Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-03-01
SIERRA NEVADA.
Visiting Day ~ the Mias-The East
shan-rhe North brin-rhe Ia.
eliae-surfsee inapro ensents.

cliae-surfses impro .enseats.
Yesterday afternoon through the cour.
tesy OF Superintendent Mckenzie. and
no, because his pocket was full Of stock.
a NEws reporter visited the Sierra Ne
vada mine in company with the follow
ing gentlemen: W. II. Smith. Of the
Belcher. l.. ID. Boyle, Of the Alta and
Benton. d. II. Jackson. OF the North
Con. Virginia and the North Bopanza,
W. b. shepperd. Of the Utah. A. ID.
Thompson. James Rule. X. 7. heating,
C. G. Damren. J. ID. Fegan. j. II. Ryan,
L. I. washburn. W. T.. Sharon. W.
Halsey and Robt. +. PiIley.
Those who understand the situation
Of points Of interest in the mine will
remember that from the 100 station OF
the shaft a drift Is run 80 feet east 20 the
main lateral drift. Six hundred feet
south OF this point the east crosscut
runs COO feet 70 the east shaft, and the
head Of the incline IL y i.st stu
further south on this lateral driit.
The east bal Was hrst visited. III
had lust reached the depth OF 600 feet
| the 200 isvel-and . station set was
abou, being put in place. There is q
slight seepaes OF water into the bottom.
The formation here Is very interesting.
.h.,.a cama In anna "a mr. az fat
above aud 1t has been increasing IN
promise ever since. Tho formation IL
soft. consisting Of porphyry containing
strsaks OF clay and quartz which Will
yield assays OF from IS to $50. The
porphyry 10 short. block and In places
almost laminatsd. the lines OF cleavage
being 80 nearly regular and parallel.
The stringers OF quartz all nv 70 ,ne
west showing the main vein TO lie IN thai
direction. The visitors were all pleased
with the outlook here.
This shalt il to DO continued on down
for q sump, then q DRIFT viii be cut To
the east until with the station q distance
OF 10 feet Is made. and from this point
the south lateral drift. 1900 level. will
be run to meet the drift north from the
22O0 station OF the incline. The as
lance yet to be made to connect this
north drift with this shalt Is 20 ieet'
or. with the cut east from the station
added. $40 feet. II VIII take soms
three weeks to make the eonheeuoh'
The next objective point was tns nottn
drift from the 200 station Of the H.
cline. This DRIFT Is making RAPID pro-
gress in precisely the same formation as
that in the bottom OF the east SHAFT
above mentioned. The rock hero Is
very similar also to the csprock found
in the incline at the roo level. Here.
as in the east shaft, the dip oithe quartz
striUgers IL to the west. Inc whole
formation Is very kindly. Much Of the
| distance run by this drift IL along the
| clay OF the vein. which has been barred
by the west side OF the drift. Could the
eye OF the reporter have but penetrated
that clay and seen what lies behind II,
what an item he would have gained.
| This drift il now headed some ~ or 20
degrees east OF north.
From this point the incline was again
gained and the bottom, ~ feet below the
1900 level. reached. The formation
from the $500 station where the ore body
swellsd no into the incline. to the bot
tom. ia AN interesting study, At one
mint ouit. a vain of ore comes in. As
fn.t H., howavsr