Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-04-22

man has nllsd the main incline up 70
The l6oo.foot lsysl. necessarily stopping
al work In that portion Of tho mine for
q day or two. until the water can be
drained. Driving the south drift from
the bottom Of the south Wine on the 1900
foot level, Il making good Roadway, the
face still In ore. Sinking the middle
and north wines. below tho l400-foot
level, is making very fair headway.
the bottom Of both still In ore.
The ore breasts are al looking we'll
throughout the mins, The quality Of ore
having shown an improvement during
the past month. Daily yield $50 tons
of ore. The new air shaft 10 about tim.
bsrsd and inished down 10 the 1000.
foot level, and Il greatly benshtting the
circulation Of air on the lower lsvels.
The mills are kept steadily running on
ore from the mine. and everything looks
prosperous for the future.
Caisdenia.
Sinking the new shaft il making hns
hsadway. There IL q slight how Of
water at the bottom which seems to be
gradually leasing. The new powerful
air compressor 10 on the ground ready
for erection, and should the now OF
water interfere with the sinking. . ak
inch pump will b put In and q with
the compressor until the heavier machin.
cry Is ready 10 start up. A drain tunnel
has been started which will tap the new
shaft at o depth OF 100 feet from the sur
face, saving that amount Of Lit for the
wator, and insuring the keeping Of the
landing at the mouth OF the shaft dry and
comfortable. Sinking the main incline
ut the old works IL making fine progress.
The new machinery Is arriving by the
car load daily.
savage.
Sinking the main incline 10 making
Ans progress. A large new giraffe has
just been placed In the main incline
ready for use. The water tanks al the
22OO-ioot station arc about completed.
the car tracks Laid on that level, and the
new incline machinery ready 70 put into
full working operation, 80 that u will
DO but o very short time now before the
development OF the ore vein onthe 1900
foot level can DO commenced In good
earnest. The south drift from the
south Wine TO connect with the north
drift from the Hale 4 Noroross 10 max.
ing steady advancement, and will proba-
bly, complete the connection In . day or
two more.
Conseiidsssa virEinia.
Daily yield. $50 tons Of ore. The
ore breasts and stopos show no change
on either the l4OO or l5o0-ioot levels.
Owing to the repairs being prosecuted
at the Gould h Curry shaft. no work 10
boing done on tho l550-foot level. The
Joint drift OH the 1400-foot level has not
vet reached tho orc vein. The @. 4 O.
shaft is down 375 feet, ct which point
large water tanks are being put In 10
catch the water, which IL believed 10 be
only o surface drain. The excavations
for the now machinery are rapidly APP
preaching completion. The mills are
all running up to their full working ca
pacity, and the prospects OF the mine
arc more tiattsring than over before.
Yellow Jacket.
The three new pumps in the main In.
cline were all in position day before yes
tsrday, oil working with the greatest
perfection. Draining the water from
the incline below the l740.foot level was
Immediately commenced and was max.
ing rapid progress. when night before
last q wrist.pin Of q spur.wheel was
broken and the pumps stopped for re-
pairs. during which time the watcr again
rose In the incline q distance OF 20 feet.
All Ia again In good working order and
tho wntor IL being rapidly drained. The
several drifts and cross-cuts being run
on the l7i0.foot Lowell show no change
worthy Of note.
This Ia u OF the most eligible Of the
American Flat locations. lying immedi.
atsly to the southeast Of the baltimore,
and whsro the fine ore lead developed In
that mine and its neighbor the American
Flat, Ia directing itself. The developed
evidences arc in favor OF tho lead run
ming directly into tho Magic ground. In
anticipation Of this the Magic company
have commenced sinking q shaft ut the
most favorable point 10 intersoct the
lead, II Ia q hrst-class thrss-compart-
ment working shaft, and IL now ~ feet
In depth. Il IL being actively sunk, and
an soon a. necessary. nrst.class steam
hosting works will DO placed over IL.
sierra Nevada.
Sinking the new shait Ii making the
usual good progress. the rock In the
bottom being q little harder, but blast
ing vol. Sinking the old shaft 10 also
making fino Roadway, the bottom still
In ledge material. Driving the north
cast drift from the 700.foot station Of
the old shaft to prospect the ore vein
and connect with the new shaft for air
purposes Ii making good headway. tho
face still In q very encouraging charac.
ter OF ledge material. Nothing new 10
report Of the prospecting operations In
the old Sacramento ground.
Hale q Nsreresa.
Tho north drift on the 2l00-ioot level
IL In q distance Of 31l feet. and will
PROBABLY COuuoct WIN VIC Urls houa
tho Savage ON the same level In o day
or two more. giving q much needed cir
o~ulation OF air, and greatly faciliting the
developments on tho lower levels In
both mines. The west cross-cut on this
level has developed nothing new during
the week. The ledge has boon cross-
cut q distance OF 81 feot near the south
line, nothing better than q mixture OF
clay. quartz and porphyry being en-
countored.
satire Tunnsl.
Very good forward progress has been
made Of lato until last Monday night,
whom from lack Of requisite timbering
quito an extensive cave occurred, bo-
tween the face OF tho header and Shaft
No. 2. completely blocking up the
tunnel. The men working the header
were fortunately warned In time and
made their escape. Tho work OF tun-
neling through this caved masz, ''catch-
ing Il up" by lei Of spiling driven
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