Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-03-13

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Much Of public intsrpstis conferred In
the Developments nov being made In the
lower levels Of the Julia mins. A per
sonAl inspection Of the mine and its
dsvslopusnts enables rs to give cur
readers the following facts in regard to
Il: The hosting and pumping machinery
Is all In the best possible working con-
dition. It has ample power to sink the
shait to . depth Of 2.50o feet or more.
The pumps are used bat little at present.
~ tho mine has been almost entirely
dry since the shaft passed tho looo'foot
level In It's downward course. A large
air-compressor furnishes not only air
for ali the lower lsvels. but also power
10 drive three sets OF Burleieh drills, q
at the bottom Of the shaft and one In
each Of the main drifts on the 400 n
l6OO.fo levels. Two new hosting reels
OF the best approved patterns. have Just
been nut In place, and two new steel
wire cables, 81 inches wide. q inch
thick and 400 feet In length added 70
the other improvements, the full length
Of the old cables having been reached.
SHAFT and isoo-fsss Level.
The shaft. one Of the finest ON the
Comstock lode. has been sunk to a
depth Of ITO feet. Stations have been
opened and prospecting drifts run Mt the
800, 1000, 400 and i6o0-foot levels.
A working station has also Just been put
In at the l700-foot level. and sinking
the shaft below that point resumed.
Excellent ore prospects were developed
on the 0 O.foot level, although ut the
points where II was prospected the ledge
was not sufficiently concentrated to al
ford bodies Of paying ore. Onthe lioo-
foot level q fine vein OF quartz twelve
feet wide, was encountered nifty feet
west Of the shaft, but believing that tho
principal vein lay still farther to the
westward, this has been left unPros-
pected both to tho north and south.
Passing COO feet southwest from the
station, the entire distance through
ledge material. another very promising
vein Of quartz and low grade ore was
encountered, and q side drift following
the vein run l22 feet TO the southeast
without finding a concentrated body ofpay
ore. This drift Is still continued to the
south and west. having just passed
through q horse Of hard porphyry and
il now entering softer ground. with
strong indications Of water. which Ia
deemed q favorable sign OF q near ap-
proach TO tho western portion OF the
ledge.
The iooo-fsss Level.
This level has been opened and .
main drift run to the southwest a dis
lance OF $50 feet. The bottom Of the
shaft ct the time Of the opening Of the
station was In quartz andlsdgs material.
The drift had hardly started. before q
streak OF lively quartz twelve feet In
width was encountered. In the
haste to advance the main drift. this
has also been loft unprospected. both
north and south. About 225 feet south
west from the station q fine vein OF ledge
matter, so feet In width. mixed with
spots OF quartz and ore giving good as
says in gold and silver, was passed
! through. This main drift is still con-
tinued directly ahead. tho face still In
clay and soft ledge material OF q very
encouraging character. A drift has
Just been started ON this 50-foot vein to
the southwark. and at the time OF our
visit tho indications were that il might
pass into pay ore at almost an minute.
The entire ledge formationon this level
shows q concentration and improvement
in looks and quality that leaves scarcely
room for o doubt that q paying mine
will DO opened on tho. next level. IL u
10 not yet found ON the 1000.
Appearances n the Bestssa.
The bottom OF the shaft il now in
quartz. carrying spots Of ore. mixed
With strsaks Of porphyry and clay. II
Is at this timo the deepest perpendicular
shaft ON the Comsioek. having been
sunk n depth Of ESQ feet during the past
year. At all points in tho bottom OF the
shsft and In the face OF the drifts, on
.-..,,. H. h, hsing necessary to
carry water pipes down from the surface
into the drifts to furnish water for drii.
ling and to cool the drifts when o aa;,is
are discharged. The buflelgh u
| used In every face. work to perfection. a
| nest OF holes being drivin In the face oil
tho drifts and then Ill eIplodec sili
~taneously. Pursuing TINS course INC a
progress In the lace OF the man uI.ss'
ON each level, for the past SIX moa,n,
has averaged from eight 10 nine iees peI
day. which. considering the SIZE OF 'ne
drifts and the mou Q, MATE. s.
cavated. In without q parallel even 10 'ne
history Of our fastest mining operations
ON the great lode. The mine could no.
DO In a better working condition, aha
few OF The prospecting mines On .no
Comstock present as ~isvoraois Iu'uf'