Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-12
THE COMSTOCK.
Latest Official Mining News,
For the Week Ending Wednesday,
May Il, 1880.

May II, 1850.
The Market waiting Ssr Develop
meus-Ns L~ikslihsed Of Their
Betng Immediaseiy Made. hut
Coed Prospects . Lissis Ahead
The water Quessiss.
The market, 30 far a. Comstock shares
are concerned, 10 still waiting on de-
veiopments. Things have come to such
q pass here on the lode that . raise Of
two bits per share IL hailed with greater
delight than was formerly an advance
ten times u large.
People may a. well face the fact first
a last that there IL NO likelihood OF an
immediate development such a. Is re-
quired to strengthen the market and 70
store confidence. Still. NO n here
doubts that such . development will Be
made, and that, too. before . great
while.
Sierra Nevada 10 more than likely TO
mako such . development a. soon Is
workings can b pushed on the 24oO
level far enough north to allow orosscuts
to explore the lode under where It car
risd milling orc In fair quantities on the
$500 level. This vas about 1000 feet
north Of the incline. To-day the north
drift, 24OO level. has Its face $50 feet
from the incline. SO feet having been
made in that direction since May /.
With the prospects on the $500 level
Of Union oil are familiar. Ills doubtful
IL developments are made either between
winze No. I and tho Sierra Nevada In.
cline, or between that incline and the
Union shaft. since the Wine IL far to
the east Of the ore formation and the ore
body makes To the south and east 90
rapidly a. to probably clear the line OF
connection between the Union shaft and
the $500 station Of the Sierra Nevada
incline. These connections must, how.
ever. be made before developments on
the $500 level Of Union can DO sought.
The greatest forward movement Of the
week has been the resumption Of sinking
in the Union stump preparatory to push
ing connections from that shalt. Another
important connection has been started
| that between winzs No. l and No. 2
on the $500 level. All these workings
look toward opening up the $500 level
OF Union.
Those most familiar with ophir have
grsa, hopes Of an ore body there. The
pinch In the Hardy vein has been past
and the mother OF II cannot be far away.
That 1t is an ore body Of consequences
which produced that great fracture In
hard. unkind rock and Hlled with Il rich
ore no one familiar with the situation
doubts. The finding Of IL In only a
question OF time and labor.
The water question In the middle
mines IL evidently Q serious one. The
stream which flows into the 2200 level OF
Savage is . living one. otherwise 1t
would have been exhausted long ago.
Tho raising Of its infrx TO the Sutro
tunnel level dsvolves mostly o upon
the Hale & Norcross pumps. since sav.
age has enough in It's incline for its own
pumps to handle. Chollar has plenty to
do to take care Of Its own water and that
from the 24OO level Of Savage. THERE'S
. prospect. however. Of e1haasting both
these latter infows. consequently Of
soon resuming operations on tho 240o
level.
Bsloher. too. has found IN increased
dow while e~ndeavoring to prospect with
the drill further east on the 5000 level.
This puts of for q time the knowledge
OF what lies in the vein Of that mine on
that level.
Below will be found authentic and re-
liable reports Of the mines, showing the
situation Of each up to the hour Of 60.
ing to press
Ysiisw Jacket.
The diamond drill is being sent down
below the 5000 level to prospect for
water and preparatory to dropping the
shaft down &C feet further. that being
the same depth as the 5000 Of the Bel
cher and Crown Point. The work Of
building the pump rod up has progressed
GOO feet. The work has been intsrfsred
with somewhat by the weather. as the
timbsrs have to DO framed outdoor. The
work Of drilling has also been interfered
with by the necessity Of again bailipg
the Con. Imperial water, the Belchsr
having taken IL and when 1t received .
new fiow on the 5000 level having turned
IL back to the Jacket shalt.
Usios SHAFT.
The sinking pump is in position and
sinking has been resumed. The bob
station at the 240O level 10 progressing
well. This morning the hoistipg engine
was shut down to change the brssses.
This does not interfere in the least with
work in the mine. The extraction Of
ore goes on as usual. the amount being
dumped into the chutes. The debris
from other points Is being dumped into
unused excavations and the men are
lowered and raised through the Sierra
Nevada and Ophir. The engine will be
stopped not to exceed 4s hours.
Caliosnia.
Ore averaging $50 per ton Is found
cas-. Of the old slopes on the 1900 level
and will bs extracted. The winze from
the 1000 level il down 20 feet and Is