Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-19

A development Of great Importance
has Just been made In Union and one
which 10 very indicative.
It seems that In extending the sill
doors OF the slopes west to what wa
believed to be the west wall Of the ore
vein on the 2400 lsvsl and at the point
whore the late drift. 10 degrees south.
was started from the main connection
between the $500 station OF the Sierra
Nevada incline and the 2400 station OF
the Union shaft. some better looking
material was encountered than that com.
posing the greater portion OF the west
wall. Acting on the hint thus given, .
crosscut was started west opposite that
running east. Last evening the man.
aeement reported this crosscut to DO In
Is feet and all the way In good ore except
about three feet ct the start and that
there was no sign Of any west wall 30
far nor any indication Of Q giving out OF
the ore body at that time.
There are In the east crosscut ~ feet
OF good milling ore, portions Of which
are very rich. The width OF the ore
body increases going south, as the east
clay makes east faster than what wal
supposed 10 be the west wall. This
width OF ore had last evening been In.
creased by the 10 feet In the west cross.
cut, and was continually being added to
a. this crosscut ran west. This ID an
development, both In itself
and In the indication II gives Of the real
make OF the ore body ON that level.
It has long been believed by the best
experts on the Comstock that Sierra Ne.
vada has not yet worked west far enough
this level to fnd the ore body proper.
These men have commended that all the
ore developed In Sierra Nevada on the
$500 lsvel was east Of the true ore chan.
mel, and that the main deposit wal west.
One old SHIFT boss OF the mine said that
with ten shifts OF men to run west with
he would open up o deposit OF ore which
would warrant the stock In going to one
hundred and fifty dollarspsr share. The
management. however, have feared water
In that direction, and, after the warning
given BY the inflow at the slopes on tho
220O level, feared to run west further till
the Union pumps were ready 70 handle
any water that might be encountered.
The trend Of the east clay itself ct the
$500 station OF the Sierra Nevada incline
was l5 degrees east OF south and west
OF north. This would carry ever the
eastern border OF the Union ore body
west Of the station after passing north
OF the incline o short distance.
Virginia experts declare that the wall
Of the slopes ON the 1900 level. where
the water came in, was Q clay wall. and
that the water there encountered was
not from the west country. but from the
ore vein itself. These things have been
on tho streets Of Virginia q long
time, and today more than ever In the
light OF the recent development In
Union. In whatever light considered.
therefore, the make Of the ore body In
Union 10 the west is most important.
In Ophir, too. the development along
the Hardy vein north on the 2l00 level
IL most important. That vein has been
o puzzle from the time It was struck on
the 1900 level. It wal there In o most
unkind rock and yet was rich. The
yield from Il has been immense for q
vein Of It's size. and all who have seen
Il have contsndsd that It must proceed
from some very large and eIcssdingly
rich deposit somewhere. or late the
drift running north on the 2l00 level
and following this vein has buried its
face In ore. Last evening 1t had been
run all in ore ~ feet, and the quality
had improved till the whole would mill
over 500. A sample Of the poorest
stuff in the drift yesterday assayed
$50 16, and o fair sample Of the best
ore went $3.50 63, making an average OF
$l57 SO.
The foregoing is all that 10 known
concerning this development a. no
crosscuts have been run on 1t. The face
must now be near the Mexican line, -
II was last evening 427 feet north OF the
east drift on this level. The shaft
$40 feet south OF the Mexican
line.
The joint winze on the Union and
Mexican line is also showing up well In
this connection. In the letter Of last
Saturday Il was stated that In the bot.
tom OF this WINE "A quartz formation
yielding low assays had been reached,
formation was widening al sink.
ing progressed. The whole bottom Of
the winze Is now In this formation, and
Just how wide 1t may be is not known.