Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-10-22
Phoebe Mining Items.
from the Record, Oct. 1871

lEIOm u khONSAat WV 49,
At the Meadow Valley the workmen
IN incline No. 8 are 100 feet below the
9Th level. At o further depth Of 10 feet
A new station. the 10th, will be made.
The west drift from the 9th station 10
IN Ia feet ; the east drift, 265 feet.
The last drift from the Sth level Is In
373 feet. The cast DRIFT at the 630.foot
level. last evening. connected with In
cline No. 5. The east drift at the go
foot level is In 2l4 feet. The men In
No. o shaft continue sinking. and are
now 81 feet below the 9TH station. The
total depth of the shaft Is 832 feet.
From No. 2. incline, the east drift at
the 4th level Is In 20 feet; the west, at
the Sth, 4S2 feet; the west at the Sd,
ll2 feet. About the usual quantity Of
ore Is daily extracted.
In the Washington and Creole three
winzes. all Of which are In ore, are be-
Ing sunk OH the ledge. Two Of these
are between so and 80 feet deep, and
the third, which has lately been COM
menced, Is about u feet In depth.
When the wines shall have reached a
depth Of 100 feet. whichwill be about
the latter end Of next week, drifting
will be commenced from the bottom
of them. 1t Is found necessary to tim
Der the west drift on account Of the
looseness Of the dirt. When the tim
bering shall have been completed up
to the face Of the drift, the work of
running It on westward will be re-
sumed. The resumption Of this work
will take place tomorrow (Monday.)
At the Phoebe the ore IL again accu-
mulating at the old works. There are
now % tons OIL the dump. On Friday
there were deposited with Wells, Far
90 & Co. $6,830 Oh In bullion, which
was shipped yesterday. The new shaft
was 345 feet In depth yesterday morn
Ing. The workmen employed In sink
ing 1t have gone through the quartzlte
and are now In a shale formation,
which Is rather harder than the rock
through which they have just passed.
However, they are making fair pro-
gress.
In the Chief OF the Hill a progress Of
16 feet has been made In the west drift.
At the bottom Of the shalt n croSs-cut
has been commenced, and a progress
OF Z feet has been made In it. The
station has also been made mt the same
place. The work Is going OH rapidly.
An Improvement has been made In the
shape OF n ladder. way, which has been
constructed during the week. from the
top TO the bottom OF the shaft.
The station at the Sth level of the
American Flag, 500 feet below the sur
face. has been completed. aud work.
men are still sinking the shaft. Drift
Ing from the new station has been COM
mcnced. east and west. The usual
number Of hands are employed. The
appearance Of the mine generally Is
very encouraging. The MILL Is run
ming on custom ore, with the usual sat
~lsfactory results.
The daily ore product Of tho Ray
mond s. Ely is now 100 tons. There
are 2l0 men employed In the mine at
present. aud the workmen In the shaft
have reached n depth Of $50 feet. The
cars Of the n. c. II. r. take away all
the ore raised from the mine, as fast as
1t comes up.
The bullion shipment per Wells,
Fargo s. Co.. yesterday. was &,63l OIL.
Total for the week, $4S,904 IS.
The case of the Raymond s. Ely vs..
Kentucky has been set for trial on
Monday.