Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-11-05
MINING SUMMARY.
Per ,Adw..h E.1i.s November s,1s4

ieoks fomevhat healthier, and prices
are better to-day With good degree Of
frmnsss. and an advancing tendency,
The mining situation justines q consider.
able advance on present prices. The
Consolidated Virginia mine Is, to-day,
looking better than ever at the l50o-fooi
level. At that point the ore body /,
opened l2s feet wide without ascertain
ing its full extent. no wall being reached.
II II very rich and literally immense,
The north drift from the Gould & Curry,
IS feet bslow that level is also in very rich
ore. An arrangemsntha has been into
between The Gould & Curry and Best 4
Bslchsr Companies whereby tho Gould
4 Curry sells to the Best & Bslchsr 32l
feet Of the north end Of their mine
in consideration Of which the stock
holders Of the Gould 4 Curry Company
r~scsivs in return $1,000 shares Of the
Best & Belchsr stock. This leaves the
Gould & Curry still $40 fest Of ground,
and increases the Best & Bslcher TO 545
feet, divided into 100. 500 shares. Two
thousand shares Of the Best L Bslchsl
stock is reserved as q working fund.
The Bslcher is looking and yielding
finely, although tho recent destruction
Of the new air shaft by fire, dsprivss
portions Of the mine Of proper ventila'
ton. II will be some weeks before thi,
difficulty will BE- obviatsd by the re-
pairing and retimbsring OF the shaft.
The usual monthly dividends,
however. will doubtless 60 on
rs usual. there being plenty
Of coed ore to be got at. The dividend
Of IS per share for the past month is
declared to-day. Below we give a sum.
mary OF the latest and most reliable
mining information obtainsble:
NSmsohtosteu
Daily yield. 800 tons Of ore. The orr
breasts on the 1900. 400 and 1500-foo,
levels are all locking splsndidly, and
are bsing carried forward as usual. Tn,
north drifts on the 1900 and l40O-fooi
levels, running ahead Of the ore breasts.
are still in ore Of q rich character. The
northward extension Of the ore bodies
on the 1900 and l400-foot levels has
caused q continuation Of the north drift
on the 120O-foot level in tho same d.
r~ection, with every prospect Of a steady
extension Of the ore bsdy 10 the north
ward on that level also. On the 1900.
foot level the east and west croas-cuts
have developed the ore vein i2s feet in
width. with the face Of both still in rich
ore. The ledge on this level shows
steady swell in the width. which seems
TO increase to the northward toward the
California line. The face Of the north
drift on the 1555-foot level is still in ore
OF the richest character. the extent Of
which 10 yet entirely undetermined in
any direction whatever. The new mill
is covered in. and much Of the machin,
cry In place. The immense compound
engine Ia on the ground. and it will now
be but q very short time before the mill
will be ready to start up.
Indus.
The incline being sunk from the tun-
mel level is now its full size in ore and
improving. The San Francisco B'dIeth'
Of October Goth. speaking OF the Indus,
mistakenly says: 1.-THE claim lies to
the west OF the California mine. adjoin-
ing the Andes and Insurance. which are
between. The managers have recently
ran . drift from the old tunnel. upon
which they are now sinking q Wine,
from which ore assaying from $50 to $40
q ton has been taken" This Ia . very
glazing mistake a. il well known by
everybody here who 10 at all oonvsrsant
with the locations at that point. The
Indus lies Immediately adjoining the
Consolidated Virginia and Califor-
mia mines on the west, and the
Andes, and Insurance both lie sue
eessivsly to the west Of the Indus.
In other words, the Indus lies between
these last two mines mentioned and the
Consolidated.
Ophir.
Daily yield 100 tons Of ere. which can
Be easily doubled whenever mills can be
obtained 10 crush II. The mine is look
ing splendidly throughout. The dsvel.
opmsnt OF the ore bodies on the 1900
foot level Is daily establishing the mins
on q mere promising basis. The ore nj
the bottom Of the winzs in the east cross.
cut No. 2. on the l300-foot level, Is still
OF the same rich character. and there Is
no longer q doubt but that the rich ore
development in the east cross-eut No. =,
on the I465-foot level. GO feet further to
the westward, Is . continuation oil the
same body. The yield Of the mine for
the past month was q little over $780,
600, which will probably be doubled this
month N II 10 the expectation that the
company will have three mills running
On ore from the mine before the close oil
the month. Car samples assay rem
$50 to $22o per ton.
wesdviIis.
The mine is looking well throughout.
During the past week a ins body Of ore
was struck going southwark on the 800
foot lsysI. This ere lies further to the
southwark than anything yet found on
that Laval Tho ore carries large