Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-02-14
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arc no changes In either the quality .
quantity Of the ore extracted from tn
400 or 1901 levels. Tho connecting
drift with the Best 4 Delcher and Gould 4
Curry. on the l2O0-foot Lowell. IL again II
the beat Of repair. The connecting drift
On the i5O0-foet with the Gould a Curry
II now in tho best condition for . speed.
and thorough resume OF active operations II
that portion Of the mine. The west drif
from the @. A @. shaft, on the 16O0-foo
Lowell, has made allow progress during th'
past week. Tho heat In the face OF thu
drift Il intense. The air for the use o
the vorkmen has to DO carried q long dis
tanos through pipes heated by contact viii
the hot walls Of the drift. so that by thu
time II reaches the face Its temperature II
raised to blood heat or over. In addition
TO this the steady seepase OF hot watel
from the face, sides and roof OF the drift
in the ore vein stacks the ore and creates I
s~ufiocating steam. TO work in which, al
sny very rapid rate Of speed, Is almost On
utter impossibility. Three whole day
were occupied during the first part OF the
week In timbering that portion Of the drift
which had passed into the orc vein, the
water having Stacked the ore 10 such MI
extent that II was no longer safe 10 pro
coed without IL. This drift has now pen
etrated the orc e~ighty-fvs feet. the face
still being In rich ore. The ore 50 far Ii
indisputably rich. choice specimens, being
fairly coated with stsphanite and native
silver and glistening with gold. The AS
says show the orc 50 far a. penstratcd to
BE- very rich In gold I; In fact carrying q
much larger percentage Of gold than itdid
ON the levels above. This fact Is asserted
BY experts. as . very favorable indication
Oh the extent Of the orc body TO greater
depths, the percentage VI gold having
greatly decreased In nearly all the large
bodies Of ore On the Comstock before the
bottom Of tho deposits were reached. Al
though the development Is slow, OF ac-
count Of the great obstacles to overeoms,
90 far the ore vein on the l650-foet level
Ia proving itself all that the most sanguine
believer in its worth ever hoped for. The
stories put In circulation In regard TO the
men being locked In the mine and not per-
mitted 10 20 on the surface. arc false In
every particular. nc such n course having
been taken since the Ledge was first struck.
until tho present time, the men being as
fires 10 come and 80 ~ any In tho mine.
Cniinrnin.
Daily yield, $50 tons Of ore. Tho ore
producing sections Of hcininc are looking
splendid in every part. The mills arc
kept steadily crushin: ore from the mine.
and the prosperity Of the mine for years to
come seems To be an assured fact. Tho
yield Of tho mine for January was 81 Co.,
900, from which the usual monthly divi.
dend VI - per share, ~aggregating Sl,OsO.-
900, 10 payable tomorrow. On tho 1000
foot level the south drift has nearly pene-
traied 10 the north winzo, the face still In
good ore. The south drift from the north
winze ON the l6J0-ioot level. running to
connect with tho west drift from the q.
and G. shaft, Is slowly advancing. tho face
in rich ore. Its speed Is greatly impeded
by the most intense heat, and u steady
drainage VI hot water from the roof and
sides. The supply Of air that can be car
ried through the pipes TO the workmen Is
limited, and hot when IL reaches them.
and the steam and vapor arising from the
decomposition Of tho ledge matter when
exposed to the air. il so dense as TO COM
pletely obscure 4 light placed In the face
Of the drift. at 4 distance Of a very few feet.
Sinking the O. and q. shaft will he re-
sumsd In q very few days.
Justice.
Daily yield. 3G0 tons d ore, keeping the
mills all steadily running. The ore Slopes
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