Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-24

Jacket Accident . Blsssisg IN
Di.guiss-rhs stepes IN sierra
Nevada ssd Uaioa and Hale d
= The Ala Drill aad
Has Developments.
The lode offers o encouragement
to stockholders than 1t did . week age,
Notwithstanding the fact that ne more
work will DO done in the Crown Point.
Belcher or Jacket for months and bat
little more probably In the Con. Imperial.
since its 1910 level connects with the
27O0 level Of Jacket and the water 10
likely to raise and flood II. Yet the stu.
alton 10 hopeful even there. Jacket 10
already setting its pumps In double line
below the Sutro tunnel level. These
pumps are taken from above that level,
hence the inference il plain that its work
Of pumping to the surface 10 done for
ever. This means also connection with
the tunnel through the Jacket BY all the
mines south to and including Caledonia.
Such connection tells Of economy and
that thereafter Bslchsr may dig east and
bore its lower levels all 1t chooses with
out being drowned out and that all the
mines mentioned are to be relieved Of
that heavy burden Of water which has
been weighing them down and dsnpsn.
ing the ardor OF their stockholders.
The smssh.up at the Jacket will. in
three months time. be hailed a. . bless
ing.
Then Sierra Nevada is stopping ore
forty fee. above the $500 level. and some
Of it 10 rich ore. too. Union 10 sweeping
south in ore on the $500 level. with sill
floors 20 feet in width. This sweep will
certainly last to west crosscut No. !. and
NO one knows how much further. This 10
not the old 2400 level ore body. be 1t re-
m.mbered. but an entirely different fer.
mation-a new find. and n In which
its greatest hopes and bes. prospects lie.
This is the vein which bears to the east
aud rounds to in Mexican and swings
back into ophir. and to explore which
winze No. l OF Union has been sunk well
to the east and the joint ophir-M Mexican
xinze from the $500 level will strike
when depth enough has been acquired
by it. Still. in q day or two. whatevsr
there is Of the old find in Union and DO.
low the 2iO0 level will be determined by
connection between the drift west on the
2I50 level from the raise from below
and the winzs east Of tho slopes and
sunk below the 2400 level. At this point
considerable ore will 10 stopped.
Then. again. Hale 4 Norcross has
been raising from the 2lOo level In really
rich ore. and the last line Of slopes gets
richer rock than the nrst line or sill
floors. In q day or two another line,
still higher. will be started. How long
this may last 10 unknown. but II 10 much
to get from the mine any ore asssying
$50.
In Alta the diamond drill run south
and east from crosscut No. 2 has shown
on the line in which il has been run
s2L feet Of the same quality. sppar-
emily, as was cut in running the drill
cas-, from that crosscut. Borings have
been sent below to be asssyed. In cross
cut No. 9 assays went from 81 90 to
sl2. The situation there seems hope
iul. to say the least.
Below will DO found authentic and
reliable reports Of the mines. showing
the situation in each up TO the hour OF
going to press;
Unios Consolidated.
Sill doors twenty feet In width are sI.
tending south In the ore body encoun-
tered on the $500 level. near the Sierra
| Nevada incline. Crosscut No. ! west on
that level has been stopped till these sill
floors connect with 1t. as they will do
when they have followed the ore vein far
enough south. On the 1900 level from
the bottom Of wipze No. l the east cross.
cut has been stopped and working south
commenced. the design being to drill In
all directions for prospecting purposes
partially. but particularly to guard against
water. In q day or W connection will
be made between the winzs from the
24OO level aud the drift west from the
raise from the $500 level.
sierra Nevada.
Sill floors are extending both north
aud south along the ore vein where cut
by the raise from the $500 level and at q
height Of 40 feet above that level. The
ore extracted is Of milling quality and
has some very rich streaks in II. The
$500 level, north drift. has its face nov
| 400 feet from the incline and 10 making
GOOD progr, 81. This drift will DO con.
tinued. aud from 1t at the requisite poinl
a main raise will be made to connect
with that running from the $500 level to
the shalt on the 100 level. The latter
raise is now up 2Ss feet and making
usual progress.
Consolidated virEiuia.
The wipzs below the 1000 level and
joint with Best Il Bslehsr IL making
usual progress on down. The south
drift on the $500 level, to meet this
Wine when down. is continued. Work
in the raise from 1t and in the WINE
from the 1000 level has been stepped ill
the above connection 10 made and ven
,%ils,ion 10 secured. The slopes yield .,
usual Of milling ore.
California.
On the $500 level the DRIFT from Ophil
10 connect with the G. i @. shaft 10 I'D