Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-01


us,isa In Usiss ssd why she
ORE Body on It's 250o Level IL
Dissises From rh.s Abevs-The
Alta Develspmeas and what 10
Doisg 80 opsa % Up.
The knowing ones Of the Cemstock
are fully prepared to .indorss the state
ment OF Colonel Fair last week that II
Mr.. Boyle did net hurry up his Alta
development he (Fair) would beat him
yet. Colonel Fair 10 not . bsbblsr Of idle
things. No man in the world knows
better what he can do or In what length
OF time he can do 1t. There is but one
spot in all the mines under the control
OF the bonanza arm which Colonel Fair
could have had in his minds eye when
making that remark. and that 10 the
1900 level Of Union.
Why the general public so persist In
failing to understand the situation in
Union-or. rather. Why they persist In
30 misunderstanding II 10 q mystery. II
is perfectly simple. or would be were
there no ore on the 2400 level to distract
attention. Somshow men will persist
in thinking that what has been found
on the $500 level is q continuation Of
the srsbody above. when nothing can DO
further from the truth. Picks aud drills
have proved the two to have no connsc-
ton. The formations differ; that on the
$500 level being by great odds the more
promising. Then south and west OF
the orsbody on the $500 level . raise
was made 60 feet high. No ore. From
its top . drift was run 40 feet south.
Again ne ore. A winzs was sunk 40
feet deep east Of the slopes on the 24oO
level and has been connected with the
raise above mentioned. These workings
proved that tho orebody on the 24OO
level did not extend to the $500 level,
and IL it did its dip and trend would
not take it anywhere near the ore on
that level.
The raise above mentioned was made
about halt way between the Union shalt
and the Sierra Nevada incline station on
tho $500 level. While the shaft goes
down perpendicularly. the incline shoots
of about $50 feet to the east In descend
ing from one level to the other. and also
bears to the north; and 1t is near the
Sierra Nevada station that the Slopes on
the $500 level Of Union have been
opened. Nothing can be palmer than
that this lower ore body is in no way re-
lated to the one on the level above. 1t
10 . new strike.
The diamond drill has been set up in
the workings from the bottom OF wiuze
No. l on the 1900 level OF Union and
has Just got in running order. In sink.
ing the WINE streaks Of low-srads ore
were encountered. These Increased
with depth and were found east and
south Of the WINE on the 1900 level.
The wiuze itself IL further east than
would be the incline Of the Sierra Ne
vada il carried down to the 1900 level.
The drill Is to be run In oil directions
from the bottom Of the winzs. That 1t
will find ore is almost q foregons con-
elusion.
Should ore DO encountered on the
1900 level by the drill it would not take
u great while to open it up. The Union
shaft is already well under way toward
that level and connection could readily
be made between lie 2600 station and
the winzs. This will be done in any
event, for economical working Of the
mine would not allow the water which
has been encountered and the increase
which would naturally follow further
operations on that level to be pumped
by donkeys to the level above. Blu. the
development is likely to DO made BY the
drill aud to that doubtless Col. Fair 70.
ierred in what he said.
But the Alta question Is itself likely to
be solved in Q weeks time. or practically
so. Rapid progress is making in running
both crosscuts east to the ore vein. In
the time above mentioned crosscut No.
l will reach the ledge. and at the present
rate Of progress crosscut No. 2 will mol
be far behind Il. The energy shown BY
the management in urging these open
ings ahead indicates the confidence thai
management has in the situation. 1t II
certainly hopeful and something more
Elsewhere along the lode there 10 little
need Of comment. Good work 10 doing
all along the line except where watsI
binders II from Bullion to Overman.
Below will be found authentic and
reliable reports OF the mines. showing
the situation in each up 10 the hour o.
going to press:
Cnios Consolidated.
The slopes on the $500 level where ore
was encountered near the Sierra Nsvsdi
incline are continuing south asd are
still 90 feet in width. The ore forms'
ton is known to extend as far as Col
Fairs crosscut. which is so feet from
the Sierra Nevada line. South Of tha'
point nothing Is known Of the extent Of
the ore body. Connection has been mad,
between the WINS sunk 40 feet below
the 24OO level and the drift west from
tbs rsiss above the $500 level. Fol
workings joint with Mexican on ,hi'
isyel. ace report OF that mine. The dis'
mond drill has been set up in the work
iues from the bottom oil the WINS OF
I and lhot Al