Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-07-16
LOCAL MINING SUMMARY.
Ter III. Week E.aI.s JAY 10, 'is74.

LOCAL MINING SUMMARY,
Yer the Week Rsdiss July 10, 1874
Tho stock market is a little better to
day than Il has been the last two O
three days; yet the streak Of porphyr,
seems to prevail. A little apathy is ap
parent on the part Of tho small specu
lators among the general public. The.
do not hang around tho bulletin board
in front Of tho brokers' Office rs usedto
and the disposition to hold of for bet
ter and more exciting Developments Il
quite manifest. Belcher has sufferet
somewhat from the bears taking nd
vantage OF a temporary shutting dow
Of the works to put in new machinery
They succeeded in depressing the stool
considerably, yet nothing was wrong
with the mine, and this morning every
thing was again in full operation as before
The new predovelopment Of the Imperial
Empire shaft is holding out well
and giving promise Of an extensive and
permanent body. Tho Ophir trouble Is
still in court. From the San Francisco
Post Of yesterday We copy the following
in relation TO tho matter:
The suit brought yesterday against the
duly elected Trustees and Lyle. who
was recently elected by the President
voting twice. ia said to have been com.
menced in tho interest OF the
Baldwin. Grayson and Hall faction to
prevent Lyle acting III the agent for
Flood & 0'Brien, in getting control OF
the 0phir shaft, through which they ex-
pect to prospect the California ground.
The Baldwin party are anxious to hold
possession Of the shaft. for the reason
they wish to prospect the ground Of the
Union Consolidated, which mino IL
owned and controlled by them. More
than this. they claim TO own more than
half the 0phir mine, and contend that
Flood & 0'Brien have very little II any
interest in II, but think they can use the
mine for their own purposes by showing
how splendidly they can manage for the
dear people,
Below We give what We know about
the mines:
Consolidated Virginia.
Daily yield 800 tons of ore, keeping
the dumps full and the company's mills
all running up to their full working CO.
pacity. The ore breasts ON the 1900,
1900 and liO0.foot levels are all looking
splendidly, and promise big yield Of
ore for many months to come. Sinking
the north winze No. 2, from the 1900
foot level to connect with the l40O-foot
level for air purposes, Is making good
progress, the bottom still In fno ore.
Sinking the north Wine, on the 400
foot level. for tho purpose Of connecting
with the main south drift on the 1900
foot Lowell. The south drift, on the 1900
foot level. is still driven southwark, fol.
lowing the west wall Of the ledge, and
stripping the orc face on the east side OF
the drift. This drift IL making good
Roadway, and will DO connected with the
north Wine, from the 1400-foot level, at
the earliest possible moment. The
grading md other necessary preparatory
work for the erection OF the new mill In
making all the headway possible, about
one hundred men being now employed
in completing tho preparations.
Hale 4 Noreross.
Sinking the main incline. which had
been delayed for a few days by the put
ting in Of n water tank 80 feet below the
20OO- foot level, has been resumed and Is
again making fine headway. On the
lDO0-foot level, q west drift Ia being run
OH the south limo Of the claim. which
has not yet reached the west wall OF the
ledge. Another drift is being run on the
same level. directly west from the main
incline, which has developed some streaks
OF good ore. Sinking the north winze
on this level is making good progress.
following n strata OF ore about ~ fcet
In thickness with q favorable promise Of
its widening out NJ greater depth Is at
tanned. The north drift on the 1000
foot level is still pushed vigorously for
ward to connect with the south drift on
the same level from the Savage, follow
ing a very promising seam Of ore lying
next to tho east wall with excellent indi-
cations Of finding paying bodies when-
over c%ross-cutting the ledge shall have
been commenced. The main west drift
on this level shows no material change
to report. Daily yield 40 tons Of ore
from the old upper workings.
Impsrial.Empfre.
The station timbers arc being put in
to-day for opening q drift ut the 1000
foot level. The east drift, on the 1850
foot level has been again started up.
and three days ago cut q rich strata Of
ore two feet in thickness, crossing the
face Of the drift diagonally, and assay
ing from s743 to si,1O0 per ton. This
orc still continues at the bottom Of tho
drift, the assay OF which gives $120 per
ton. The main south drift on this level
has passed out Of the ore body previ-
ously reported. being run directly to in
tercept and connect with the Wine from
the l7OO-foot level for air purposes.
The ore was penetrated by this drift for
a distance Of fo~rty-fvo feet, and where
II leaves the face OF the drift asssyed
800 per ton. The indications are excel.
lent, not only for tho development Of q
fine body Of ore ON this level, but for
finding nm extensive body lying between