Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-01-11

The annual meeting Of stockholders OF
the Consolidated Virginia Mining Com
pany was held In San Francisco yesterday.
The reports Of the various officers wsre
presented. Anne,edis the report Of super
in,enden. James q. Fair;
The total quantity Of ore which has been
| taken out from the Consolidated Virginia
mine in the pas, year ending December 81,
1877. IA IA 100 tons. There were remain
Ing on hand In the Greenhouses and 1t the
mills. At the beginning Of the year. 900
100000 tons. There have been reduced
1880 tons. yielding bullion Of the value
OF sis.73i.Oi9 OF. or s95 90 $40 per ton /;
his. Weld being "a $40 per cent. Of the a.
say value Of the ore, no allowance having
| been male for wet ore. We have now OF
| hand in the Greenhouses and at the mills
LOO 100000 tons. valued by assay at
Sill. $50.
The value Of the gold contained In the
| bullion produced was So 70. SIS 6s. and OF
the silver s7.i65. 500 -.
All Of the ore extracted WAS taken from
| the 1900, 1900. 400. 1900. 1850. 1850 n
| 1850 levels Of tho mine.
1900 Lev.l-This level has been REQ
pened during the past year by running q
| large drift from the Gould 4 Curry shaft
n our main shaft. . distance Of 1880 feet.
| To work this level va were compelled to
| CONNECT with the Gould q Curry shaft for
ventilation, and all the ore from this level
ha. been taken out through that drift and
boi.t-d through that shaft. The ore breasts
ON this level are very extensive. and - We
rise above the sill floor the ore widens 10
the sAst. The ore body has been followed
south from tho old orc Slopes more than
us feet and the breast In that direction
\ continues In good ore. Hos far II will
| continue so In that direction. or upward.
We cannot tell. Al present tho reserves OF
| ore ON this level look we'll and are very
| valuable.
1900 Levei-on this level the main south
| sinking drift and air gallery has been no
| opened. timbered. and . track laid therein
| for . distance Of 40 feet from tho main
| shaft. connecting with q Wine sunk from
| the 1900 level. This drift IL run on the
west side Of the orc body. TO avoid swell.
ing clays. and thus b. moro easily kept In
repair. Considerable work has been done
| on this level In cro.scutting the ore body.
and much ore Of fair quality has been de-
veloped. Much more exploration will
have IN be male. however. To obtain a del.
mite knowledge % the extent and value OF
the orc which yet remains In place. The
oro on this level can be more conveniently
reached and extracted when morc work
has been done on the level below, and bet
Ter ventilation IL secured.
400 Levei-from this level . very large
quantity OF high-grsde ore has been eI.
tracted during the year. and a vast guam.
uty yet remains IN place. Inc worA "
extracting ore from this level has hersto-
fore been attended with much dimculty,
owing TO the crushing OF the ore SLOPES
by the pressure from the east AMI ,tOm
the water which accumniatfs IN iA,se
cavities In the rock east OF the ore oody'
This water has frequently broken In
through the east clay, flooding the Slopes
and doing great damage and causing many
delays. All this trouble 10 now ended. as
the water Is now drawn away through tue
drift on the 1900 level. run from ths I'd
@. Joint shaft. In addition W the orc
body which has herctofore been worked on
this level. a body OF ore W iee' u wiu'n
has been Developed to the west i,iso,
high grade, aud how Tar u may eN'ehn
south and upward u unknown. From all
indications 1t promises tn be extensive
During the past six months We have been
extracting ore from this new body a.
rapidly as possible. The entire levellooks
beit.r AT the present time than ever 10
fore.
1900 level 10 ihi. level q drift has been
RIM .outh from the main shaft 200 feet
and connected with tho east Slopes. A
lateral drift, has been run south. on the
west .ide OF and adjoining the ore slopes.
Prom mi. lateral drift raises have been
made connecting with the level above. for
air and o~ro-chutes. Considerable ore has
been encountered In extending these open
ings. and moro Is expected a. these driits
are extended 10 tho south and west Of tho
ore vein worked in former years,
1850 Leyel-A large quantity Of ore has
h.sn extracted from the southorn part Of
,ha ore holy ON this level, and the end Of
,ha bo.ly I'M that direction has not been
rssehei' Work on the ore breasts here
20 di.con,inueJ several months ago on
scsonn, of bad ventilation. A large work.
inc drift aud air gallery has Just been
eomuleted which runs from the main shaft