Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1874-01-03
Rock IslAui.

Inls claim, winch mas pecn WorkeS
through a tunnel, shows, like all othel
claims on the Comstock, Q large ledge,
1t ranging from 20 to IS feet Ia
width, and lncased In heavy clay walls
While tho orc at present 10 Of low
grade. It presents prospects very favor
able to the development Of a good
mine. They are now drifting NORTH
and south from the main tunnel. and
will begin prosecuting the ledge very
soon. The new Board OF Trustees con.
sists Of j. A. Pritchard. Hiram Tnbbs.
j. De Ia Montagnis. m.,HazeIhurSt
andl Warren F. Myers. Tie working
force Ia the mlns Is to be Immediately
increased.
Segregated Caledonia.
This mine Is situated between the
Caledonia and Knickerbocker SHIFT, the
title to ihe mine being derived from
the North American Company, the
segregated Caledonia comprising 100
feet OF ground adjoining the Caledo-
NV OH tue snutn; sna'.s "..o
been sunk on the claim. one 80 ard the
other 100 feet In depth. The Inst Is
almost the entire .istance through low
ore OF the same character rs that
found In the Caledonia. Preparations
are being rapidly made for the cxtrac-
ton and milling OF ore. Prospecting
the ledge to q greater depth VIII oe
pushed with all the vigor possible.
Jacob Iittlc.
a.. -, =, -..J ,.r -. ,..
""o oo'' W hooN p"'
during tile week been CUT into III de-
velopcd by the west drift from the
shaft. It 10 about 20 feet wide, and
saiJ IN be bctter ora than any hereto.
fore found in that mine. IL nssny
very high In gold. being In the proper.
Ton o. two.thlrus go,d 70 one o, 'IIycr,
Of M Cam.tocI' a. the oround lies on
Cedar Hill. between the Sierra Nevada
and the 0phlr. and TO the westward Of
both. The company have over 2OO toni
Of ore already ont OIL their dumps for
milling when the proper facilities
offer.
Dayton.
The ore breasts aud slopes on both
the second and third levels are look.
inc will. and Welding finely. The
a.. ,,,,,,,
s.ro~d stallion ia tinIshej. giving . ilns
circulation of pure mir In that part of
the mine, and opening the way for the
extract,on OF the nne noay OF orc ae,
s,a,t"ns Una Woodwo,t mill which
wss awain Started nm an ore from the
MI. Ia, Srn,lnv ,nornjnc la. bsen
unn, .,ssd,iv r"",,,,a JurinS n wesk.
anI ~. NAV 900" ssucct m hear NJ
.ood ,o,,rn:
soo' '"
ns,ener
ANY yic'u, y 'on" n
renee y "ors " s'aA'"s 'ne "'a.
'nc',ne, prepa'.,o'y W ore".'s ous
the liOO.foot station. Ihe driit on tne
l3O0.foo level running north Is IN 2Si
feet. The drit running south from
the Crown folnt line 70 meet it.is III
ooo lest. n new wiizc nas 9ecn start.
10 c1iinect thS loVV ~ ana Itoo,v NO.
levels; Hs now u1~" ov ,ye .n ~"
!. nIshI,no ~ nal .n,o,n, Of s,ceI.
ore
o,h,r.
'rhe str.ak. nj Rich ora RECENTLY
49, -. a.. raj,
'" N"' ''o ~
south DRIFT on tie l3oo'ioot lever, sun
,rorJ rhc main south DRIFT ON the
l485. foot level still continues In rich
ore. There Is no change oil import
to report OF the prospecting OPP
erallons Oh the l7oo'foot level.
senator.
Sinking the SHAFT las made good
progress during the week, cutting
OF quartz In the bottom Of the
shaft that give assays rs high As 800
per ton, mostly silver. Opening a sta.
ton to DRIFT for the main ledge at the
iOO-ioot lesei VIII ue co'hhiehceu oi
.iUnuay ne. ;nt. vnr mora G,t.
tsrimc than nj nresent.
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iyiel .
The main west urii- ~ Inc zVo'loo'
statioh uurihH 'nc "eeA' s"' INV ""'
body OF quartz thas assays wen. "P-
p,"g on, "nG,.,.n. N imnsJc the
prorfcss of the work.
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o'"A'"S WV """ e"'
Level Is hak'hg rap,s p'ogres'' "e
rock IN tue BOTTOM o,asl'ng we,' NV"
showing occasional stringers anu Iseu-
era OF quartz Of very promising cn'r'
acter'
kossuth.
Tho main west drtt NJ the zVo''oo'
level has cut some ile STEAKS !un'.1
anu ore uurl,,g .ne Week; g's,nR p.1 a
OF Goou orc ueveI'p"e"s WIG"
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