Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-03-29
The woodvlIls Trouble.
From the sliv,r City sepsrter. March so,h,

lFrom the silver City seporter. March aoth.l
A report OF the existing condition OF
affairs between the woodvile Console
dated and Rough aud Ready Mining
Companies. appeared In the Virginia
Ersning Chronicle OF Monday. which re.
port, in the judgment OF Mr.. J. @. Cald-
well, Superintendent Of the Rough and
Ready, Is calculated to do injury to him
self aud the company by leading tho
public to believe that there IL no dispute
as to the title Of tho respective claims
between the two mining companies.
Tho report says that Mr.. Hunsinger.
Superintendent Of the woodville. stated
that the company had q United States
patent for the claim, and that the
Rough and Ready does not encroach ON
il, being within ten feet OF the woodville.
Mr.. Caldwell says TINT II such q state
msnt was made to q Chronicle reporter.
il is true only 10 far N the old Wood.
vile claim Ii concerned ; but IL II mp
plies to the woodville Consolidated. II
IL incorrect.
The history Of the Rough and Ready,
woodville and woodvills Consolidated
mines, o. stated by Mr.. Caldwell, will
set the matter moro clearly before the
public. The Rough and Ready was
located on April 10. 1860. by William
Michaels, Jacob fisley. Lee James and
others. tho company being composed Of
nine persons. At that time such thing
as sinking q shaft was unthought Of. the
only method OF working the mines being
through tunnels. Two tunnels were
run by the original locators at IN sx.
psnse OF about SIS. 900; the first, which
was commenced the year in which the
location was made. being run In 200
feet without striking the ledge. II had
to BE- abandoned at that distance for the
reason that there was not sufficient
dumping room for the waste rock. An
other tunnel higher up on the hillside
then ran In the same direction as
the former, following the groupings OF
the ledge, from It's main entrance on
Grizzly rnvine. to the north and east.
This tunnel was run In about eighty or
q hundred feet. work being carried on at
intervals until 1867. from which time
till the passage OF the new mining Law.
which took effect January ], 1875. very
little was dono toward developing the
mine. At that time tho present super
intendent. who had purchased 100 foet
Of the claim In 1850. acquired posses.
sion Of II by compliance with the Law.
Work, as required by law. has been per-
formed on tho claim from that 70 the
present time. Now for q sketch OF the
woodville. A to the title Of the COM
pany to tbs ground originally claimed.
as has already been stated. there Is NO
dispute. The trouble comes In about
the ground located by Pierson having
control OF the mine and finding after
running drifts In all directions that NO
ore in paying quantities could DO found
In Il, prospected tbs Rough and Ready
ledge and discovered II TO be valuable.
II was then that be and his fathsr'in.
Law, Rogers. made the location named
after them. which now forms tho Wood.
Vile Consolidated. and which location.
so far from not e~ncroaching OF the
Rough and Ready ground. absorbs 1t
entirely, beside several adjoining claims.
Mr.. Caldwell says further that most
Of tho Chronicle statements. %purporting
10 come from him. are more or less wide
Of the mark; for instance. the time at
which work was commenced on the
mine (which probably refers to work
ON the present shaft); the time which
the hoisting works were erected; the
depth al which II IL expected the ledge
will be struck. etc. So far from the
company having Withdrawn two shifts
OF men and contemplating the with
draval Of the third In . short time. the
VERY rsvorss IL the case. Il being the In
tsniion to prosecute the work with the
greatest vigor, until such time - The
isdes shall have been reached.