Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-01-27

pening to our mail pump. thereby pre-
venting any deli, in working any Of our
levels through danger Of flooding.
Seven hundred and forty.ssvsn feet OF
guides have b,on placed in the main in.
cline for the guidance and safety OF the
incline car, and the north compartment
of the incline from the 1880 to the 5000
sta,ion-a distance OF 1904 feet on the
slops-has been boarded and battened.
This has been done for the purpose Of
creating O circulation OF good air. and
this 1t does effsctually. without the aid
of any machinery. A blower and air.
receiver has been put up at the 2560 sta
ton. and the same at the 27G0 station,
for the purpose Of furnishing air to the
various drifts on these levels.
We have also put in $50 feet Of 2.inch
column pipe. $50 feet Of water boxes,
sos feet OF 6.inch air pipe and 1904 feet
Of l.inch water pipe. W. have put In
new stills and eassd up the incline tim
beers from the 2760 to the 1850 station.
The track rollers and frames have heen
all o~verhauled and repaired from the 300
to the 1850 level, Assistance on the slope
Of 3041 feet.
In the old mine on the 1850 level $50
feet OF 2.inch air pipe have been put in;
on the 2560 level q blower has been put
up aud 400 feet OF 1.inch air pipe laid
aud 800 feet OF 1H.inch and lN.inch
air pipe used for running the diamond
drill.
At the old incline new stills have been
put In, and the rollers and frames have
been repaired from the $50 to the 1000
station. We also took up The wooden
track on the 1000 level and replaced the
same with Q Trail track from the north
to the south incline, q distance OF 300
feet. The compressed air pipe from the
surface to the 1900 stations total dis.
lance OF 3545 fset-hss all been thor.
ouahly repaired.
Improvement on top at dump shaft
A new rope house 80 feet by "a feet has
been built; two new reels for taking Oh
and repairing the incline cable have been
put up; q large tar tank and furnace
having Q solid stone foundation have
been constructed; an addition has been
made to tho main building covering the
large spur wheel and reel, which spur
wheel and reel have also been put up
during the year.
MArERiAL.
There Is material at the pump shaft,
and also at the old works, consisting In
part OF wood. lumber. candles. oils, coal,
iron, stc.-the equivalent OF $40, 254 60,
as will be seen by the annexed report.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion, I would beg leave to
call your especial attention to the very
decided improvement lately encountered
on our 276O level. From the appear.
ance OF the ore streak there discovered,
from its being In the centre Of the vein.
from its being widest and best at the
bottom OF the drift, aud from the fact
that we have never found any ore from
the 1000 level down to this point, these
indications. coupled with the favorable
formations va are now meeting with ON
our 5000 level, give me tho greatest
hopes that In the near future the
Belcher mine will again oome to tho
front as one OF the leading mines Of the
Comstock. W. II. SMITH, Supt.
At the election Of officers this after
noon the old Board was reelected. with
tho exception Of ]. D. Frye, whose place
was filled by F. A. Tritle.