Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-12-28

prevent or retAru the Development OF nucn
a body Of ore. Certainly Mr.. Sharon and
his partners Just now need something Of
that sort Ia give their mills employment.
and A. to Superintendent Curtis. n am net
greatly misinformsl. II would be very
much To his interest. holding considerable
" the stock. II he could uncover such .
body Of ore as Mr.. Drexler speaks Of. l
know there Was some good ore struck In
the mine last summer. but believe IL
proved 10 he q sort Of m~Alfermatiou OF
ledge matter. lying quite Hat. and amount
ing Ia little. II produced $500 worth Of
orc. However, this matter leave be-
tween Mr.. Drexler aud Superintendent
Curtis, not myself having examined the
mine, and only know the lattsr's state
ment io me to be greatly at variance with
Mr.. Drsxlsr'.. will say this, that ! will
guarantee Mr.. Drexler full liberty TO un-
cover or have developed the bsdy of ere
h. ssys is there Whenever he points 1t
out"
OTHER POINTS
Regarding Mr.. Drexlsr's assertion that
IL he gets control Of tho mine he conld
work il without the Ophir shaft, Mr.. Well
Ter could think Of no other way VI doing
IL than sinkin. = shaft. which would take
q years time aud entail more assessments.
In reply to Mr.. Drexlsr's statement that
the "shsron party" have done nothing
.ut keep the mine la idleness Ter year,,
Mr.. Weller showed that the Mexican Com
pany has bson in existence only two years,
aud s~o assessments Of fifty cents have
been levied. More than one-fourth OF the
whole Is vet ON hand after paying out q
considerable amount for litigation and to
eomprsmiss outstanding titles to tho min
ing ground. The report Of Supsrinten-
dsn, Curtis shows what moun Of work
has been done. II should be remembered
that the Mexican Company had 10 wait for
the oshir Company TO extend is 1 Collect
drift up 40 the Mexican ground before 10
eoull bsgin work. and this Ia the main
cause Of tile delay complained Of. Some
time had also been consumed In obtaining
an i~ndisputhblc title before making M
poriani Developments.
Mr.. wslls. knew of no effort on the part
Of the shsron party 10 break down The
stock TO Si0 per sharo, nor Of anyone who
wants h. injare Mr.. Drexler.
sAN CURTIS INTERVIEWED.
The reporter next tackled supsrinten-
dest Curtis. Who said MIR. Drsxlsr 10
mistaken In the assertions he makes. az
c.pt as ~ the richness OF some ere. The
Moxican mine was incorporated December
1874. a stock dividend from Ophir. Altar
that time long drifts bad 10 be run through
the north portion Of the Ophir mino 10
reach tho Mexican ground aud considers
bic WORK had also ~ b. done 10 secure ven
tilation, % a. to allow VI any force Of men
being employed. In regard to the quality
of ORE Mr.. Drsxler states correctly. there
Ar. several STRAIT, of ore Oh the ltGj-feot
level. SOME assays of which will so up In
tho thousands Of dollars. but In quantity
he is in error. a. all the oro strata arc 20
irregular and small that they could not b.
mined probably. During the prsspscung
Of those strata some ore Was hken whien
yielded about $500. I unhesitatingly en-
dors- Mr.. Drsxlsr's opinion " that The in-
| dieations lead 10 the belief that . most val
liable body ~ ore will he found In The
Mexican. During all my long experience
on the Comstock I have invariably found
that such a sumbsr VI strata of rich ore
always lead to a valuable body Of ere. i
refer ysu To my yearly report To the
Trustees Of the mine ut the last annual
mseting. December s. 1876, which fully
cover. the whole matter.
VIRGINIA. Nevada. Dec. 3. 1876.
To the President and board Of Trustees
| Mexican Gold and silver Mining Co. /:
| GestleInen-In the latter part VI January,
| this year, the first work Was done within
| the limit u the company's mining prop
srty ON the ilGJ level. Previous 10 that
| time the Ophir y. N. Co. had been run
min. drifts to reach the south snd 81 their
ground. la thu latter end of February
last tho first ore was struck GU the 1865
level. A drift had been continued north
from the Ophir. exploring the vein. and
had passed tho south thirty feet Of the
Mexican small and valueless but al this
point the walls Of thu lode suddenly sA'
| banded aud opened tho iissure 10 eonsid-
srably over two hundred feet In width and
DISCLOSED a strong siI-foot stratum OF ore.
some Of IL giving assays high In value.
since then this level has been prospectsd
little over sne hundred feet further
north bs east aud west lateral drifts, near
wallis, crosscutz. a raise and winzo. all Of
which have disclosed many large strata
Of ore assay value VI some OF u being
over thousands Of dollars. The formation.
80 far a. penetrated into mining claim oil
smpan, on this level IA broken. and pre-
sent. appearance of the snd VI q solid bsdy
81 ore. II. different strata of ore having
contrary dips. some casi. som west. point
10 concentrations In depth. In passing
through those strata. &c tons ore Oh tile
average assay value of S5i were mined.
ON the lCOO.foot level. the Ophir drift
Ia. only reached the south line oil The
Mexican mine. and the only prospecting
done az this point ~ far has been by dia.
mond drill. one hole has been bored
vest ON south boundary liae Of Me1ican'
a little over one hundred feet, which gave
assays Indicating a moderate body OF fair
ore. but the drill was unable 10 penetrate
~ west vail. 1 should Judge. by u hun
drcd feet. Another drill hole has nov
been started on a northern angle " Psne'
traie the lode further in Mexican ground
bat has not yet reached the vein. 4.
ON the iTOo-foo, level. the Ophir nortl
drift has also reached the Mexican soutf
line. aad is Icing continued In Mexican
ground. the drift running close 70 ives
wall. in most favorable formation. In th.
last few days this drift shows . continued
improvement in quantity and character o
quartz. ard increased steady value Of NJ
SAYS. This point | consider the mos
hopeful Of all the prospecting work. ane
fully believe the fret east erosscut, which
will BE- started shortly. will disclose an or
body 81 Importance.
TN the ijoO-foot level an east cross-cu'
has been started lately 10 eIplors for Thu
very favorable vein lately found BY Oh,
Union Consolidated Company ON this lead
Everything about the mine now 10 IA
good working condition, the prospect
catering. and I have every confidence
that At your next annual meeting ysur IN
p~srin,endeni will have the pleasure Of de
failing workings ~ profitable ore bodies
Respscthlly, SAN. 7. CrKris.
Superintendent.
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