Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-01
Phoebe Mining Items.
From tho Record, sspt. ISL

AS1&
At the Meadow Valley about the
usual quantity Of ore Is being taken
out. Shaft No. 3 is being sunk. and Is
now So feet below the ninth station.
This work Ia being pushed ahead as
fast as the nature Of the ground will
permit. A drin Is being run to the
west from the ninth station, and 1t Is
now In a distance Of ll6 feet, with IA.
vorable indications. The east drift
from the same station Is now exca-
waited a distance OF 1913 feet, and Is be-
ing continued. The appearances In
this drift are also very favorable.
From the seventh station a drift Is be-
Ing run east to connect with No. 8, In
order to secure better ventilation.
They will have to 90 20 feet further to
make the connection. Sinking in No.
8 continues, the workmen being now
81 feet below the fourth station, max
Ing the depth Of the incline SOS feet.
Work will probably be resumed In No.
Z about the first OF next month.
In tho Raymond & Ely the miners
In the drifts to the south and south
west have not, rs yet, struck the ledge,
though It IL expected that they will
come upon 1t at almost any hour. All
the slopes from the sixth level to the
third, inclusive, are In first class ore.
The ore ut the eighth level Is also Of a
very good quality. The perpendicu-
lar SHAFT Is now 9l0 feet deep. At the
invitation OF the foreman our reporter
went down on one Of the cages to the
bottom. A third compartment Of the
same size as the other two Is to be add
ed In the shaft, In order that, In Ease
water should be struck, n compart-
ment may be devoted exclusively to
the machinery for pumping out. The
workmen have just begun the WIDEN
ing of the shaft. The next station
the tenth) will be at a depth o. 1000
feet.
The Phoebe company IL now work.
Ing 30 men,. Five tons Of ore, four OF
which are f~rst-class, are taken out
daily. There are now on the dump
90 tons Of tirst-class orc ready for mil
ling. The crushing Of this will COM
mence about the first Of October. The
work In the new shaft Is progressing
finely, the hosting being done with a
whlm. The grading for the new
building will be finished In a few
days, and new steam hosting machin-
cry Will be put up. This shaft was
272 feet deep Yesterday morning, and
the ground at the bottom 10 fair for
working.
At the American Flag the shaft Is
being sunk at the rate Of eighty feet
per month. The ledge at the bottom
IL four feet wide, and Its appearance is
very encouraging. The workmen
have not been without ore for the past
two months ; but the quantity was not
sufficient to pay for extracting 1t. The
mill Is now running on ore from the
Newark mine, and extracting over 80
per cent. Of the silver In the rock, as
shown by the assays.
The Washington and Creole Com
pany employs 50 men. The last Of
ore on the dump was shipped Inst
week. Bullion shipments will COM
mence on Monday next. Inc same
work which was going on at our lust
report Is being continued.
In the Alps the workmen are run:
ming a prospecting drift south, and
are now $50 feet from the shaft. They
will have to 60 80 or 20 feet further
to strike the vein. From the second
level a winze Is being sunk In a vein .
feet wide, of $50 or 800 ore.