Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-01-31
BeIcher.
Belcher.
Daily yield $50 tons OF ore. The

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Daily yield $50 tons OF ore. TIT
mine coatlnues to look A. promising
AS ever, and the daily yield Of ore mn
abntcd. The main incline Is down 81
feet below the 400 foot level. Thu
north drift at the l400-io0t station l.
In 40 feet aud Il being pushed ahead
with all possible energy. The south
DRIFT on tho ll0O.f0ot level Is In lft
feet. The south wlnze on the 1900
foot level IA down SO feet. At the an-
nusI meeting Of the company held IN
san Francisco lsst Tuesday, all the
old officers were reelected. Accord
ing to the report Of Secretary Kibbe.
the product Of the mine for the past
wear foots up to $i0.7sl,2 Ss. Dlyi.
dsnds. &c. . ZOO. Cash IN the trcasu-
ry Of the company. t099. $40. The ore
In sight OIL the 1900 aud l3O0.foot lev
els Il $50, 900 tons. which. at the rate
Of last year. will give 1880. 900 In
dividends. The l400.foot level has
not yet been drawn upon.
Crown Point.
Daily yield Of ore 460 tons. which Is
mostly being extracted from the 1000.
1900 and 1900. foot levels. Breastins
out on the ore body, on the l40O.foot
level has been commenced, the ore be-
ing OF q fine character. A DRIFT north,
which 10 In rich ore, has been started
to connect with the crOsscut from the
main drift. A wlnze has alsO been
started ut the east end Of the north
crosscut, which Is down l2 feet In very
rich ore. Slnce the connection has
been completed between the Crown
Point aud Yellow Jacket the tempera-
ture of the air has been greatly les
.ened Oh the li00, foot level, .making u
much more comfortable for the miners
aud making = vast Improvement In the
progress VI the work. The flow OF
water continues quite heavy from the
1900 loot level, but IL handled With
ease by the pumps. The main south
DRIFT, Oh the l60O. foot level, Is making
slow but steady progress.
Segregated Rock Island.
On passing through tho clay wall
last Monday Into the ledge, n large
body Of water was encountered, ren.
Lerlng II necessary to put a bulkliead
In face OF the tunnel to prevent caving.
A driit was Immediately started north
from tho tunnel, which Will be run
about n hundred feet, when 4 crosscut
will be made to prospect the ledge.
The quartz taken from the ledge where
il Is Interested by the main tunnel, Is
similar to that found further north OH
the Comst0ck, but rs far rs known Is
OF low grade. The main tunnel will
b. extended through the ledge ~ soon
~ the bulkhead can, with safety, DO
removed. The future Of this nlne
looks bright.
California.
The drift running north OH the 1900.
foot level (of the Consolidated Wiz
ginlaL Is now In 100 feet from the shaft.
II IA Intended to connect TIL. drlft with
the south drlft on the 100 foot level OF
tile Ophir, aud thus secure tho vcntila-
ton Of both mines. The prospecting
movements OF this company are com.
mcnced on u sound basis, the object be-
Ing to ventllate the mine oil the start,
and then prosecute work In the COLI
Meeting and branch drifts aud wines.
This will tend to Insure economical
aud rapid progress In the prospecting
o~prratlons, as II Is well understood
that A man can do four times the work
with q good, fresh supply OF air, that
ls can IN n vitlated atmosphere.
Chaplin and East Comstock.
Work was commenced soIne months
ago on the SHAFT Of these two compan-
ie., located OH the Gold Canyon branch
Of the Com,tock, n few hundred feet
east Of the Overman new shaft. IL has
been sunk TO u depth Of l33 feet BY the
use OF a windlass, when steam power
becoming necessary the requisite ma
chinery for hosting works has been
procured aud Is now In ourse Of cree
ton. II will DO ready for resumption
Of work. sinking the shaft, In about 10
days. weather permitting. Very good
vein matter Is developed vt the bottom
OF the shaft. aud rich results are justly
anticipated.
Choliar-Potosi.
Owing to tho stormy weather but
little could be done during the past
week In the way OF ore extraction. all
tho dumps belng full aud 1t being I'm.
possible to get the ore hauled 10 the
mills. An Important ore development
has been made during tho week In the
prospecting drift south from the 1000.
loot station. The extent OF this ore
body has not yet been determined, but
tho Indications are favorable Tor n fins
development. Nothing new to report
OF tho prospecting operations Oh the
other levels.
Jacob Little.
The whole face OF the lower tunnel
1. now In ore, some stresks OF which
show very richly la free gold aud black
sulphurets of silver. We saw an AS
say Of II today, which went fl,607 Ia
gold aud $i25 In silver to the ton.
This was from q quantity sent down 10
san Francisco to the trustees Of the
COMPANY. aud tho assay was made by
Rlotte Il Luckharlt, assayers. Tho
Superintendent Il Of the opinlon that
when the tunnel Is fifty feet further IN.
my tons Of good ore per day can be
extracted.
Loo.
Owing to the Increase Of water IN
the Incline, superintendent Moyle has
been obliged to concentrate his forces
at that point. and stop work In the
main DRIFT. The incllno being now
over 200 feet deep. and the water not
only troublesome but Increasing otlat
Il cannot be kept ont with present ap.
~pliances. sinking will have to be dis
continued until the proper pumping
and holsting machinery can be brought
to bear IN the ease. Meanwhile tile
main drilt will be pushed ahead Into
the hill, following the ore vein.
Dayton.
Lowering the steam pump so as to
drain the ws,er FROM the Third station
|, making good progress. But little
ore has been extracted from the mine
during the week owing to the had
u.sth.r and the Inability To get the