Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-30

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yidinx Liss and h Hardy Sein'
Sunday, with Colonel Fair and III. III.
Frederick, Of the Nevada Jswelry Manu-
factory. Virginia. who is q large holder
OF north end securities, q representative
OF the News took q drop to the 24oo
level OF the Union Consolidated. Those
who have read the official letters oil
Superintendent Patton and the reports
which have appeared from time to time
concerning Union, must have O very
correct idea Of the situation in the mine.
The drift connecting the slopes with
the shaft on the 2iOO level is being
enlarged to give place to q double car
track and to allow Of IN increased pass
aye OF air for ventilation. From the
shaft through the Slopes the mine
swarms with busy life.
The slopes were q surprise and . most
| pleasant one. The sill floors have been
extended south and east and are now
reaching north and along the northwest
DRIFT till they cover IN area ~ by w feet.
The next floor above is considerably less
in extent and the third floor occupies
but q small space. In following the ore
breasts entirely round . single block OF
| porphyry was noticed and that was
| detached and nearly over the roll on the
sill door; otherwise these slopes are all
in rich ore. In quality the ore body at
this point is second to none sver opened
up on the Comstock. The ore breasts
are black with sulphurets, but when q
LIGHT Is held close to them they, in
many places, have o sort OF sea-green
tings from the chlorides. In places
small veins OF sueary quartz are visible.
and in Others the iron pyritss Hash from
the sulphursts like diamonds from black
sand. As far up as the slopes extend
| the quality Of ore continues the same.
| In order that the sill door may be kept
open and the posts stand firmly. between
the passageways the space Is filled IN
| solid with timbers a. was done in b big
bonanza.
The new northwes. drift, which has
| lust been connected with the crosscut
west on the north side Of the Sierra
| Nevada incline, was examined. The roll
Of porphyry which was mistaken for the
west wall Of the ore body extended up
about seven feet. disappeared in the ore
body and was seen no more.
This drift starts &C feet from the in
itial point Of the drift run to connect
the station of the Sierra Nevada incline
on the $500 level with the 2iOO station
OF the Union shaft. It's total length is
about 80 feet. and the ore ia very fine all
the way and continues Of high grade
through into Sierra Nevada. At the
dividing line men were breaking down
the ore to the south as il to extend sill
floors and open slopes in that direction.
At this point the opening in the ore
body was from 10 to 90 feet In width
north and south. and was about the
same east and west, but all was ore.
Superintendent Mckenzie not being in
| that portion OF the Sierra Nevada at
| that time, O strong desire to follow this
| interesting formation still further north
and west was necessarily suppressed.
Returning to the initial point OF the
northwest drift, the famous crosscut
east 10 degrees south was examined
at the point where it touches the sup
posed east edge Of the ore body. This
point lies considerably east OF the me-
| ridisn Of the Sierra Nevada incline sta
ton on this level, and that east division
of clay is found to have taken an en-.
tirely different trend from what It had
when cut at that station. Many will re-
member that 1t starts from that station
south I've degrees east. At the point
touched above 1t is very nearly. II not
quite, southeast. The west wall OF the
ore body, a. seen in the connecting DRIFT
between the Union aud Sierra Nevada
stations on this level, runs almost due
north and south.
From the foregoing it will be seen that
the ore body. as it makes south from
these two drifts into Union has a very
decided spread. Further than this its
make and extent are unknown. Both
are likely to be determined somewhat,
however, in the near future a. the old
southeast drift from the Union station
ON this level is to be taken up turned
more to the east and run 80 as to inter-
sect the east clay and will help materially
to define the ore body still further south.
From the fact, however. that this south
east drift, rs far ~ run, did not en-.
counter ore, II 10 q reasonable supposi.
ton that the western boundary Of the
ore body also swings somewhat to the
east.
The $500 level was next visited. The
station OF the Union shaft has been on
nected with the Slopes Of the Sierra
Nevada on its 1900 level. At the point
Of connection, the Sierra Nevada for
merly stopped south over the line and
took out ore valued at S203. 600. This
has since been returned to the Union.
The new drift. after leaving the station,
plunges Immediately into good milling
ore aud continues in ore to tho point OF
connection. Just below tho station at
the shaft on this level q tank ststion has
been chambered out. into which the
water flowing from ths slopes opened by
the Sierra Nevada IL to DO conducted.
This station il in ore. the car samples OF
which assay Sl55. These workings are
all that has been done to define the
make and extent Of the ore body on this
level.
The dividing line between the two
mines on the 1900 level intersects the
Sierra Nevada incline. The incline
makes north OF east somewhat. as does
also the dividing line. but not so much
so as tho incline; consequently, on the
level below the incline 10 ii feet north
Of the line. This line on both levels 10
marked by pegs or spikes, with red cloth
attached TO them and 10 easily traced.