Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-07-10


A San Francisco correspondent asks
III. News for . private opinion on Sierra
Nevada north and Of Union. The News
has no private opinion for any ons. but
IL willing to hazard an opinion publicly
on the situation and prospects Of the
two mines.
In order to understand the situation
in Sierra Nevada, . brief review Of
operations on the $500 level must be
made
In the crosscur run east 900 feet north
Of the incline on that level. nine feet Of
clean milling ore were found.
In the erosscut 100 feet further north,
came nrst . streak Of ore averaging $40
in value and three feet in width. Be-
yond this we're found four feet OF ore
averaging $40 per ton. Still further
east was another streak Ave feet wide
which averaged $40 per ton. The whole
width Of the ore vein wss seventy feet.
OF the ore cot BY the crosscut, thirty
carloads were saved which gave an
average Of $43 rs per ton. Some OF the
Gre went we'll into tho hundreds. and
many assays were from $3.50 to $500.
One hundred feet still further north
another crosscut ~ run, but only Tor q
abort distance. A diamond drill was
then sent ahead and brought ont rock
which ran from IS to $40 - m average.
but showed some good ore.
FROM the foregoing II will bs seen
that for 200 feet along the vein there 10
ore. The streaks are most suggestive.
People osn draw whatever conclusions
| they like from the foregoing. but the
opinion the News representative formed
when examining the formations 10 these
three crosscuts wss that they constituted
| the top Of an orc body. and hs has bad
no reason since to change that opinion.
In IL hs was fortunate enough to concur
with several Of the best known OF the
mining men Of the Comstock who are
today backing their opinion with their
money.
The facts IN the case are likely to be-
come soon known. a. the north lateral
drift IL very near q point under the mid.
die OF the crosscuts above made. The
int. ntion IL to run crosscuts simultans-
ously into the ore vein from points 800
and 1000 feet north Of the incline, and
these will be started very soon.
The company 10 preparing and has
been since the crosscuts on the $500
were run. to open moro direct communal.
cation through its main shalt with this
portion OF the mine. The station for
the incline raise from the $500 to the
bottom Of the main shaft II now exsavat.
ing, and q contract has been entered
into to raise the incline. The distance
perpendicularly IL 500 feet, although
nominally 600. an extra hundred feet
having been added to the lower levels OF
the mine for uniformity In depth all
along the north end. This will make
the incline about 750 feet and Il will
coat about $50, 900 to make the raise,
including hoisting the rock and every.
thing.
OF Union Il 10 necessary to say but
little, as much has already been said
from time to time about the situation
there. It IL known that the greatest
reach and wealth OF the ore body In
Union was on the sill door Of the 2400
level, which IL the iarthest down that
any positive knowledge OF 10 extends.
The fact, however, that the ore forma-
ton extends to the DRIFT run to connect
Wine No. / with the Sierra Nevada
incline, that II feathers out even 10 the
line OF connection between Wine Nc. i
and VINE No. 2. both Of which workings
were calculated TO DO beyond II, ought to
satisfy everybody that the $500 OF Union
will open up we'll. Few. II any. 10 this
section who are Ut all familiar with the
situation have any doubt about the re-
suit OF pushing excavations into hat
portion OF the vein whore ore Ii expected.
since II has bsen found whore not ex.
pectsd.
Such being the facts. the question OF
time BECOMES important. Monday.
Union will set its $500 pump. and In .
week IL will be running. The water can
then be taken from the $500 station OF
the Sierra Nevada incline In Q day, and
Wine No. I connected almost at once.
This will give ventilation for work from
the east into the ore body. and will
afford an opportunity to run from the
incline station Of Sisrrs Nevada toward
the Union shaft. From the Union shaft
the drift toward this station progresses
we'll, a. does also that south from the
shaft. These drifts are reaching out TO
embrace the ore body. When brought
too.ther thev will not close ON empti.