Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-17

Han IL .s Woodchuck or No Neat"
aud the .Miuisser" ~Usdersssnds
s~iiussios.
There comes pretty near being . stock
famine on the coast just now; yet men
can get all they wsat Of them. no matter
who has the great iour-htths which are
said to have mystsriously goas from the
brokers' gaze like . beautiful dream.
The trouble. however. 10 that there 10
mo nutriment" In most Of them. Many
men grow poor on what they have.
while the few get n~ourishmsnt out OF
what they have not.
Al the north end and more or less all
along the lode things are reduced to .
business proposition. Only necessary
prospecting work will be done hereafter.
and that will be pushed As much as pos
sibls in the likslisst directions for de-
velopmsnts. Other work must be left to
shift for itself for the time being. The
pockets Of stockholders are to be touched.
in other words. a lightly as possible.
and the money drawn thereirom 10 to be
made to 90 y far a. possible BONANZA.
wise. It 10 . plain question OF wood.
chuck or no meat" and holes where
there 10 little likelihood OF grounding
will not be unnecessarily disturbed.
This seems to be the only way OF avoid
ing polscats which might dive the dig
gers from even .'woodchuck" holes. 1t
10 not . pleasant prospect for hunters or
minister" but II Is q fact nevertheless.
Sierra Nevada has its raise from the
$500 level up to the ore body cut in the
Wine from the level above. Tho form
alton will be followed on up. There's q
"woodchuck there. but 1t may DO a
small one.
1t is about time 10 give up the $500
level Of Union. When neither the raise.
which went Up GO feet from the middle
Of the drift northeast. $500 level. nor the
drii. south from that raise, which was
run 40 feet. nor yet the drift west from
IL on the 2450 level. got the wood
chuck" aud when the winzs from the
east Of the slopes on the 2400 level just
touched the animal and then plunged
into its bed. 1t IL time to catch what
"woodchuck" there il on the 240O level
and look elsewhere for another hole.
There's q big one Of east and south.
Ophir has given up pursuit on the
1000 level. Its random punch east
struck the dear little ~"woodchuck "
there and went through It's heart; and
there are no others In that hole. Ophir'
like Union, has. however. . hole lower
down. which looks as though . big fam.
lily had taken up winter quarters there.
and digging for them on the joint MeIi-
can line is now fairly begun.
Just now 1t cannot be denied that Alta
has the most hopeful hole on the lode.
or at least o that promises wood
chuck fret Of all. Many u hungry man
10 now watching operations there, and
even the minister" seems to under
stand where his chances for meat lie and
has taken to praying over the situation.
while oil around echo q hearty ''smen.'
Below will DO found authentic aud
reliable reports Of the mines. showing
the situation in each up TO the hour Of
going to press:
Unies Consolidated.
The new crosscut west or the $500
level 10 in 80 feet. the face In stringers
Of quartz. Timbsring Of crosscut No. l
east, and the north lateral DRIFT on the
1000 level. has been completed. Wine
No. l is sinking for q stump below the
1900 level. and preparatory to opening
out the station on that level and probing
with the diamond drill. The west drift
from the raise from the $500 level 10
progressing ~ usual. the face In string
ers Of quartz. The winze from the 24OO
level, aud east Of the slopes, and with
which this west drift 10 to be connected.
is also in ~stripgers Of quartz. The cor.
n.ction has not yet been made.
Beleher.
Work temporarily suspended; see re-
port Of Yellow Jacket. Before shutting
down, q drift south from that east oppo-
site the station Wal started and run IS
feet. Water In the shaft has been al
lowed to raise to the 2760 level. where
that taken from the Jacket 10 conducted
in pipes, Every endeavor will DO made
to keep the 2760 level free OF water 90
that work there may be continued. Two
donkey pumps have been placed to throw
water to the connection with the Over
man, whence 1t will DO conducted TO the
Caledonia pumps.
sierra Nevada.
The main raise from the $500 level
10 connect with the shaft at the 100
level progresses as usual; total length.
267 feet. The crosscut west on the 2400
level, from which the raise 10 to DO made
to connect with the main raise from the
$500. has been stopped. The north
DRIFT on the $500 level 10 in 272 feet. and
10 making usual progress. The raise
from this level west Of the wiuze from
the level above has now got the bottom
OF the ore body cut 10 the Wine. The
formation will be followed on up.
Since timberipg up crosscut No. 2.
205O level, Q diamond drill has been
started In q southessterly direction from
its face, which is 266 feet east Of the
lateral drift. This drill 10 expected to
reach the ore vein about IS feet further
seu,h than when IL was run east in the