Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-17
THE NEW SHAFT SITE.
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In yesterdays NEWS mention was
made Of the location Of a new shaft site
for the Bullion and Exchsqusr mining
companies on the plateau lying south
and east OF Shaft No. 4 Of the Sutro
Tunnel. Superintendent Schultz. in an
interview this morning. gave his reasons
for going so far east for a site.
He says the Bullion aud Exchequer
mines can be prospectsd with the pres
ent facilities to tho depth Of 2400 or
$500 feet. This has to be done. how
sver. through inclines and at q great in.
convenience and loss Of power. By
availing himself Of the assistance Of the
Yellow Jacket new shaft work could be
carried on down 400 or 500 feet further,
and then another incline with its in.
crease Of distance and loss Of force
would be necsssitatsd. The same would
be true OF operations conducted through
the Ward shait-in fact. workings In the
Exchequsr were now going on at q depth
nearly equal to that at which the Ward
shaft would strike the Comstock.
Operations through the Chollar.Nor.
cross.SavAQs shaft were open to q SINH
lar objection. This was expected to
strike the Comstook at a depth Of from
9, 800 to 5000 feet, and the mine to be
operated through IL had already reached
to within q few hundred feet OF thai
level.
II must be remembered. besides, that
ii took time to sink . shaft to such 4
level a. wal hereafter TO Be required to
properly and economically prospect the
Comstock. What should the mines do
in the meantims2 It would not satisfy
stockholders to simply sink and not
prospect at all. Work must be con-
timed a. cheaply and a. availably a.
possible until such time a. the new shaft
should attain o depth sufficient to enable
drifts to be run west to the ledge. II
would take years 10 sink a shalt 5000
or G0U0 feet. and by that time explora-
tons would be going on far below the
depths reached ut present. These
things must all Be considered and many
others with them.
1t Was therefore necessary to 60 east.
30 a. to reach the Comstock at Q perpen.
dicular depth Of about Z, 600 feet. When
be received instructions from the Bull.
lion and EIchequer authorities to look
up q location for an east shaft. he had,
after consideration Of the proposition In
its various phases, gone a suitable dis
lance and made his location. The site
was u fine one. 1t would be easy Of &C.
cess by rail from the switch which IL to
DO constructed to the Forman shaft. He
had. besides. plenty Of yard, dump and
mill room with II.
Il has been said that this site Ia east
Of the Occidental. This is q mistake.
| True meridian. IL In west OF the parallel
Of the Occidental. The variation makes
1t still further to the west. But that Is
Of minor importance. According to Mr..
Sshultz's views. the site is conveniently
located for the uses and purposes men,
toned.
As yet but the Bullion and Exchequer
mines are interested in the location.
Others will doubtless join in sinking
the shaft. At present the claim Is being
staked out. To-day, however. Mr..
Schultz was purposing to 60 over. locate
the shaft and commence grading. pre-
paratory to i~naugurating other opera.
tons.