Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-07-25
THE CAMP.

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outer walls, yet the cry is still they come.
The few that leave are temporarily called
away on imperative business, while the
many that come, both new and old
habitues, express their conviction that
next to the Washoe, this is the liveliest
district they have struck. No feverish
excitement or transient hustle exists, but
general tone of prosperity is evident to
the most superficial observation. At this
season of the year no mining town is the
most busy place in the world, but the
large amount of new prospects opening
up, together with the steady develop
ment Of the great mines of the district,
gives lively air to the camp. Few idle
men are to be found, and everybody
seems to be tolerably we'll supplied with
the needful. Improvements are noticea-
BILE in the town and in the several hoist
ing works, and each one seems to vie
with the other to make the camp hold
its old prestige. Reports from outside
districts speak favorably of the indica-
tons as far as developed, and several
sanguine parties speak confidently of
prospective bonanzas.
RAYMOND AND ELY.
Work on the main shaft is being pros
eeuted with more than ordinary success,
and better Roadway is being made. The
utility of the pump is illustrated by the
fact that during temporary stoppage of
the machinery one day last week-to
change buckets--the water rose twenty
feet, but few hours pumping soon
showed the bottom. Some of the men
engaged in extracting ore were discharged
during the past week. The cause was
the accumulation of ore, it being piled
up in the ore-house faster than the teams
could haul it away. Suitable alterations
are being made in the ore house, and
when the enlarge ment is completed and
greater facilities obtained, It's probable
the usual force employed in extracting
ore will be put on again. The winze be.
tween the tenth and eleventh levels is
looking very favorable 1t is down
about twenty-five feet and the vein gets
wider and better as it goes down. The
west winze between the eighth and ninth
levels is now sixty-fve feet in depth.
Inc daily yield of ore has steadily in
creased during the months Of June and
July, having been augmented from forty
tons-the average yield during May-to
the handsome showing of seventy five
tons. More might be daily extracted,
put the desire of the Company is not to
butcher the mine, but rather to extract
me ore clean and leave no ragged edges
OIL wasteful haste.
MEADOW VALLEY.
The east drift from shaft No. 3 on the
Twelve hundred foot level, and the west
ariit from the Summit shaft on the same
level are still being developed with the
same general indications. A fair quality
OF ore IS taken ont of the east drift and
noissed from shaft No. 8. Capt. Tyrrell
tnlnks he will have his new machinery
~ fioche by the middle OF October. and
wnen 1t does come and is in proper
WORKING shape he promises to furnish US
some interesting and detailed facts.
PIocHE.
Work at this mine was resumed in
gooi earnest on Thursday evening. The
new machinery works admirably in every
tesPect. Three shifts are EMPLOYED in
s,nsing the shaft. and will continue
Vl1hont cessation. Afull force is engaged
prospecting the upper levels wherever
me VEN promises pay. The east and
west drifts on the ledge-S6O foot level
shows slight improvement. '''
ALPS.
Are running drift at the bottom Of Tho
shaft for the ledge. Men working e;ob,.
hour shifts. Expect to cut into IL. II Tho
rock gets no harder than it is at present
by the middle of August. Are still en-.
tracing ore as usual; will make q shin.
ment to the mill by the LIST Of August. At
which time the mill will commence work.
ing on it.
ST. GEORGE.
Are now down on the ledge seventy
ieet. at an incline grade Of sixty degrees,
pitching south. The old shaft Is down
20 depth Of one hundred feet. At the
depth Of seventy feet in the incline, the
ieoge Is two and half feet wide and
looking we'll. There is q good hanging
wall and the prospect of the mine is
good.
RAYMOND AND ELY WEST.
ine contractors have been working
ahead during the past week, sinking at
,ne rate OF three and half feet per day.
yesterday they started to put in timbers
=. Tue top OF the shaft. The prooress
Seine made is encouraging to the stocL.
NEWARK.
work is being continued as usual in
the west drift Of the 70O-foot level. Th,.
iaat week have been taking out some o..
below the 700-foot level in a VIM. n.
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