Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-15

BALTIMORE y EAMhNiSaN RhHA
MINEs.-It having been rumored for
some days past that a strike had been
made In the Baltimore and American
Flat mines, we visited the works Of
these companies yesterday morning.
and I'm company with the very efficient
and gcntlemanly Superintendent, Mr..
+. Strother, stepped OH board the cage
and In n minute more were landed az
the third or 400. foot station Of the Bal
timore shaft. Proceeding westward
100 feet, we reached the main south
west or American Flat DRIFT, which
has been driven directly alongside OF
and parallel with the east clay wall OF
the ledge n distance OF $50 feet, cross
ing the Baltimore line and entering
the American Flat ground % fcet rom
its starting point. Fifty feet south Of
the line a cross-cut west has been run
and the ledge penetrated a distance 0 I
ten feet, showing a body OF Sery me
ore, an assay OF which, taken by
reporter and assayed by Chris. james,
assayer of the Belcher and Yellow
Jacket mines. gave S9i 80 In silver,
aud $50 Is In gold-total. $l2i ~.
Fifty feet further south we entered an
other west cross.cut, which had PEN
etrated the ledge about eight feet, ex-
posing a fine prospect OF excellent ore,
a sample Of which assayed by the same
sssayer, gave $t7.lS In silver and
Sl5.O7 in gold. From here We return
ed to the face Of the main west tunnel.
which IA being driven energctically
ahead, the face Of the drift showing
streaks of quartz, clay and porphry,
with occasional punches and spots OF
fair grade ore. Returning to the SHAFT
we assembled to the second station, n
proceeding some distance westward,
entered a southwest drift, which has
been run directly along the line OF the
lode. through the clay u .porphyry
forming the east wall Of the ledge: AT
a point seventy-five feet south from
the main tunnel the ledge had been
cross.cut. showing 1t to be about ~
feet In width, with @ or 8 feet OF hne
looking ore, and the rest considerably,
broken up and mixed with clay and
porphyry, the ore being in spots aud
streaks. The face OF the main west
drift, at this station, had been
boarded I'D on account Of tapping a
heavy body Of water that filled
the face Of the drift with debris and
made it impossible TO proceed with the
work until the water Is drained. Again
ascending the shaft we reached the hrst
station, and following the main west
drift soon reached the point where the
top Of the ore body was first struck.
Although much labor and effort mas
been expended at this place In trying TO
sink wines at different points on the
ore body, It has been impossible to get
more than a few feet below the bottom
of the Drift on account Of the strong
flow of water. AS soon as h main
drift ut the second station has pene.
trated far enough to drain this body oil
water. the sinking Of these wines can
| be continued and the large bodies OF
Virgin ground. as yet In a manner un-
trouched. and lying between the nrst
and third stations prospeeted n ia
real value determined. AL the differ
emit stations, and main workings drifts
of the mine are timbered and opened In
the very best and most approved man.
ner for practical working purposes:
The machinery, both hosting and
numpipg, Is In excellent working con-
dition, and the entire management ap-
nears to combine practical efficiency
with the closest economy. a Tine
large ore dump has been erected, which
has been partially filled with ore eh-
tracted in running the different drifts.
| ONLY n thing in the whole matter
struck us as something peculiar, which
WA that both the cross-cuts III tne
American Flat ground, notwithstand,
inc the fine prospect Of ore developed
i'm each. were at a full stop, not a man
heino AZ work in either, the mouth OF
both being boarded up, and the timoers
having 10 be cleared away before VIC
cnnid enter. The management Ger
tainIy understand their own business
hest. but it seems to US that the tnoI.
ourh development of the fine prospects
of ore already developed could not oe
otherwise than accrue to the beneht OF
the stockholders aud the public gen
orally.