Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-02
TIE COMSTOCK.
Latest Ohcial Mining News,
FOR the Week Ending Wednesday,
July 2, 1879.

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Boem-Ths slsre Tusnel Help.
Tag 20 Drain the Csmssoek-rhe
Fise n the Imperial - water
In the Fosaau and Osbisses
shafts-Ihs General outlook.
The stock market Is not very lively at
present. neither 10 II liable to be for the
next few days, or until after the
Fourth. The Stock Board at San
Francisco viii adjourn tomorrow
until Monday in order to give
the brokers and everybody else . rest as
far as stocks are concerned. Therefore
II Is that nobody cares to risk much coin
on Q market with . prospective vaca-
ton In it. dssming 1t safest to
wait till the market resumes The
FIRE in the Imperial mine. fully de-
scribsd elsewhere in our local columns.
will not amount to . disaster. except 90
far as loss Of life may DO concerned. tho
three miners missing not yet being
found or heard Of up to 4 P. n. to-day.
The mine will not DO injured.
The Sutro Tunnel Is now helping
drain the Comstock mines, the water
being regularly passed into II from the
mines last Monday for the frst
time. Tho long flooded depths
Of the Savage and Hale & Nor.
cross mines will soon Be relieved
at the present rate, and the rich ore
prospects said to exist there once more
opened out for still further development.
The Alta is rsputed to hold the
bonanza Of the south end, and the
crosscut on the 1850 level is
supposed to be just cutting into 1t.
It certainly looks that way at present.
The Sierra Nevada is rapidly developing
into an extensive mine. and now II the
reputed rich ore prospects in the three
years submerged lower levels Of the
Savage and Hale X Norcross will
but prove to be q reality, the
future Of the Comstock Is not only hope
full but cheering. A BONANZA al each
end and one in the middle will do very
well.
Below We give u regular weekly
summary OF tho latest and most correct
mining information. derived from Official
aud authentic sources. showing the sit.
uation OF each miss to-day up to the
time Of going to press:
susro Tunnel.
The sub-drain is completed for Q dis
lance OF lG, 200 feet from the mouth.
aud tho boxes laid in it. There IL q
double string Of these boxes, measuring
IS inches In width by three feet deep In
r. Lear, and either line will carry all
the water that can be sent from the
Comstock. 80 that in case OF needed re-
pairs to either the other could carry the
water. These drain.boxes have . fall OF
two and nine.tsnths inches TO every 100
feet throughout the entire length,
consequently tho water has o
free run. From the point to
which the sub.drain Is completed, the
boxes are temporarily laid on the floor
OF the tunnel the balance OF the way to
the Savage mine. These will be low
cred into the sub-drain as fast as 1t il
dug. The mining companies commenced
pumping into tho tunnel regularly on
Monday last for the first time, sending
all the water they were able to from the
long.aoodsd depths Of the Savage and
Hale / Norcross, a. well 90 from the
Julia and adjoining mines. yet the en-.
tire amount Of water only fills the boxes
OF the sub-drain to the depth Of three or
four inches.
sierra Nevada.
Owing to brsakagss Of the donkey
pumps in handling the strong flow Of
water. sinking at the bottom Of the in.
cline for q stump below the 2400 level
has been rather slow work. but 1t Ia now
completed. and work is being resumed
at the $500 station. The great heat In
the incline below the 2200 interferes
considerably with opening the levels
below. The ore slopes and breasts are
showing finely and yielding handsomely.
The hauling Of ore to tho Consolidated
Virginia dump IL commenced, and from
there II Is sent over the railroad to the
Eureka mill, on the Carson river. This
mill belongs to the Sierra Nevada Com.
pany, and will be started up after the
Fourth on this ore. or as soon az . sufi.
Gent surplus has accumulated to keep
the mill steadily running. Work will
be suspended in the mine on the Fourth
and the two days succeeding. in order to
make necessary and extensive repairs to
the surface machinery.
Ophir.
Main incline is 1913 feet below $500
level. Work has been discontinued In
face OF north drift, 2l0O level. and o
raise has been commenced 60 feet north
of the winze. This will be carried up
in the vein to the 1000, and will DO used
for ventilation and chutes. The raise
from the south drift Is up s. feet. in
good milling ore. Sinking the joint
Mexican winzs ON our north line. $500
level, has been commenced. The laying
Of the main water pipes on the 1000
level to connect with the Sutro Tunnel
will DO completed in about six days,
when the water will be sent through to
the Tunnel.
Uniea Consolidated.
On the 1000 level the work Of cleaning
out and repairing the north drift pre-
psratory to rssumins work in the east
drift to the Union shaft Is progressing
vol. The east drift will be reached in