Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-27
MINING NOTES.
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Lode.

The announcement OF ore in the east
crosscu,, 2760 level Of the Bslchsr. IL the
excitement Of the day In Gold Hill. To
be sure il Is mot much yet, only .
strinser. but Il carries xich ore and 10 =
promising prospect. Any good ore at
all at that depth Il an assurance most
welcome after 1860 feet Of low grade
quartz.
The yard at the Union shaft II . TO
minder Of the outlook ct the Con. Viz
pinia when the bonanza mines were In
full blast and millions Q month IN divi.
dends were the rule. The timbers md
other mining stores there are immense.
And then the yard IL again unlike any
thing over seen in this section before.
II is flled with pondsrous PORTIONS OF
the pumping machinery and the like 10
NOT on the Comstock. The largest piece
Of castiron ever trundled up the noun.
tain Is there. It il the bed plate for the
largo cylinder and in the shape OF . par
alleloeram l01l2 feet. They had to
weigh twice to ascertain its weight. At
San Francisco 1t tipped the beam at
O,45O pounds and at Sacramento at
20, GOO pounds. The car which brought
IL weighed 1850 pounds. Upon this
bed piece 10 to be placed another which
will give the proper tilt TO the cylinder
still above. This cylinder comes in SEQ
tons Of huge iron tubes over 100 inches
in diameter. These placed abovs each
other and lined throughout with another
big hole 100 inches in diameter with
iron around IL will form the expansion
side Of the pump engine. The bed
piece for the small cylinder 10 there also.
and weighs 1880 pounds. A No. 2
Burleish compressor has just been re-
ceived and Is being put In place: For
the pumping engine the pillow blocks
are all set.
They are preparing to mako the ore
fly at the Union shaft a. soon a. The
work on the pits is finished. Three
decker cages are ready TO swing to the
cable, and these and the sksets will raise
all that Union and Sierra Nevada can
mine.
That connection will not be made
between the north header Of the Sutro
tunnel and the EAST crosscut OF Gould L
Curry and Best & Belcher on the l70O
level as soon a. promised. Measure.
msnts made by the surveyors yesterday
make the distance yet TO run about l35
feet. Still the workmen in the tunnel
can be heard BY those passing along the
crosscut.
The Savage has not yet commenced
the drift for its incline from station on
the 2i00 level Of the Chollsr.N %orcross-
Savage shaft, but the station IL about
completed and the drift will be started
as soon 90 that 10 finished.
At the Union Consolidated the west
body Of ore on the 2i00 level still con-
tinues.
The north drift on the 2l00 level OF
the Ophir still has its whole face In ore.
The width Of this body Ia not yet known.
At the middle mines the water 10 now
divided between the Savage and Hale 4
Norcross.
At the south end the Alta folks are
cutting into lunches Of ore on their 1850
level. The Justice Company are getting
seams Of ore west on their 1850 level.
The new formation In the bottom Of
the Yellow Jacket shaft continues to i'm
prove AZ sinking progresses.
The Lady Bryan folks are getting
lunches Of ore running from 50 or $40
to a. high a. 500 in sinking their In.
cline below the $50 level. -.
In the Sutro tunnel the headers viii
each make about 400 feet for December.