Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-08-14
MINING NOTES.
u.,,.r. or Interest All AissE the
Lode.

There is unwonted activity at tho
north end now. Sierra Nevada surface
movements are brisk and indicative.
Wagon loads OF iron pipe arc lying
about, machinists are %overhauliug blow
.rs and engines and there is much gen.
eral activity at the works. Some OF the
pipe is doubtless to conduct the Utah
water through the mine.
1t is now definitely stated that a raise
is to be made in the ore body encoun-
tered 1000 feet north Of the incline IN
Sierra Nevada. The DRIFT north. $500
level. is expected to strike ore when 1t
reaches far enough to meet the vein
drilled into running northwest from the
station and which 10 believed to have q
southeastsrly trend from where the
winzs from the 2400 level came down.
At the Union shaft work il also brisk.
and improvements there Of late have
been numerous. A new set OF boilers Is
going in, making six sets in all. The
yard is enlarged by grading to The south.
The new bob for the 800 level Is on the
ground, and 1t is longer than some
now in use. The pump engine is run
ming at the rate OF four strokes per min
uts-about a. slowly y 1t can-and IL
operating double columns OF pumps to
the Sutro tunnel level. A martin
box Of structure has been set up
on . level with the upper door. and
in the angle formed by the cross OF the
main building. and IL fitted up for q
timekseper's office. A two-story tram
way has been run north from the con
nectiou east with the ore dump and
waste 10 thrown In to grade up and Ell
tend the yard in that direction. Small
buildings and hydrants have been moved
back 10 give more room and there 10 TO
be q roadway formed to the north Of oil
the buildings 30 that teams can 60 clear
around and out that way. A covering
Of asbestos has been put on the cylinders
OF the pumping engine and painted IN
imitation OF live oak. The gallows
frame has been neatly painted and every.
thing put in prime working order. All
these improvements. with others not
mentioned, mean something and with
the work in the shaft must have kept
Superintendent Rooney very busy.
In cutting out the station at the 23lo
level Of the Bullion Combination shalt
some very ans quartz has been encoun.
tered. The station will be completed
about next Monday. 49,,
For the Chollar. Potosi engine which
10 to be set at the GINS. shaft, q spur.
wheel with broadly cogs has just been
cast ut the Fulton Foundry.
Baylsy, the Consulting Engineer OF
Haggin i Tsvis Of San Francisco. who
has been all over the country examining
pumping machinery. says that the
pumping apparatus at the Union shalt
runs the %stillest and nicest OF any in the
United States. This Is mainly because
u the engines big balance-wheel and
water-jackets condenser.
Crosseutting is to be commenced in
Union Monday.
Yellow Jacket Is approaching the ore
vein on the 1928 level.
Since Belchsr Is compelled by the OK.
eessivs heat Of the 5000 level to suspend
operations in the south drift. work will
be pushed north to facilitate connection
with Crown Point and secur necessary
ventilation. The Crown Point IL o
east nearly to the point where the drift
will DO turned south toward Belcher and
20 feet from the line. BY working both
ways this connection can be made in q
very few days. The quartz encountered
south In Belcher on the 5000 level AZ.
sayed from 50 to 81.