Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-12-10

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AUSTIN. December Z, 1873.
ED. News: Being called unexpect-
eddy to this place, l was unable to keep
my promise to write you again from
Belmont, but now hasten to redeem 1t.
The Mines.
visited but one Of the mines OF Bel
mont, the Belmont mine, being re-
fused admission to the Ell Dorado
South, and not applying at the Moni-
tor aud others of less note.
The Belmont Mlne
Is undoubtedly o rich and extensive
mine. The chimney of ore recently
struck In what is known as the Moore
& Martin ground, Is, In the vulgate, a
"big thing" BY the kind permission
of John F. Cassel. Superintendent,
who, by the way, is a pleasant gentle
man, and a practical and ~experinced
miner, l visited the mine. was pilot
ed through by S. B. Wakefield. book
keeper OF the company, and 10. Stow,
who Ia we'll known Comstockwards.
On what Is known as the winze level
reached by a winze, 80 feet In depth
from the 240.foot or water level, Is eX-
posed for a length Of l75 feet and a
width OF IN average OF z feet, one OF
the richest bodies OF orc ever seen In
n mine In Nevada. Four cross-cuts,
including the one from the wlnze. have
been run, and to hold your candle up
against the sides aud see the rich sui
phurets and lunches Of wire silver
flashing in the light IA n sight good for
sore eyes. From the winze level, a
winze "a feet In depth has been run,
from which borings have been made,
which show ore of the same grade and
quality. Not a pound OF ore Is being
hoisted from the mine at present, and
the reason Ia obvious: Last Spring
the company tried to see how much
bullion they could ship !; and, being at
the time In u body Of ore on the 24O-
foot level-the same as that now ex-
posed below-bent their energies to
cutting the mine instead of pushing
prospecting work ahead, so that when
that chimney should be worked out
they would have something to 60 on.
But they did their cutting first aud the
prospecting afterwards consequently,
when they struck the body OF ore In
question they had no means OF extrac-
ton except this narrow winze, 80 feet
In depth. am pleased to state that a
wiser policy IL nov being pursued.
| They know they have got the ore and
are pushing forward the 4OO.foot or
lower level. which, at 3 distance In 4
n~ortherlv direction of something over
500 feet, will tap the ore body, and
large quantities of orc 4 be extracted
at small cost. The estimated average
value Of the ore now exposed on the
winze level Is $500 per ton. think 1t
not an over.cstimate.
In addition to this ground. the Moore
s. Martin. In which the present rich
ore body Is exposed, the Belmont conf
pany owns other valuable mines. The
Canield. the Pennsylvania and the
Highbridge-all famous mines, out OF
which a large amount Of rich mineral
has been extracted In the past, and
which have good prospects In the fu.
ture.
As I visited none Of the other mines,
of course. I cannot describe them, ex-
cept to state that Ell Dorado South
mine Is yielding q considerable
amount Of high grade ore.
Mills.
There are two mills in operation
the Monitor. Belmont and the FL Do.
RADIO. The former Is the Joint prop
erty of tho Monitor and Belmont COM
panies. contains 20 stamps, Is 4 dry
crusher. but does not roast. It con-
iains a Stetefeldt chlorlniztng furnace,
but at present, 1t 10 found cheaper to
work the ore raw. At the time Of my
visit 1t was running OH custom ores
and rock from Jefferson Canyon Ia
rich district l6 miles d~lstant). but had
been working some ore from the Mon
itor. don't know who Is Superin-
tendent Of this mill, but a friend OF
mine, Grand Rhodes by name, seemed
to be In authority. Unlike all dry
crushing mills | eve saw before. there
Is an entire absence of dust In this mill,
BY encasing the screen leading to the
elevator In a pipe. the dust Is carried
into a dust chamber, from which 1t Is
gathered ut the monthly clean up.
Taken on a whole, l never saw a bet
ter arranged or neater kept mill In the
State.
The Ell Dorado Mill Is under the
superintendent Of that veteran mill
list, with whom most OF your readers
are acqualnted-Charley Coover. 1t
Is also a 20.stamp mill and also con-
tains q Stetefeldt furnace-not at pres
ent In operation.
The Town
or Belmont Is prettily located, like
the majority Of mountain towns, in a
canyon. 1t Is small but appears to be
a very prosperous place ; everyone en-
gagged IN business seems to be dong
we'll and all are hopeful Of the future.
One Of its great drawbacks Is IT, dis
lance from the railroad llS0 miles, and
another, that the mines and town are
situated about three miles distant from
each other, but that Is only a minor
consideration. 1t contains a number
of brick buildings, stores, restaurants,