Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-05
YELLOW JACKET.
The change In she Control asd Has
sgemsnt-New Omesrs Elected
Proposed Plan or Operations for
the Ruturo.

Robert N. Graves and William 8.
Lyle representing the new control oil
the Yellow Jacket mine arrived on the
Comstock yesterday morning. and in the
afternoon q meeting Of the Trustees oil
the Company was held. at which the
following changes among the officers
were made : George A. King. D. B.
Lyman and j. II. Taylor, Trustees, 70.
signed. and in their places were elected
A.. N. Cole, B. @. Whitman and I. E.
James. F. A. Tritls was elected Pres.
idsnt and the other officers remain %
before.
The following resolution was unani.
mously adopted
Resolved. With . view OF lsssening OK.
penses, and . moro economical manage.
msnt Of this and adjacent properties,
that q committee OF three be appointed
for the purpose Of oonfsring with the
officers OF the Bullion, Exchequsr.
Alpha, Imperial C~onadsnos. Ksntuok.
Grown Point and Bsleher Mining Com.
psniss, seeking contracts for the pur.
pose OF doing all mining work and
pumping water through the Yellow
Jacket shalt, aud by means Of such con.
solidstion lessen expenses heretofore
entailed.
Messrs. 3. N. Graves, W. 8. Lyle and
George Wallace were appointed such
committee on the part Of the Yellow
Jacket Company. The Bslohsr Company
are already drifting north on their $500
level, and have now but about 460 feet
to 20 to reach the Yellow Jacket shaft.
The distance to the north line Of the
Kentuck 10 but lao feet, and to the north
line Of tho Confidence 10 only 1877 feet.
The 2700 Of the Yellow Jacket shaft cor.
responds TO the $500 OF the Kentuck.
Confidence. Imperial. Of al. but the
$500 DRIFT coming from the Bslohsr will
also DO the $500 level Of the Yellow
Jacket. The shalt can be sunk to COT.
meet with the drift IN q very short time.
By hosting and pumping through the
Yellow jacket shalt, the companies
named above may make q vast saving.
BY the present method Of working. one
Of the companies lsvies an assessment
and raises 500, 900. and In about two
months the money is exhausted, whereas.
by the proposed plan. 1t would last four
or Ave mouths. The pumping apparatus
at the Yellow Jacket shaft 10 sufficiently
powerful to take all the water from the
range OF mines lying adjacent, ~ the
pumps at the G. 4 g. shalt are taking
that Of the range OF mines lying to tho
northward.
President Tritle at an interview this
morning says that efforts will be made
at once by the Yellow Jacket Company
to facilitate the advance OF the south
lateral branch OF the Sutro Tunnel 10
the shaft Of the Company. II possible
they hope to get headers running both
ways from the Ward shaft and to start
q header from the Yellow jacket shaft
go as to have the work going on ct four
different places. Hs says this 10 very
desirable as people are getting tired Of
paying assessments to carry on work at
such distances from the shafts OF many
Of the mining companies. The expense
will be unnecessary as soon u conneo
ton can be made with the Sutro Tunnel
from the Yellow Jacket shaft and the
pumps there put in position and ready
to raise the water to the tunnel level.
Then the whole section Of country
around the shaft will bs under control Of
that shaft both as to water and vsntila-
ton. The Bullion, EIohequer, Alpha
and Con. Imperial on the north and the
Grown Point and Bslcher on the south
are doing work at arms length and at
unnecessary cost ss It appears 10 him
and economy would suggest the use Of
the Yellow Jacket shaft ~ oon as Il IL
prepared for use. The mining oomps.
mics are all now looking to more
economical methods Of conducting oper.
atoms and he believes the Yellow Jacket
shaft can be prepared and then used by
the companies above mentioned at .
great saving In running expenses. OF
course, when the Forman shaft reaches
the requisite depth-snd It will soon be
pushed rapidly on down-ths Grown
Point and Bslcher will use 1t, but II will
DO soms time before that can DO done to
advantage.