Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-11-11
UNION CONSOLIDATED.
A New Drift started south-A Re-
view OF she situstion There aoo
an Optniou Haxarded Concers'
ting ia Disclaimer.

In Union q new drift has been started
south from that connecting the shalt on
the $500 level with the Sierra Nevada
incline. and from q point west OF where
the s,reaks of ore were encountered
when that connecting DRIFT was run. II
10 the intention to still further prospect
the $500 level by this drift.
Many who have EXAMINED the forma.
ton ON the 24O0 level Of Union and
compared It with that on the $500 level
do not hesitate to pronounce the latter .
new formation. and one entirely distinct
from that bearing the ore on the level
above. The ore body on that level bore
heavily to the south and east, hence
would not be likely to be found whore
the eight feet OF ore In streaks were en-
couutsred near the Sierra Nevada incline
on the $500 level. but ought to reach
that level considerably further south
and not 80 far east.
Again, on the west side Of the drift
connecting winxs No. / on the $500 level
with the station OF the Sierra Nevada
incline stresks Of ore were encountered.
Then In crosscut No. l. which struck
the eastern workings . few feet south OF
winzs No. /, more strsaks OF ore In
good vein matter were found. Wine
No. / has reached the $500 level and
passed through . similar formation.
The vein In these workings lies
east OF where the dip aud strike OF the
vein bearing the ore above would take
that vein In descending 100 feet. Then.
the formations themselves differ, that
on the $500 being the more kindly and
promising Of the two.
There is certainly room between cross.
cut No. / and the drift from the shat TO
the Sierra Nevada incline on the 25OO
level for q large body Of ore, and 1t is to
open this space and see what 1t Is worth
on the $500 level that the new DRIFT 10
run sonth. It ought soon to settle tho
matter and definitely, when Its testimony
is added to that OF the raise which was
carried from the connecting drift up TO.
ward the 2400 level. and that OF the
workings from that raise.
There are many who place the greatest
confidence In Union because oil the new
vein formation lying east OF the ore
bearing vein on the 240O level as devel.
oped by the excavations on the $500
level. 1t will be remembered. too. that
when the Drift was run east on the 24OO
level 10 the place where winzs No. ! was
sunk from that level to the $500 level.
and which has now been continued on
to the 26O0 level. east OF the clay on the
24OO level o fine formation OF vein
matter was Unexpectedly encountered.
and that WINE No. l was sunk way on
east 80 as to reach the $500 level without
again cutting that vein. This Is just
what Il did do; and 1t 10 this formation
which will doubtless DO found TO round
into a big bay further south and east.
and which has been followed toward
that point In Ophir and into which the
new Ophir.M Mexican big working winze
below the $500 level 10 expected at the
requisite depth to plunge.
Ii has been intimated by certain Of the
San Francisco press that the NEWS IN its
weekly leaders to mining reports gives
the views which the mine managers die.
tate. This Is not the case. The weekly
reports in this paper are made up from
facts obtained from sup.rintsndents and
from personal examinations OF the mines
whenever occasion requires or the situa-
ton in the depths below is not fully
understood. Not q word OF . single
leader which has appeared In the News
under Its present control has ever been
dictated by any mine management ; and
what 10 written above. for suRht known
to the contrary. may be directly opposed
to the opinions entertained BY the man
ayers Of the Union mino.