Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-21

Done In the Nine During the
Past Year-rho New Engine
Gables - Receipts aud Disburss'
meats - Total Cost OF the New
Shaft - Cost per Foot Assthiy
Average Of siUkiug, csc.
The annual meeting Of the Yellow
Jacket Mining Company was held at
the Office Of the company, near the new
shaft, at Q o'clock this afternoon. Pres
idsnt George A. King presiding. There
were sl,4so shares OF stock represented.
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read. The Secretary's report was pre-
sented and read. Il will be found In
full below. The report Of the superin-
tsndsnt was presented. read, and. with
that OF the Secretary. placed on Ale.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
The following Board Of Trustees were
elected: George A. King. D. B. Lyman.
F. A. Tritls. George Wallace and J.
Miner Taylor. and the stockholdsrs'
meeting adjourned. The Board took
their oath Of office and proceeded TO
hold . meeting. George A. King Was
elected President ; George Wallace. Vice
President Mercer otsy, Secretary ;
Bank Of Nevada. Treasurer I. E.
James. Superintendent James New.
lands. Transfer Secretary W. H. Pat.
ton. Supervising Engineer. It was do.
tsrmined to have $50 copies Of the By.
Laws, supsrintsndsnt's and Secretary's
report Published in pamphlet form.
Following Is the
suPxaINrrNDESr's REPORT.
Geo. A. King. Esq, President Of the
Yellow jacket Silver Mining Company
Dear Sir: During the year ending June
80, 1879. the following work has been
done In and about the Yellow jacket
mine:
The shaft has been sunk and timbored
1888 feet. being at this date 1886 feet
deep from the top wall plate to the low.
est set OF timbers. A water tank has
been constructed at the 1850 level Of tho
shaft capable OF holding 3lH tuns or
1854 gallons OF water. and one ut the
$500 level holding ak tuns or 50s8 gal.
Ions. An sight.inch pipe for compressed
air has been placed In the shaft extend.
ing from receivers on the surface to the
$500 level. A large dump station has
been made at the shaft in the $500 level,
with which the shaft was connected In
February last.
On the $500 level the north Wine has
been connected with the shaft and Q
convenient station made. North and
south lateral drifts have been run from
the north winze to the north and south
lines OF the mine. the north n being
connected with the Imperial mine. and
the south lateral drift with the Grown
Point mine. by drifts run BY those COM
panies, each meeting our drifts inside Of
our lines. At q point 225 feet south OF
our north WINE Q crosscut has been run
to the west wall. and two crosscuts with
the diamond drill have been made north
OF the same Wine west to the west wall;
also 1877 feet have been bored east from
the north lateral drift at . point 100 feet
south OF our north line. In oil l442
feet Of drifts have been run on the $500
level. The explorations 30 far made on
this level have failed to reveal the pres
snos OF paying ore In the vein. The
vein ut this level Is TOO feet across from
wall 70 wall, tho fssurs being filled
mainly with vein porphyry.
The old south winze has been repaired
from the 1900 level to the 1000 level |;
400 feet OF tho same has been rstim.
bored and enlarged. All OF the pump
column. air pipes. pump rods. etc., have
been removed from the old shaft and In.
cline down to the water below the 1900
level. This and the enlargement Of the
south WINE gives q free circulation OF
air TO our $500 level. and In the mat.
ter OF ventilation leaves us independent
OF tho adjoining mines.
Since the connections on the $500 and
$500 levels have been made with the
shaft the ventilation OF the mine has
been oil that could be desired. The az.
grsRats OF air passing through these lev.
els II 81. 200 cubic feet per minute, COM
ing down the new shaft. The tempera.
turs In the drifts through which the air
~ciroulatss ranges from &c to 90 degrees
Fahrenheit.
The No. 8 Burleigh air compressor
formerly at the old shaft has been set up
ct the new, and q 1917 by 30.inch War.
ring air compressor has been arranged
20 - 10 DO driven by the Corliss pump.
ing engine formerly in use at the old
shaft. These two oomprsssors furnish
sufficient power for present purposes OF
mining and shaft.sinking.
On the 10th OF May last . contract
was made with the Risdon Iron Works
for the construction Of o pair OF hori.
xontal. direct-acting. hosting engines.
8 feet stroke by 20 inches diameter Of
cylinder. with complete a~ppurtenanoes
for q Arst-clsss hosting apparatus, with
all the latest improvements, the whols
to DO completed and aboard the @. P. r.
R. cars In l25 working days from the
signing Of the contract, to be paid for a.
follows: 0ne-third when the work IL
halt done, ons-third when the work 10
shipped and one.third when the engines
are sst up and In running order. The
price 10 $l42. 800. Three cables. each
S,708 feet long. 8 inches wide by three
eighth inches thick, have also been
ordered from England for the reels Of
the new hosting engine. the same to be
delivered In San Francisco in December
Of this year. It became necessary to
erect this hosting engine II mining
operations were to be continued. since
the present, or perhaps any gesrod hoist
ing machinery, would be unsafe under
the strain necessarily imposed upon II
In raising loads from the depths now
reached BY the Yellow Jacket mine.