Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-24


.. che aaoo Level Of Uniss-De-
veiepmssts Farther seush -
Ophir aud shs Hardy vsis-rhe
Bosauss Mines sad On Dewa shs
Lode.
The continued drop in the stock mar
kst il opening the eyes Of many Of the
C~omstocksrs. They have never believed
the outlook at the mines to be the cause
and most Of those who have felt inclined
TO blame the arrangements do 30 no lon
ger. Tho effect Of the withdrawal OF
capital to move the produce Of the coast,
and for other purposes, has been can
vasssd and now most have taken to
damning the new Constitution Of Cali
fornia and the consequences OF it, sdop-
tion. They think they SEQ . necessity
arising for different systems Of opera
tons since new aad untrisd responsible
tiles are likely 500 to attach 70 the 90
tons Of corporate officials. There may
bs nothing In all this, but many here
are inclined to believe that there Ia very
much In it; especially those Who have
friends below who buy on margins.
Concerning the mines much may 30
said this week In . general way. The
northwest drift on the 24oo level Of
Union has already performed an impor.
tant Office in entirely removing what was
supposed to bs the boundary Of the ore
body in that part OF the mine and In
opening up great realities and immense
probabilities in that direction. That
supposed wall has been proved to be but
one side OF . ridge Of porphyry. Itran
so regularly and had 30 dscsivins . dip
that there 10 no wonder that when they
found IL skirtng the aide Of the connect.
ing drift on that level they should have
mistaken Il for the separating line be-
tween the ore body and the vein material
bounding It on that side. 10 starting
this northwest drift this division was
Gu, through and the porphyry found to
have about the mako which IL assumed
by . narrow piece Of paper when its two
edges pressed together till the required
pitch Of the sides il attained. During
the remainder Of the week this drift will
connect with the excavations in Sierra
Nevada under the incline. and thsn more
Of the realities lying In that direction
will be known and more Of the probable.
tiles there existing indicated. The drift
has penetrated good ore a. far as II has
gone and the Sierra Nevada workings
under the incline are in ore. The prob
abilities are that the formation 10 con-
tinuous clear through. Nothing more
need bs said Of its importance.
The passage Of the joint Union.MsI.
loan crosscut west on the 1000 level
from hard porphyry into soft vein matter
10 promising. The joint winzs from
this level has cut through the quartz
formation. and IL now in birdssys por.
phyry very similar to that encountered
in the north drift. $500 level Of Mexican;
still. the existence Of the quartz sncoun-
tered at that point Is worthy OF consider
alton. The developments on the 2lOo
level Of the Ophir, whore the drift north
along the Hardy vein has plunged So
feet into ore. Is important for Ophir and
promising for Mexican. This vein is
being approached also on the 22Oo level
BY the southeast drift In 0phir. That
vein is likely to play an important part
yet in solving the problem OF tho north
end mines. The ground lying east OF
the ophir incline is also about to be
opened up on the $500 level. Here. too.
something Of importance is likely to be
developed.
California. ON the 925O level. Is open.
ing up astrong and promising vein north
from the @. L G. shaft below the ore
body found on the level above. What
this may lead 10 is not yet known. The
bonanza mines are finding and stopping
ore from their old productive levels.
Most Of the work being done along tho
lode further south. while important In Q
general way. does not possess absorbing
present interest.
The sutro Tunnel will connect with
the Gould & Curry east crosscut, l70O.
within Q week ct most.
Yellow jacket has Its shaft in low
grade. The vein at that point prospects
most ~favorably.
Below We give our regular weekly
summary Of tho latest and most correct
mining information. derived from Official
and authentic sources, showing the situ-
alton Of each mine today up to the
time OF going to press:
ODhir.
The incline has reached . depth OF 40
foe. below the $500 level and continues
iu the usual vein formation dipping east.
The contemplated tank station at the
$500 has not yet been commenced. but
will DO started this week. The main
north drift on this level 10 In As feet
from the incline and today . main DRIFT
vss started east on this level to explore
the ground in that direction. The CROSS
cut west on the 2400 level 10 showing Q
slight increase Of water flowing in from
the vein formation: total length, 800
feet. The south DRIFT, $500 level. BON.
tinuss in hard porphyry showing clay
seams; total length. 220 feet. The joint