Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-08-29
Kossuru NINE

dow Of water was encountered in this
mine; one y strong that it was impos-
sibls to drain IL with the hosting tanks
then in use. The company Immediately
set to work to erect new and powerful
pumping machinery, such As would
secure the thorough draining and enable
the working Of the mine to q much
greater depth than 1t has ever been pros
pscted heretofore. On the 10th day Of
July last all the necessary preliminary
arrangements having been completed.
the masons commenced work on the
foundation for the new machinery, and
last evening the finishing connections
were all completed and the entire pump
ing machinery. possessing = hosting
capacity Of $4,000 gallons Of water per
hour, was started into full and perfect
operation, there not being the slightest
defect in any portion Of the work. Con-
sidsring the shortnsss OF the time oc-
eupied in its erection. the proportions OF
the machinery. and the perfection Of the
work, its erection Is something very
remarkable and rejects tho great
est credit not only on the Superintendent
OF the mine, Mr.. p. II. Scott, who is q
thorough practical mill wright himself.
but also on Mr.. James Floyd. the chief
engineer. who personally superintendent
its erection. and Samuel La Faille. the
head mill wright. who executed that
portion Of the work.
The Punpinx Engine
Has q az foot stroke. q lG inch cylin-
der. a II foot ay wheel, and a capacity
Of 10 hors. power. The main driving
shaft is o inches in diameter. and was
manufactured Of scrap iron OF the tough
eat best possible quality. The spur
wheel Is 81 feet in diameter and weighs
1900 pounds. The pump column is .
inches in diameter. Is OF a superior
welded pattern. having mo rivsts what
ever to obstruct the working. has strong
J inch fianges OF An improved character,
and seems as perfect rs 1t is possible to
make 1t. The pump car be worked
from a Z foot down TO q 3 foot stroke.
and can be run up to % strokes to the
minute with the most perfect ease,
whereas the usual average OF such ma
chinery il only about $ strokes per min
ute. The foundation for the pump en-
CINE and bob was blasted out OF the
solid rock. is Ii feet in depth, and is
that solid and firm that there is scarcely
a particle Of jar to b felt even
when running at the topmost speed.
Attached to the pumping engine In a
hosting reel with a clutch, no arranged
that the pumps or pump columns can
be hoistsd or lowered at pleasure In n
moments time. which 10 a vast i'm.
provsment ON the old and long practiced
style OF doing such work by hand. This
mason work for the foundations was
done by John X. Crowley. and recon-.
mands itself rs one OF the best jobs oil
the kind ever done on the line OF tho
Comstock.
The Boilers
For supplying the steam are two In
number, one 60 inches in diameter. l6
feet long; aud the other iS inches in
diameter. i6 feet in length, and 80 ar
ranged that one can he used to run the
machinery while the other Is being
cleaned or repaired. The eonsump-
ton Of wood necessary to furnish
the necessary steam for doing the
pumping and hosting is'one and a half
cords per day. showing that in addition
10 strength and durability, the closest
economy has also been kept in view.
This entire machinery was manafac-
tured by Mr.. George Emmett. at the
Gold Hill foundry. at a saving OF nearly
three cents poind over tho prices
charged by san Francisco manufacturers,
the cost OF the wrought and cast iron
in San Francisco being an average OF
3 cents per pound. 10 which 1t would be
necessary TO add about three cents
freight, while the whole, cast and
wrought together. cost but eight cents
delivered at the mine, and Is considered
by all who have examined it to be SUI
perior in quality to that usually fur.
ni.hsd from below. The total cost OF
the pumping machinery will not fall
much short Of SIS, 1000. but now that 1t
is finished is calculated to drain the
mine to a depth Of fifteen hundred feet.
The hosting engines are all in perfect
working condition. and are able to do
the necessary hosting to adepth oil
LOO feet. A large water tank has
been erected on the hillside above the
hosting works and an ample supply oil
hose provided to guard well against ire.
A large, commodious blacksmith shop
TANKS the hosting works ON the north
and a convenient carpenter shop on the
south, 30 that for practical working Ia
c~ilitiss, the arrangements are nearly
perfect.
The Main shars
Il GIG feet in depth. At the depth OF
200 feet q drift was run 800 feet in a
westerly course to, and through tho
ledge. From this cross drift two others
have been run, one $50 feet in a southerly
direction, following the ledge, and the
other $50 feet in = northerly course,
also in the ore vein. The ore vein on
this level 10 from 80 to 40 feet in width
Of solid quartz and ore, considerable Of
which gives assay values OF $40 to $50
per ton. and all Of which yields from
Sl5 to S25 per ton. This, although
not Of extreme richness, proves the
vast extent and psrmanency OF the mine,
and lends great expectation and encour-
agement TO the stockholders when An
other level shall have been opened, for
there seems hardly a reasonable doubt
but that the Kcssuth will find, ut less
than a depth Of 200 feet more, the same
rich vein Of ores already developed in
the Dayton mine, which adjoins 1t on
the north. II is confidently expected
that the water will be drained from the
shaft sufficiently to resume sinking by
Tu,slav next.