Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-04-22
MINING SUMMARY,
FER n. Week x.liss Asru -, isss.

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Yer The Week K.diss Aprp ~. 1878.
Latest Official Mining News
The PrsauetuE and the Proposing
Nines-rhs rppsr and che Lever
Levels Present Develsp0euss,
and she Outisek All Alsng b
Lac To-day.
Never before in tho history OF
"washos" was there 20 much real
square prospecting and 30 much money
invested In the development Of new
mines as there is to-day. Especially 70
the sast. between the Comstock Lode
and Carson River, ia this apparent, al
though considerable prospecting Is done
to the westward Of the great central
silver range. All this Is, Of course. tho
result Of the ~fabulously rich develop
ments which have been made In the
main load. giving encouragement to tho
development Of good prospects found in
contiguous lodges. Ore that assays well
in both silver and gold Ia daily brought
in from such claims. and there il every
reason for believing that new and valu-
able deposits Of rich paying ore will 30
fully developed in some Of these ''out-
side mines before the season Ii over.
The bonanza Is all right. 1t IL paying
enormous profits and constantly i'm
proving. and but little IAN DO said OF 1t
that is new aud more exciting than Is
known and said Of II already. Active
and heavy developing work is going on
in all tho leading mines OF the main
lode. and tho commencement Of the
largo new shafts to tho east
ward Of the present surface workings
inaugurates n new and important era In
that respect. Tho new machinery Of
| the Baltimore and American Flat mines
has Just started into effective operation.
and the valuable and promising orc do
velopments already found In those
mines will now very soon DO better
understood and made available. Water
foods the Overman and the Lady
Washington shafts. but coming from
tho east wall Of tho great
ledge as soon N each shaft
cut into II, this IL considered an i'm
portant circumstance. and heavy pump
ING machinery viii be made to solve the
problem a. o as possible. Stocks
have been tolerably firm during the
week. but arc n ''little Off again to-day.
Below We give our regular weekly
mining summary Of the latest and most
correct mining information obtainable:
lula.
Sinking the main shaft is making the
usual good hsadway. Notwithstanding
the extreme hardness Of the rock in tho
bottom. Burleigh drills Of the latest
improved pattern are Veing Piaesa IN
the shait, and q SIX ihen ", ~ oon-
nected with the new powerful compress
sor with which to drive them. Every
thing will DO In readiness to give these
drills u trial BY tomorrow. II Is conf
dontly expected that tho progress OF
sinking will DO doubled whom the drills
arc once in good running order Ihsre
is q slight increase IN ne now OF wa1sr
at the bottom OF the SHAFT. mo maim
south drift on the lOOO-foot Lowell IL still
| driven vigorously ahead. the face in Por-
phyry, mixed with brokon quartz OF n
little harder character than has been en-.
countcred for some time past, although
il Is still good picking. Two new boil
crs have Just boon placed In position,
and the entire inacninery' IN isc' o'oiy'
working oondi''oh'
0isbe co"se''d":ed'
The steady. strong now " s.'.
tho main west dri't on inc 4V'-''o. 's''.
has stopped al WORK In that portion Oh
the 'ninc a. pros.h'. "Ion wv ,.uss
was cut by thos south cross ar,it inc ouan'
OF water was so great tnat u "as WIN
diiiculty thai INC workhneh esoapsu
with their toola. Inc sa,s. inm .nd
ntely hlied ne UNI. anu "...;,r IN
raised twelve lee, . 'ns sa.~ain.
tho shaft, at when po,m.i sun San,a
Owing to some aimeui'y, ~ ,ha
necessary to raise tnS punr +. n,.ne
shaft. The pumps viii soon IL, ,p.in
and al. IN gooa ,h", Il w;Ii tats bat
when - e,pso. ~ s,.;n ,hs vator.
very snoi, " no ~. font ,s.Ice Al Inc
a norm ann q. h.;nc oa,anced AT the
s ', ,aur t.e, Nor day. The ledge
rue "s nia.nsd ~ ii, feet and is showing
come fine ore. with favorable prospects
ahead.
ophir.
Daily yield, 100 tons Of ore. This
ORR Ia being mostly extracted from tho
80. .,a hrcast. ON tho l405.foot
o'' s''is -. - a.. ,soo
level. The hortn UNI. 'ron '.o ~
foot station inths north winze' has oeen
extended along the ore vein q distance
81 GO feat. nj which point q cross drift