Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-12-02
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works Is completed. and the frames o.
the carpenter shop. blacksmith shop,
and machine shops are up and being
covered In, All the buildings Of the dit.
ferent departments are being enlarged
and erected In o much more c~onvenisni
and comfortable shape than ever before.
All the machinery erected 10 being dons
In the most substantial manner, aud
wherever an improvement q DO made
Il Is done. The new hoisiing frame Ii q
model OF strength and c~ompactness, and,
like many Of Superintendent Fairs new
departures, 10 a decided improvement
over that Of the old style OF such works.
The main building Is 20 arranged hat
when the cages reach the landing two
cars can be run on or taken OF at once,
which will DO u great saving Of time.
The ore house IL being reconstructed 10
that a train OF any number Of railroad
cars can be loaded at u time. without
having to change position. The ore
house will be 100 feet In length, being
30 feet longer than the old one. Il will
be two stories In hight. to correspond
with the two floors OF the hoisting works.
One Of the hoisting engines IL In good
running order. and the sheavss and
ropes are being put In to-day, 10 that Il
will be but q very short time now before
work can be resumed In the mine.
About 100 tons OF ore per day Ia being
hoisted through the Gould & Curry
shaft. aud crushed rs fast as taken out,
which will much o than pay the run
ming expenses OF the mine. Sinking the
O. and o. shaft IL making tho usual good
progress, the rock In the bottom work.
ing finely and the flow Of water not in
tsrfering in the least.
Beles.r
Daily yield, 40 tons Of ore. The ore
slopes are looking NOR than ordinarily
well, and the general appearance Of the
mine shows a decided improvement.
The mills not yet having made their full
returns We cannot give the exact figures,
but the proceeds OF the mine for the
month OF November will far exceed that
Of any previous month for . year past.
The east drift, on the l600.foot level.
has been run a distance Of 800 feet east
OF the incline. at which point tho ledge
was cut. Before any prospecting could
be accomplished . strong flow Of water
drove the men out and stopped all work
in that portion OF the mine. The air
shaft il completed down 10 the l400.foot
level. Sinking below that point 10 pro-
crossing we'll. An uprsiss 10 also being
made from tho Zoo. level to con.
meet with the shaft below the l400. This
raise In up a distance OF forty-four feet.
The Belcher and Grown Point Com.
paniss have entered into IN agreement
whereby the new air shaft Is to Be sunk
jointly by the two mines and 10 10 DO
made y drain a. well as air shaft. Plans
and specifications have been adopted for
a large compound condsnsing engine
and pumping machinery. which Is to DO
procured and erected In the shortest
possible time. The pumps arc 10 be OF
tho best improved patterns and the
water columns will be fourteen inches
in diameter.
C~aiisrnia.
Sinking the Wine below the 1550-foot
level is still going steadily ahead. the
bottom In good ore. The north drift on
the samo level Is being steadily ad-
vanced, the face in fair ore. The other
levels OF the mine are kept In good re-
pair while waiting for the completion OF
tho building for the Consolidated Vir-
ginia hoisting-works. The amalgama.
ting mill started into full operation yes.
teriay OH tailings and pulp saved from
the Consolidated Virginia mill before II
was burned. The building over the
works Of the now battery mill are IN.
ished, and the erection OF tho batteries
aud machinery 10 progressing ut . very
favorable rate. Some delays are being
experienced in obtaining the right kinds
OF timber, and In getting the mortars
for the batteries from tho foundries.
These matters. however, will seon be
overcome and everything again In rsadi.
ness TO crushing ore.
Ophir.
Tho hosting works building. ma.
chine shop. carpenter and blacksmith
shops are all completed. The new hoist.
ing engine is working finely. Draining
tho water from the lower levels by means
Of tanks was commenced to-day. II 10
the expectation that everything will b
In complete readiness TO regularly 70.
suino the extracting and shipping OF ore
TO the mills. tho same m before tho fre.
by the 10th OF December. Tho cree.
ton OF every portion Of the machinery
Il advancing at az rapid q rate as the
mechanics can perform tho labor. and II
will not now be long before tho Ophir
will have better buildings, better hoist.
ing machinery. and In fact be In much
better working condition than before the
FIRE.
New York Consolidated.
The cross.cut at the 8O0.foot level 10
progressing finely. and the ans vein Of
ore, mentioned q day or two since in
this paper, as having been found at that
point, is opening out very encourage
ingly, showing promise Of a valuable
development. Water gives no trouble,
there not being much, and what there
is. tho machinery handles without the
least difficulty.
sierra Nevada.
The north and south prospecting
drifts on the 7OO.ioot level are being
steadily advanced with no new features
to record. Sinking the new shaft 10
going rapidly ahead. the bottom In good
working ground. The main west drift
on the lOO0-foot level 10 rapidly advance
ing. the face in moro favorably looking
ledge material.
Prospecting goes on vigorously. ~
usual. Face Of main DRIFT. from bottom
OF WINE. still in very promising lodge
material. Cross-cut from main DRIFT
shows moro quartz and better indica-
tons now than at any time heretofore
since II wa commenced. 4 DRIFT has
been started to prospect tho ledge 10 tho
south OF the Wine.
Choiinr, Potssi.
Daily yield. co tons Of ore, the assay
value Of which Ia s2s per ton. No
chanve In the appearauce of the ore