Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-03-19


Iron the San Francisco Post. March It'll
II has long been . puzzle 10 practical
mining men 10 account for tho imuense
floods Of water which have % lsng del
ussd the Hale and Norcfoss and Savage
mines. Powerful pumping machinery
has been erected, and for months the labor
Of extracting the fiuid has been carried OF.
At times the work has been dishsartsning.
The water would DO lowered bslow the
l900-foot level, whom . torrent from ssme
subtsrranean reservoir would flow In and
undo the labor Of weeks. The idea that
all this water was drained from the lower
levels Of the mines situated on the north
has long been secuted by deep thinksrs.
Their idea has been that Il flowed from
some new ledge or vein a. yet undiscov-
cred. Stockholders In these much ~
se<sed mines may yet thank fortune for
tho thought inspired BY their being 90
continually flooded. Tho superintendents
and management Of the Consolidated Vir-
ginis. Best and Belcher. Gould and Curry,
Savage. Hale and Norcross, etc., have not
been idle In tho meantime. They have
prospected In al quartsrs In the hope Of
finding the vein from which this immense
flow Of water came. The diamond drill
has been SAINT In all directions. and with
what results we hero propose 10 relate.
When the Consolidated Virginia dosp winzo
was sunk In the ore body down. past tho
l850Lfoot level into the 1850 0 diamond
drill was sent far away to the eastward on
4 prospecting tour. The result wls 0 dow
Of water and some cores Of rock. which
gavo high assays. DO much for the Con-
solidated Virginia. On the 1700-fsot level
Of the Best and Belcher q crosscut was
started TO the eastward. The diamond
drill was here sent away Into
the UNKNOWN oRouSD
Lying ahead TO the east, and the result was
. How Of water and cores Of rock giving
high assays. 10 much for the Best q
Belcher. In tho main cast drift on the
l7O0-foot level OF the Gould a Curry, the
diamond drill was also sent OF 10 tho east
ward In It's own ground, and out OF the
drill hole came an astonishingly strong
fiow Of hot water. II was needless 10 In
vestigate further. The secret reservoir
from which issued the torrents that DEL
ugcd Savage and Hale 4 Noroross was dis
covered at last. Here wa . mighty I'M
dcrground formation, lying TO the east.
I'D OIQtT ~ AnctItalu 2ua ilaho INSattANo
that the water In the delugsd mines aotu-
ally CANT from tho'great vein. an analysis
OF water taken from Savage and Halo It
Norcress was made. The samples OF water
we're evaporated and the sediment was
found 10 correspond with tbs composition
Of the ore taken from the drill holes In all
the mines on the immediate north. Tho
matter has thus far been kept . profound
...... In.L.I La tba l,oaatus ~ tha hapanya
tirm and their intimate friends. Work on
the cross-driits In tho Best Il Bsloher and
Gould 4 Curry has been prosecuted with
extreme caution, while nothing has been
done from tho Consolidated Virginia deep
Wine. owing to It's being flooded. The
great fear has bsen that II
TIE NEW VEIN
wero prcmaturely cut into, the lower
levels Of these mines would instantly I'LL
up with water and operations would have
to be suspended. The great work has
been therefore " thoroughly drain tho
new vein Of It's water before opening II up.
Powerful pumps have been placed In the
Gould & Curry shaft, and these, IN con-
nection Win the Savage and the Hale 4
Norcross machinery, will soon begin to
tell on tho water. In three weeks time IL
il estimated that II will Be dry enough for
the crosscuts In the Best 4 Bslchsr and
tho Gould 4 Curry TO DO pushed TO the
east, and . drift from the Consolidated
deep winze and Q. 4 O. shaft sent south
and west. A new era Of mining excite
ments will thus dawn upon the world.
There are several other facts In connec
ton with the above. Ono Is that on the
2OOO-footlevel Of the Savage. before IL was