Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-06-21
LOCAL MINING SUMMARY.
For tho Week Ending Juno 81, 1879.

For tho Week Ending Juno 81, 1873
The week has passed with no very
important fluctuations In stocks. and
most descriptions are "a little off,
at the close. Not much of a revival
need be looked for before next month
Baltimore holds up we'll in anticipa'
ton of finding good ore soon at
the lower level, as the drift is ap.
preaching the critical point. The great
ore body Of the Crown Point and Bel
cher not only holds out we'll, but i'm
proves as further developed, and there
are many millions Of dollars In sight
for stockholders to receive in the way
Of dividends. Although the present
look of the stock market Is not
encouraging, yet any sort Of new de-
velopment Of good ore would have a
very salutary influence, and the chan
ces are that there will be something In
that line before long. Below we give
what we know about the mines:
Gould & Curry.
The work Of taking the old pumping
machinery out Of the shaft and re-
placing 1t with new and more power
full, will be completed by the close oil
next week. The main northeast drift
on the l5OO.foot level is still driven
ahead, the face being In quartz and
porphyry. The main south DRIFT on
the l6OO-foot level will make the con.
nection with the north drift on the
same level from the Savage to-day.
This Is an important and much to DC
desired connection between the two
mines, and will be Of great value In
cooling off the different levels, facill-
tating the work, and aiiordinga means
of escape from one mine to the other
In case of fire or other contingency.
Prospecting at the second station still
continues. developing large quantities
of low grade ORE, but which nj the
present cost of reduction Will hardly
pay for extraction.
Consolidated virEinin
Sinking the shaft is making excellent
progress, the rock In the bottom work.
Ing finely. 1t is now down l,o4G feet
The main north drift on the llG7-foot
level from the Gould and Curry shaft
has made but very slow progress dur
ing the week OIL account OF the terrible
swelling of the ground through which
the drift Ia running. The tremendous
force of the swelling was such rs to
completely close up the working end
OF the drift. crushing in and smashing
the heavy timbers like pipe stems, and
although all the men that q BIZ proilt'
ably used are employed there, the
work has not yet reached by several
feet the extent attained last week.
The heavy stone foundation tor the
new engine Is completed, and the en-
CINE will be ready to place in position
as soon as tho masonry Is sufficiently
dried.
This mine, after lying idle for sever
al months, was started up last Wednes-
day, under the superintendent Of Sam
Owens, one of the most competent and
efficient miners OH the Comstock. The
shaft Is 2lO feet in depth and the water
had risen to within % feet OF the SUR
face. The engine aud other machin-
cry when started up, worked to perfec-
ton, and battling out the water was
Immediately commenced. Notwith-
standing a strong aud steady influx,
the water has been lowered over lVO
feet, and it Is expected that sinking
the shaft and prospecting the ledge VIII
be resumed in a very few days,
Jacob Little.
This valuable mine has been very
energetically and effectively worked
of late, and this morning the face OF
the lower tunnel cut through the blue
granite casing wall Of the ledge, show
Ing some very fine looking ore, which
will undoubtedly assay well, and there
appears to be q good solid body OF It.
Some excellent Gre is being taken out
in drifting on the main ledge from the
first cross-cut, showing plenty of free
gold and sulphurets Of silver.
Arizona aud Utah.
The main east drift on the 250-foot
level, is In l55 feet, the face still In
ledge matter. This drift cut the ledge
at a distance of lis feet east of the
shaft, showing 1t to be large, well-de.
fined, and to contain punches and spots
of good milling orc. Work In the face
of the drift has been stopped for the
present. and q winze started 10 fee
east of the shaft in the foot wall Of the
ledge, and rich developments may
soon be looked for.
Green Mino.
The timbering Of the shaft Is steadily
drawing toward completion and in
about ten days it will be finished in
good shape. The owners of this mine
feel the greatest confidence In Its
eventually ranking in all the essential
features of ore production with the
Silver Hill aud Justice, its sister mines
adjoining.
baltimore Consolidated.
The breaking OF II Of the hosting
reels on Monday last, almost entirely
stopped the work in the mine during
the week. The reel was repaired,
| However, and work resumed last even
ing with a full force OF men OF boil
the 225 and 450-foot levels.
Buckcyc.
Daily yield about 20 tons. The orc
sections are looking and holding ou1
we'll, The main east drift is in 35(
feet, and from the stringers Of gooc
quartz. assaying well in gold, coming
in at the face OF the DRIFT, it Is thought
that the ledge must be very near al
hand.
Chollar.Potosi.
Daily yield, 100 tons of $50 rock
The water in the mine has been re
duced in quantity to such an extern
that the pump is kept on duty only
three hours per day. The ore breasts
are looking fully as well as at any
time during the past thirty days.
silver Hill.
Daily vield about co tons, The orr