Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-03-05
PACIFIC COAST MINING NOTES.


At the Eureka Consolidated mine
everything is running smoothly and II Is
still turning out an average Of 200 tons
OF ore daily. A carload Of timber is
used every day in the mine. This costs
from $1,000 TO $4,000 q month. Nine
cords Of wood are used every twenty
hours for making steam. This is
brought by pack mules o distance Of
Eve to six miles. and costs from sc to
90 o cord. Superintendent Donnelly
reports operations for the week rs fol.
lows: There Is no change TO report 10
the condition OF the mine since my last
letter. The furnaces are running first
rate. The following work has been
done in the several levels. viz Fifth
level-North drift has been continued 80
feet, and is now In l7G feet. Raise
from the south drift made % feet, and is
now up 80 feet. Seventh level-The
east drift from chute has been continued
Is feet, aud Is now in III feet. Eleventh
level-Ths west drift has been oon.
tinusd 10 feet. and 10 now in lOi feet.
Twelfth levsl-The east drift from cross
cut No. I has been continued "a feet.
and Is now in 1888 feet. Drift from
raise made 90 feet. aud Is now In GS
feet. Thirteenth levsl-The north drift
from station has been continued "a feet,
and Is now In d feet.
Superintendent Powell OF the Ham,
burg Eureka District) mine. In his
weekly letter says: The intermediate
drift was run IL feet during the week.
and Ia now within As feet Of the upraise
from the end OF the south drift on the
40 level. There is no special change
to note In the size or quality OF the vein
Of ore. The east crosscut OF tho 400.
foot level has been continued IL feet,
making n total Of % feet. with the face
In clay aud iron. The C00-foot level
west crosscut has been advanced 10 feet.
being a total OF 100 feet from the main
south drift, with face In vein matter.
The south drift from the main crosscut
has been advanced IL foet, being a total
Of lO7 feet, with no material change.
The winze was sunk 10 feet, making q
depth Of 60 feet below the G00.foot level.
The hosting machinery ct the mine Is
In good order and working we'll.
The Phoebe Record says: The Hill.
side furnaces continue running sue
csssfully and will prolong its run Us
long a. coal lasts; the supply is now
getting short. During q portion OF this
run five tons OF bullion, Of m average
assay value Of $3.50 per ton, has boon run
out In "a hours. Lots from chloriders
in Phoebe have worked well. The
working OF tho Raymond * Ely black
ore has not oeen compisledi me assays
range irom Soo 70 Sy,V' u u
tnought that u Will yieiu a handsome
profit to the Raymond * Ely Company.
Andy Fife arrived In Phoebe Tuesday
evening from his mill In Long Valley.
with "a ounces In bullion, amounting to
about 81, 900. After such steady hard
work this il very discouraaing, but tho
cause 10 explained in the running away
VI the bullion into the tailings. Tue
tailings assay from $50 to 5000 per ton.
and some process will have to be devised
TO make the ore yield up more Of its
bullion instead Of having 1t run oil IN
tailings.
For the week ending Friday morning
the Manhattan (Austiu) mill reduced
6Sh. tons Of ore Of the assay value OF
S23.072 50, Of this amount Sl4.lll %
was from custom ores; y ,740 02 from
tribute mines. n So,22o OF from the
Curtis shail. ihsre Is now In INT ore
house aoont oo Ton OF curtis ore which
has accumulated during the past ten
% n -.,
n,cntlona Ion'oiua.sa aoo mine
lEuleka Dls'f'e', snIps ABOUT Wv 'ons
VI ORC aa,'y' .ige ioi.e ~ o,hpioyeu
nv. n"aIa In.,aas
n.",s,.a ~. ,omn,n. sh;nnaJ 81.
,"aJsa mo,n;n, ,hrpnaI VIII p.,on
4 Co. seven bars Of bullion, valued at
sii.3ii ~.
Although the ouiches and r.yines
near Tuscarora have been worked over
several times by placer miners, the Chi.
nese seem to think 1t will pay TO give
another working. They will start IN rs
soon M the bitches arc Tree oil Ice.
Tho bullion shipment from Silver
Reel through Wells, Fargo a Co., Tor
the wee ending February "a, assre,,
sa.ea, rom ~, sources, Ss',oIi o.; :,
Az Ooo.
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10 5.,a y, hnllion wsinIin, s1a nonnd:
"a ..,n.1 =, $40 ~ IL
ans Gnr,s'y sah nuu pn., s V ~.
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s.,n.S =, :, Soa M ~ ~
mr.. p.,.d;s. VALLEY Mimi, com,apv
.hinns.; from Rv. patch Psirnsry u;
ona hsr NJ bpllion vsInsi M an Si5 an