Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-09-03
MINING
s.r III. Week x..lss sat. 3, is.s.

tor the week hnsirs oebt. ~ 1879
The stock market continues to see
sawu up and down. but to-day Is in a
healthy state, with an advancing look.
The heavy assessment Of $40 on the
Savage had rather q depressing effect,
yet that could not well DO helped. The
present heavy machinery Of the hoist
ing works had done very efficient duty
in sinking to the present dspth--over
1000 fset-but now it Is found OK
pedient to employ more powerful ma
chinsry. This is already contracted for
and will be put in working position as
soon rs possible. 1t will be powerful
enough to work the mine to the depth Of
1000 feet, or over 2,O0O feet below the
level Of the projected sutro tunnel. An
assessment Of - per share is also levied
by the Gould and Curry Company. Be
low We give the very latest and most
reliable mining information obtainablc;
Consolidated virEinia.
Daily yield 800 Ions Of orc. The ore
breasts on the l4OO, 1900 and la00-foot
levels are all looking s~plendidly and
| yislding the usual amount OF rich ore.
The north winze from the 14OO-foot
level IL down to the 1500-foot level and
. drift has been started from the bottom
| to connect with the south drift from the
shaft on that level. This connection
| will complete o splendid ventilation OF
/ almost the entire mine from the 1000
| foot level upward. AS tho north winze
has already been connected with tho
north drift on the l50O-foot level
| from the Gould & Curry shaft, forming
a thorough ventilation Of both mines
down to that depth. The south DRIFT on
the l5OO-foot level il being pushed
ahead with all the vigor possible to &C
eomplish this purpose. This drift is still
following the west wall OF tho ledge, the
east side OF the drift cutting rich ore.
Duilsigh drills are used in this drift, ~
the rock IL NO hard as 10 require contin-
ual blasting. A day or two since n
pocket OF water was tapped on the 1900
foot level toward the south line, which
is now about drained, most Of 1t having
been pumped TO the surface through the
Gould & Curry shaft.
savage.
Sinking the main incline Is still Wig
orously prosecuted, the bottom in good
working ground. C~rcss-cutting ON the
2OOO-foot level is pushed steadily ahead
without any valuable change OF interest
to report. Sinking the south winLs
from the 2O00-foot level downward, is
also making good progress. II having
become necessary that new and more
powerful hosting and pumping
machinery shall take tho place OF
the old for working the mine at its pres
snt great and steadily increasing depth.
Mr.. /. +. Thompson, the architect and
mschinest, has been sent to san Fran
cisco to supsrintsnd the manufacture OF
the same. This machinery. in point OF
strength and durability. will. when sr.
ectsd, lie second 10 mons on the line OF
the Comstock. and is calculated to have
ample power to sink the shaft anil work
the mine to q depth Of 1000 feet. The
cos Of its erection will probably not
fall much short Of SG0, 1000. and in view
of this an assessment Of $40 per share
was levied September LIST.
Ophir.
The ore breasts on both the 1900 and
itOO.foot levels ar. looking well ami
yielding handsomely. The ore extracted
is OF an increased richness, and the pros
poets OF the mine grow more iiatterinc as
the prospecting Of the different levels
10 advanced. The body OF ore dsvsl-
opsd in the east cross-cut. $50 feet from
the south line, on the l3OO-foot level. is
% feet in thickness, and fine milling
ore. Tho east cross.cut, on the li6o
foot level, is in 81 feet, with excellent
prospects Of soon striking the east ore
body. The north raise on the 1iG5-foot
level il still in rich ore. The south
raise ON the same level is also In hne
ore. On the l3O0-foot level Wine No.
1 gives assays Of from $50 to $3.50 per
ton. and the north Wine from cross-cut
No. 2 assays over $500 per ton, and
shows much fine sulphuret ore. Car
samples Of ore for the past week have
ranged from $50 to 5000 per ton. The
Empire State mill is kept steadily run
ming on ore from the mine, and Is stead
ily Increasing its shipments Of bullion.
Hale 4 Nersrsss.
Sinking the main incline below the
2OOO-foot level is making steady head
way. Notwithstanding the close, hard
character Of the rock penetrated. The
main north drift on the 20OO-foot level
is still driven ahead, running east Of the
ore vein, to connect with the south DRIFT
ON the same level from the Savage. This
connection will lie completed in q very
few days, when the thorough vsntila-
ton Of the level will be secured. Az
soon M that in done prosecuting the
ore vein in that portion OF the mine will
DO resumed. But one cross-cut has yet
been run on this level and that was di-
rectly west from the shaft, so that there
is vet ample room for valuable develop
msnts; in fact the ledge west from the
incline was shown by the cross-cut to be
much more solid and promising than on
the level above. Adrift has been started
south from the main incline which il
running directly in the ledge, and shows
much line looking quartz, but no pay
ore ~ yet.
Sierra Nevada.
At the new shaft both the hoisting and
pumping machinery is working nd.
mirsbly. The water is completely drain
Cd from the shaft; some Of tho bottom
timbcrs which had been damaged, have
been replaced. and sinking the shaft will
be resumed to-day. Prospecting has
again been resumed in the uprnise. conf
menced some time since in the old Sac
namento ground. THIS raise will be now
driven upward until it reaches the sur
face works, so a. to afford n perfect ven
tilation Of that portion Of the mine.
There has much good ore already been
extracted from the vicinity Of this up
raise, and when completed and al oppor-
tuniiy is given for cr%oss-cutting, there IL
hardly q doubt but that further valuable
d~eyelopmsnts will lie made. The ore