Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-02-13

As was announced in yesterdays is
sue, Col. T. +. osbiston. Superintendent
Of the Gould 4 Curry and Best X
Beicher mines. has returned from Lad
vile. Colorado. He was too busy yes
,erdsy to yield to the pressure OF the
pencils point. but a representative OF
the NEws caught him this morning as he
was shot out Of the Gould x Curry
shalt. He yielded gracefully as follows;
DISTANCES, Erc.
Leadville il situated south and west
Of Denver, aud at an elevation OF 1920
feet above the level Of the sea. To reach
IL from Denver. the most direct route,
requires two days, the distance being ~
miles BY rail over the Denver & South
Park narrow.gauss to its terminus, and
thence BY stage CO wilss. The lay-over
station /. at Fairplay. ~ miles from
Lealville and in the vicinity OF the eel
sbrated Moose mine. Thence the stage
route lies through the Weston Pass,
which is i2.lG9 feet above tide water.
The first part Of the journey from Den
yer lies up the South Fork OF the Platte
river. From Weston Pass the run Is
down into the Arkansas valley. Lead.
vile lies ON the headwaters OF the Ar.
kansas river. The expense Of the trip
from Virginia Is $40. The fare by rail
from Cheyenne to Denver Is 81; Denver
to the terminus. 81; from the terminus
to Lcadville. $40. The trip from Vir-
GINA CONSUMES i've days.
LE,pytLLE.
Leadvillo has 20 about 10000 peo-
pie. The accommodations for transient
travellers are poor. There are good ac-
commodations in the place, but the town
is 50 flooded with people that 1t is next
to impossible to ecure quarters. Lodg.
ings Of any kind. under cover. cost 81,
whether a bed Is furnished or not. Board
is about the anne as here. The town In
located close TO tho north side Of what
is known a. California Gulch. q large
ravine, from which millions Of gold have
been taken since its discovery. This
guleh has been for years famous its
placer mines. The mineral formations
around are OF comparatively recent dis
coyery.
THE
One group Of the Lssdville mines are
located on Fryer Hill. less than q mile
eas; OF town. Among these are the New
Discovery. Little Pittsburs. winnemuc.
Little Chief. Carboniferous, Chryso.
tile, vulture and many others. In all
this group the vein lies nearly horizon
tai. IL has q dip, however, OF from I'VE
to eleven degrees to the northwest. n
in some places TO the northeast. To
reach the ore it is necessary to pass
through from 90 to GO feet OF regular
wash gravel. containing powders from
the size Of aman's fist to n tons weight.
After this comes n formation Of what In
called porpbyry. but which the Colonel
says is not porphyry ut all. Its
WHITE SUBSTANCE CONTAINING MICA
And which. in tho Winnemucca mine Is
sixty OF seventy feet thick. When first
this is encountered ii is hard. but next
TO the ore vein II il sof, and Is called
"Chinsse wax" This is q pliabls.
white clay Of the same constituents Ms
the harder formation. but more disin'
tegnted. Then comes the ore vein from
two to thirty feet in thickness. The
ore Il a carbonate. very similar to thai
Of the Base Range ut Eureka. IL has
some knots OF galena in II. Under this
ore is u formation Of ironstone and the
Colonel was told that this in turn rested
on limestone. but this in this group he
did not SEE.
THE ORR Y n AVERAGES
From 40 to lC0 ounces per ton Of silver.
and yields from 10 to 90 per cent. lead.
II is easily smelted. There are times
when more lux is needed. but it is read
ily obtained in the vicinity. The claims
in this group are held at a very high fg-
ure. Four tiths OF the Little Chief was
sold for $500. 900. The combination
| called the Pittsburg. which is composed
| Of the New Discovery. the winnemuc
| and Pittsburg. is valued ut -, 900, 600.
| The Chrysolite combination. which con.
r. vn,,,sa ,ha Ii,,Is Eva ami others
yainsJ =, a. ooO OOo. Thsre are
GREAT MANY PROSPECT HOLES
All over the hills. and there Is hardly IN
al. =, a,J;,o
'A'eP"o" '"'
ore. Theoniy exceptions are wnere the
dip OF the vein is with the hill. In which
cases sufficient depth has not yet been at
'ained. In some places 'no lna %
~ ,aa on;nian ai ,ha Colonei tbere are
lust as good claims for a mile or a mile
and a half north and west OF the old
loca,ons as any on r'ysa oa'
reach ,hs ore, There ia
NO MACHINERY
There. Q single donkey engine being tho
sum total. The ore is all hoisted by
,,.,,so a, ,l,ash;onsa California wbims.