Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-04-17


An Impsrsass Csaaecsies Cesn.
pieted Besweea The Ysiiew Jsehss
and Crsws Poist ~ ths 5000
Level Latest News frsm all she
Mtaing Levels To Day.
Ophir, so often called the - lively nsa
Of the stock market. has hed to The rear
and subsidized for tho present. being
sujjeaiy and completely ovsrshsdowsd By
the savage. which comes plunging to The
front like a wild. buekins mustang. backed
up in its aspirations by the important new
ore development made in tho east
drift at the iGiO lovel. iGO feet
east of the main incline shaft
This ore vein lies to the eastward OF
all prospecting heretofore done In the
mine. and Was struck very unexpectedly
last Friday. It has handsome
clay wall three feet thick. . dip
OF about co degrees. . course Is degrees
east Of north. 10 Of tho genuine sulphuret
| character. and assays from $40 70 500 per
ton. II was penetrated BY the drift and
drills seven feet when tho work wn
stopped to await tho sction Of the directors.
tho President Of the company. General
Thomas II. Williams. boing too Ill TO travel
from San Francisco to Virginia TO look
after II.
What II will prove TO DO no que yet
knows; 1t may BE- . narrow vein or an
other bonanza. The great value Of this
discovery lies in its establishing the fact
| Of the continuation Of the east ore channel
found In the Ophir and Consolidated vir'
ginia mines through tho entire length Of
tho mines lying contiguous to and south
Of the Consolidated Virginia mine. The
fact Is now established that neither the
Best 4 Beleher nor Gould 4 Curry mines
have ever reached far enough east. and
drifts will doubtless 10 started In .
very short time to the eastward
in not only these mines. but In
the Hale 4 Norcross and Julia -
we'll. to prospect tho new ind. should
| this same vein 10 found In the east drift
now being run on the 1000 level Of the
savage. 1t will hardly be possible to esti-
mate It's worth.
Meanwhile tho sutro Tunnel 10 steadily
advancing from the eastward toward the
heart Of the Comstock. and In . few
months or weeks must be met by this same
drift east on the 1910 level Of the Savage.
which Is being run for the purpose Of
meeting the sutro Tunnel a. we'll a. Of
exploring the ground Of the company In
that direction.
Tho connection between the Yellow
Jacket anil Crown Point mines on the
1000 level was completed last night. This
is a very important connection. giving
much. needed ventilation and greatly i'm
proved facilities for working both mines
at that depth.
Below we give our regular weekly sum
mary Of the latest and most correct mining
Information. derived from official and
authentic sources. showing the situation
Of each mine to-day up to the time Of 60
inc IN nt,...
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sS's"ss-
Daily yield, GOO tons Of ore. The ore
Slopes ON the 1850 level are yielding rich
orc anu afo sno"ius "o"' A"o
going south on the lGO0 level also show
-~pleudidiy. and are yielding good orc. On
a.. ,..o I.x,l ,h. u.n.l amount III frat.
$3.50, mr.. ,,.,h-
class ore Is being ektrac"u' i"e ""''"-
west drift on tho 1900 level connecting
with the c. Z. shai, Is Icing rsps'es
anu Pus W. ~ 49,, rom sro..cn, No.
Z ON the 1850 level In connect with tho
1000 level Tor better ventilation OF The ore
s,opss IN s.sa ~ ~. .os.b drift ON The
icoo i,ysl 4, mot Of 40 high a grade ~ for
some time past, although u 10 yet Of q good
milling quality. The north drift on the
IcJO level Is still advancing. the
face in hard blasting rock. An east cross
cut has been started from this drift to con-
meet with crosscut No. 8, which 10 going
west. Tho south drift ON the 1850 level
adjoining the clay wall Of tho ore vein, IL
making COOL progress. Tho ore cut on
tho east side % thisdrift continues OF . rich
quality. Sinking the Joint ophir WINS
below the $40 level 4. making lair pro-
gress, the bottom ! n hard blasting por,,
phyry. The upraise from the south lateral
lrift ON tho 1900 level OF the ophir 10 aiso
making good progress. The east driit
from the bottom OF the winne on the i9oo
level Is making steady progress, the lace
still la lively vein matter. sinking tbs
&. and q. shaft 10 being pushed vigorously
forward. the fow Of water in the bottom
Icing sui qu''' '"o"s'
Consolidated Sirsisss.
Daily yield, Coo tons OF orc, Aeep'hS 'ne
mills busy crushing as nsnAi. u no"
ore Slopes on the 100 level are showing
we'll and yielding good ore. The sontn ore
| Slopes ON the 1850 level are also producing
a,.,..,... ore. The ,ou,h drift ON this
~, -. .,, 4, .Jv.nca m tho ora