Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-10
THE COMSTOCK.
Latest Official Mining News.
For the Week Ending Wednesday,
November 10, 1850.

working AIosg the Lode Toward
Obi -csivs Poisss-Is sierra Ne.
vndH aud Uuion-Ophtr and Its
10000 SsriLe-HnIe d Norcross
Rnisiag Ore-Jhs Veto Further
sou.h-Aisa aud It's Prospects.
Tendencies have been downward In
stock matters since last report. and
there Is nothing in the mining situation
today which is likely at once to check
the decline.
Along the lode the amount OF work
done since last mining review has been
great. and all directed toward strong OBJ.
jsctive points. More than this cannot
be said. as results are still in pros
pec,ivs.
Sierra Nevada Is still solving with
pick and drill and shovel the problem OF
the ore body struck on and below the
24OO level and north Of the incline.
There IL some good ore there. but the
solution sought IL how much.
Union offers nothing new except re-
newed Efforts to get at and out the ore
below the 2400 level. Here. to the quss.
tlon how much 10 added that OF whore;
for as yet the extension Of the ore body
below that level has not been found.
Yet the sill floors Of the 240O level were
laid In ore. The slopes will solve the
question As soon a. the west drift, 245O
level. running from the raise from the
$500 northeast DRIFT is connected with
the Wine sinking east Of the slopes on
the 2ao0 level.
ophir Is testing its ore 6nd on the
1000 level by running north on 1t. The
result Is not tho most satisfactory; yet
the Hardy vein. in giving out Ito almost
50. 900. 900. widsned aud narrowed and
pinchsd and expanded and the 1000 find
may do the same.
In the G. x c. and b. & b. shaft
some good looking rock 10 coming in at
the 1900 isvel-the 2050 Of the old
wo~rkinss-but 1t will take time to tell
whether it is likely to lead to anything
Of value. Its presence is, however. en-.
couraging.
In the Bullion Combination shaft.
which is now below the 2400 level Of
Chollar and Potosi. there is also very
promising quartz. Here. too. work Is
necessary to demonstrate whether this
is likely to lead to valuable results.
Julia had good quartz further north and
higher up and probably in the same
vein.
Hale l. Norcross 10 Winning and rails.
ing from the 2lOO level and in the ore
there encountered. The question there
al in Sierra Nevada and Union and
Ophir-is. How much 10 there OF II?
Leaving the water in Bslchsr and Alta
next attracts attention to the south.
Here, too, work is arranging the initial
conditions OF the problem for q Anal So
luton. It will take about o week yet to
arrive at results and bring out the value
Of the unknown quantity In the squs-
ton.
Below will DO found authentic and
reliable reports Of the mines. showing
the situation In each up 10 the hour Of
going to press:
Union Consolidated.
Still repairing the north lateral DRIFT
on the 1900 level and timbering up cross
cut No. i. $500 level. The winze from
the 2iOO level which was started east Of
the ore slopes has been taken up and is
going on down, the bottom In strinRers
OF ore. From the raise above the $500
level q DRIFT Is running west at q height
Of so feet. Connection 10 to be made
between this DRIFT and the Wine. prepar-
a,ory TO stopping out the ore which lies
below the 2i00 level. No. l winze con-
tiuues in quartz Of the usual grade.
Sinking at this point 10 greatly inter-
isred with BY water.
sierra Nevada.
The main raise from the $500 level has
attained q length Of ga feet. The cross.
cut west on the 2400 level, from which
the raise is to be made to connect with
that above mentioned, Is in 60 feet. The
north lateral DRIFT on the $500 level 10 In
2iO feet. The raise to reach tho ore
body cut on and below the 24OO level Is
up 80 feet. Work at oil these points
makes ususl progress, and there is moth
ing new to be said Of Developments al
any point.
On the 1000 level q DRIFT is following
the ere vein north. The face is in strong
vein matter. On the $500 level the
wiuze ioiut with Mexican is going on
down. The engine has not yet been
placed. As soon "a il 10 in position the
work Of sinking will make better pro-
press. The work OF timberins the
crosscut leading to this Wine Is contin-
ued. The joint Mexican crosseut west
IL going ahead as usual.
Consolidated virgiaia.
Work Is going on as usual in the joint
Best L Belcher winzs-total depth. l45
feet; in wipzs No. l below the 1000 level
total depth. So feet; In the south drift,
$500 level-,otsl length. 40 feet-sud
In the raise irom this level to meet the
winzs above; total length, AZ feet. The
work 10 making usual progress at oil
points. The slopes are yielding Is usual.