Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-08-21

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poor communication, IL was no easy task
10 open o mine here and build q twenty.
stamp mill. The Mammoth mine IL stu.
sted on q bluff. and can be drained and
worked by their present tunnel to q
depth Of 1000 foet, and by means Of q
lower tunnel. say OF 5000 feet in length.
II can be drained to q depth OF 100 feet
from the groupings. The frst ore taken
from the Mammoth mine was blasted
from its groupings, and Ia said to have
paid we'll for mining and milling. Sub
sequsntly q series Of tunnels were started
in 10 strike the ledge and follow It In.
Tunnel No. I struck the ledge, and from
II the rich ore was taken that caused 20
great excitement last April and May.
The ledge at this point has been stopped
out four sets Of timbers wide, and ore IL
now being taken from 1t and stored wait.
ing for the company's mill to start up.
From this point o winxe was started In
the vein, and As the vein pitched to the
east Il left the rich ore to the east OF the
winzs, and at the date OF the visit Of
the writer was $50 feet deep and
In the western portion Of the vein the
ore taken out looking remarkably we'll.
assays taken OF II running over 800 per
ton. Most Of the ore. however. was low
grade. This winzs, BY running about
seventy feet further. will connect with
Tunnel No. 2, which Is being driven
ahead with all possible speed in order
to connect with the winze and thereby
furnish q circulation Of air., The air In
the mine is bad. and without circulation
IL will be impossible to crosscut on their
two levels. or to stope out ore for mill.
ing. Tunnel No. 3 will strike the ledge
400 feet below Tunnel No. 2. It is now
In 700 feet, and will have to be run at
least 500 feet farther before an upraise
will be started to connect with Tunnel
No. 2. There Is an immense amount OF
ore in the mine, and, 30 far as devel.
opsd, the mass OF It Is low grade.
But It can be mined aud worked
30 chsaply that when everything Is in
proper shape 1t can be mined and milled
for 80 per ton. II the ore will mill
sac per ton, and the mill work 100 tons
per day, the mine can pay q dividend Of
so cents per share monthly for years to
come, with the prospect Of finding richer
ore as the mine Is developed. Ore can
now bs taken from this mine that will
mill over $50 per ton, but 1t is consid.
cred better policy to now mill all the
ore that will pay the company q good
profit. with the prospect OF dividends
for years. than to rush out only the rich
ore TO make Q deal in the stock, as did
the Bodie mine, and than be compelled
to assess the stockholders. 1t Is better
to 20 slow aud sure. and tho mine will
In consequences steadily increase in
value. The upper workings Of this mine
remind one Of the upper levels Of the
Gold Hill proper. The ledge 10 an Inn.
msnse one, with orc oil through 1t. II
Is somewhat broken, and In the present
workings shows no clay selvases or walls.
As greater depth is reached the vein will
be moro regular and better defined. 1t
Is now a valuable property. The conn.,
pany have q 4O.stamp mill that will DO
ready to run in about q month.
Twenty stamps OF the company's
mill have been driven by water.
but in future steam power will
be used in connection with water to run
their forty stamps and sixteen pans. The
bullion from this mine Is, / learn, about
one-fourth silver, which fact gives u
permanent value to the mine. The
mill il situated about o half mile from
the mine and is connected with the mine
by q tramway. As the deep SHOWS and
high winds OF Winter are likely to
prove too heavy for the present tram.
way, o new one will be built before next
Winter. II 10 Of course easy to now
point out how this and that could have
been done better, and to an outsider 1t
does seem that the mill ought to have
been built at the mine. THERE'S nearly
much water power OF tho mine as
there Is at the present mill site. and the
cost OF taking water to the mino would
not have been greater than tho cost OF
taking It from the lakes. below the
rapids, TO the mill. Water could easily
be taken from the upper lakes down to
the mouth OF the lower tunnel by means
Of pipes.
Early last Spring the company deter
mined to increase their motive power at
the mill with steam. aud an air.compres.
sor il now being set up at the mine to
be run by steam. Yet the company have
only about o months supply Of wood
cut, and only about o months supply OF.
timber for the mine. In q place OF 30
high altitude as that whore for at least
1--we months in q year the severe climate
prevents work necessary to o further
supply, 1t looks like poor management
to longer delay laying in a Winters sup
ply OF wood and timber. Wood Is plen.
tiiul in the vicinity Of Mammoth, and
for eoonomy's sake ought to DO cut q
year In advance OF use. Burning green
wood is o waste OF time and material.
A. deep SHOWS are likely to fall In No
vember aud December 1t will now be
very difficult for Superintendent Hardy
to obtain his Winters supply. =.
No doubt other mines will DO opened
in the district in the near future but at
present very little work Is being done
there except by the Mammoth Company.
Holes are being sunk and tunnels start.
ed. but the average Mammoth prospector
works only a few hours on groupings
and spends the remainder Of his time in
showing his specimens to newcomers,
aud telling OF their value per ton. When
q stranger arrives IN Mammoth he Ia at
once "spotted." and II he looks at .
claim, or o town lot, or a mill.site. two
or three pretended owners 60 for him at
once. Parasites OF this kind always In.
fest new camps. but Mammoth has more
than its share. These things. however,
will right themselves in time. and ere
long Mammoth will be q lively camp.
and furnish employment to thousands Of
miners.
Mr.. William Hardy took charge Of the
property OF the Mammoth Company on
the LIST Of the present month, and Is now
working hard to get things in good shape
for Winter. II he fails to do Il no other
ian. He has had large experience
In mining and milling, and Is n Of the