Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-09-03

From Lower Gold Hill. yesterday al.
teruoou, the shine OF a building down
the canyon and among the hills caught
the eye OF q representative OF the News.
Il was something evidently fresh from
the carpenters hands, and proved to be
the new hosting works OF the Sierra
mine.
Great changes have been wrought OF
this mine since the writer's visit there
some six months ago. The windlass
has given place to q doaksy engine with
q capacity for working to the depth Of .
thousand feet. the w%hselbsrrow to the
ore.car, and the narrow foot.path
through the tunnel to Q wsll-laid track.
Blacksmith and carpenters shops have
been constructed at the mouth Of the
tunnel, the shaft raised 70 feet from the
adit level to the surface. = small but
sufficiently roomy building erected over
il, aud the donkey engine placed.
Since then o drift has been run north
on the tunnel level. aud q ledge struck
fourteen feet in width. containing some
good ore /; but the formation at that
depth is considerably broken up. This
ledge il perhaps that from which the
Succor took and milled so much ore In
early days. At any rate the trend Of
the Succor cross vein IL in the direction
OF the vein found north In the Sierra.
Explorations ut short distances, and such
AZ could be made with . viudlass
for a hoist, have been carried on
to depth Of 225 feet perpsn-
dicularly and considerable ore has been
taken out and stored for reduction.
A drift has been run south along the
main vein. In II some Ane stringers OF
quartz OF milling quality have been cut.
One Of these stringers was from two to
three feet in width on the 200 level.
Work Is now going on In this DRIFT. All
this and much more that need not be
particularizsd here has been done so
quietly by Superintendent Phillips that
but few are aware OF 1t. It has been
done without an assessment; for the
Sierra is q Chicago incorporation and
the stock is unassessable, q liberal
amount having bssn set aside for q
working capital.
And yet not q very great amount Of
money has been expended in 80 for de-
veloping this mine. but every dollar has
been judiciously invested and has told
in the general result. The main object
has been to explore the claim with the
view Of finding the exact position OF the
ledge below surface disturbances and In
ascsrtsining its value. 30 that by aud by.
when this preliminary work is over, per.
manent and powerful works may be
erected aud q shaft sunk ct q point
where Developments can be carried on
to the best advantage. Yet considerable
good ore has been found and valuable
prospects have been uncovered.
The claim is located almost on the
very ground where the Lucerns in early
days took out aud reduced such guam
titles OF ore. Within u stones throw
are the woodville workings aud those Of
the Waller. Defeat shaft OF the Justice
mine. the Sucoor's cross vein and other
claims, all Of which have returned
largely in times gone by. The Silver
Hill, with its ine prospects. is but .
little to the east and the whole section
is highly mineralized. Three breezy
arastras are now scratching away in the
canyon Just above. and the outlook for
the Chicago company Is excellent.
The Sierra claim runs north to the
Justice and contains l400 feet. Th.
old Hartford lies to the west OF 1t and
the Silver Hill and st. Louis to the east.
Nothing more need DO said OF the value
Of the claim and what has been written
above sufficiently shows the prospects oil
the Sierra.