Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-14

NV
iss Impsrsanee-Alss end Daivsi
Hill.
An unusual interest II just now cen
tsring around the north end. With thu
completion this week Of the stump to tn
Wine from the 24O0 to the $500 level o.
Union. preparations viii Be inaugurssst
for connecting that Wine with thu
Union shaft.
Explorations from the Union shat
are further Of In point Of time. VIII
the completion Of the stump to the shat
will come necessary work for extending
the main line Of pumps down &c
the $500 level. This will take tme
but not . great deal Of 1t. Then vsntla'
ton must be secured and the burden Of
water lifted from Sierra Nevada BY . drift
running TO the $500 station Of the incline
OF that mine. No developments can b
really expected from this drift. since thu
ore formation in Union makes strongly
to the south and east. and the drift con-
Meeting the shaft and incline on the 24ol
level barely cut into the ore body. The
roll OF porphyry which ran along side o.
this connecting drift will Be remembered
by all familiar with the situation. Should
ore DO developed therefore in this con-
Meeting drift Il will b OF . piece will
the good luck which attended the extern
sion OF workings on the 240o level o.
Union outside the orc body first en-
couutered ON that level. Sill that roll
Of porphyry may prove to 30 . pony In
stead Of . full grown horse. in which
case ore may b found svsn while making
this connection.
In 0phir the points OF interest are
still in connection with the Patton vein'
The drift northeast on the 2l5O lsveI
has streaks Of ore. The north DRIFT,
22O0 level. will. In two weeks. get undeI
the ore encountered on the 2lOO leveI
and tell whether IL extends down loo
feet or not. Then the east crosseut,
$500 level. 10 likely to reach the SAINT
formation soon. These points therefore
command the interest at present attach
ing to ophir.
1t 10 q fact that Of late no strike In
Belchsr is so satisfactorily successful as
an eye-opener ~ that Of the diamond
drill when il recently encountered water
on the 5000 level. When tho flood
forced itself through the feed pipe mp TO
the 2560 level 1t said In plain words that
all the castings on all the levels from
the 256O to the 5000 level had been In
vain. None OF them had been far
enough or in the right spot to tap this
water; hence here il an UNEMPLOYED vein,
the condition Of which II entirely un-
known. Its bordsrinss to the west on
the 5000 level are good; the indications
ON the 2760 are suggestive. but further
than this all 10 conjecture. That strike
Of water multiplied the prospects Of
Bslcher at least q hundred fold. II
memory serves right, no castings have
been made in the whole mine to amount
to moro than . prospecting Of the vein
near TO the dyke and black clay since
leaving the 1000 level. where . drift wa'
sent east $50 feet. The prospects are
not exhausted therefore on the 2760
level, and are about a. good there q on
the 5000 level. Superintendent Smith
sees the propristy Of prospecting the
2760 level further. This will DO done
BY the south crosscut on that level.
Further south interest centers chiefly
around the erosscuts recently started In
Alta, which have not yet been pushed
far enough to be productive and 10 the
opening Of virgin ground In Silver Hill
where a Ans prospect certainly exists on
the 1900 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:
On the 5000 level the south drift Is
being pushed ahead through the quartz.
ito lying west OF the main vein. and Is
without particular change. The north
drift on this level 10 also being pushed
toward the Crown Point line. This
afternoon the drill was again started
east in the crosscut from the main lateral
drift south. When its work Ia done at
that point Il viii be run In further south.
The east crosscut from the south DRIFT
on the 2760 level 10 also being pushed
ahead and IL in quartz and porphyry.
Superintendent Smith expresses Q deter
| mination TO push this crosscut ahead
till the vein Il thoroughly prospected in
that direction. The proposition 10 be.
ing urged OF connecting with the Yellow
Jacket shaft on the 2760 levsl-H00 OF
the Jacket-so that when the pumps Of
the Jacket arc in working order they
may be used to handle water should
moro be encountered than can bs con-
venisntly raised by the Bslchsr pumps.
The workings in this direction are
already well into Ksntusk ground:
The north drift on the $500 level ID In
$40 feet and il passing through vein
porphyry showing low grade quartz.