Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-02-07
Delcher.

and l300.foot levels. The main In
| cline Is down 81 feet below the 400
foot level. The nsIth drift FROM the
400. foot station ID In 20 feet, la hard
rock. Tho south winze on the 1900.
foot level Is down 100 feet. All Of the
ore breasts and slopes throughout the
mine are looking and yielding splsn.
dldly. The total yield Of the mine for
January was over 81. 900. 900. aud the
dividend lust declared Of 81 4 share.
aggregates $500 00, leaving a very
comfortable surplus In the treasury.
The lower levels look better aud bet
ter as further developed, aud the pros.
poets Of the Belcher mine nc the pres
ent time are about as f~iattsrlng rs rea-
sonable stockholders need ask.
sutro.
The work OF sinking the winze ls be-
Ing prosecuted vigorously. The ledge
continues to widen out as tile sinking
progresses. Stresks Of lively looking
quartz are encountered all along, with
favorable Indications Of striking q val
liable ore body at no distant day. As
SAYS Of rock encountered during the
past week average about $l7 to the
ton. A considerable quantity OF water
has been met with, but the pumps
has kept IL under control. The north
drift Is In nearly 100 feet. and the
work Of cross-cutting will shortly be
commenced.
GouId 4 Curry,
There 10 no definite change to report
In any OF the prospecting drifts Of this
mine. On the 1901 foot level. drifting
Ia an easterly direction Is still carried
on with flatterlng encouragement. At
the lowest depth, the 100. foot level,
the advancement OF the north and east
drifts Ia vigorously prosecuted. No
high grade ore has yet been encount-
cred OH this level.
The main tunnel Is being pushed for
ward Into tho hill following the ore
vein at n good rate OF daily progress.
The vein continues to average about
81 feet In width and Improves In ap-
pearance as further developed. Pre-
paratlons are being made to extend
the main Incline from the tunnel or
adit level through to the surface, about
40 feet. when this Is done. hoistlng
works will DO erected aud sinking at
the bottom Of the Incline resumed.
Crown Point Extension.
1t Is expected that tho new holstlng
works to operate this mine will be
completed within tho next two weeks,
ready for sinking again In the shaft.
At the recent annual meeting OF the
company held IN San Francisco. the
following Trustees were elected: Robt.
Sherwood, j. A. Prltchard, Capt. H..
Il. Warsaw, L. Is. Mastick, 5. A. Cha
pin.
Europa.
The main west drift has now passed
through 80 feet OF ledge matter and no
sign Of the west wall as yet. The as
says during the week have varied from
as to $50 to the ton. At = meeting OF
the Board of Trustees, held last Nom
day In San Francisco, to I'LL vacancies,
Robert sherwood was elected Trustee
and President, and VIM. L. Hale Vice
President.
Alpha.
The north drift OIL the 1900 foot level
Is still making steady progress. follow
ing the limo OF the ledge, with no
change Of value to report for tho week.
At a meeting Of the stockholders, held
in San Francisco, the capitaI stock OF
the company was Increased from ST.
500. 600 to 1000. 900. In 30.0 900 shares
OF 800 each, being live shares Of the
now stock to u Of the old.
Andes.
Now engaged In erecting machinery
over the old shaft. II Is the Intention
to prospect the vein from the bottom
OF this shaft. aud at the same time con-
tinucd the explorations III the main
tunnel. This mine 10 located on the
eastern slope Of Mount Davidson spur.
TO the westward OF the Consolidated
Virginia mine.
Halo q Norcross.
Sinking the main incline Is progress
ING at the usual steady rate, the rock
at the present depth being very hard.
The prospecting drilts on Tue lyov'Ioo'
level are being driven ahead with Wig
or. The advancement OF these driits
Is slow ewing to the tenncity OF the
ground penetrated, which Is hard
Mating.
Now York Sonso''".e.'
Over hall Of the bottom OF the smart
Is now III hnc ioos'hg QUARTZ so''e Vi
which gives low assays IN Silver. y"
III s.rl,'sers VI .oiIi soiv "q onar,z
Sani nrocrss, i, made In sinking. NOT.
,.,,,rs,en,fIn, Tho increase Of waller. AZ
n"mns y. worriny yerv efficiently,
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soush Coms'oeA'
New SHAFT uo"h 20 iecs' uoou pro-
gress Is made In SINKING Anu dur'hS
the last three or four day. cohs'dera-
bic quartz nas zee, ,ne. WIN. M",o" IS
a hafuer maleliai ,hal 'ou.u n,,n.
toiote. lug .",,no' "om Iounp3
rep,',eu umo''o"'' anu s''
WORKING s""pe'
Julia.
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