Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-09-13
LOCAL MINING SUMMARY.
For tho Week Ending Sept. IS, 1873.

L MlNlhG SUmmAhI,
For tho Week Ending Sept. Is, 1873
Stocks have been quite lively TIL:
week, with considerable transactions
and fluctuations, In those OF the north
ern end Of the Comstock. The mine;
of the south end show little change to
note, but at the north end the Ophir,
Consolidated Virginia and Gould &
Curry are creating considerable ex'
element. The Consolidated Vir.
ginia has been very effectively man,
aged, with q quiet, workmanlike view
to practical development, without any
preliminary flourish Of trumpets, and
Is now turning out a considerable
quantity OF very superior ore, which
will be milled and its bullion ex.
tracted forthwith. The Ophlr stock
has gone up nor OIL the strength oil
encouraging indications than OH any
real strike Of ore, for the ore recently
found Is of low grade and no,
very plentiful, yet it is very
liable to lead into a rich and extensive
body. as In case of the Grown Point
The prospects at the north end Of the
old Comstock arc more cheering than
they have been for many months
Moaey is plenty, and n greater dispo.
sltion to invest in stocks is quite per.
ceptible. Below we give what we
know about the mines:
Crown Point.
Daily yield, $50 tons. There Is a
considerable falling off In the amount
Of ore reduced at the Carson River
mills, owing to the scarcity of water.
The Brunswick mill, with n full work.
ing capacity Of lGO tons, is crushing
only 30 tons per day. The Mexican
Is tied up and undergoing repairs.
The Morgan mill steam power) Il
crushing % tons per day. Ore Is still
being extracted from the 1000, 1900
and I3OO-foot levels. The slopes and
ore breasts throughout the mine arc
looking remarkably we'll. The north
and middle WINES are being
driven steadily downwards, fas.
ter progress than ever having been
made this week. The south drift from
the l4OO-foot level Is being pushed for.
ward vigorously, and is In good work.
lug ground save that the atmosphere
Is exceedingly hot. Good progress Is
also being made in drifting from the
1900. foot station in a s~outli.easterly
direction. After paying the dividend
Of s. per share yesterday. $4,000 was
carried over to the surplus fund, which
amounts to nearly half a million dol
lars.
Consolidated Virginia.
The l2OO-foot level Gould and Curry
dritt) is being rapidly extended toward
the new shaft Of the company. We
are reliably Informed that this drift Ii
being run in the ore vein. and tho ore
therefrom il being hoisted and depos'
tied in the ore house. In quality it |:
equal to any rock produced for years
on the Comstock. At the same level q
drift is being run from the main shaft
to make q connection. and the faces OIL
the two drifts are now less than loo
feet apart. The work Of constructing
the blacksmith, carpenter and machine
shops IL being pushed forward rapidly,
also the stone wall on + street, to be
used as foundation for the ore hou'e.
Ophir.
The drift west of the 1700-foot leyeI
Is still In barren quartz. When II
reaches the west wall a drift south will
be started to see what can be found In
that direction. The ore found ut the
l3OO.foot level Is not Of high grade,
giving assays of $l5 or $40 on tho nv.
orage. 1t is of good Size. however,
and may lead to something better
The face of the drift Is In clay ant
quartz. At the 14G5.foot level some
good looking streaks arc also encoun'
tered in drifting south. Some very
good orc indications are also found n
| other points In the mine, but no ricl
milling deposits 1s yet.
Dayton.
At the upper level from the new
shaft, the main drift west Is in 225 feet
and from it drifts both north and soutl
are being run In the vein. The soutl
DRIFT is In 20 feet, and tho north drift
30 feet. High grade sulphurets are en-
countered Ia both drifts, gold predomi
mating. Two hundred and fifty ton
OF ore are already out on the new
dump. At the 3l0-foot level the mali
drift west Is expected to strike thu
vein In two or three days. An ASA!
from the vein In the upper level
made this morning, gave n yield 0
$i75 per ton. 1872 Of which was silver
Hale d NOrcross.
Daily yield, from forty to fifty ton
of orc of medium quality, from til
upper levels OF the mine. Sinking
the main incline has again been re
sumed, but as the wines alrcndy ex
tend 100 feet below the present dept
OF the Incline a considerable period
must clapse before any development
can be expected from this quarter
Prospecting shafts are being extend
ed at the various levels none Of which
rs yet have shown results worthy O
special note.
Gould & Curry.
About 40 tons Of pay ore extracted
daily, which is being worked at til
Mariposa Mill. The various pros
pectiug drifts and cross.cuts are beinI
pushed ahead with every possible dis
patch. The heavy flow Of waite
which has prevailed for the past sevel
weeks has nearly abated. Four larg
boilers arrived yesterday and will b,
placed In position so % as the oil.
and defective ones cal be removed.
Justice.
This mine shows better Mt presen