Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-05-26
ruR BALrIMoRk STRIKE.

T. TUE BALTIMORE sTRlKE.
Yesterday afternoon, for tho first
time. the new development Of paying
ore in the 225-foot level Of the Balti.
more American mine was thrown open
to public Inspection, and at least thirty
Of the best mining men and experts 10
this section visited and took q full In:
spection of the development which has
created such m excitement and great
consequent rise In the stock Of that
mine. Among the visitors were j. G.
Fair, Capt. Il. G. Taylor, Gen. G. c.
Batterman, Capt. Sam Curtis. Gen. j.
B. Winters. Archie Borland, G.. f.
Kellogg, Albert Lackey. aud gentle
men Of similar we'll known standing
aud practical judgment In mining mat
tiers, all of whom not only took a crit
ical view OF the new development, but
also abundant samples OF the ore tor
assays. Being also personally present,
We will describe the situation as we
saw it.
Tho Drin
Is 4lO feet In length. 1t starts In a due
westerly direction from the 225-foot
station Of the shaft, but in about fifty
feet takes q turn to the right, and the
last half or two-thirds Of it runs north
northwest BY the the compass, there
tore, rs the ledge runs about north and
south, this drift does not strike It
squarely but diagonally. This direc-
ton was taken In order to be we'll
within the ground Of the company. as
the shaft Is very near the south line,
and. also. because superintendent
Strother, from his knowledge of the
upper workings, had reason to believe
that good ore lay In that vicinity. At
the distance Of 22S feet, passing
through the regular country rock, the
drift cut into a heavy body or wall Of
stiff, blue clay, thirty feet thick, look
Ing Just like the east wall Of the Com
stock, as we have seen 1t In all the
mines along the ledge. After passing
through this clay wall, water was
strucI, and the regular vein matter,
consisting Of porphyry, clay, streaEs
of quartz, etc. The drift passed through
this vein matter l22 feet, and at the
distance oil $50 feet from the shalt
The Ore Depssit
Was found. making up from the bot
tom of the tunnel, or appearing In the
lower part of the face Of the drifs. 1t
was of u soft. gravelly character, and
on cutting through the clay seam over
lying it. water increased Mt such q rate
a. to stop farther working until 1t
should drain out partially. As soon
as possible the work WAS proceeded
with and the ore found to be continh-
Gus. rising to the hight Of two and a
half or three feet in the DRIFT and for a
distance OF about fifteen feet, when 1t
tapers down into the bottom OF the
drift again. Beyond that point to the
face Of the DRIFT, a distance OF hfteen
feet farther, the ore Is found In bunch
es or streaks In the bottom, all giving
good assays, and maintaining the same
General character. The whole Of the
ore deposit is soft and gravelly, q
small proportion Of clay and porphyry
mingled with pieces Of sound quartz
as large as ones list. and larger, we'll
sprinEled with black sulphurets OF sill
yer, and occasional spangles OF free
gold. It Is full Of water, therefore
cannot be prospected below the bottom
OF the drift to any depth beyond . foot
or two advantageously. This was
done, and the ore found to extend
down as tar a. reached with a pick.
everything 1t, the entire distance. Is a
heavy body Of stiff, blue clay and por-
phyry, and its situation will be appre-
ciatively understood when we state
that had the drift been run three feet
higher, it would have missed the ore
discovery altogether.
Tho Assays.
Asa matter Of course a great many
assays have been made In all parts OF
this ore body. The lowest Of all was
sl3 to the ton. and the highest, up In
the thousands, but the average was
about 5000 to the ton. The soft, gray
ely portion assays the best. A branch
drift Il now being run to the left, or In
a westerly direction, which Yesterday
was In a distance OF 30 feet and had
lust cut the same ore deposit, giving
assays Of $50, about u OF which was
gold; tho rest silver. The ore In the
main drift assays the highest In gold.
All the ore is Of the white quartz char
acter, Just the same rs comes from the
Belcher and Crown Point, and Is UNI
doubtedly genuine ComstoeE ore. The
most important question to be decided
Is its depth and extent. 1t was the
general opinion OF those who saw 1t
yesterday that 1t was the
Top Of nm Ore Bedy,
And q highly important ard promising
development. Another branch drift
has been commenced to prospect the
ore deposit to the northward. It's
depth can only be ascertained by Drift
inc in below. This Is being done at
tho 45O-foot level. The DRIFT at that
point IL already In 50 feet and being
pushed ahead as fast as possible. Some
very good looking quartz, giving low
ASSAYS. has already been u through,
and when the point Is reached where
the ore deposit in the upper level
should extend down, allowing for the
regular dip of the ledge, which Will
not be for Some weeks yet, still more
interesting and important develop
ments, good or bad, may DO expected.
Al any rate. it will be some little time
vet before the new ore development
can be fairly prospected and It's merits
fully understood. 1t Is a valuable one,
so far rs known. and promises con'id-
cradle extent.
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