Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-01-22

mouth OF the main southwest, or Amer
lean Flat DRIFT. Following that drift
la a southwestcrly direction LIS feel
brought us squarc against q body o.
fine ore. the face Of which had 0ecil
stripped AMI LETT exposed TO view.
while the course Of the drift had been
changed sharply to the left evidently
to avoid cutting through the ore. LIE
main drift had been driven = distance
OF about l15 feet further, keeping
away from what appeared to DO the
ore vein All average distance or IL OF
is feet, having occasionally cutting In u:
course a number of small feeders aud
strin,ers OF line ore. AT regular dis
tsnees OF 10 10 % feet smal cross
cuts had been run oil the right
side of the main drift until the
face OF the ledge vas eached anu
thu orc exposed when they were with.
out exception stopped, rot having "
any point whatever cat through the
ledge. In all the crosscuts was cx-
posed what appeared to be . continue
lion OF the ore body, aud which In .ev-
| eral places was exceedingly rich, choice
samples sssaylng over $1,000 to the
ton. Fifteen or twenty feet from
its f,rthsst extremity tho course OF
the main driit had been veered SILL
further TO the southeast, aud q branch
drift started apparently to tap tho
maiu ledge, but which was In only a
few feet as yet. No work whatever
was being done IN that level
at the time OF our visit. the
coming and going Of visitors atiording
| such a continual Interruption that II
has been deemed best to stop the work
while visitors were allowed to enter
the mine. At no point whatever had
the crosscuts penetrated through what
appeared to be- the ore body, so that IL
wa. utterly impossible to determine
whether the ore was q foot, ten feet or
twenty feet In thickness, thus giving
but small satisfaction, after all, to
those who had gone there to see IL.
One fact alone was demonstrated, and
that was thar the American Flat mine
has ore, and SOME exceedingly rich ore,
but just how much Of IL, future pros
pecting must yet determine.
Ar5 O'CLOCK IL II MoRSISo.-
Persons whose duties do not require
them to rise early Ia the morning have
but little idea Of the business which Is
transacted before sunrise, or the varied
sights to DO witnessed then In heaven
above or OH tho earth beneath. Dur
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nv i"ot. m,gnIaesntIv grand
.'' ,na ,,,na ,h., nm. IIcht ~ ,nrri.
w o,.', i",,.s,,,.n sIs. hsio,,
$3.50 - ~ d,y s,r,v mstsor,
a ae, s,S,yari the heavens. In
dI,.c,,on ,h,nt IN J,-
sou'neAs.y nos,.an m.. ha .ssn
gree aoo'e w 49, ,.a ,.a,,in,i
uhli, nea.iy 1919. I'd S,ornio
~ y ,sni,h tLs siIIl more beautiful
"as s,,lI caiIed tha Corona or Crown.
and numberless other bright star clu..
tiers scattered over tue hi'lauiena
"h..r,. .onaS. of miner,. with
! iIch,.d lantern and dinner bucket In
hand, making their way along tho
steep and narrow streets OF virginia
aud Gold Hill TO their places OF resi-
dence on the side oil Mount paViuson'
Meat market wagons ocgin 10 rattle
Into town from distant slaughter
houses; newspaper carriers are hurry
Ing along the street AT tsplu pace,
jewellers stalk iorth win uncsr,ain
steps from ths scene OF their nights
debanch'or are snoring souhuIy M"c'c.
ever they cat nhu an uhoccupieu scat
H. close proximity 10 warm hre'
Tho morning tram rom heno nas at
rived and the passengers are tnteauiuH
their way up the snow covered streets
to the hotel or the rcsiuence OF their
friends. And thus tue ever ehahsInS
panorama moves on, u,sc'o,ing .osne
careless iooser-on uiany m.ee,S
spectacles ooth III the nha'er'Ai "o''u
aud In the lesser sphere VI ma"'
sxov BIocKAps on TnE VRGIsiA
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AND i"0N. -
been no particular change III STU.
alton Of affairs on tho Virginia and
'rruckec Railroad since yesterday. A
,-1-,, II, %, .,,,.L 4, . h,c s,ox
m $780, Ersnr,own and Mill
station. aud ut latest accounts wa'
there yet. The D o'clock evening pss,
,snse, \. "nsnJo,.d ,ndnotr.in
hss arrived here from the last named
place up to the hour Of OUT going to
press. A freight train which LETT Vir-
clnla for Carson at o A. N. to-day, n
countercd a huge snow bank In the vi.
entity OF the Scales" The local
passenger train between Virglnls and
Carson, which lett Virginia at 1:a5, at
latest accounts was waiting on the
movements OF the train In advance.
1t 1, probable that both trains succeed
ed In wallowing through the snow at
=, late hour this afternoon. We are
Informed that thc company are mol
provided with 4 snow pIow adequate
To the emergency. They VIII, how
eve o allow themselves TO be
caught out sgain Ia ths same way.
On the Central aud Union Pacific
road, ten locomotives are frequently
coupled .ogesner, ahu M"eu ..e' "aon ~"
a .aow.bank the snow has to git"
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