Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-05-07

Dividends Afsa's l1oo kovO-
Comblnasioss Locking Toward
Greater Eeoaomy In Werking
she Mines.
The late improvement in the ophii
incline is the most important develop
ment which has been brought to light
within the past week and that is OF such
q character as to compel attention from
all those who are interested in the shares
OF the mine. It Is an excellent prospect
and q little something more.
Sierra Nevada makes haste slowly in
sinking her incline. She will. however.
do better in the near future. No great
changes have occurred there Of late. A
sill floor has been extended from the
north crosscut. 1900 level, under the
incline to the south srosscut. The vein
ON that level is being stopped out and it'
breadth determined. The ore is very
rich and the Mariposa mill will soou
commence its reduction. When the new
pumps are in place in the east shaft and
the incline machinery transferred to tho
22OO level, work below that level will be
much moro rapidly advanced.
The bonanza mines have both declared
dividends and thus brought themselves
into greater favor and justified the conf.
dence OF their friends.
The only further point Of Importance
within the week has been in the reaching
Of the 1850 by the Alta-B Benton winzs and
the opening out Of the station there.
That the Alta has ore is generally be-
lieved. None has I've been extracted
and the proposed crosscuts ON the three
levels where tho vein has been barred are
looked forward to with much interest.
The finding OF new formation carrying
water near the 1850 level is also WORTHY
Of q passing remark.
The advance recently taken toward
working through . combination shaft by
the Crown Point. Bslchsr. Seq. Bslchsr,
Overman aud Caledonia is significant.
1t Q economy and practic ability.
The combination is an important one
That to operate before long through the
Yellow Jacket new shaft is also OF inter-
est. The workings Of the Comstock
further north will soon be made through
the Chollar. orcross. Savage shaft, the
Osbistou shaft. the G. i @. shaft. and
the North Con. Virginia shaft. II Sierra
Nevada does not before long operate
through this latter shaft also, that mine
must Join the general movement east
ward aud sink a new shaft for the work
ing OF its long stretch Of ground.
Below We give our regular weekly
summary Of the latest and most correct
mining information, derived from Official
and authentic sources, showing the sit.
uation Of each mine to-day up to the
time Of going to press:
Ophir.
Connection has been completed on the
1000 level between No. l Wine and
crosscut No. 9. The south DRIFT from
the vinze below tho 1000 level. 10 now
"a feet in and continues in excellent ore.
The incline has reached 80 feet on the
slope below the $500 station and work
was discontinued there this morning for
the purpose Of opening that station.
After it has been run sufficiently to be
out OF the way, which will 10 in about
ton days, sinking will DO resumed. The
bottom is in q very likely.looking body
OF quartz. giving assays from $40 to
800, the greater proportion OF which ID
gold. This lies next to q clay seam
varying from four inches to one loot IN
thickness. dipping to the west. This
formation has been penetrated about 10
feet. Toward the bottom Of the incline
| the slips Of clay in the ore-body dip
| toward the cast. This ore.body Is . new
development, and differs in its sharac.
tsristics and approaches from anything
ever found in the mino. The quartz il
very kindly in its appearance and the
surrounding porphyry shows iron freely.
Il is a very fine prospect. There have
| been no changes OF late in tho slopes.
The ore continues very rich.
sisrra Nevada.
The incline is making better progress
below the $500 station than heretofore.
the bottom continuing to cut . lorna
ton Of hard quartz containing alternate
seams Of high and low grade ore. A
Finch Cameron pump has been put in
the bottom, and the water gives very lit
tie trouble, although the flow continues
strong. The drift from the north to
the south crosscut connected to-
day. It has bsen run Is q base
for slopes which will DO extended west
to the wall Of the ore body. Orc oon-
tinuss to DO shipped 10 harlPosa
mill, which will o be started up.
The ors.house will DO ready fer use in q
weeks time. One Of the pumps for the
east shaft has arrived. The two others
will be along in the course OF o week.
Mexican.
The drift on the 1000 level from the
top OF the joint Ophir vinzs above the
1000 level. has been connected With the
north drift on that level and is being
made into an air gallery. The joint
Union upraiss from the 2200 level to
meet the winze coming down from the
1000 level is making three feet per day.
aud 10 now 100 feet up on the slope.
Water has rendered the increase Of depth
10 the Wine slow. the average gained
being less than two feet per day. Both
workings are in favorable vein matter.
Consolidated Virginia.
The yield Of the mine is about l5o
Tons per dsg. The joint west drift, $50