
down, one for hosting and the other
for pumping machinery. 1t being much
cheaper and more expeditions to COM
plete the third by raising when it Is
needed. than to take 1t out while siuk-
ing. The shaft Is now l65 feet In
depth. The hosting compartment y
supplied with the most convenient and
approved Of cages and other apparatus
for hosting, and in fact nothing seems
wanting In or about the works to ON
plete the perfect fitness and efficiency
Of the whole. II Is the expectation
that the SHAFT will
Cut the Ledge
At 4 depth OF 500 feet. should the In
clination Of the ledge continue the
same as 1t Is. near the surface. 1t Is
the intention to drift for the ledge aud
commence the extraction Of ore at the
depth of 800 feet. West Of the shaft
the old Attic tunnel was run by the
company In 1866, cutting the ledge ut
the depth Of $50 feet and proving 1t 10
be $50 feet In width. with a streak Of
fine milling ore 10 feet wide lying
against the west wall. Afterward the
Old Hoisting Works
Were erected out In the valley and the
sou,i, end OF the ledge worked. but this
norton was never reached or prospect
"a except near the surface, where a
largo amount of good milling ore was
extracted and large sums OF money ex-
nended In unavailable surface xouS-
inc. and working, such IS was suggest
ed BY the the inexperience n scant
knowledge Of silver mining IN Ihe
early days Of Washoe. That the Ia
ney and the
Dayton Ledge.
mile to the northward, are the
there can be no doubt rs there
/. almost q continuous line OF crop
n;nos from one claim to the other;
and che Dayton having already cut lns
ledge $40 feet below the surface q
proved It's richness and value, there
remains a doubt but that the
Dsney will strike it equally perma-
and rich. The mine Is under the
able aud efficient superintence OF JeI.
one Of the most thorough
and experienced miners Oh the Com
stook lode, and there Is no reason why
tbe Daney should not now soon be-
come a profitable and paying mine.
The examination Of Nagle, charged
,,,;,b On assault with n deadly weapon