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

first into . very soft, favorable character
Of porphyry. then . heavy clay wall three
feet In thickness. beyond which . vein Of
good clean ore. but little mixed with the
surrounding material. was encountered,
The drift was driven into the ore three
feet. the ore showing the entire width Of
the drift. Drills were then driven into
the orc four feet further. showing u 10 b
about the same - what was In sight. This
q an entirely new orc discovery, and
iies east Of any prospecting ever done
In the mine below the 1900 level. On the
1900 level Mr.. Lon Hamilton, while 81.
perintendent Of tho mine two or three
years ago, ran . drift $50 feet east from
the north and south lateral drift, ct q
point 400 feet south Of the Gould 4 Curry
line, but did not reach the range OF tho
new development by at least 800 70 400
feet. The new vein has . course IS do
grees east Of north. and n nearly - can
Be- determined BY tho little work that has
been done on Il. Q dip Of about GO degrees
to the eastward. The ore 10 the genuine
Comstock sulphuret, the quartz being Of
the liveliest and h~ealthiest character. 1t
assays from SIS to 500 per ton and will
probably average $40. The drift was ct
O stopped and General Williams,
tho President Of the company. Was
autographed In San Francisco, but
he being too III TO como up. Superinten-
dent Gillette has gone 10 San Francisco TO
receive instructions what TO do. The DRIFT,
in tho meantime. 10 being enlarged and
timbered. preparatory 10 starting drifts
both north and south along tho west side
Of the orc vein. When these drifts have
reached Q proper distance crosscuts will be
run 10 ascertain the width and value OF
the ore. As soon - these drifts arc fairly
started ID 10 likely that the main east DRIFT
will be again advanced. The cast drift on
tho 1000 level 10 still drifting vigorously
forward. the face In . much softer. kind
lisr character Of porphyry than II has be-
fore encountered since IL was started. IL
IL believed that this drift will not have ~
far 10 run eastward ~ that on the lGi0
level 10 strike tho now vein. a. tho slope OF
tho main incline To the eastward Ii very
rapid. Cleaning out and repairing the
north drift on the 1000 level Ia making
good progress. Tho water IL now drained
to within 3 feet Of the 2i00 station. and 10
under complete control.
Justice.
The Santiago mill has been shut down
and the production Of ore reduced to just
enough TO supply the Pacific mill. This
permits Of the raising Of the grade Of ore
crushed. % that the profit on the bullion
produced will be much better. The up
raise on the 1900 level. TO connect with the
bottom Of the Wine below the 1850 level.
il making steady and favorable progress.
The east drift on this level shows streaks
Of quartz and clay slips that evidence q
near approach 10 the main ore vein. A
drift north ON the 1900 level has just been
started IN prospect that portion OF the
mine. The main south drift on the 1850
level il making excellent progress, the
face still In very favorable working
ground. The south drift OF the 1000 level
has connected with the Silver Hill. giving
an excellent circulation Of air from the
surface down TO that depth. Two cros%
cuts have been started eastward on this
level, one 100 feet north OF the Silver Hill
line AMI Inc other $50 feet still north Of
,hst' Roth ara making good progress,
lint have not vet re,cbeJ tbe ore vein.
The prospects OF finding somo bodies OF
ore In this portion Of the mine are very
good. The old ore Slopes on the 500 level
show no changes of value. but are yielding
tho usual quota Of good ore.
Nev YORK..
sinking the main shaft has been some.
what intsrfered with during the past lew
days by an increase OF the fiow OF water at
the bottom. This delay Is. however. only
temporary. and everything will DO running
again ~ usual in . day or two more. The
face Of the south drift In the ore vein on
the 1000 level Ia still in = splendid charac.
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