Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-05-31
LOCAL MINING SUMMARY,


MINING SUMMARY
Fer the Week Rndins May 81, 1879
Stocks were somewhat depresse'
during the first part of the week, bu
show quite a revival at the close, wit
the promise of being better next week
The progress Of mining development
Is increasing, and almost daily som
long abandoned claim is being brough
into notice, and work resumed with
view to practical development. Man,
which possess real merit are encum
bered and made unavailable by reason
of being owned by a lot of drone
who will not bestow the requisite
labor or expense In developing
them, but are just waiting TO
somebody else to do it for them, or t.
have their stock raise In value, so tina
they can sell some. Good healthy as
ssssments should be levied to freez'
out these drones. Below we give wha
We know about the mines:
Balhnsre Consolidated.
Very little has been done In sli'
south drift In the ore deposit at tn
225.foot level. The drift merely Gu
iuto the edge Of the deposit, and ,
heavy flow OF water being met with
farther work was discontinued till I'll,
water drains out somewhat. The north
drift Is now In about IS feet, following
the east side Of the ore. The drift wes
ut the lower or 400. foot level Ia being
driven ahead rs fast as the nature o.
the ground will permit. 1t is already
In over 90 feet, with the face In tough
porphyry. Last Sunday visitors were
for the frat time since the ore discovery
allowed to enter the mine aud freely
examine ana sample the orc deposit.
Tho visitors included the principal
mining superintendent and experts OF
this section, aud after full and free ex.
animation the general conclusion Was
that the new discovery was the top OF
ore body. and a highly important
and promising development. 1t Is
white ore, like that Of the Belcher and
other rich deposits of the Comstock,
which probably gave rise to the story
that II was In reality ore taken from
tho Belcher mine ; that the deposit
all a humbug, the mine being In
fact *salted." The ore contains rather
more gold than silver, and assays all
the way from IS up to $1,000, but the
average assays thus far have been about
5000 to the ton. Being among the Wis
itors to the mine last Sunday, we took
a critical inspection Of the new ore
discovery. and give the following
description OF what We personally
saw /: The main drift Is 40 feet
IN length. 1t starts In a due west
erly direction from the 225 foot station
of the shaft, but in about fifty feet
takes a turn to the right, and the last
half or two-thirds Of IL runs north.
northwest by the compass, therefore.
as tho ledge runs about north and
south, this drift does not strike 1t
squarely but ~diagoually. This direc-
ton was taken in orIer to be well
within the ground Of the company, as
the shaft Is very near the south line,
and, also. because Superintendent
S.rother. IRON his knowledge Of the
upper workings, had reason to believe
that good ore lay In that vicinity. At
the distance o f22s feet, passing through
the regular country rock, the drift cut
into a heavy body or wall Of stiff. blue
clay, thirty reet thick, looking just like
the east wall OF the Comstock, as we
have seen 1t In all the mines along the
ledge. After passing through this clay
wall, water was struck, and the regular
vein matter, consisting Of porphyry.
clay, streaks Of quartz, etc. This drift
passed through this vein matter l22
feet, and ut the distance OF $50 feet
from the shaft the ore deposit was
fonnd, making up from the bottom OF
the tunnel, or appearing IN the lower
part Of the face of the drift. II was OF
Il soft, gravelly character, and on cut
ting through the clay seam everything
it, water increased at such a rate as to
stop farther working until it should
drain out partially. AS o as posi-
BILE the work was proceeded with and
the ore found to be continuous, rising
to the hight OF two and a half or three
feet In tile drift, and for a distance OF
about fifteen feet, when It tapers down
into the bottom OF the drift again.
Beyond that point to the face Of the
drift, a distance of fifteen feet farther,
the ore Is found In punches or streaks
IN the bottom, all giving good assays.
and maintaining the same general char
acter. The whole Of the ore deposit
if soft aud gravelly, a small proportion
of clay and porphyry mingled with
pieces of sound quartz as large as ones
list. aud larger, we'll sprinkled with
black sulphurcts Of silver. aud occa-
sional spangles of tree gold. 1t Is full
of water, therefore cannot be pros
pected below the bottom of the drift to
any depth beyond q foot or two advan-
tageously. This was done. aud the ore
found to extend down as far as reached
with a pick. Everything it, the entire
distance, Is a heavy body Of stiff, blue
clay aud porphyry. and its situation
will be approximately understood when
we state that had the DRIFT been run
three feet higher. It would have missed
the ore discovery altogether.
Grown Point
Daily yield 800 tons. The 1900 foot
level is looking the most promising
and yielding tho best. The crosscut
east from the third floor above this
level passed through nine feet of good
ore. but is now in porphyry. The ore
breasts nowhere show signs OF falling.
At the l400-fo0t level a crosscut east Is
being made from the main south drift,
which is now In about Is feet. Adrill
ia kept driven ahead In advance Of the
drift AS a precautionary measure
against u heavy flow Of water being en-
counsered. aud a sump Is being pre-
pared at tile bottom of the main incline
in view OF this contingency. Annual
meeting next Monday at San Franolsco'