Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-11-05
Phoebe Mining Items.
From the Record, Nov. 81

81 lkTOm tQo QkCSoTut GNoNs Sci aF
In the Meadow Valley the sinking OF
incline 8 has been resumed. This In
cline il now nearly lob feet In length.
The sinking will continue until a
denth OF LOO feet shall have been
reached. The west DRIFT Is now In 200
feet. and the Indications arc very good.
The ore. however, Is not yet found In
paving quantities. The east drift is
In 3II feet. The east, at the 9Th level
has been completed TO a length of 3sl
feet, In No. 4 the sinking has been
continued to a depth Of s44 feet. A
progress of only ten feet was made
during the week owing to the breaking
Of a piston. On this account the ma
chlnery was stopped for 4s hours. The
west drift from the 9Th station OF No.
7 Is In $50 feet. 1t Ia intended to con-
meet with No. s. The east Drift from
the 4th level Is In 137 feet. IL Is ex-
pected that ore will be found In a very
short time. A cross-cut at the Sd level
has been run a distance.
In the American Flag, high grade ore
has been struck In the bottom Of the
shaft at a depth of 1926 feet from the
surface. There Is reason to believe
that further development will show
the body Of ore to be extensive, and
not likely to give out soon. We Will
make no complete report until some
time next week, when we arc prom
Ised that the mine will be thrown open
to the pnblic. The people can then
Judge for themselves OF Its value. The
present development promises we'll
Tor the prosperity Of Phoebe. The
Record will. as soon as possible, give
full particulars OF the recent strike.
At the Phoebe there are from 80 to
60 tons Of ore on the dump, and more
Is being taken out. The assays OF the
car samples give a good average. The
moving OF the building and machinery
from tile old to the new shaft will be-
gin on Monday Tomorrow. The new
shaft yesterday morning was 39i feet
deep. The ground In the bottom Is
easier to work than ut the last report,
and 1t Is hoped that the work Will 60
OH still more rapidly than before.
AT the Chief Of the Hill the miners
made II feet progress during the week
In the cyoss-cut at the 36O-foot level.
Some little streaks Of quartz In the
cross cut give very favorable indica-
tions. The assays from these streaks
range from $l2 to $40 per ton. The
west drift has been run IA feet during
the week. Work Is going on as fast as
possible.
In the Washington and Creole the
east wlnze has been sunk to q depth Of
100 feet. without any new develop
ments being made. In the west winze
a 12.inch vein Of ore appears at a depth
Of 90 feet from the drift. A cross
head has come In at the bottom OF the
prospect winze, cutting the ledge out.
The same work rs last reported Is 60
Ing on.
: At the Silver Peak the incline Is now
down 800 feet. The ledge Is, at this
depth, about AZ feet wide. There Is
In the ledge n considerable quantity OF
low grade ore. The drift ut the 250-
foot level still shows an Improvement
In the quality Of the ore. The mine
sample assay gives $3.50 to the ton.
At the Raymond & Ely the number
of men employed remains the same as
last week, aud about 100 tons Of ore
are taken out daily.
In the Newark work Is going on ms
usual-no new developments being re-
Dorted,