Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-11-05
BUSINESS.
south 'Dris Started on h aaoo
Level efsierrn Nevsda-rregre.s
Of Work There.

The San Francisco Post OF last evening
has the following. which will be read with
interest BY the people Of the Couistock;
"Las, night . south drift WAS started
from the station on the 1900 level OF the
sisrr, Nevada. This news will surprise
Pine street, for II was not expected that
ANYTHING would be done south OF the in
elm. until the dispute with the Union Con-
.oliIatsd had been settled. This drift il
being run outside Of the ore. vein. How
far /, will be pushed il q matter OF con.
lecture, Perhaps IL IL TO be run into the
GROUND Of the Union Consolidated for the
purpose Of drawing out . motion for an
Injunction from the latter company. aud
thus making IL the plaintiff in any action
a plan succeeded IL would DO
AFEArHER
In the legal cap worn by Judge Messick.
.he attorney Of the sierrs'Nsvadans. II
Ia also possible that -the.. drift may have
been star,ed. for the purpose Of erosscus-
ting tho vein south Of tho station. But ~
mining superintendeuts usually select
what they deem 10 b the latest aud rich
est places for thsir crosseuts, such . pur-
pose would be an acknowledgment thai the
bet portion OF the vein trended 10 the
south-or towards the Union. This, how
ever. would enhance the value Of Union
Consolidated stock and place IL on q par
with that Of Sierra Nevada, for from tina
start the largest owners Of the latter have
sought TO create an impression In the pub
lie mind that their development extended
chiefly to the north. That there 10 some
important motive In running the south
DRIFT from the station IL shown by
TIE SUDDEN MANNER
In which it..was.started last night. For
some tina past people have eraved for =
erosseut. They want 10 know whether the
Sierra Nevada ore body will realize ex-
pSctations and warrant further invest
ments in the stock. They were told that
prosecuting at present was impossible,
because the station had not been COM
pleted and arrangements perfected Tor
handling tho waste. rockiAnd ore. 10 now
appears that the station. ETC.. has been sui
~iciently completed for the starting OF a
new drift. Why. them argue shrewd
observers. is a crosscut not started tn
same amount Of rock. etc.. comes from an
average drift as from . crosscut. IL 10 ean
be handled from Que 1t can also be han
died from the other The starting OF .
drift at this juneture In . southerly direc-
tion tends to mystify matters. TIL street
has ALREADY encountered too much mys-
terry in its connection with mining Affairs,
and unless there be some satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION Of the instance We have cited,
confidence Is not likely " increase"
L OF ~DEyELoPAKSr.
We have only to add that whatever may
be the effect Of running this drift. 1t Is
part Of the general plan Of development
Of the Sierra Nevada which has already
bcen commented upon by the NEws. This
south drift /. 10 be met by A,winze 200 or
$50 feet south Of the incline, and thus the
ore body shown up In that direction. That
was the original plan Of development. and
II ID has been deylated from We are yet to
be informed % the fact. When the plan
vas first promulgated II WAS considered to
b. both for development aud TO push a
settlement with,the Union Consolidated.
~EPARAIi FoR c-Eo.scrrriSo
Tho lover station Of the incline Is COM
le,ed. The chute from the station has
been cut through. and Is being properly
timberei up. 4 drift will DO run TO
northward from which 10 ero-scut. Til
upper station Il. fast approaching compile
tiou. Crosscuts will now soon ID started.