Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-12-21
TO THE NORTHEAST.
Mine. werLinx In That Direction
and what ~ Pound rhere-Pros-
poets lee That Direction.

"To the northeast Is the watchword
aud reply On the comstock to-day. The
explorations in the mines at the north
end and the surface locations being
made show this to be the fact.
In the bonanza mines streaks Of ore
are being followed to the north and east,
where indications show something to be
located. The porpbyry lying out that
way is found in all the mines to be
broken with seams Of quartz and vein
matter. and the opinion OF the best ex-
psrts is that these are feeders to a mon.
stsr Gre body somewhere in that direc.
ton, and for this the mines are search
ing.
In the 0phir movements tend to the
northeast. On the 1000 level aud on
the 2l00 drifts are being pushed that
way and o q third one has been
started from the 1900 station OF the in.
cline also in that direction. The orc
now being stopped from the 0phir on the
1000 level comes from the same quarter.
In order. however. to avoid all con.
fusion as TO the workings in the 0phir. 1t
Is well to remember that on the 1000
level crosscut No. I extends from the
station Of the incline on the 1000 level to
the winze sunk from above and which
cut into the ore near the upper level and
continued in ore all the way down. and
the station OF which on the 1000 level.
with which the incline is connected by
crosscut No. I, Is also in ore.
From this station q drift was also sent
northeast in the ore body. A drift was
also run northeast, from n point in cross
cut No. l. fifty feet west Of the 1000
station Of the Wine. From this north
east drift crosscut No. . has been run
into the ore body and connected with
the drift northeast from the 1000 station
Of the WINE. II Is from this point TINT
the rich ore being stopped on that level
is being taken.
The question whether this ore body
is one with that OF the Sierra Nevada is
a veIed QUE. but many OF the best min
ing men OF the Comstock are positive In
their convictions that IL Is not. These
men contend that the Sierra Nevada ore
body is further to the northeast still,
and that about 1000 feet Of dyke lie
between the two veins. Others contend
that there is a continuous ore belt from
one to the other.
This northeast question is o one OF
great importance to the public as well
as to mining men. II can only be
solved by continued explorations which
shall develop thoroughly the indicatio ns
found. II will be remembered that the
water on the 1000 level OF the Union
| Con. was struck to the northeast, aud
must have come somewhere and some
thing beside bare country rock. lndica.
tons point to the northeast in other
places. and even the vein penetrated by
the incline OF the Ophir had u north
easterly trend.
That the ore body in the ophir may
lead to the one searched for is shown by
explorations already made. A year ago
a drift was run TO this ore body ON the
1900 level and penetrated 1t 20 feet. IL
was then turned southerly aud continued
to the California line. From this Drift
crosscuts No. 2. , and 4. 1900 level, were
run west at distances respectively 30,
100 aud 900 feet from crosscnt No. l.
| The ore vein wa reached In a distance
OF % feet In crosscut No. 2; in crosscut
No. 3, 50 feet; crosscut No. 4, lO3 feet.
These erosscuts showed an increase in
the width OF the vein, but a decrease in